Early Look: Finished Mini Comic! 📚 + Goals for 2023 ✏️✨ (Patreon)

Happy New Year everyone!! 🥳

Over the weekend I shared a new tutorial video with you guys about how I make my mini comics, and here is the other half of the comic! 🧡 I had so much fun filming the video and I hope you guys enjoyed it too 🥰 I’ll be sharing a new real-time process video with you guys that shows the coloring process of these other panels! Stay tuned for it 🫶🏻

A little ‘22 recap and what my plans are for 2023: 

Last year I took a lot of steps to challenge myself with my art. I tend to like sticking to my comfort zone with a lot of things, but I learned that it’s possible to create new comfort zones for yourself :) Male characters used to be completely out of my comfort zone, but I really pushed myself to study them last year and now I feel like they’re actually a new comfort zone for me ☺️ 

I also explored mini comics for the first time, which at first seemed disconnected from my style and I had doubts about it, but I discovered how fun it is to draw them for the purpose of practicing emotions and moods in scenes. This was really important since I had just started working on my own Webtoon comic, and I needed practice drawing characters interacting since I had only ever drawn solo characters in the past. 

I learned that adding story elements into my art is something I really love doing, so creating a Webtoon has felt like the next step in my art journey 🥰 I love imagining storylines and unique character dynamics, so drawing a comic of my own has been such a fun way to explore that area of my creativity :) 

Right now my biggest goal for 2023 is to officially start posting my Webtoon! It will be a big step for me but I am soooo excited to share my very first story with you guys 🥰🫶🏻 I feel like stories and comics are a way to invite others into your imagination and really bring your characters to life, so I can’t wait to show you :) 🧡

Anywho, I’m excited to dive into a new month and a new year with you all!! 😍 I’ll post a little January schedule for you guys this week:) Let’s have a fun month together 💌

Do you guys have any goals for yourself or your art this year? 

Love,

Lydia ✏️