Anyone who laughed at you when you said 'my upcoming comic is about a man's haunted colon' owes you a written apology and a fruit basket.

I am so incredibly happy for Hakei on being an Eisner Award nominee. Well deserved for such a fun and heart (ass) warming story 👏

usually manga gets shoved into its own category so deadass being there by itself deadass is pretty legit

HOLY SHIT @hakeism.bsky.social GOT NOMINATED FOR AN EISNER!!!!!!

DeadAss is an Eisner nominee for Best Digital Comics!!! Eisner Awards is a big deal in the American comics field, so it's wild to hear this it's free to read online, I'll post links in thread

I have an extremely digital art style but when it comes to book covers I like marker/painterly style, so I'm fighting myself rn

my left butt cheek's been hurting for no reason the past few days, it's all over for me

storyboard to actual

I've been adopting the modern manga style with big panels and big texts, as it's easier to read on a phone but it's kinda hard for comedy. I want to insert lots of character banter = but text balloons are huge, so they gotta be split across panels = but page count restraints

I've come to the conclusion I unfortunately don't enjoy works that deal with art creation, like witch hat, blue period, bakuman, etc which seems kinda dumb as an artist myself, but the topic just doesn't interest me

people I saw in shinjuku

his head got wider

Ashe and Jesse (1/3)

I just got scouted by a big japanese publisher I'll try my best

still chasing the pen touch I want

I think bc I make comics for english audience and give characters english names for the english audience, that sometimes ppl forget I'm east asian 'why do you always insert a black-haired character' because they're an east asian 'why are they asian' why not? also,,, I'm east asian,,,,

Still open for biz! Come and get some!

btw yes, the story has a publisher, I'm just not allowed to share the actual main story stuff yet until the official release so just drawing backstory/side story stuff atm

Ashe and Ember (1/6)

this person doesn't even follow me, took one look at the lucas comic and got the worldbuilding right away i love them

I'm really happy people are picking up the cyberpunk influences in my next story, even without the signature neon colors

got a compliment that my manga style looks less webtoon-y now

I'm really bad at double checking my work for art mistakes

thing abt b/w comics is the lineart shows exactly when my condition's good vs not I can't hide it behind flashy colors

Ashe and Lucas (1/4)

my comics career is dictated by the monkey's paw I swear my goal happens but then some major drawback also comes with it, so it's not quite my goal

haven't had explosive diarrhea like this in years

Ashe and Jesse

Ashe and Lucas

Ashe and Ember

top 2 people in his life

'but what about beginner artists' is the 'but think of the children' of art fandom

say what you will abt webtoon, but they sent me a contract within a few weeks by the time I get my contract for this american publisher, the iphone17 gonna be considered a retro tech

iana likes retro tech

back on my low poly bullshit

dropbox yet again ate my files and now they're lost in the void thanks man

what's the rate for a manga background assistant

I regret trying to color this

jesse's existence is a massive elephant in the room and I hate him bc I keep having to take him into account for every single thing

drink responsibly

the show-not-tell worldbuilding is insanely good and i cant wait to read more about them...

TT__TT im left a mess of tears every time I read this.... your storytelling is just so masterful... sob

a short intro to Ember (1/6)

a short intro to ashe ko (1/5)

their info so far