 Oh I zoomed in accidentally nobody wants that. Good morning everybody. I thought I would do something different today and just kind of vlog because I haven't vlogged in a while and maybe you guys want to see it from what my kind of day-to-day activities are um and yeah I could show you the life of a comics artist slash youtuber slash writer. Is that cool? Yeah okay. The remnants of my slime video and I'm not sure if people really like it because they probably think it's a bit click-me-ty but I just I wanted to play with slime because if you've watched that video you know that I did a like a big kind of illustration. Yeah but now I've got all this leftover slime and I don't know what to do with the illustration. As usual I'm like oh yeah I've got these. I have my paper illustrations here and they're kind of everyone's gonna cringe but they're like breaking because I don't really have any frames. I would like to frame those two because I really like those. I think I want to do a paper challenge soon again and then these ones are okay. Like I'm not a huge fan of them. I like them but maybe I'll give them to my patrons or something. It's one of those things where it's like it's one of those things where you get attached to certain artworks but other artworks you kind of just you do them to learn something and then you're like meh I don't want this anymore. So that's my thoughts on a couple of those. I don't know maybe I like the climp one because I really like climp so that would make sense but yeah today I got up. It's time to do some work. So I filmed all that stuff like a couple of weeks ago and then didn't continue vlogging. It makes sense I'm the worst vlogger in the world I'm aware. I just think that it's been a crazy couple of weeks and just trying to keep up with the Kickstarter like marketing it and doing different stuff for it and trying to get all the work finished for when I have to send stuff up to the printers has been pretty hectic as well as trying to do videos and stuff. I did a paper art video last week and I really liked the way that that turned out so you guys might have seen it probably if you're watching this vlog because this is less interesting than that but it's a paper art illustration that I did and it's of Emily is burning. I really liked the way that turned out so I added it as the print for the Kickstarter. It seemed to get a pretty good reaction so I thought well if people like this then yeah I'll let them have a copy of it. It makes sense doesn't it? Sorry about the lighting in this room it's pretty dark. I'm in my studio slash spare bedroom and there's just this tiny window but it doesn't let any light in so I'm just like it's really good for the light box but that's about it otherwise it just hurts your eyes on the computer. So it's on an ironing board back there because I'm a professional YouTuber. Living my best life. So today I was cleaning in the morning to feel like good. I have to have a sort of clean space. I'm not very a very clean person and I find it hard to clean and keep on top of it but want it to be clean so I cleaned all that this morning and that was good and now I feel like better you know what I mean like when it's stuff's dirty and it just starts weighing down on you and yeah so that's done. We're gonna head out to my parents in a couple of hours because my sister is visiting from the UK. She lives in the UK. I'm gonna go see her and have dinner and stuff. Pretty much a resting day. That's why I'm doing a bit of a vlog today because to make this vlog a little bit more interesting for you guys. I was trying to care about you and yeah I'm gonna get to work on the comic and to probably see some footage from that. I'm not sure yet. I don't know what this is. This is a giant spot. I'm apologizing for it right now. Hey guys so we're at my parents house now and we decided to stay the night because our car is broken and we're pretty sure that we're gonna have to buy a new one which is really annoying so my dad had to come get us and now we're gonna stay the night because we can't get back without the car because it's quite far away but yeah staying the night in this room so whatever. Gonna do some drawing now I think and just chill here and relax because it's kind of stressful when you know you have to spend a lot of money on something and it's annoying. How do you lose? How do you lose? Ow! No one needs. You're gonna get in the pool. This would be a good place to do a sort of Q&A session. I've done some drawing and I feel a little bit better so I'm gonna look at some of your questions and answer them. I asked on Instagram for some questions this afternoon so I was thinking like I'm gonna get no one's gonna ask me anything but I got quite a few questions so that's pretty good. Um tomato droplets asked why did you decide to make a horror comic? Um the reasons that I've decided to do it is because I've always kind of liked horror and as a genre in general and I've always had an idea that I kind of wanted double in telling a story with horror elements. For a year before I made the horror comic I was making like really happy joyful type comics so it just I think it was just something completely different. I felt like just going for it and doing it. I don't know why I chose then or this time to make it I think I just I just got a spark of inspiration and thought yep I'm gonna do it and I went for it. Amy Howard asks who's your favorite Disney character? I actually don't know there's so many that I really like. I like the genie I like the funny ones and I also like like the baddies who are done really well. For the Hades I really like him he's funny. Um spindly shanks says how do you decide on a color scheme? Yours are always gorgeous but I always find mine bawdy. Well firstly thanks very much. Secondly I don't, this sounds really obnoxious but I don't actually know how I come up with color schemes. I don't know if it's something that I've just from practicing a lot have just inherited like knowing what looks good but I remember in A levels when I did my A level in art we studied the color wheel a lot and we did a lot of like color scheme work then so I think if you study like the color wheel and find out like what works with what you kind of get it ingrained into your system a little bit I've always just, I think that's the one thing that I've always been quite good at and other things I really had to work hard on so I know that's a pretty rubbish answer but yeah I guess just studying the color wheel you can go online and look at color schemes that you like and maybe you can start learning to use them. Always maybe limit your color palette is always a good idea because sometimes if you use a few colors that go well together and then you add just like one extra color that doesn't really work it can kind of mess up the whole scheme a little bit sometimes. Same person spindly shank says I cannot draw hands. Help! I've had like so many issues drawing hands and I always go through a process of being able to draw hands and then being unable to draw hands so what I do is when I'm struggling with it I look at how other artists draw hands how they express movement or shape I look at how I look at anatomy of hands so I actually look at like medical science hands and draw them and draw from reference draw them over and over and over again until you get kind of the grip of it and I always think a trick for me is like the thumb is you always have to learn that the thumb is very far down there's always like a notch and then a thumb and then another notch and then fingers I know that sounds pretty stupid but in my head I'm like yeah that that works. I hope I'm answering these questions right this is the first time I've ever done a Q&A by the way so hopefully it's not too stupid or cringy um somebody else uh I can't pronounce your name I think it's Skyrim Ted Skyrimette I don't know I'm sorry um biggest inspiration and favorite color schemes. I think my biggest inspiration for comical stuff is probably Katie Shy you can look her up um I remember what looking at her stuff and absolutely loving like her short web comics like dates slice of life stuff and falling in love with that kind of genre other people I like Vera Bo school who did Anya's ghost I love a lot of people I get I get really inspired by people that I know as well like if I see an artist that I'm friends with who's doing great work I really get inspired by that and it I think there's loads of inspirations out there that we don't necessarily pin can pinpoint but they all collectively add to you everything we see affects us so I would say like those two for comical stuff Van Gogh and Clint for Van Gogh and Clint for fine arty stuff and I hope that helps I'll probably think of like 500 other more inspirational artists that I've been inspired by by the time that I finished this video but so Ruth Young asked any tips for writing lengthier comics I'm currently trying to write one and finding it tricky I think that it's kind it is hard depending on the on the project but if you're writing something to be long then I think you have to keep in mind what the end the final outcome is and try not to write yourself into a corner so say if your your character goes from A to B so you have to have the setup and then the conflict and then the development and then the conclusion the final outcome which resolves the conflict so if you think of that sense like of the three structures of the story then that can help you plan it out and as basic as it is the whole old method of beginning middle and end really helps a lot of some times especially if you're like I don't know how this is going to end you you just find yourself writing into nothingness whereas if you know this character in the end is going to end up with this boyfriend and they're going to have saved the world and they're going to have killed the bad guy in this situation you kind of know the path the map on which way to go and all the added extra in between it's just fun stuff that you can experiment with your character and continue that I hope that helps it is super tricky writing a comic and I always think like I need an idea and then if I'm writing straightforward as in I write with no ending it's kind of tough and I've done that before I did that for my graphic novel a little bit because I always had the beginning story in my head and I never knew how it was going to end but I remember one day just going out for a walk and just listening to music and being inspired by the music and just thinking of the ending like suddenly and I was like that's a great idea walking and listening to music definitely helps a lot obviously and totally aware asks what art supplies have you always wanted to try that scares you I think I've always wanted to try oils but they just terrify me because I think like the whole fact that they take I don't know is it days and days to dry and stuff like that I know I just get it everywhere I'll ruin all my art supply but yeah I definitely wanted to try oils because I think you can get a really nice effect with them and I probably will try them one day but no they terrify me Thea Artoria oh my god I'm so sorry Thea Artoria asks how long did it take you to find your own art style well I've kind of said this before that I think I don't really have an art style but lots of people have told me that I have like they would find my work recognizable so I guess I kind of do I'm always experimenting with different styles there because I think I tend to get a little bit tired of like a certain way of doing stuff I always try to experiment and do different things so I guess in that sense that's my style so I don't really know how to answer this question because I don't know if I have a style for sure but I guess I feel comfortable enough to sit down and just draw something without feeling like I don't know what I'm doing so I guess in that sense I kind of have an art style and I think what I did was just look at other artists a lot be inspired by other people draw a lot um find techniques that you like using like cross hatching for instance say that you happen upon that technique and you like it and it can be part of your style then you can contribute that into other pieces that you do in the future Sophia asks who's your favorite artist I have no idea I honestly have no idea there's so many I think my favorite artists have to be people that are continuing to do great work this is kind of similar to who's inspired me but if I have friends who are amazing artists or even people who are trying to make art and doing what they love then that's pretty inspirational I think and I like that so I have a lot of people that I follow on Instagram I like Perfleur I don't know I've never said their names out loud I like Helga Kala she just recently did her book loads of people obviously Dina and Zanfi and Casey and everybody and my friends and yeah I think I just I like to go on to Instagram and just follow a lot of people that I kind of like the style of it's hard to pinpoint who your favorite artist is I think I definitely I suck at definitive answers I'm always unsure of like what's if somebody's like what's your favorite this I'm like I have no idea because people have always asked me like what's your favorite color and I'm like I like all the colors I definitely don't have like a favorite um it's really tough for me cry a little tea for me guys yeah so I never have a definitive answer and this is probably the worst Q&A ever because people usually have um know and make up their minds about things that they like but no I don't I flicker I'm really fickle and I'll like one one thing a lot one moment and then be like actually I don't like this anymore so yeah presto paints ask what's what inspires you to what inspires you the most okay presto paint asks what inspires you the most to create hmm I think just being able to dive into like a different world and explore that I think life can be so mundane sometimes that when it's boring or you feel like low or down or whatever then you have this place that you can just draw or write or do whatever about and it's in your head and it's imaginary and you just it's kind of an escape really obviously and I think that really inspires me like if I just want to create something it's amazing to know that I've made this from my head and it's something that I've done for myself like from nothingness so that pretty much inspires me a lot I also think having a youtube channel has really helped me to create a lot more pieces that I wouldn't usually have done in the past because I know there's been a couple of times like for instance paper art challenge filling a sketchbook in a day stuff like that I would not have done before like just sitting alone and doing it because I never just fought to do that but now it's like oh I want to make a video I want to what's an idea and then I think of these ideas and I do them and it's really helped motivate me to boost my artistic goals and different things so and hopefully I've leveled up quite a lot from being able to draw like every day yeah I hope that answers your question. Marie asks what are your tips on staying motivated until you finish your comic this one is tough because there's so many times that I was like I can't do this I feel like I'm giving up because I've wanted to do it obviously and there's been days when I've absolutely loved working on it and it's been a pure joy and I've been so lucky but then there's been other days when it's just slow and you think when you're trying to figure out the story or a thumbnail or something you're not sure or something's intimidating you it's hard to continue but I think before I have finished a graphic novel so knowing that I have done that gives me the confidence to know that I could do it again and having a finished project in your hand is like an undescribable feeling it's just such a cool thing and having this thing in your hand and being able to show people flip through it and look at it and see what you think about it like years later is such a good feeling so I always think of that and try and push myself and obviously I know now that a lot of people are counting on it again YouTube helped me a lot because you guys were looking at my stuff listening to my vlogs and watching all the footage and commenting on that you like the art style and things I think posting on social media is a big help because people are expecting stuff from you so if you suddenly stop posting they might be like hey why haven't you done this and then you feel like oh yeah I should do that I think that's a big factor in it and also I think as well you just have to try I always say let's just continue finding the enjoyment and doing what you love you started making a comic because you love making comics right so what's changed except the fact that you have to put a little effort in you know what I mean so just slowly climb that mountain or you know grind away at doing those pages or those panels and just don't be so hard on yourself take breaks and enjoy the process that's all I can say um I think that's basically all the questions and I'm sorry if that went on for too long or not long enough but I hope that this was a good first Q&A for you guys and I hope that you guys are knowing me a little bit better I'm sorry if I can't always find definitive answers to questions because um I think it will be but I hope that I helped you in anyway I think what I'm gonna do now is either sign off or just continue vlogging the day here at my parents because I always like seeing other people's vlog styles and I think it's gonna be fun here my family are here they're all playing monopoly outside I was like I don't want to play that because I was in a grump so playing monopoly in a grump is not gonna be good for anyone so yeah that's it and now we're just gonna have some dinner and maybe go for a swim and just chill out for the rest of the day I'll sign off now in case I don't see you again but thanks for watching guys please like and subscribe for more content and I will see you next time bye just come home to my little cat aren't you comfy there just wanted to let you guys know that tomorrow night I'm going to be playing jackbox party with the guys over on Gibraltar gamers tomorrow night and there'll be some free spaces so you guys can join in and play with us too if you like and we can hang out and have some fun the link is in the description for the channel down below so come join us I just want to say thanks to the 12 dollar tier patrons and you're number one in my heart that is Babbit Erica James and Cecile Steph and Lee Tim Tom and Miguel thanks for being my patrons and if you would like a shout out at the end of my videos then check out my patreon down below