Weekly 287 - Special Q&A

Hello!
So this one is a bit special as i asked for question from peoples and told i would answer them =3

I saw some of them as they were posted, but not all, so gonna be a bit of a discovery.
I'll start with the one posted on the patreon then the one on discord =D

Thanks for the support!
let's see what you're curious about!

1 How are you?

I'm fine, thanks you! Been a bit sleepy recently, i sadly started to sleep more and more toward the day, as, well, the temperature make it more livable at night atm XD. But that's not super healthy so i'll try to be sure it don't go beyond that point.
Out of that, i'm fine!

2 I'm curious how did you make the decision to embrace and produce horny content (which is awesome) despite the risk of ruining your reputation with friends and family? How do you balance that out?

I didn't really decided to Embrace horny content, i started drawing stuff, and once in a while did some quite mild sexy thing. But back then i had a relationship that wasn't.. let's say fullfilling on the sexual part, so i think i had a lot of Honry energy and started to draw more lewds, comms started to come and voila.
The risk of ruining friends and family never came to my mind. If a friend is angry cause i draw tits, well he can swallow it or go, and if they go, they're not friends X). And for family, like my mom always say, " most important is for you to be happy"
We're not religious bunch, some peoples on the family kinda look at me with a bit of paternalism, like "one day you'll have to really think of your future" but it's more because of the work as an artist than the content of said art.
Overall, never had to balance either, cause, there never was a problem, my friends not interested into the lewds just don't look at it, and i don't force it to them. Simple XD

3 I suppose you have a job, because the content you make, and the revenue you gain is quite small. Almost disappointing. (I myself am below REDEEMABLE 😭). Do you have plans for a major project, aimed at creating a good amount of passive income? Game dev, Animations, Hardcover books, Audiobooks, etc? (from an old fan on Patreon).

No, i'm 100% full time artist. My revenue are quite low, yes, but it's what it is. Actually i'm quite chocked that i can make it a living, always tough my art as quite mid XD.
I always have been poor. At college, with side jobs i barely was able to pay rent, charges and eat. I never had any paycheck superior to 1.5k in my whole life =D And i did long college years, became a teacher and all X)
So.. it's ok for me, i'm USED to being broke. Some peoples ll tell you "Then you should wanna fight to be rich", well i increased my price, and take comms, but i just want to live good and be happy. I have the best job, i create and peoples pay me for it.
And if it stop paying? I ddid tons of shit in my life, ll just take another side job, and keep drawing, simple as that.
But, patreon is not all what i make, taking 1 to 3 comms a month, and it make me able to reach minimum wage in France. So, i'm good!
For passive income.. dude, it's not a videogame.
Peoples come cause they like my stuff, deciding to do a big project won't magically make more peoples interested XD
So if i have some project? yeah, stuff i wanna do, got a bunch in mind. Wanna work on my comics about my goblin girls company. Started to write the scenario recently. I think i would do it more like a episodic things, like a 4 panel comics once or twice a month, but it's for me. If it make more peoples come? Wonderfull! If not.. well i'll still do it for me.
Understand that, this job is fantastic, but don't start it with the idea of a stable income or doing big money. It's a job you do cause you wanna, and if it pay, then.. good for you! =)
I hope you'll manage to make it a sustainable thing for you too =D

4 What type of baguette you prefer the most ?

Tradition! (basicly they are old recipe baguette)
More crusty, and the taste is stronger!

5 What is the funniest thing you've ever seen or heard?

Shit.. a lot of things come to my mind.. The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk, a french audio serie come to me first.
Kaamelot too, wich is a sort of mock up king arthur thing, really funny, if you can find a translated thing, go for it!
Les Kassos, more recently, some episodes were hillarious, avoid the season 6 tough, new team and wasn't as good, season 7 was cool tough!
Sorry, i couldn't choose between them all XD

6 What is your favorite lewd game?

Hard to decide, i would say Free cities. Mostly cause, out of the porn game, it' s good gestion one, i mean, i would play it with no sex in it XD
The principle is you own a post apocalyptic archology, and you will, with time be able to change how this society evolve. Like Make a matriarcal society based on rome with bloody gladiator fight and male slaves. A Japanese themed society with highly skilled and trained Geisha concubine, only few, but all highly skilled and worth a country for a night of pleasure, or a full fledge futuristic empire a la dune, with you at the top of an elite nobility.
Note, the original creator came, dumped his project on the net and vanished one day, with no more words XD. And seems no one know who he was in the end. From now various theme of modders kept the game alive.
NOTE, some of the mods are clearly 100% OUT of Patreon TOS, so i would recomand you to not google it X)
I liked the game for it freedom, but didn't played it in years, tbh what i liked into it was what i liked in Dwarf fortress, the impression the game do it own thing while i play and how random it can be sometimes.

7 Where do you feel your style originated from?

I would say experience and test. I was highly influenced by Ken Akamatsu style when i was younger, evolved as i discovered Dofus (XAV my love!) and Barbucci and Canepa ' s style. SO branched a bit. For the whole small lines and smooth, came from DevilHS, used to copy a lot how he drawn and color his stuff, with tiny sketch lines and all. In recent years i love to vary a lot, some piece are more stylized or "anime" and other closer to my usual style. I like to change a lot and test new things
It's the mix of all that create a style in the end.
I'm curious to see what ll influence me in the future =D. most stunning thing, was recently when a young artist i like told me thye kept ref from my art for some of their own stuff. Was kinda.. surprised XD

8 What made you passionate about art in the first place? What keeps that passion burning?

I would say, pleasure. It's why i try to avoid to draw stuff i don't like. It's what KILL the passion, what make you HATE the job.
it's also my issue with comms. Often client want something specific, and when you come with a vision it can clash the two views, and as the creator you got to back up.
I could make more money if i tossed the whole reward system and take only comms. Like, 10 sketch for 300€? (should be morebut 8/10 of the peoples at elite level never upgraded to the new moreexpensive one XD ( i am not mad about it, i proposed them to keep the old one, so it's totaly fair) ) I did the same amount with 3 last time i opeoned for comms. And let's not talk about the colored ones.
But there, i got 100% control of what i want to do.
I think i should propoce YCH maybe, my idea and you just put your boy/girl in.
But yeah, i like my fun. TYough, sometimes it's good too to have insight or being pushed out of your confort zone, force you to imagine new things. It's a tough question.
But i feel like i kinda went out of what was initialy asked XD
So, i love what i do, and i'm having fun doing it.
I also make sure to take rest from drawing, like one days withouth drawing or two in a row. Some artist tell you it's heresy.. but.. the will to draw is here, but.. it kinda make you want to go back more after this small pause X) A Bit like Edging myself on drawing XD
Works for me at least

9 What makes you prefer drawing goblins and the like over most other things

I like size difference. It's fun to draw two characters of different size together. Suddenly no one complain about dick being oversized if the girl is roughly the size of your leg XD
Plus it give some good energy! Mix of Mischief and cool. No one ask why goblin girls seems to be horny all the time, they're goblins, seems natural X)
Plus kinda like to draw on green skin.
And final one.. i kinda like my girls ^^ I love to draw them. So if you ever wanna comm something with them, as long as it's not something that make me unease, it's often a yes from me!

10 Do you prefer drawing digitally or physically?

Depend, i often doodle on my sketchbook, if you ever commissioned me i certainly sent you pictures to show you my researchs XD
But i like the fact i can make a shit tons of mistake and easily clean them digitaly
So i would say, Traditional for doodling, digital for more serious drawings

11 What's your favorite subject matter you enjoy drawing?

Faces. Can spend hours on faces, by far my fav part to draw.

12 Have you ever been interested in a stories series with your characters?

Not sure what you mean, if it's, reading stuff made by others (novel or comics) why not, issue is mostly, i have a vision of who my girls are and as long as i didn't been able to draw it myself it's more a free for all, and i had peoples telling me "i will draw Gnarby UBER submissive" and it's actually quite far from her nature for me. So, interested yes, but not sure i would be on board for what is in tough, more like a fan fic XD
If you mean doing my own comics/story about my characters, i'm finishing the details of first part. I need an end i think is fiting XD Then i would propose a first rough for it ^^

13 Do your characters have partners or are they not the relationship type?

They have? Gnarby relationship i would keep it a bit mysterious, but i know who she date and even have few sketches of the character done already =D
Gily and Gobi are in something together. But what? It's the hard part, oh not me, i know what happen, but they are, like good friends with benefits. But Gobi think her job is too much to ask for Gilyto be in a relationship more serious and accept that her Girlfriend have sex here and there, and Gily is a bit afraid to get into something serious and destroy one of the only friendship she managed to keep with her over controling dad mingling in her life.
But yeah, they are together. as friend with benefits at least X)

14 What's a technical aspect of your art you would like to continue to develop more in the future

I would love to improve more on anatomy.
The thing is, the more you discover on it, the more you understand how complex it is.
I understand the proportion quite well i think, but it's things like muscle and the way some part interact with each others.
if you see my stuff ecoming slightly more realist in the future, it's normal as i'm looking in more depht with my refs in recent weeks and might go even deeper in the close future!

15 What is a genre that you would like to explore more in the future that you have not yet? Why does that interest you?

Depend what you mean by genre. For me it's one of the big "genre" like, Sci fi. Always been a HUGE sci fi enjoyer. Would be fun to imagine the life on a ship in a distant future. Small crew, in the future, boundaries, and gender became meaningless. And damn, long trip, few month, and out of the maintining the hull, not a lot to do, so lot of fuckin... and maybe drama.. mystery. See just a small concept and with it you can make friends, as much as Alien
Would be fun to tackle such things one day
if you mean like type of work, i would love to do a video game one day. but i suck at programing and i don't want peoples to force themselves to do things without payment, and i'm broke enough that i won't be able to pay a programmer XD
So mean learning a bit enough, and, just no time atm.
Hey, if patreon kick me out one day, like they seems to do to everybody, i'm sure i'll have enough time to think about it! X). For video game, it interest me cause, i love playing those, and it's a sory you can interact with
I would HATE doing one of those shity kinetic novels, you go from A to B, and you got one choice to do in the whole game, and choice is "wanna take chocolate or vanilla " and have 0 impact into the game :/

16 What character have you not drawn yet but would love to have an excuse to make art for?

I think Princess Kida from Atantis. Always loved her design, and she is sexy as hell too.

That's about it, was cool and fun!
i assure you, even if i might sound dry, i took offense to no question, as some seemed afraid i would, and it was actually interesting to do
Often you have ideas, but put words into them kinda give them more "depht"
Thnks for reading this far

and c ya soon!