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Déjà vu

I've just been on this line before

Higher on the tracks

And I know it's my turn to go

Calling you, with my aim on a victory

Standing on my feet

It's so hard when I try to beat him, woah!

Ahahah hope you enjoy my twist on the classic eurobeat song lyrics!

Also have a banger:

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"It's a game night on Pasio! Watch the UNOvan big shots take on each other in the card game number one!" Turn up the fancy factor with some delightful electro swing music~ Would you like to join them for a round or a dozen? Drew these both in August 2022, only finished rendering the 2nd piece today ahah! Relieved to finally get this WIP out of my system!! It's been sitting there since August 2022; it was difficult to juggle the composition, colors & a zillion effects again but I'm happy enough with the result now! Epic UNO videos for inspiration below the cut!

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We‘re not even halfway through this comic but I love the atmosphere in it! Getting only brief glimpses at Emmet helps to keep up the suspense of how he’s dealing with being on his own for the first time and how there is an empty space next to him in all the pages so far. Your decision to cut out the exchange between Emmet and the shopkeeper further emphasizes that. Also every page that shows a bit of Emmets face so far it has been mostly in the shadows too. As if the warmth and coziness around him doesn’t seem to reach him…

I am someone that is spending the holidays without their family for a decade now. (I have since moved on from this. There isn’t any real bitterness here so I’m fine and started spending the holidays as happy as possible with likeminded people who don’t have the means to celebrate so we’re celebrating together, sorry for that brief rambling about myself)

What I‘m trying to say is that I totally relate to this comic so far. It’s always a confusing time when the holidays rolls around and you feel as if the joy surrounding you doesn’t really reach you. Again keeping Emmet mostly in the shadows and not showing his face much further shows that as well. I don’t know what the next parts will bring but I’m loving it so far and as someone who can kinda relate to it all its sad to see Emmet on his own and I hope the comic is going to get an outcome that won’t be too sad and lonely…

Either way once again I am so impressed by your work and the attention to detail you put into your work! Thank you for the update and keep up the good work! (But try not to overdo it, take breaks and stay hydrated and remember to stretch enough!)

HNNNGHHH you put these things into words PERFECTLY I am kicking my feet in excitement-!!

Also very sweet of you to share your personal story (and care for my wellbeing, thank you!!). The idea of being able to spend the holidays in a maybe less traditional way, yet still perfectly capturing the meaning of it, is something incredible. So glad you guys have each other and make the effort so you can spend a lovely time!!

Just, wow!! I can feel how you may relate to this series and what Emmet is going through here in your own unique way. I won’t spoil how things will go in this story, but I truly wish our precious twin brothers to have a happy ending!! In any case I hope keep delivering a touching experience!

Thank you so much for your kind words and amazing analysis!! A great pleasure to hear how much thought you’ve also put into these!!

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Can only be me and I shouldn’t jump to conclusions when only two parts of this (amazingly gorgeous and brimming with love and details and extra characters to spot) comic is out but I get the feeling that the color scheme is going to get significantly colder as the comic progresses; mirroring Emmet’s loneliness and whom he is missing more than anything else (which is also portrayed in this gap next to him).

We’re only at part 2 of 8 but I am curious where you will go with this? Will Emmet (and Ingo?) be miserable or are we going to experience a miracle by the end of this? (another one other than the masterpiece with each new entry)

We’ll see as we stay tuned and patient!

Late reply ahhh! I’m thrilled you say so and how you observe the space and color choices in the pieces because they are very much on point!! Absolutely delighted about this aahh!! I’d love to hear more of your thoughts later if you wish to share!

Also we are half way through now!! Might take a while for the next one though because I need to change one of the pieces for better storytelling (and more nice Emmet shots hehe), I’ll be posting other stuff in the meanwhile!

Thank you for your patience!!

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Arrival at the destination~ [Festival of Family 4/8] Check here for Part 1 , Part 2 & Part 3!

WIPs under the cut!

Another piece that's been under works for over a year, but I'm happy enough with it to finally post it and move on. The composition was the greatest challenge yet again, struggled with it for a long while. This diamond shape clicked at some point, while the greenery & subtle asymmetry livened up the scene just enough. Another challenge was to shade Emmet without the uniform getting too dark or too light or too similar value with the BG middle part! Notable: The rest of this set of pieces WON'T be as detailed or rendered as this one! It wasn't my intention to go this far in the first place, but I got carried away fiddling with things for wayyy too long with the first half of the set. I don't think I can put as much effort into the rest, but I want to finish the story & maybe learn new things on the go.

(Probably) a tough question: which Disney feature film opening scene I used as a reference? (At first I didn't realise it but a friend who saw the WIP pointed it out how this had quite similar vibes so I decided to use it to my advantage hehe!)

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Order received~ [Festival of Family 3/8] Check these for Part 1 & Part 2!

WIPs under the cut!

Most of the pieces in this set I had started a year ago but this one I started within a couple of weeks? The original set jumps from scene to another with big leaps so I'm trying to add some stuff in between, as long as I have the energy for it. Took relatively little time to wrap my head around how to visualise his shop visit as minimally as I could to save some time and effort. I like to use canon characters for my pieces but wasn't able to find a friend-shaped shopkeeper and didn't have energy to design one either so I cut him out. Turned the base into one big panel, think it and this experimental perspective work out pretty nicely!!

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POV: the chocolate was a gift from you!

My contribution to the @pokemagma art collab event from last month!

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CHOO CHOO!! Preorders for these Pkmn Black & White themed stickers open on Saturday March 9th!!

I had the honor of participating in one of @cecilioque's epic sticker projects, contributing these two designs!

This is but a taste of all the submas & Pkmn BW games sticker goodness you can find in this tweet, go check them out soon!!

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Weight of love

Give a hug for your furry little friend for me, and tell them they're important

Tw, sad;

Today I sent my beloved little kitty, my best friend since childhood, on her final journey.

She was at an honorable age of 22 years, now frail and weakening. I had been preparing for this for 3 years and I knew this day would come soon. And I can say I have no regrets, for I gave her everything I could in my capacity to make her life comfortable all the way over her golden years.

I know it was the right decision & the greatest act of love, but... yeah

This is the price of love

Only 5 months ago we had to say goodbye for our 11 yr old funny & clever kitty... it's getting very quiet in this house

I loved her so much, my precious little soft ball of pure affection, my treasure... and she loved me back, always following me with her bright green eyes and asking for pets and kisses. And treats of course!

She was grey and white, with pink nose and pawpads. She had a grey chin that gave her a perpetual smile and which she rubbed me on the nose back and forth when I leaned towards her. She would sit on my bed and we would touch foreheads and stay still for good long minutes. She would ride my shoulders and I could do all the chores with her purring in my ear. She was comfy with pets and rubs anywhere but the paws.

She was a picky eater, but whenever you had something she liked she would come to you, sit politely and gently touch your hand with her white mitten. Except once when eating a subway sandwich, she was so thrilled she grabbed the bread with claws ahah! She never hurt anyone on purpose, only when she was jumpscared while held

She was a fierce feral little furball when I picked her up hiding in our barn with her two siblings. After a month she would play with my hair and play chase with her sister and brother, who both got adopted. It’s wild to think she outlived both of them, and lived without any problems (apart from deafness around 16 years old) until the last three years. What a lucky lady. I was so lucky to have her

She was a fighter. She had hyperthyreosis, survived a dangerous tooth surgery only a year back, and even went blind for a week because of med dosage change but her vision miraculously came back..!! She was literally walking into walls and other cats and yowling heartbreakingly the whole week and even after the emergency checkup where the vets would say the med shock probably broke the eye structure, but on Sunday she was able to follow my hand movement with he eyes and soon fully recovered!!

Each time I had prepared for her departure because the situations seemed so dire and I knew she was old, but I could see it in her eyes she wasn’t ready to go. I underestimated her strength, but I took the risks for the sake of improving her life and they paid off! She would always bounce back despite the odds.

She didn’t want to go now either… but I saw how frail and hurting she was. I could feel her spine, she was light as a feather in my hands, and I saw her tired, pained look on her face. I knew she would last only a month or two or a year at max and I didn’t want to put her through another difficult treatment, so I decided it’s time to let her rest. I gave her kisses and pets all the way to her last breath, and even after.

She had many funny nicknames over the years, usually silly gibberish derived from her actual name, Kalevi. Which funnily is a male name but as kids we didn’t know better and couldn’t imagine her with any other name anymore, it was already perfect.

Everyone who met her liked her for her friendliness, softness and beauty. She enjoyed pets and gave kisses to other people too, but she was always the most attached to me. She chose me out of all the people she met, and that made me feel very special.

I miss her very much, my dear life companion

Now I’m free of worry over her, but… will anyone ever love me as unconditionally as she did, I won’t know

Things have been rough for quite a while, but I'll get back on track, eventually

Thank you for your patience

If possible, I would appreciate if you could throw a few coins my way via Ko-Fi, the vet/euthanasia costs burned through my savings

Thank you very much 🫂💖

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Kalosian Emmet ideas are very entertaining rn, keep them coming ahah!!

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"Top tier trainer & his ace!"

I was initially shocked to see how big Archeops is when I saw him flapping next to Emmet in Pokémas the first time!! Had to draw him smaller to make this idea work (normal archeops height is 4'07"/140 cm).

Archeops also weighs 32kg/70.5lbs, about the same as an average 7~8 year old kid. Emmet sure could carry him around for a while, if he doesn't wobble around too much! (Which I'd imagine to happen often, Archeops turning his head around like a periscope surveying his surroundings before leaping off to chase something and leaving Emmet catching his balance.)

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Greetings!! The popular 2023 February Magma photoshoot theme is back, with two new fun scenes for you to join in!! Very excited to see new additions or even remasters of your first photos! Hope to see you there!

Below are the 2023 event results, check them out! One of the most fun events for sure, with a great bunch of amazing artists!! It would be super cool to have some comebacks!!

"Palentine's/Valentine's Day" February Magma Session is Open!

Yahoo passengers!

February Magma event is now OPEN! Join us on our "Palentine's/Valentine's Day" themed event! As always, we also have doodle sessions along side the main event! If you're new and you've never been on our sessions, you need to join our Magma group first. Link here -----> LINK

Here's the links to the sessions! https://magma.com/d/0_w78e2msl <- Main session https://magma.com/d/41ascDc4bS <- Doodle Session

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Greetings passenger!

I'm Jun, pleased to meet you! Welcome to my dedicated submas art account!

Notes: They/Them ~ Aro/Ace ~ AD(H)D ~ time zone: UTC+3

Cake Day: June 4th

Slow with replies thanks to anxiety issues, please be patient with me!

Update goals: Twice a week, usually Wednesday & Sunday (SFW only!)

You can find me on:

Twitter! (My main station since May 2022)

Ko-Fi! Drop a coin for your loyal station master to boost the crazy art engine!!

Magma! You can catch me drawing live in our Monthly Magma events! You can also join in the fun here on Tumblr!

Twitch! I do art streams once in a blue moon ahah! I'll announce them in advance!

Bsky! Slowly posting more works there too!

I hope you enjoy your stay! See you around!

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Introducing your station master & Magma event host!

Since there's already a lot of passengers visiting this station and I haven't spared much time to get to know my fellow submas fans over Tumbrl yet, an introduction would be in place!

I'm Jun, nice to meet you! *offers a hand for for a shake* I am a devoted submas artist & a monthly Magma event host! I go by ChooChooBoss everywhere (Twitter/Bsky/Twitch/Ko-Fi)!

This will be a long post! I will write a short intro as well which you can just skim through but here is a more in depth view how I got into submas, my other interests and life in general, in case you'd wish to know more about your conductor on this silly train!

How did I get into submas in the first place?

PLA. I met this certain mysterious & cool fellow time traveler and got curious! After the cave scene I went to read his Wiki, found out about Emmet, and... yeah. The emotional impact blasted me right out of a miserable cycle I was going through back then and set my soul on fire!! A month later I set up my first art account on Twitter, and the rest is history. They've become my greatest source of strength and inspiration and I enjoy drawing them every single day!

I love both twins very much! I tend to vibe with Ingo a little more than Emmet, but I draw Emmet more. People say I remind of butler Ingo the most, hehe. I certainly don't mind because I'm a big fan of butlermas!! In fact I got into submas & started playing Pokémon Masters EX in April 2022, a week before butler Ingo banner rolled in, so they truly got a special place in my heart ahah! (pssst draw more butlermas for me pls pls pls-)

However I don't draw warden Ingo as much as I would like to. I still get pretty emotional over his fate ahah, I can't draw him without a single tear! This sweet & kind man leading a good life and being an inspiration to others has been torn from literally everything he had for seemingly no reason apart from his name, clothes and the muscle memory and even those are barely intact. It seems like a miracle he's still standing and breathing after put through everything judging by the wear and tear on his uniform and body. Despite all that he carries a positive attitude, assists everyone in need, and does his best to help people and pokémon understand each other, unconditionally... Oh, my face is wet again...

My other interests besides submas?

Monster Hunter! Zelda! Genshin Impact! Super Mario! Trine! Crash Team Racing! And many many more! My favourite genres are platformers, kart racers, and action games, with a side of rhythm games. I'm a big fan of co-op games! I also watch my sis play JRPGs!

Monster Hunter is the dearest to me out of all. I've been hunting for well over a decade starting from MHFU. The games have charmed me with their incredibly satisfying combat system, world building, creature design, great attention to detail, character customisation and the games being nearly fully co-op!!

Other things I do:

Pokémon is practically the only turn-based game I enjoy, mainly because of the characters and collection aspect. However!! I adore Pokémon Colosseum (the first pkmn game I ever played!) and it's double battle focus, so The Indigo Disc has been a delight after the long starvation for double battles, coming up with different combinations makes the battles much more fun to me!!... I sound like Emmet here do I ahahah! We also share the fact we are both left-handed!

Shuffle dancing, daily pull-ups, and expanding my ever growing VGM collection! I also enjoy traveling and taking photos to keep as a diary! I've played piano in a music school for 9 years, and I can also play kalimba. I've done casual boxing, gymnastics, horse riding and medieval swordfighting. I used to read comics/manga and watch movies and anime but nowadays I barely do that, I just rather use that time for drawing instead of just sitting and watching, unless I have company!

I share the apartment with my anxious brother and our two sweet female cats, Laku (11, stubborn and cuddly) and Kalevi (21, demanding and full of love) in a city center. My parents are both entrepreneurs and run a farm in the countryside & I have 4 siblings with me as the middle kid!

Where can you meet me?

I am a game artist by profession, with 4 yrs of studies and roughly 7 years of EXP in the field doing game art, UI design, character/prop design, in mobile games as well as PC titles, 2D and 3D. At the moment I am looking for work; I keep up the motivation and learn new skills by running my art accounts while looking for new opportunities.

I hail from the land of darkness, snow, salmiakki, metalheads and renownly reserved people, Finland! (UTC+2)

Despite having my roots here I am pretty much the opposite of a typical Finn in almost every sense ahah! I'm a small guy who's not afraid talking to strangers and laughs a lot. And I dislike coffee for the contrary, it's very popular amongst finns.

With the inspiration from submas I've finally stepped into the world of cosplay so you can usually meet this small and excitable Ingo in the biggest local conventions, Desucon and Tracon! Come say hi!

About my social battery:

I'm both social and socially anxious ahah! I love making new friends and talking to all sorts of people and writing comments, and gathering together with my mutuals to do cool stuff together! However my social battery is very small... I often struggle with my AD(H)D and anxiety issues, so my replies can be extremely slow. I'm easily overwhelmed when life gets busy and I deal with it by withdrawing to minimise the the stimuli and then sorting my stuff out one by one. This is a frustrating shortcoming, but I'm working hard to find a balance I can maintain without getting exhausted. Please be patient with me! If you don't hear from me in a while, please don't take it personally! In fact, it makes me really happy if you contact me, for any purpose!

Which pronouns do I go with?

I go by they/them! I am also aroace, so if I appear to show any sort of romantic interest, it's definitely not that. I love meeting new people and am quite interested in people in general so I'm excited to get to know you better, but the thing is... I have been confusing people on several occassions for saying things that could be taken as flirting. I am terribly sorry for that, that's just the way I show how I care!

I don't really identify myself by any specific gender either, but rather by my roles or interests (Magma host, submas fan, game artist etc.). Submas encouraged me to enjoy dressing formally even if I'm just sitting at home, because I love formal clothing in general and wearing them makes me feel confident and stand taller! I usually wear collar shirts and black or white slacks.

More about my AD(H)D:

I don't have an official diagnosis but deal with the same problems as AD(H)D people do; poor work memory, dissociation, hyperfocus (drawing and people), sleep deprivation, impulsiveness (juggling too many things and going with the wind), getting sensory/information overloads, and feeling like I don't fit in. I figured it out after I finished school & lost my job for that I am unable to handle big tasks without anyone giving me directions. It has taken a while but I've figured out things that help me manage my daily life as well as have a medication that mainly boosts my capability to get things started which is another great struggle ahah.

How do I manage to keep myself on track?

I use a Pomodoro timer to keep up a good flow and remember to take breaks! This is what I use the most:

I should set it up on my tablet as well. I think it's really cool to see how many hours I have actually put into drawing! Last year I clocked in well over 3k hours, ahaha!

How to catch me?

Right now I have great difficulty managing replies, but usually you can reach me by DMs! I check Discord and Twitter the most often! However I must ask you to respect my current DNI status. It means I am really overwhelmed so I wish nobody comes asking for my attention until it has been lifted, unless it's really necessary. I really love talking to you all but I also have to accept and deal with my own limits strictly like this or it won't work out.

What am I working on at the moment?

Besides the holiday set I have several short comics under works as well as one big comic (100+ pages!). That one is my personal greatest goal! I started working on it in June 2022 and I have currently 40+ pages sketched and 60+ thumbnailed.

I was afraid of starting any comic projects before submas, but the sheer excitement over them carried me over that personal wall ahah!

The story's beginning and end are looking good and somewhat functional but there's still a lot to work to do and holes to fill in the middle before I dare to start fleshing out the pages. I have little experience in writing or comic making so I hope you forgive if some things don't make sense or the dialogue is a little on the nose so to say ahah!

The story will be packed with action with the overall tone being on the darker side, but it sure won't be lacking in humor! The project's main goal is to make it a celebration of all things submas & to prove to myself I can handle a big scale project despite my shortcomings!

This train has reached the terminal!

Thank you for riding my silly submas train!! I adore reading all your tags and comments! They brighten up my day & fuel my passion even more!! I hope to bring many more fun things for you to look forward to!! See you again soon!

ALL ABOARD!!

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”Perhaps a Pokémon battle with you would jog this memory loose… Would you honor me with a battle, <player>?”

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Passing through a shopping street in Nimbasa City~ [Festival of Family 2/8]

Over 60 hours on a year long span of sketching, compositing, rendering, lighting.. is finally over!! I am proud of the results but oh boy I am so happy to finally move onto other pieces ahah!

WIPs under the cut!

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Emmet heading off for the holidays - first time alone. [Festival of Family 1/8] Some WIPs under the cut!

I'm so tired of looking at this - the composition and colors were a massive struggle and I still don't know if I made good choices or not.. Welp, I've been holding onto this well over a year now so it's time to move on! And it's not the only piece I've been holding onto; next one will be the biggest of the set of 8 pieces!