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I have a podcast! :) It is available on Spotify, Google Podcasts and Apple Podcasts. Chatty videos about all things comics, drawings and freelancing as an artist. One episode is up already. More is coming :)


(If you wanna be a sweetie - give your girls some nice rating on it <3)

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I am currently posting 3 times per week on YouTube, so in order not to flood you here with youtube updates every week, I just going to leave this here as a features post. :)


I am posting a lot of art/comic/productivity advices and tutorials, as well as weekly podcast, where I am showing my drawing session for TBOC over the weekend with rambles and commentary on top (Spoilers ON!!!)


I would love to have you over there :)

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Hi guys! I am finally doing active steps towards printing. My current goal is to make the first five chapters of TBOC ready for purchase in December 2020.



There were a couple of things aside from finding a printing solution that held me back. First is that I am currently on Chapter 6. And Chapter 6 is big. And I did not want to publish a very thick volume since my comic is in full colour, and the price would be just too high. But then I wanted to print smth that is up to date. So those two sides were conflicting with each other.



Finally, I decided to go with Chapters 1-5 for the first printing and do Chapters 6-8 for the next (these chapters are longer and would make up for almost the same amount of pages). It will work time-wise, money-wise and narratively, since Chapter 5 kind of wraps up the introductory stage of the comic and Chapters 6-8 set up a lot of important elements of the story. And Chapter 9 starts a major craziness :D



Another thing that held me back quite a bit is that Chapter 2 stands out A LOT style-wise. It goes through 3 different drawing styles, and Zekhai looks like a different person on every page. I draw hair as a mass, then I switch to drawing individual hairs, then switch to some hybrid style. The way I use background changes too and so on, but mostly, Zekhai's face consistency or the lack thereof pisses me off.



That all makes sense, given that Chapter 2 was the first one I drew in full colour. The veterans of TBOC remember that Chapter 1 was black and white initially, and then I went back and coloured it after. So in Chapter 2 I was trying and testing. I did not know what I was doing, and I was going page to page, not scene to scene as I do now. And I also honestly did not know for sure how Zekhai looked like. I was able to retouch Chapter 1 pretty easy, but Chapter 2 needs a lot of work to be put into it so that Volume 1 of printing looks like it was drawn by the same artist :D



I am finally doing that, and you can follow the whole situation on the_book_of_contradictions Instagram.



I post there every day, catching up the comic, and I post a lot of stories of my current process and go live every week at least once and draw with you. :))



I also going to be improving the overall quality of Chapters 1-5 and going through the whole thing and making sure I am happy with it and feel like Volume 1 holds up as it's own thing.



I am also going to be doing giveaways of it and such... all fun things! So I suggest you follow TBOC's Instagram since I put a lot of stuff there. And if you want even more extras as per usual, my Patreon and our small and sweet community are here for you! <3



I would love to hear what you guys think about it! :)

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Link: Webtoons

Link: Instagram


I can't help but notice that people are leaving DA. And I have to adjust to the situation. :( I am working hard on building following and community on Webtoon and Instagram and would love to have you there. I am still catching up with the updates there, they are not up to date yet, but if you guys want to show your support and help comic grow outside of dying DA, I would be stoked! :)

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The Book of Contradictions: Zekhai

I gotta shout out this work by LivingAliveCreator!

:love: :love::love:

I can't believe I lived to see a fantastic comic artist drawing my character. Zekhai looks so beautiful here, and I cherish this piece it a lot, knowing how busy we comic people are! :)


I am sure you guys all know LivingAliveCreator, and her wonderfully written and drawn comic The Cloud Maker (TCM).


But if for some reason you are not - you are very lucky! Unlike TBOC, this comic is complete (even tho more entries are coming hehe), so while waiting for my weekly updates, you can binge read it from beginning to end. The Cloud Maker is also available in Printed Version. I feel like TBOC and TCM have a similar feel (heck the names of both start with the same word! :D) and if you enjoying my work, you might enjoy Maddy's just as much.


She is also working hard on Her Patreon and is overall a lovely human being. She did actually let me in on some industry secrets in regards to comic printing. So I am actually finally cooking something in that department, big thanks to her.

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