Maaria
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I make (web)comics! She/her. Kids stay out 🔞 I use chainblock Tip jar:
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My p.atre0n is up! 🎉
Planning to have a small presence on there in case twitter dies. Particularly recommended to folks who enjoy my comic(s) and want to see more of them in the future. If you're broke you can also follow the account for free!
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One time a disabled person on tumblr wrote they enjoy damsels in distress because they like the idea of being valued/loved despite your lack of ability and I guess that's your reminder that a lot of tropes aren't inherently bad or regressive
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Hot take: Beast's human form isn't ugly at all—og beast's design is just so striking a mere human can't live up to it
However I propose that we make him hairier with a darker color palette to bridge the gap
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Monolinguals probably don't get this but you tend to lose half of your personality speaking a foreign language even if you're fluent. Some of the subtleties just don't translate at all. I might come across really mild in English but I joke and curse nonstop in Finnish
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"But I don't care about the cutesy shoujo stuff" You're in luck because Japanese women draw a lot more than that and it fucking slaps
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I only care about Ghost in the Shell if the Major looks like a beast which hasn't really been the case since 1995
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Btw that
#sailormoonredraw
screenshot is so good because it was drawn by Ikuko Itou 伊藤 郁子, one of the better Sailor Moon artists for sure. Just mad mad talent. She's also worked on Mahou Tsukai Tai and Princess Tutu, both of which are amazing 👌✨
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One big milestone for me was figuring out that good lineart doesn't just happen on its own, you actually have to study what looks good & how to achieve it. For example here's two options on where to apply line thickness; I prefer to do the corners
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Pssst! Insider secret! Every talented artist has a thing or twelve they actually really suck ass at but you'll never find out because their works don't feature that. Chill out, nobody's perfect, everybody's learning
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Webcomic tip:
👎DON'T make a comic "for the readers". Some readers are awesome but 99% will never reach out to support/motivate you (and they don't owe it to you). Don't depend on that.
🤟DO make a comic for yourself! It's the comic YOU want to read and nobody else can make it!!!
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Feels like a lot of well-intentioned media criticism in the past ~10 years sorta backfired on female characters and the relentless demand for them to be awesome flawless role models was maybe just another form of misogyny, just harder to detect
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So sometimes you meet foreigners who speak good English but seem a little "bland" to speak to - it's never blandness, it's just all their flavor gets filtered out by a language that can't represent them
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Such a specific pet peeve but I dunno how to explain to folks that 2D animation doesn't necessarily become "better quality" by adding more frames to it. Sometimes that shit ruins the whole thing
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"I can't write this, it's been done before" doesn't matter. If you're a big fan of a trope chances are you're able to rearrange it in a fresh way that's unique to you. Just do it!
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PSA: Toxic people can be likable and fun and kind. That's why they're so hard to detect. If you have a friend who's super cool and you always feel like a worthless scumbag in their company, think very hard what's actually happening. Talk to other people. Figure it out!
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Chapter 1 of VELVET NECKLACE is out!
It's the beginning of a romance comic. Housekeeper meets a handsome dude. You know the drill.
Read it for free:
Buy the pdf:
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Twitter gets better once you realize it's totally ok to mute/block/avoid stuff for weird petty reasons and not force yourself to jump some bandwagon because you feel like you should
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Male creator: yes, this costume design has 90% exposed breasts which jiggle in every shot, but I swear it's not actually sexist, there's a logical reason, see this character has a genetic anomaly where she stores her powers in her chest, and in order to activate them she needs t
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Lmao people calm your tits, the point of this tweet was to dispel the idea that women draw shoujo only. Shoujo isn't everyone's cup of tea but I got nothing against it myself. I'm currently re-reading Fruits Basket
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I'll bet you $$$ the new design is something the artists tried to pitch from the very beginning but got shot down by a dumbass money man
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Queer women are into BL for the same reason queer men are into drag and I think it should be better acknowledged tbh
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It's an obscure reference but whatever! Rick and Morty! And Summer!
@RickandMorty
@JustinRoiland
#RickandMorty
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Chie is a rookie who gets her training from the baddest, meanest veteran officer. Welcome to the city that employs the undead to fight crime! 💀🔪🎀
Read my webcomic
#Phantomland
for thrills, mystery & fun (links in thread)
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"I appreciate good female characters but they're so hard to come by :(" says person who exclusively consumes marvel and shonen manga i.e. stories about men, for men, written by men
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Looking forward to the gits franchise 10 years from now where major is portrayed as a fetus with a gun
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Character design tip: pay attention to the nose bridge, people have a wide variety in the size/prominence of it. It can make a big difference
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Easy method to spot all the mistakes in your art
1. Save the image as .png or .jpg
2. Upload it on social media
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Stay at home, folks!
To pass time you can read VELVET NECKLACE, a romance comic with an isolated setting 💘
Read in browser:
Download the pdf:
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Teef
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Creating characters as a teen: this one's 15 years old and their birthday is april 20th!!
Creating characters now: I don't?? Know their age??? Somewhere between 20-50 I guess who gives a shit
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If you see a fellow artist charging mad stacks of $$$ for commissions: instead of "wow how greedy" you're supposed to think "GOOD! They're doing their part in raising the value of art! Artists should not be paid peanuts for a skill they've spent literal decades practicing!" 👍
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You guys cannot believe the cool shit I'll draw once I get off this couch, clean the dishes, make dinner, eat, take a nap, take a walk, sit on couch, stare at wall, look at youtube, fantasize about drawing, stare at wall,
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A lot of webcomic artists start out with the hopes and ambitions that their work would gain success eventually. The tough pill is... 99% of the time, no dice. It can feel heartbreaking. But the fact is, the readers out there don't actually owe you.
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Kanada style anime especially thrives in limited framerate. It doesn't imitate live action film because it's not supposed to. It's fast and snappy & adding more frames would only water it down
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If you're a creator and spend your time whining about other creators' creative choices rather than working on your own stuff you will not survive the winter
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Pronouns in English: he/him/she/her/they/them
Pronouns in Finnish:
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Imo it's totally normal to experiment with gender/sexuality through art and fiction and if anything it's harmful to try and apply ethics to it. Fetishization happens when you're creepy towards _real_ people
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-Character artists who struggle with animals
-Background artists who struggle with characters
-Line artists who struggle with painting
-Black & white artists who struggle with color
-Realism artists who struggle with cartoons
-& vice versa
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Welcome to art twitter, we have fun community activities such as
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-every time said artist is marginalized
-every time it's about some petty bullshit out of context or a "bad ship" they drew on a private account
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Hnnngggg favorite thing about Miyazaki's movies is how convincing they make the flying look. Takes some real in-depth understanding of physics (which Toshiyuki Inoue is the absolute mvp at)
Key Animation: Toshiyuki Inoue (井上 俊之)
Movie: Kiki's Delivery Service (魔女の宅急便) (1989)
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I'm Maaria, currently an animator working on videogames. I also draw comics and other fun stuff!
#VisibleWomen
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@mustachefancier
Oh I know this guy! Tbf I don't hate the new designs on their own, just hating the fact we'll never see a butch major again
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Artists, what's your favorite encounter with a person who doesn't draw?
My example: I've met more than one person who I'd show a rough sketch to demonstrate an idea and they'd go "i don't like how messy this is, such bad quality :("
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Sup
#webcomicday
!
I make the webcomic PHANTOMLAND filled with thrills, mystery and fun
💀🔪🎀
Chie is a rookie who gets her training from a mean old man. Welcome to the city that employs the undead to fight crime!
(links in thread)
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