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Updates will come soon, I just have a lot to do and my hand hurts a little.

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When you draw hands, what is your method of making them . . . like . . . look like hands? Do you use the square method for the palms and then just bippity bop the rest? Hands are my kryptonite and I know there's an easier way to do these friggin' things. Lol.

PS - your hand art is amazing, by the by.

I'm afraid there is no easier or shorter way than practice… :'D I have tried different ways to draw hands and continue to try. The easiest way for me so far is to look at the hands as simple shapes - you know, cylinders, squares. And also look at references. Take pictures of your own hands, see how they look from different angles. I still don't have enough practice myself, but I started drawing hands more actively about a year ago and it got better.

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The doctor said today that the rehab is going well, but my wrist hurts like hell today. Hey wrist, I broke my ELBOW, not you! Come on! D:<

(This is normal and this is a consequence of wearing a cast and immobility of the arm, but it is still annoying)

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Sooo happy to draw again after a fracture (even very slowly). I missed these silly shirts. ;o;

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Special kind of vampire. 🦇

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Do you play video games? If so what are your favourite games?

Oh, I love videogames and have played a lot! The list will be long, but my favorites series are: Dragon Age, Cyberpunk 2077, Silent Hill (especially 2 and 4), Dishonored, Divinity Original Sin, Baldur's Gate 3, The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Devil May Cry, Heroes of Might and Magic, Portal.

Also I love indie games such as Hollow Knight, Sunless Sea/Sunless Skies, Inscryption, Dredge, Don't Starve… …and my recent discovery that I fell in love with is Darkside Detective (both games).

Most likely I forgot a lot, but something like this :D

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Rehabilitation after a broken arm is going well but there is still a long way to go - my doctor said there are still 3-6 months until a full recovery. But I’ve already started drawing little by little and posting different things on my Patre0n/K0-fi! So if you want to support me and also get early access and see the processes, I will be very grateful to you!

💛 http://patreon.com/morteraphan 🌱 http://ko-fi.com/morteraphan

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You are guilty of making me obssesed with snakes, happy? ( I sure am)

Snakes? What snakes?

It's time for left-hand drawings again (my main hand hurts today, I suspect because of the weather too >:c)

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You reblogged a post on your other account explaining that Matthias is possessed. What is he possessed by?

The answer is in the comic, you need to read between the lines... 👀

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What… is Matthias? 👀

I’ve been trying to figure him out for a while. I first thought they were both vampires, kinda thinking the white locks being a common denominator for vampires, but I’ve ruled that out over time. My biggest hunch that he might simply be a human is only for the fact that Lucian is mentioned to be a vampire very frequently, but Matthias is never mentioned being anything LOL I could also just be very good at evading this bit of trivia.

This has been the biggest mystery for me for a while, and a part of me isn’t sure I want an answer or just move on with life wondering if today will be the day the Matthias’ being is exposed.

Of course Matthias is human! Well, for the most part… maybe just a little… you know… possesed.

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Hey I don't know if this is a weird thing to ask, but is that your handwriting in your comics?! (e.g. the text messages in the recent one!) It looks So. Neat. I love it.

Thank you, I am very pleased because I have always had terrible small and crooked handwriting (for which I even got my grades lowered at school lol)! Yes, it's all handwritten in my comics! Although in the last picture I typed the text first (to save energy and time, since my arm is still recovering from a fracture). Then I hand wrote the letters on top. Many letters are different in shape, it is rough, but I needed a “ruler” so that the letters would not scatter too much and would look like a text message. ^^ Someday I want to make a couple of fonts based on my handwriting, but I just can't find the time for it.

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So Lucian and Matthias live together!! I assume it was Lucian who moved in... but it could be that is was Matthias who moved in to Lucian's place. I imagine the Vampire to have a lot of decoration. I wonder if Matthias would have liked Lucian's choices.

Yes, Matthias himself didn’t notice when it happened that Lucian wakes up next to him every morning, haha! :D And you guessed correctly! Lucian will move into Matthias's apartment, although he himself has an even larger apartment. Of course he has nice decorations, many things from the past that he loves (for example, vinyl records or books). Matthias will treat this normally. He may “roll his eyes” at some things, but think “that’s kinda cute” at other things.

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Tbh, it’s even funny - I don’t really like rendering and I like my pictures more when it’s just line + flat color. But after I broke my arm, it was the first time I had such fun drawing all these details... :D✨

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you’re saying that ur human art is bad, but omg I’m in love with it.

It’s so good, don’t say anything bad bout it >:[ I love it and I love ur characters

<3

Aaaaawww, thank you so so much ;-; 💛

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Have you seen aventure time?

your cartoony style seems inspired by it.

I know about this show, but I haven't watched it and I'm not a fan, to be honest.

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Every friday 🍷🩸

First drawing with my right hand after removing the plaster. Please be gentle, I literally drew this for 3 days (with breaks for exercise and rest)!

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Sneks 🐍