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Due to changes on SmackJeeves, “Flow Within the Mountains’ Veins” is moving to Comic Fury!

Here’s where you can read it now: LINK

Pages are uploading 5 times a day until they catch up to the planned release date of pages 73-74 on Dec 26.

And for those who followed me on Smackjeeves, and want to be up to date (+ don’t mind the new strict width limit), the last SJ update - page 72 - is available HERE

But anything beyond that will be on Comic Fury. SJ release is oficially discontinued.

  • You can read the Author’s note right under the webcomic’s cover for more details: LINK
  • Or check my Moving Announcement if you want to see me not holding back my salt xD: LINK

That sadly means no new page on Dec 19, instead there will be a batch update on CF on Dec 26. But I encourage you to use this occassion to re-read FWMV on CF anyway, since I decided to export pages at a bigger size :) As in, they’re larger than they used to be on old SJ, and certainly much bigger than they are on new SJ XD

For those who don't know, Smackjeeves recently had a huge site-wide update that not only completely changed layout and made it's limitations unsuitable for many webcomics, (specifically those that utilised the single-page format instead of tall scroll-down weebtoon type comics), but also removed a ton of functions, customization - and what's left is working badly. The navigation through the site is slowed down by either countless bugs or bad, unintuitive design, and everything takes eternity to load.
They didn’t even fix redirects from old urls till 10 days after the website update - the webcomic sites appeared as not existing, confusing many readers. The new navigation system also makes it difficult and slow to find anyone anymore (if at all in some cases)… The website's barely usable anymore, and many webcomics became unreadable bc of the new very narrow image width... and it’s not even a tip of a tip on an iceberg of issues - let's just say the list of issue's that SJ community composed was 8 pages long the last time I checked XD
On top of all of this it's also the dissapointment over the NHN's (current SJ owner) decisions. What made SJ stand out was precisely because it could offer different formats and options than for example Tapas, and they seemed to appreciate that... only to remove all of it one year after they bought it, and just copy webtoon-oriented hosts. So yeeaaaaaa... not very cool to do, if you ask me XD

Either way, tldr, "Flow(...)"'s changing hosts :D sorry for the inconvienience and see you there <3


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In a month or so I'd like to add a FAQ to my webcomic’s website. So if you have any questions about the comic, characters, my working process, or anything else I would be very happy to hear them :)
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Journal Entry

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I just wanted to replace the old journal, since things have changed a lot.

Overall everything's allright, I had some ups and downs and delays, but stuff's slowly yet consistently going in the right direction, whether it comes to general life stuff or comic. I feel so much better too, like... I need to thank my friends (You know who you are : D ). Just being around such chill and kind people is so therapeutic. I could never overestimate how important it is for me as someone who grew up in a family where conflicts were default conversation mode. Seriously. Thank you.

As for comic, I don't want to give any estimates before I finish all I need (did that once, then so much sh*t happened as if on cue, rescheduled renovations, computer failures (thanks, Windows Update), etc. etc. so I just don't want to tempt fate anymore XD)
But at the moment I am drawing poster/cover and such www.instagram.com/p/BjDfS3njGu… Sooo, even tho there's so much to do yet, and it definitely will take a while longer, I am practically at one of the last stages.


Also blah, the summer, I am so not made for summer temperatures = w =


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Life & Commissions


Hello Dears!


How are you?

    In my case, a lot has changed recently, but the biggest change was that I've finally moved out. In all fairness, I wasn't fully prepared for that, but I couldn't stay in my old place anymore. I don't like to whine publicly about my hardships, but it was... more than necessary for my health and sanity. My old place, and the people in it were... toxic and destructive, to put things lightly. Not only I wasn't able to fix the situation, I was dragged down. So me moving out was... more than necessary.

    I have difficulty functioning due to depression, and I am taking a lot of time to adapt, and, let's be honest, it'll take a lot of time to recover mentally. But thankfully I am in a much better place now, and around better, kinder people.

Still, to be able to stay here and pay my rent & bills, I need to open commissions, at least until my financial situation stabilises.

I don't want to be forced to go back, so if you consider comissioning me, or spread the word, I'll be very indebted.


Here's my commission page with all the TOS and Comission examples
marcianek.weebly.com/


Thank you!


Shop


It's not ready yet, but I am thinking about opening shop on etsy, where I could sell my paintings, serigraphy, litography and aqautint works I made in Academy of Arts. They're quite different from my online publications, but I hope you will like them too :)
I will make an update, once I figure out how Etsy works.
I would also be happy to hear some advice on online shops like that~


What about the webcomic?


Yeah, the thing I've been rattling about for the past several months...

    I have the prologue, I have scripts, I have storyboards and timelines, and a ton of other stuff, and I desperately wanted to start publishing it on my birthday, however... I guess the project needs to take a back seat for now, because adult life =T.
I hope to start something this year, but I can't promise anything at this point. However, there's no way I am dropping the project! >8O My silly derps shall grace the internetz one day!

    If you're interested what it is going to be about: In short, "Flow Within the Mountains' Veins" is a fantasy slice of life/drama/romance, that takes place on a continent where two sub-species of "humans" try to coexist: one that can live up to three centuries, while the other has a lifespan comparable to ours. Each of them has it's own set of morals, values, a different pace of life.
    The comic will have some socio-political motifs, but for the most part, it will focus on the daily life of the several characters... with the special focus on the artists/crafty people and those who appreciate the said craft: researchers, entusiasts, vagabonds... and troubled people who I like to call "the products of the society".
    The main character of the first story/arc will be a girl who tries to reconstruct and preserve her mother's ethinicity's culture.

    I hope it sounds interesting :)

    There's a list of characters I did a long time ago, however the list is old, needs updates + it takes a different angle in how I describe it, and... Some of the characters I describe appear really late, so it's kind of all over the place XD
But if you're interested, here it is :)
marcianek.deviantart.com/art/F…

Fingers crossed my life gets in order so I can take care of my baby soon >_>...

But for now it's time for work! >:3
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Looking back, 2016 was crazy overall, and its harshness was evident both on a global scale and in personal lives of many people, mine included.

But if I had to say something good about it, at least it was a great year for art.


    Personally, the trend that made me the happiest was people turning their pet projects into reality. Friends, artists I follow, finally freeing their years-old stories from their heads, taking first steps and working hard on them with finalization in mind, or by publishing them to be experienced in their intended form.

    It was an artistically good year for me too. Even if I wasn’t too active here, I drew a lot, and was able to make a substantial progress on my personal project.


    And now…I know I am a bit late to the New Year Thoughts party, but it’s only because I was busy working on my resolutions: which is concentrating on my comic “Flow within the Mountain’s Veins”, and making preparations for it. Storyboarding first chapters, scripting, conceptualizing, finalizing timeline, that sort of work.

    It will be a long while, maybe months, before pages start getting published.
Comics are awfully complex, a real test of skills - you constantly discover things you don’t know how to draw - and I assume it’s better to have a buffer - a one or two finished chapters - before anything else. Especially considering life getting in a way.

    But while I’m doing that, I want to be more active here too, and post concept art and general randomness that would serve as a proper introduction into this story, it’s characters or lore. Technically I made a list of characters last year (link)… but something more is in order.


    I want to give a substantial idea of what FWMV is really about. Who knows, maybe it will spark some interest~ And even if not… Doesn’t matter, I still want to learn how to talk about it: and whoever will join me on this ride, I hope you will have fun :)

    I should post something related to FWMV in a few days. It’s a tag from a long time ago, but I decided to use it as an excuse for some drawing practice/exposition. There’s still few images left for it to be completed.

For now, have this WIP of a fancy dogie <3



Cheers!


Also, huge THANK YOU to :iconjoolita:. For everything. Your input, critique, support… And especially for teaching me confidence. If not for that, I would be too shy to write a post like that. Thank you. Please keep on being awesome <3

And to the rest of you, creative folk, best wishes for this new year >8D

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