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illythemadartist

5 years ago

Happy Thanksgiving everybody!

I’m visiting family for the holidays, but I’m still thinking about my comic projects

On one side is The Eldrich Journal, the first arc in my (as of now) unnamed comic series. I’m very very passionate about this project because it is based around my personal beliefs and has characters that I’ve lovingly made and hold dear to my heart.

On the other side is a Legend of Zelda Fan Comic called Follow Till the End featuring the classic Link x Dark Link ship, but in Breath of the Wild! This one was requested to be made when I posted a similar pic joking about how I wish there were more Link x Dark Link fanworks set in BotW. I’ve already got a general story and plotline written out in my head, the trouble is gonna be drawing some of those amazing background settings in the game, since I’m more suited to drawing characters, but I’ll do my best!

So let me know what you guys think! Which ones are you more interested in, any questions you have about them, or any other requests you may have

Illy Lives!

Hey guys! I know I haven't been around much lately what with school and being away from my tablet... but that doesn't mean I haven't been drawing!

I don't know if I've said this before, but one of my ultimate goals in life is to become a writer and artist for my own series of comics. While I have all the pieces to make the comic, I just haven't found a way to make it into a coherent story line. The whole thing is a bunch of story arcs that connect and intertwine with one another. There really isn't a true main character. Everyone has their own story to tell.

In a way I guess that's how I've always wanted it to be. Because even though most of the things are fantastical, I still wanted it to be grounded to a personal reality that's very important to me.

The fact that everyone is imperfect.

Everyone has problems. I know I do, and if you really think about yourself, I'm sure you'll find that you too have at least one. It's a scary thing to think about, and yet I dwell on it all the time.

Perfection is an illusion, and I wanted to make sure that no one in my stories are perfect.

I suppose a good example of this is my version of Life and Death.

Life is, as in many depictions, light and bubbly with a very carefree feel to her. She loves the humans and the souls she bestows upon us at birth. However, she finds herself becoming depressed by how many perceive her to be fragile and defenseless. Eventually, she manages to prove herself to others by protecting those she holds dear with her own abilities, showing that like her siblings, she too is a force to be reckoned with.

Death, unlike his depictions of being the ultimate emo girls dream, is a kind-hearted, equally bubbly and carefree person, who arguably loves the humans more than his sister. However, this love proves to be his setback, as the years of collecting the souls of the dead take its toll on his mental stability. He has to have these memories suppressed in order to even resemble the person he used to be. But, with help from the people who love him, he may one day be able to cope with those memories without the need for them to be suppressed.

No one is perfect. Everyone has problems. But we can learn to cope and live along side these problems. We can learn to forgive the mistakes of our past and move forward towards a happier future.

That's what my series is all about.

And I'm happy to announce that I have found a starting point and have begun working on my comic series!

I'm not very good with titles, but this arc is going to be called "The Eldrich Journal".

I hope you're as excited as I am.

Here are some character notes for this Arc.