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My shuake mini zine is up! Read the rest in the zine.

It’s free for download so don’t feel pressured to pay.

I normally would have made a post of it, but Tumblr only allows 10 images and I’m 3 pages over.

Thanks always for your kind words by the way.

Anyway, I hope you like it even though summer is over! I mean, with global warming, summer never seems to be over.

Summer Triangle - Greenfield 's Ko-fi Shop

A P5R fanzine featuring a shuake summer story.

Basically, I wanted to draw some star related comic for summer as I did with Orion.

I thought Personal Royal trio (Joker, Akechi and Kasumi) kinda goes well with the Summer Triangle which is Vega, Altair, and Deneb.

Vega and Altair are more blatant lover stars unlike Rigel and Betelgeuse which I guess feel more like rivals or duo? But what better stars to show some summer romance?

Also, I thought Sumire goes well with Deneb which is the brightest star of Cygnus. I know she’s more Cinderella themed, but come on. She would also make great Odette and you can easily imagine her as a ballerina as well.

Also my headcanon is that Goro pretty much hates most festivities including his own birthday, Valentines, Christmas, and any festival including Tanabata because he seldom had any chance to enjoy them with anyone.

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Hi all!

My comic focusing on my experience during the December 3 self-coup in South Korea debuts in Shortbox Comics this October.

It’s a 20 pages of comics + 2 pages of my personal photos from the protests.

Once it’s up, I’m going to share the link!

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The President Threw a Coup by Hyejeon Jeon (Greenfield) — ShortBox Comics Fair

A friendly neighbourhood comic artist’s life is turned upside down when the president decides to declare a martial law. The President Thre

Hey, hey, hey!!!! My comic is up! As always, thanks for sharing and sending words of encouragement.

These days, with everything that’s happening around the world, especially the US, these kinds of topics feel relevant.

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ChatGPT makes you stupid.

Some people might be fuming and frothing at the mouth already, but the verdict is out.

What I don’t see is why people find it so difficult to accept this fact. After all, they’re quick to admit that TikTok makes you stupid—a claim backed by studies, by the way.

Part of it is that “stupid” can be rather a strong word for some people. It feels permanent and stigmatizing. If I were to be a bit nicer with my words, I’d say ChatGPT harms your cognitive fitness. It dulls your ability to read, analyze (LLMs are not reasoning machines), and form coherent thoughts. I also find the “instant gratification” element of it rather concerning, but this might be a topic for another day. The point is that just as never working out reduces your physical fitness, not exercising your brain and generating answers and content hurts your cognitive fitness. It really shouldn’t be difficult to see why. If I skip leg days, my quad muscles would eventually grow weaker and smaller.

Here is where most people say, “Oh, I’m not against AI! In fact, AI can be awesome if you use it the right way blah blah blah!”

You know what? I’m not going to say it. Someone has to say that what they call AI—which I think is a greatest misnomer—right now kinda sucks for the planet and every living thing on it. The only instance where I think ChatGPT can be sort of helpful is when someone is trying to code. Even this is despised by many mid-level and senior developers who have to deal with bullcrap put out by ChatGPT that their juniors keep turning in. Another possible application of this crap machine is when you have to write a groveling email to someone you don’t care about.

The problem is that none of these cute perks justify products that guzzle energy like some biblical monster. It’s not worth burning up the planet that’s already past boiling point just so some people can code easily—debatable—or write bunch of insincere emails or whatever “smart application” of ChatGPT that people are arguing for.

ChatGPT harms the planet. It also makes you stupid.

There is a culture that tries to scaremonger everyone, especially younger people, to accept and use AI products like ChatGPT. Despite knowing 99 harms it does, people cling onto the hope that there is one upside. I think a significant number of people know consciously or unconsciously, that stuff like ChatGPT is not all that good. But the wider social culture pressures them to “stay open” to “new technological innovations.” Not doing so makes you “fall behind.”

By the way, I always found statements like “blah-blah is here to stay” ridiculous. Facial recognition exists but that doesn’t mean we should agree to governments making it mandatory for all citizens. Likewise, we don’t have to accept ChatGPT as it is now.

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I wanted to write this because I see a huge pressure especially on young people in high school and university to accept and adopt AI—LLM’s and genAI—into their lives. There is a pushback in the creative community, but it’s not the same in the wider public. People are hesitant to criticize AI, worried that they might “sound like boomers.” Many universities are quick to adopt AI into their curriculum to keep up with the trends. Honestly, I think it’s pretty shameful. So here’s one more rant on the internet to assure you that you’re not the only one unsure about Mr. Sam Altman’s grubby little trinket.

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Hi all!

My comic focusing on my experience during the December 3 self-coup in South Korea debuts in Shortbox Comics this October.

It’s a 20 pages of comics + 2 pages of my personal photos from the protests.

Once it’s up, I’m going to share the link!

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닉넴을 뭐라고 불러드려야 할지 모르겠네요,, 포타에서 봤던대로 아르다코코 라고 부를게요! 음... 안녕하세요! 저는 내년에 고등학교에 올라가는 한국 학생이에요! 아르다코코님처럼 텀블러에서 취미 일러레(?)로 활동하고 있기도 해요. 그냥 그대로 쪽지를 보내고 싶었는데 제가 조금 겁이 많아서(?) 결국 익명으로 보내네요,, 다음에 또 한 번 보내게 된다면 꼭 익명 없이 보내볼게요!

아르다코코님을 알게 된 지 반년도 안 되었지만... 그림들이 너무 개성이 넘쳐서 진짜 멋있다고 생각했어요. 처음에 영어로 적혀있길래 외국분이신줄 알았는데 한국분이셔서 이런 멋있는 분이 한국인이구나! 그것도 얼마 안되는 톨키니스트! 라고 생각하면서 정말 기뻐했었어요. 또, 탄핵 시위... 라고 해야 되나? 거기에 직접 나가신 사진 보고 우와 소리가 절로 나왔어요,,, 멋있어요...! (죄송해요 어휘력이 부족해서...!!)

인삿말이 너무 길었죠... 그냥 제가 아르다코코님한테 질문하고 싶었던 건 사실 별거 없긴 해요. 그냥 그 반년이 넘는 시간동안 무슨 일이 있었는지 너무 궁금해서 용기내서 쪽지 보내봐요! 제가 텀블러에서 아르다코코님을 찾았을 때는 이미 소식이 끊긴 상태였으셔서 아쉬웠어요... 그래도 최근에 다시 돌아오신 것 같아서 정말 반가워요!

사실 그냥 질문을 핑계로 아무말 대잔치 쪽지를 보내는 것 같아요... 최대한 예의 바르게 썼는데, 그래보였으면 좋겠어요! 부모님과 선생님께 배운대로 조금 오글거리지만 초반 간단한 자기 소개도 하고... 인터넷상이 아니라 직접 대화하는 것처럼 써보고...

너무 말이 길었죠... 그래도 읽어주셔서 정말 감사해요. 마지막으로, 그림들 잘 보고 있어요! 특히 실마릴리온 관련해서요ㅎㅎ 만화들 정말 재밌어요. 쭉 건강하시면 좋겠어요! (´ｰ｀).｡*･ﾟﾟ

안녕하세요! 포타에서 보고 와주셨군요. 그림 재밌게 봐주셔서 감사합니다 ^//^ 학생분이면 학업땜에 많이 바쁘시겠어요.

반년간 심각한 일(탄핵시위 제외…)은 없었고 그냥 정신이 없어서 그림을 많이 못그렸어요. 어른이 되면 원래 6개월이 2주같고 그렇습니다. 그리고 다꾸도 시작했어요. 재밌네요. 제가 취미가 잡다하게 많은 편입니다. 어이쿠 이렇게 제 연식이… 암튼 남은 하반기동안은 평소처럼 그림도 그리고 만화도 작업하면서 보내려구요.

신경써서 응원 메세지 보내주셔서 감사해요. 정중하게 써주신 마음이 예뻐요. 남은 방학(아직 안끝났겠죠?)도 즐겁게 보내시기 바랍니다.

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I originally followed for Silm art, but I wanted to say I really admire your personality too.

Thank you for all of your activism and hard work! <3

Thanks! I hope I can post more art for the rest of 2025. I’ll also try to share more stories about Korean activism in 2024 which is hopefully inspiring to others in similar situations.

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Been lounging playing Stardew Valley. Penny has been my fav bachelorette since I first played the game years ago though I’d much like to date her mom (I know there are mods, but I’m not too diligent about stuff like that). Playing the game again, I’m more convinced that you should be able to date Pam. I mean, the game lets you date Shane and play out your “I can fix him” story. Shouldn’t there be “I can fix her” option as well? Also, you get Harvey and Elliot if you’re into dating older guys. What if you’re into dating older women? Come on!

+Also downloaded some pixel brushes for CSP. I’m not a pixel artist, but it’s fun to play around once in a while.

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I find myself often thinking about how lucky I was to experience the “old internet.” This isn’t to say that things were perfect back then, but anyone who’s old enough to remember how things were in the early 2010’s would agree to some extent that the online space has gotten worse over the years. It’s not just about people being “more genuine”—people have been faking it since the LiveJournal days—or everything being about money—capitalism has been capitalism-ing since day one—but about the pure quantity of shit online. Yes, there were content farms and low-effort memes in the past as well as toxic internet dramas, but there is so much slop now, especially with AI. You can’t even browse through pinterest or enjoy animal photos without questioning if it’s some AI shit. And I’m not sorry if some people like their animal photos fake and generated, but I like seeing genuine photos of pets or wild animals. Once I realize that the image of a cat punching his human is generated, the allure is gone for me.

If you’re part of a hobby community with a lot of “regular folks,” you’d know that this AI slop problem is real. Every formerly harmless group is inundated with AI slop ranging from creepy generated images to stupid screencaps of ChatGPT that makes you feel like your brain is dying. It’s especially insulting if the said person sharing AI slop makes a big deal about the environment because I can’t think of another efficient way to burn the already burning planet.

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hey. Are you doing ok?

We have a new president now :D

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Hi all, long time no see.

A lot happened (you’d know if you kept up with the international news lol). I’m currently working on a comic about personal experiences after what happened in South Korea last December.

I’ll be back with more news soon!

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Hi, I’m back.

As some of you would know, the fucker* of a president in South Korea threw a coup.**

*Please understand that I like using concise language. “Incompetent, abominable, murderous dictator wannabe” is rather too long, so I would propose using “fucker” instead.

**Some of you might use the phrase “South Korean martial law,” but please understand that the phrase used by the official Korean press—and quite a lot of foreign presses too, actually—as of today is coup d’etat.

So instead of enjoying my time working on shuake comics and Silmarillion art, I’m constantly checking news and going to protests to pull the fucker down instead.

I’m still working on commercial and personal projects, so there will be art in the future, but this is how things are. I hope I can draw some holiday comics though as I can’t let a little fucking megalomaniac interfere with my art practice.

Anyway, if you feel bummed out by lack of comics, you can quietly say, “Fuck you Yoon Suck Yeol. Give me back my shuake/Tolkien artist.”

Have a great week!

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Photos and my hand drawn sign.

You know, I was hoping to open commissions for the holidays. Now because of that damn Yongsan dictator, I’m drawing protest art instead.

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New protest puppet

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Sorry for the long hiatus.

Still going to protests. Hopefully I can be back soon

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Pray for the fascist and his friends’ demise so I can come back to drawing stupid fanart.

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Hi, I’m back.

As some of you would know, the fucker* of a president in South Korea threw a coup.**

*Please understand that I like using concise language. “Incompetent, abominable, murderous dictator wannabe” is rather too long, so I would propose using “fucker” instead.

**Some of you might use the phrase “South Korean martial law,” but please understand that the phrase used by the official Korean press—and quite a lot of foreign presses too, actually—as of today is coup d’etat.

So instead of enjoying my time working on shuake comics and Silmarillion art, I’m constantly checking news and going to protests to pull the fucker down instead.

I’m still working on commercial and personal projects, so there will be art in the future, but this is how things are. I hope I can draw some holiday comics though as I can’t let a little fucking megalomaniac interfere with my art practice.

Anyway, if you feel bummed out by lack of comics, you can quietly say, “Fuck you Yoon Suck Yeol. Give me back my shuake/Tolkien artist.”

Have a great week!

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Photos and my hand drawn sign.

You know, I was hoping to open commissions for the holidays. Now because of that damn Yongsan dictator, I’m drawing protest art instead.

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New protest puppet

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Sorry for the long hiatus.

Still going to protests. Hopefully I can be back soon

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Hi, I’m back.

As some of you would know, the fucker* of a president in South Korea threw a coup.**

*Please understand that I like using concise language. “Incompetent, abominable, murderous dictator wannabe” is rather too long, so I would propose using “fucker” instead.

**Some of you might use the phrase “South Korean martial law,” but please understand that the phrase used by the official Korean press—and quite a lot of foreign presses too, actually—as of today is coup d’etat.

So instead of enjoying my time working on shuake comics and Silmarillion art, I’m constantly checking news and going to protests to pull the fucker down instead.

I’m still working on commercial and personal projects, so there will be art in the future, but this is how things are. I hope I can draw some holiday comics though as I can’t let a little fucking megalomaniac interfere with my art practice.

Anyway, if you feel bummed out by lack of comics, you can quietly say, “Fuck you Yoon Suck Yeol. Give me back my shuake/Tolkien artist.”

Have a great week!

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Photos and my hand drawn sign.

You know, I was hoping to open commissions for the holidays. Now because of that damn Yongsan dictator, I’m drawing protest art instead.

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New protest puppet

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Hi, I’m back.

As some of you would know, the fucker* of a president in South Korea threw a coup.**

*Please understand that I like using concise language. “Incompetent, abominable, murderous dictator wannabe” is rather too long, so I would propose using “fucker” instead.

**Some of you might use the phrase “South Korean martial law,” but please understand that the phrase used by the official Korean press—and quite a lot of foreign presses too, actually—as of today is coup d’etat.

So instead of enjoying my time working on shuake comics and Silmarillion art, I’m constantly checking news and going to protests to pull the fucker down instead.

I’m still working on commercial and personal projects, so there will be art in the future, but this is how things are. I hope I can draw some holiday comics though as I can’t let a little fucking megalomaniac interfere with my art practice.

Anyway, if you feel bummed out by lack of comics, you can quietly say, “Fuck you Yoon Suck Yeol. Give me back my shuake/Tolkien artist.”

Have a great week!

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Photos and my hand drawn sign.

You know, I was hoping to open commissions for the holidays. Now because of that damn Yongsan dictator, I’m drawing protest art instead.

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Hi, I’m back.

As some of you would know, the fucker* of a president in South Korea threw a coup.**

*Please understand that I like using concise language. “Incompetent, abominable, murderous dictator wannabe” is rather too long, so I would propose using “fucker” instead.

**Some of you might use the phrase “South Korean martial law,” but please understand that the phrase used by the official Korean press—and quite a lot of foreign presses too, actually—as of today is coup d’etat.

So instead of enjoying my time working on shuake comics and Silmarillion art, I’m constantly checking news and going to protests to pull the fucker down instead.

I’m still working on commercial and personal projects, so there will be art in the future, but this is how things are. I hope I can draw some holiday comics though as I can’t let a little fucking megalomaniac interfere with my art practice.

Anyway, if you feel bummed out by lack of comics, you can quietly say, “Fuck you Yoon Suck Yeol. Give me back my shuake/Tolkien artist.”

Have a great week!

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A recent OC doodle

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The freelance project I’ve been involved in just got pulled without any warning, so I’m unexpectedly free (and jobless) now. Clearly, it’s not a pleasant thing to suddenly have your source of income vanish, especially in this economy. Still, I kind of feel relieved too. I’ve been working without any legit break since 2021. I guess I had Chuseok and New Year breaks, but those are really short and for 2023 and 2024 I didn’t even get those. It’s not like I worked seven days out of a week, but it wasn’t an awesomely balanced life for sure.

I also hated working on the most recent project (this one Korean romance fantasy novel) so much that I’d go to sleep Sunday night feeling depressed that I’d have to look at that thing again next morning. I mean, some might find it weird that someone might find a novel so stressful, but it was such an… unpleasant work. At times, I found myself wondering how the publishers hoped to sell it to the NA market considering the novel’s rather blatant sexist contents and parts which were, well, slightly racist. And believe me, I’m not the most sensitive reader, so if I find something misogynistic, it is really problematic. If anyone wants an example of how this work was problematic, uh, the author often used attempted sexual assault as a way to show just how attractive and enticing the female protagonist was. And no, this was not an adult title but for general audiences.

That said, I’d really love to go back to teaching in uni. I used to teach drawing and comics before I was drawing commercial art and translating romance fantasy work. Not everyone likes teaching, but I always enjoyed working with students and see them go from nervous to confidently presenting their work at the end of the semester exhibition.

Maybe 2025 can be a year I start a new chapter in my life.

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It feels like everyone and their great aunt is playing Metaphor except me.

I’ve never felt so much fomo in my life.

To be honest though I wasn’t too hyped when it was first announced or when the characters are revealed but then they showed this.

Now I want the game so bad…

The monster designs in general look awesome. I’ve always liked Atlus monsters which is why I like Megaten series as well.

But ho there’s a catch. If I want to get this game, I have to either get a new PC (expensive) or PS (not as expensive as new gaming PC but still steep). For your information, my current PC is from 2016 and my graphics card is GTX 960. Mind that GTX series is well into its four digit numbers now. My PC also has been exploited for years by me running everything from games to graphics program to Blender rendering. Metaphor might not be of as high end graphic as some AAA games, but I think it might just end my poor dying 8-year-old PC. But then if I want to get a new PC which I think is ultimately a smarter choice than buying PS since I’d need a new PC anyway, Imma have to pay out like $1,800 (I know I can build it for cheaper but I’m not going to use this thing just to play games).

One day… one day…

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Yeah! The chum is from Bosch painting, The Garden of Earthly Delights. I don't know if there are other Bosch creatures there though. If there are, it'd be cool.