The Funky Island of Toes

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[essenceofarda]

Might open up commissions again soon? 👀

So I'm thinking in the next few weeks I might open up commissions again. If I do, I'd love to know what y'all would be most interested in me offering 🤔 Note: I can't see who votes, so voting is merely me gauging general interest, it will NOT lock you into getting a commission from me eventually or ever! Same goes for replying in the comments if you do :)

(Examples of my art presented below the poll!)

What would you be most interested in commissioning me for?

Character art (poses, simple interactions, busts, etc)

Full illustrations

Comic pages (of your original story or fanfiction, etc)

More general concept art (props/environment design/character design/etc)

2 or *more* of these options

None! I'm not interested in commissioning you :)

Voting ended onApr 13

Thanks for voting if you do! I'll probably end up offering all or most of these options but I'm just gauging interest in general :)

EXAMPLES OF MY ART :)

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Boosting from my Tolkien fanart side blog! I might be opening commissions soon so I'm gauging interest on if/what y'all might want!!

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potentially my most controversial Tortall original character(s) lol ...

Conceived during a one-time youthful dalliance between a young noblewoman of Galla and the (then) Crown Prince Jonathon of Conte (well before he ever met Thayet) Gia had a less than desirable upbringing by her conservative Gallan family. As a bastard, whose mother died in childbirth, her maternal family broke tradition and raised her until it was announced that Jonathon and Thayet were to marry, and they dashed any hopes of having a Gallan controlled heir on the Tortall throne. She was sent away at a young age, her upbringing funded by the family, but shunned from them.

She grew up to be an excellent healer and herbalist, but when she was still a young woman, living on the border near Scanra, she was assaulted during a Scanran raid and her daughter Ranna was later born. After this, despite the nature of the child's birth, Gia's maternal family abandoned her entirely, cutting her off from whatever meager financial support they had once allotted to her.

Ranna was not born with significant powers, except for an average powered Gift, but when she was only three years old, a meteor fell from the sky, and little Ranna touched it, absorbing it's energy, gaining celestial powers, and nearly dying in the process. Thankfully, she was nursed back to health by her mother.

Eventually the two travel to Corus, because Gia needs help learning how to help her young daughter learn to control her abundant and out of control powers, seeking help from the Tortall University of Magic and Harailt of Aili (and they fall in love??? yes lol)

This is when Jonathon finds out about his daughter, which does cause a slight falling out between him and George Cooper (who knew some of Gia's story already, and was aware Jonathon had a child before Thayet but didn't say anything until Gia's entry into Corus).

And that is where the story begins 👀

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When u just wanna go on a date with ur boyfriend at the aquarium like other couples but he's a literal 'inhabitant' of said aquarium :'(

some art for my mermaid hiccup httyd fancomic "The Breaking of the Waves" which you can read here!

Astrid Hofferson has wanted to be a marine biologist since she was a little girl. Finally getting her dream job as an intern at the Barbaric Archipelago Aquarium, she finds things not as they seem and a little more than she expected when she befriends a mermaid named Hiccup.

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Ch2.19 | The Breaking of the Waves [Mermaid Hiccup Au]

Masterpost of Pages + Link to Tapas

Comic Summary: Astrid Hofferson has wanted to be a marine biologist since she was a little girl. Finally getting her dream job as an intern at the Barbaric Archipelago Aquarium, she finds things not as they seem and a little more than she expected when she befriends a merman named Hiccup.

Hmm... Tour Duty... I wonder if our merman will happen to make an appearance (for once) for THIS tour lady 😏 hehe

Thanks for reading!! See you soon with page 20!

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Love's First Curse | Chapter 1, Page 10!

Tumblr Masterpost of Pages + Link to Tapas

Witch-in-Training, Marinette Dupain Cheng, finally has a Familiar, a vital step in becoming a full fledged witch. Unbeknownst to her, however, her Familiar, Chat Noir, is in fact a cursed human boy named Adrien Agreste! A Miraculous Ladybug fancomic

New PAGE! This one took longer than anticipated, but I'm Quite pleased with the end result 😅🥰

Hoping to post the next page in the next week or two! Thanks for reading!!

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Ch2.18 | The Breaking of the Waves [Mermaid Hiccup Au]

Masterpost of Pages + Link to Tapas

Comic Summary: Astrid Hofferson has wanted to be a marine biologist since she was a little girl. Finally getting her dream job as an intern at the Barbaric Archipelago Aquarium, she finds things not as they seem and a little more than she expected when she befriends a merman named Hiccup.

Was going to post this on Saturday, but I got impatient :)

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When ur girlfriend is an elemental spirit, the daughter of Chitral and sister to the Dominion Jewel... and she can literally descend from the wings of the wind into ur arms 🥹

Aka Sir Alan Cooper (son of George and Alanna, twin brother of Alianne Crow) and my Elemental OC Ammë

I hope to write a fic and/or a fancomic for their story soon :D

Basically, she was created to keep her father company in the absence of the dominion jewel, but always dreamed of entering the human realms as a human herself. Her father tasks Alan with being her guide through the human world, granting her a human body so she can fully experience the trials and joys of humanhood. So despite being created from a drop of essence from Chitral's own spirit, as a human she does has some limitations on her powers :) Still pretty powerful tho. Just not as much as she would be if she wasn't in a human body, as the limitations of human magic apply to her to a degree in this form.

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Love's First Curse | Chapter 1, Page 9!

Tumblr Masterpost of Pages | You can also read from the beginning on Tapas :)

Witch-in-Training, Marinette Dupain Cheng, finally has a Familiar, a vital step in becoming a full fledged witch. Unbeknownst to her, however, her Familiar, Chat Noir, is in fact a cursed human boy named Adrien Agreste!A Miraculous Ladybug fancomic

New Page yay ! Hoping to post the next page this month :)

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Which Fic should I continue FIRST?

Hi! If I were to get back into (trying to) finish my fanfic wips this summer, which of my HTTYD fanfics should I start with?

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:)c

[essenceofarda]

My fancomics, and a question on art style:

I want to start updating my fancomics more consistently, starting this summer, most notably Romance Rivendell, The Breaking of the Waves (HTTYD) and maybe Love's First Curse (Miraculous Ladybug). Possibly other Tolkien fancomics tho bc they are my fave <3

I am sort of in a metamorphosis rn with style. Being very experimental, and focusing on simple, more stylized shapes and designs, rather than a more manhwa/anime inspired comic style that I have previously been more influenced by. I'm trying to get away from that style a little bit (tho we'll see how long that last LOL) and do a bit more of a western animated TV show influenced stye. Like my animated Tolkien project

reasoning is, it's a style I'm currently drawing in, and it's easier and quicker to churn out pages bc it's arguably simpler, and bc it's super stylized I don't have to worry as much about realism interfering with my perfectionism lol (examples below of my more stylized style)

My question is... Would switching styles from one page to the next in these comics ruin the reading experience? AND/OR would reading these comics in a more stylized style make them less interesting to you? pls vote if you read the comics, or just have thoughts on comics in general!

Which Style?

Stick to the old/original style

Do the new style! It's easier AND quicker!

Nuance (explain in replies)/See Results

No preference! Do whichever you want

Voting ended onJun 7, 2025

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that is my tolkien fanart blog, but this poll relevant to two comics I post over here :) If you read or have read The Breaking of the Waves or Love's first curse, pls vote!!

[byleahgracie]

Which webcomic interests you more? Pls Vote!

Hi! I'm trying to decide which of my webcomic ideas I should work on next!! I'm having a hard time deciding! Options Described more Below the poll:

Which Comic?

Goodie Church Girl ends up falling for Lucifer's Daughter (v Religious Critical)

A Faerie love story where the Fae World is inspired by Magical 1800s-early 1900

Voting ended onMay 25, 2025

OPTION 1: A story about a Goodie Two Shoes Church Girl who falls in love with Lucifer's Daughter, a literal demon girl, and starts to question everything she was ever taught.

Set in a pseudo 2000's New England town, it is full of mystery, drama, and PLENTY of religious trauma lol. No, literally, the only reason I'm thinking of NOT doing this story is I'm not sure I'm prepared for any backlash bc this story is VERY Christian/Evangelical Critical lol. I'm pouring ALL my childhood religious trauma into this one folks.

OPTION 2: Two best friends get kidnapped into the magical Fae World (which is inspired by 1800s-early 1900s aesthetics), and find love and adventure there!

Main ship is sapphic, other main ship is het. Lots of cool world building that I've been working on for this one :)

Here's a test page I did for this comic! I'm using a simpler, more stylized style for this one!

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Love's First Curse | Chapter 1, Page 8!

Tumblr Masterpost of Pages | You can also read from the beginning on Tapas :)

Witch-in-Training, Marinette Dupain Cheng, finally has a Familiar, a vital step in becoming a full fledged witch. Unbeknownst to her, however, her Familiar, Chat Noir, is in fact a cursed human boy named Adrien Agreste!A Miraculous Ladybug fancomic

Now we're caught up! Let me know if i should keep making pages for this comic?? Are people still into witchy marinette au's??

Looks like Alya gets an ill omen while at the Seer's house, or so it seems!! 😜

And will Marinette be able to find an answer or solution to her problem? Or will she be doomed to never find her familiar??!

Also sorry for the butt quality of this page lol, i was experimenting with a looser sketches for lineart, but i'm not sure how i like it 🤔

[byleahgracie]

“My GF is the [Literal] Devil” launching soon! A little art today of my girls, as a treat, for me 😌

Set in a small New England town in the late 2000’s, Clara, pictured on the right, tries summoning a demon, which she thinks fails. The next day, however, a beautiful transfer student arrives at her school, and everything about this new girl seems too good and perfect to be true. Clara starts suspecting that something sinister might be lurking behind this New Girl Lucy’s perfect face. She might just be… the very demon that Clara tried summoning!!! Clara now has to contend with her growing feelings for Lucy, as well as being caught up in the battle between heaven vs hell…

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Full Color Webcomics or Black and White?

So according to this poll I made a while back, a lot of y'all do like to read traditional page-by-page webcomics, rather than exclusively Webtoon/Scrolling format webcomics.

I would also like to know y'all's opinions on black and white webcomics, and/or limited color palette, vs full color rendering, and if it makes a big difference if you'd enjoy reading any particular webcomic. Please vote, reblog and share!! ty!!

When choosing a webcomic to read...

i literally ONLY read full color webcomics

I have no preference whatsoever (i'll read ANY visual style!)

I prefer/like Full Color but have no real preference

I prefer/like b&w or limited colors but have no real preference

see results (I don't read webcomics)

Voting ended onFeb 25, 2025

If any of these options require nuance Pls elaborate in the notes!! or if you have any opinions to elaborate on in general :)

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Sensitivity reader for ongoing webcomics?

Question for sensitivity readers! I'm currently working on a new webcomic, it's in traditional page-by-page format (think graphic novel, Not webtoon/scrolling format, at least in it's original formatting), and the first chapter will have around 50-75 pages in it, give or take. Future chapters may vary but will probably be around at least 75+ pages each.

I'm looking to hire a sensitivity reader who can review each chapter and give feedback/advice (One of the 2 main characters in this comic is a queer biracial teenage girl (half black, half white), so I'm looking for advice not just on any potential problematic portrayals of her character but also advice on cultural authenticity)

I'm still working on the sketches/color scripts for Chapter 1, so I'm not *quite* ready to hire someone yet (tho if you're a sensitivity reader who might fit my needs, pls reach out!!) but what I'd like to do hear how much I should plan to budget for a sensitivity reader for a *webcomic* project in particular, chapter by chapter (on average)?

there's a fair amount of info on google about hiring a sensitivity reader for prose/novels, but not quite so much that i could find specific to visual mediums like comics, hence why I'm making this post to inquire about how much people typically charge for this type of work specifically :)

TL:DR - How much do sensitivity readers charge for reviewing/giving feedback on *webcomics* in particular?

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Ch2 | P14 | The Breaking of the Waves [Mermaid Hiccup Au]

Masterpost of Pages | Read on Tapas

Comic Summary: Astrid Hofferson has wanted to be a marine biologist since she was a little girl. Finally getting her dream job as an intern at the Barbaric Archipelago Aquarium, she finds things not as they seem and a little more than she expected when she befriends a merman named Hiccup.

Hoping to get page 15 up soon!!

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Hey So like... would anyone be interested in more chapters of The Halfling Child? Summary below

fair warning in case this is a dealbreaker lol, but it's an old fic and so it diverges from canon following S3 of TDP, and since i haven't kept up with S4 and onwards very well it probably will stay diverted lol. I really want to get back into fic writing... and i suddenly am itching to return to this fic (probably bc i'm seeing more tdp around lately) 🤔😅

SUMMARY: Twelve years after the events of The Dragon Prince, the world is slowly settling into peace. But not for long... an old enemy rises to the surface, preparing a storm that will upset the balance of the world, and sets his goals on obtaining on a powerful new 'weapon', the unborn child of Callum and Rayla. Will the world be successful in defeating evil again?

let me know if you'd like to read more of this fic??

there's also Love in Katolis City that I've been kinda interested in returning to eventually too 🤔

and/or, if there's another fic of mine you've been wanting to see continued... let me know? I have so many wips on the go since the last time i worked on fanfic that I'm at a loss at which one(s) to start first haha