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Things

[dumdumgiirl]

Hello, how are u?

[santapau]

Soon I'll start a new portrait series over at Patreon, and I'd like to make some promotion of this reward by sharing some favorite drawings of supporters from past years; this one was of TJ when the theme was Wizards! (yes, with exclamation sign). One of the wizards types was a modern, buffyesque kind of wizard which is what I went for here.

This time, the theme that won the poll is Cyberpunk, and I'll start making them very soon. You can get a portrait (for you or somebody else) by joining from tiers $3 and up now.

[santapau]

"The Real Capello", new Secret Knots comic.

Or is this just another way of telling you about The Duke in Shadows?

This comic is possible thanks to the support of kind patrons.

[santapau]

Here's something that might interest you If you got here after reading my Cryptid comic from some time ago. Here's the (free) Patreon post I made with sources, references and some notes on that comic. Feel free to follow for more free posts or even better!, subscribe for more regular posts with comic progress.

[fuzzyghost]

Hideaki Kodama (1981)

[santapau]

Messiah of Evil (1974)

[santapau]

This is a Terry Pratchett emoji I made for our Discord server, if you want, you can use it in yours too! I guess you can just right-click download the PNG from here? Let me know if it doesn't work to share it some other way.

[rosieandthemoon]

By Lalique

[santapau]

Fan art from Legend of the Galactic Heroes. Best boy Yang Weng-Li having his trademark tea with brandy.

[santapau]

New Secret Knots comic: "1881".

[lordwilde]

Elle Fanning photographed by Szilveszter Makó for Who What Wear, January 2026.

[santapau]

I also prefer not to reveal at this time what the new Secret Knots comic is about. But I hope you'll like it a lot.

[thejazzera]

Solita Solano, Sarah Wilkinson, 1920

Photographer is American writer Solita Solano.

[santapau]

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I wanted to make more comics this year, and managed a great start, but later real life took a toll. Still, I’m grateful for Cicada Man and everyone who reblogged his misunderstood warnings.

Created by TumblrTop10.

[santapau]

Abyssal - Full comic | Juan Santapau

Get more from Juan Santapau on Patreon

I'll leave this here, quietly.

[doodlemancy]

hello fellow artists. google has fallen. pinterest/duckduckgo AI filters don't work. do not despair; here is a list i made of places to find reference images without having to sift through piles of worthless garbage. (for future editing convenience i am just linking my blog post on dreamwidth.)

✨ good places to find art reference that are not full of AI trash 🌈

[santapau]

Master Post, November 2025

I'm Juan Santapau (he/him), and I make these short stories in comic form called The Secret Knots. I live in Chile. Hi.

A few of my comics have gone sort of viral over the years: the one about why you can’t sleep, the one about a misunderstood cryptid, or the one about enshittification. 

The full web archive is here: The Secret Knots.

I have a Patreon, where you get process updates about every comic and different extras. From time to time, I also make portraits of patrons. Follow for free, or check out the patronage tiers that go from $1 and up.

Here’s the Newsletter, where I send reminders about new stories, and miscellaneous art.

I’m on Bsky, Reddit and Instagram.

Some comics are available on apps:

Webtoon // Tapas // Globalcomix

And some you can buy and download

Finally, here’s an invitation to the Secret Knots Discord, a community server that always brings nice recommendations, and regular sightings of the weird in the world. Feel free to drop by and say hello.