WishPaladin

Just a quick update for people who might have been wondering about my lack of activity in the past weeks. Lately, I've been slowing down quite a bit. This is partly caused by a busy life, as well as by my other hobbies such as writing (both tie-up and non-tie-up related stuff) and non-tie-up related drawings. The other reason is that the current drawing I'm working on is burning me out because it has way too many characters in it. Actually, I feel like I really need to learn how to draw (and write) faster, but I'm always afraid that quality might suffer because of it, which makes me slow down automatically. Anyway, that was it for the quick

Before I get to the point of this journal post, allow me to reflect a bit on the past few months. People who wish to get to the point immediately may skip to the appropriate section. Reflections In my last journal post, I ended the section about the past with the following sentence: "Overall, I still feel like something is lacking, but I can't exactly pinpoint what it is. Hopefully, this will improve in my future drawings. " Well, I still can't seem to pinpoint the problem. It was definitely still there with my drawing of Melty. After that, I put everything I had learned until that point into the drawing of my OC Elisa, which resulted in an

In this journal entry, I would like to reflect on the road I have walked since I started drawing, as well as take the opportunity to talk about my working habits and future plans. Feel free to skip to the section 'Future' if you're only interested in my future plans. :P Past I've always had an interest in drawing (tied up damsels), but because I don't like erasing (I find it always leaves some vague pencil lines), and have a very unsteady hand, I was never able to produce any drawings I liked. This caused me to give up on the idea of drawing. However, many years later, I encountered a book on how to draw manga in a local bookstore. I bough