Peridot

Father and Son

I am wondering why my art get such few reblogs/retweets. I would appreciate reblog/retweet more than like. However, in reality, most of people only like my post and hide them from other people's eyes. I have seen a bunch of empty blogs display as a blank "like" almost all of my art pieces, but no one except for the users of those blogs can see them because they are hidden. Some people even use external media such as pinterest to archive my tumblr/twitter post, but barely (or never) reblog/retweet/like from my own account. Frankly, this is quite irritating and bothers me a lot. I have no idea why they are doing this. There is one more funny thing. I have never seen twitter art post gets zero retweet other than mine. Hysterical, eh? This speaks out loud how shitty my art is. I know it's no one's fault but mine. My art including comic is no worth sharing on their dashboard/timeline. That's the reason, obviously. However, I reached my limit so I needed to ramble crap. When I reach my next limit, I think I will just have to move on. No more whining.

Memento 1: pp. 1-5   Memento 2: pp. 6-10

Resting after the training

Genji and Mercy

Oh, you don’t have to worry. It’s nothing invasive. Where I learnt to draw? I read some textbooks of anatomy for absolute beginners and copied example drawings in them for practice. I also learnt how to draw black and white comics from my favourite manga artists because drawing comic requires completely different and a wider variety of skill sets than drawing or painting just one picture. It’s extremely challenging but gives me so much fun.I’m so happy to know that you love my style and enjoy my work. I’ve been working on the next chapter of the Shimada bro comic. I’ll try my best and hope you’ll like it. :)

No, not annoying at all! I am deeply grateful for what you have done to me including reblogs, likes and this lovely message. I have never had a career in art nor learnt in art school (drawing is just my hobby) but I feel extremely happy to know that you find my art that good. I am blushing like crazy now. Thank you very much for everything. You made my day! <3

Thank you so much! Since my Shimada comics have to involve too many headcanon characters - aka OCs - such as Hanzo and Genji’s parents, elders, guards and other Shimada relatives, it may look much less interesting than those with canon characters, for instance, Gency, McHanzo, Genyatta and McGenji (the list goes on). It’s absolutely understandable and I don’t even expect my comics draw much attention from fandom. XDThis is why everytime I receive positive comments like yours, I am deeply encouraged. I really appreciate your supportive words. <3 They keep me motivated.

Yay! Thank you!! :D

Hello! Thank you so much for your comment on my comic! I am very happy you like it. Hanzo and Genji’s mother... I really would like to go into the details of her story but I don’t know if I have enough time. :(

Memento 1: pp. 1-5  Memento 3: pp.11-15

I didn’t know any characters you mentioned so I searched for them. Oh boy! They do look like Genji! lmao

Hello! I deactivated my DA account several months ago. I thought nobody would care because I had received almost no reaction there. Tumblr is more user-friendly: easy to post, easy to edit and easy to search. More importantly, better place for posting long comics. I will use Tumblr as long as I am comfortable posting my stuff here. I appreciate that you liked my Ghost fanart on DeviantArt. I think you can find some of them in my Tumblr archive. :)

Spiky head Shimadas. Shimada toryo (頭領 - a leader) and his right-hand man. Their father wanted them to rule the clan together. That might be his only wish. Where did it all go wrong?

Hahaha, thank you very much for the message full of love and passion! XD Daddy Shimada would greatly appreciate it. lol

Memento 2: pp. 6-10  Memento 3: pp.11-15

Hi there! Thank you very much for your message! I am happy that you enjoy my ramblings on the Japanese dub and its translations. :) Are you learning Japanese? It’s the language has a simple structure compared with English but this simplicity and flexibility such as omitting subject and object, having almost no concept of tenses or rules of singular and plural will be a nightmare when you get improve. (note: It depends on what your first language is.) The same goes for any field though. The more you improve, the harder it gets. If you encounter the difficulties, that means you are consistently improving, so please don’t give up. I do wish you every success in your study! :D