TamalesOwU

The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All, by Arai Sumiko

Original title: Ki ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko ja Nakatta / 気になってる人が男じゃなかった

Genres: Comedy - Romance - Shojo-ai - Slice of Life

Themes: School Life - Music

Japanese volumes: 1 (Ongoing)

During one of her visits to the record store, popular high school gyaru Aya Oosawa falls in love with the store employee, not realizing that this cool guy is actually Mitsuki Koga, the quiet girl sitting next to her in class.

The premise of the story sounded really fun and the art was so good that I just HAD to give it a try and, let me tell you, it's absolutely worth the hype

The story is pretty simple but the way the characters and their relationship are handled is just so nice. I think it's a pretty refreshing story and I like that we get to have cute stories like this that aren't centered on the characters' sexuality but the characters' relationship. As I probably said in my Love Mix-up! review, darker stories on the struggles of being queer are great too, but I want to be able to just... breathe and have a nice time with classic romance tropes. After all, I enjoy romance manga way more than romance book (don't ask me why, I don't know) so it's always great to read queer romances like this

French version under the cut

Ki ni natteru Hito ga Otoko ja nakatta[気になってる人が男じゃなかった]

here’s a redraw of a silly old drawing to show y’all that I ain’t dead

this year has been fun but I’ve been unlucky when it comes to proper jobs; welp, there’s always next year!

as I said before, I won’t make promises I can’t keep again and say I’ll have time to get back to this story, my situation is still as unstable as ever and I can’t focus on an ongoing series

That Same Night… P.1

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If you wanna improve in you art, you must erase the idea of “My art isn’t the best :,C”. That kind of negative thoughts doens’t get you anywhere!

It is very different to say “right now my drawing skills are not as polished as I would like” to say “My art is not good, it is horrible”.

Always thinking about how others are “better than you” will just distract you from your main purpose = Improve your skills

Remember that we artist share the same goal! No one is more or less important, since we are artist we must encourage each other to be better. Having a big ego and making other feel like less will just stain your image. what’s the point of being super skilled at art if your personality sucks? that’s a waste!

Every person with any career not only artists, need time to practice and polish. Don’t expect to be like Da vinci in just one day. You must train your senses to understand the anatomy, the color theory, the perspective, the concepts of your ideas , etc….

The only way to lose your fear about showing your art is simple…. SHOW YOUR ART.

No matter if you only have 1 or 5 followers. it keep time to make others see your work, internet is to big you know but eventually they will come and they will start to check your art, also, they will witness how you art change time at time. They even can let u know!

random boi: Hey! I followed you since like some time ago and I see how your art is improving! keep the good work!

There will be ALWAYS people who thinks they are helping the society with their -justice- but in the end they just screw up everthing. Haters are everywhere and they will try to make you stop doing what you love. Or they are jealous and they will try to get you down somehow. Of course it sucks to hear negative comments but they will only affect you if you let them. Don’t stop, keep doing what you love. You can hear opinions and feedbacks but never accept offences!

If you keep drawing, you will see the changes with the time!

2019 ->

I still have lot to learn but the only way I can learn if keep going! You art is unique because you did it and you put your effort and thoughts on it so all art is good since they have a charge of different feelings!

“I do believe you are interesting….”

HHSGDHDHD FINALLY.