Poakii

Hi! I’m Poakii 🩶 this is my brand-new Tumblr for my webcomic The Shoreline. It’s a queer coastal-drama about Holt, a closeted man who ran away from home after being outed, and the life he built in a small seaside town. When new people arrive, his past and present finally collide. Here you’ll find: • comic updates • character art & sheets • sketches + behind the scenes • worldbuilding & story crumbs • occasional rambling about boats, fog, and gay yearning Thanks for stopping by 🌊💙

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NEW PAGES OF MY WEBCOMIC “The Shoreline” ARE NOW AVAILABLE ! ON WEBTOON, TAPAS.IO AND ! I just wanna note that this one is a smaller/shorter drop since I’ve been juggling deadlines and my swag (my comic) 🙂‍↕️ I’ve been losing my mind over here, but it’s all worth it. So here’s some of my favorite spoiler free frames ! I also just wanna say that I think I’ve finally made some improvements and I think I’m finally managing to properly develop my own style! Hooray !! I am no longer a boring ahhh realism only artist !! 🤪🤪🤪 (not saying yall are boring but I was boring to myself)

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I guess this is my last post of 2025 !

So first of all I wanna thank all the new lil followers who joined me and all the new readers. It’s been a lil over a month I’ve put The Shoreline online and we’re currently at 132 views on webtoons, 256 views on tapas.io and a whopping 4.6k deviation views on deviant art. While I don’t care much for FOLLOWERS I care much more if people get interested in the story rather than collecting followers. Earlier this year, near the end of it, I decided to create this faceless account under a super old alias I used to post as on deviant art many years ago, and it honestly has been one of the most liberating things I’ve done. I love being able to share just my drawings without correlations or judgement towards my looks.

Here’s a lil piece of me I’m willing to share tho; lately I’ve been going through big revelations/realizations about my life and honestly my mental health has been a whole rollercoaster cuz of it. The Shoreline, in the middle of all of this became a lifeline. And also although there aren’t many people reaching out (yet? 😉). Any time I’ve received feedback it’s been overwhelmingly positive and I’m incredibly so so damn grateful. Here’s my lil late Xmas present to yall but also New Year’s Eve present from me to you all, some spoiler free behind the scenes and some drawings I forgot to post (+ some spoiler free comic frames that are already published which I love!).

The Shoreline is a very slow paced story, rooted in everyday moments and problems I believe many people can relate to. I really like to believe I wrote something good, and I genuinely can’t wait to share more with you. ❤️‍🩹

On that note, happy new year. I hope 2026 treats you gently and brings you many beautiful moments.

Love, love, and even more love, ~Poakii 🤍

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🌊 MEET LYDIA

Meet Lydia. She arrives in Havenport with her dad, a backpack full of notebooks, and a head full of thoughts she does not always know how to say out loud.

At first glance, Lydia comes off quiet and polite. She is awkward around people her own age, bad at small talk, and friendships have a habit of slipping through her fingers no matter how hard she tries to hold onto them. She tends to observe from the edges before stepping in, unsure where she fits.

Once she gets comfortable, though, she can get surprisingly hot headed. Lydia has a way of winding herself up when something matters to her, especially when she feels misunderstood. She is passionate, stubborn, and a little too honest once she gets going.

She is also, very secretly, a massive nerd. Lydia studies marine biology at the newly opened Havenport College, and the ocean is one of the few things that makes her feel grounded. Give her tide charts, sea life facts, or a quiet stretch of shore and she lights up in a way she rarely does around people.

Her move to Havenport is meant to be a fresh start, but it comes at a complicated time. The loss of her mother still hangs heavy, and her relationship with her dad is strained in ways neither of them knows how to fix yet. Grief sits between them, unspoken and unresolved.

Where Holt keeps his distance, Lydia keeps asking questions. Where he avoids looking back, she is trying to understand what she is carrying with her. Their connection grows slowly, shaped by curiosity, shared silence, and the sea that surrounds them both.

!!! READ THE SHORELINE HERE !!!

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🌊 MEET HOLT

Meet Holt, the lighthouse keeper of Havenport and the man who fixes things before anyone even asks. He comes off quiet at first. The kind of quiet that makes people wonder if he’s shy or just thinking too hard. Truth is, he’s usually thinking. And usually repairing something in his head while he does it.

He spent years working at sea, hauling traps, climbing rigging, patching engines and handling storms that made most people vomit or panic. Now he uses all that know-how to keep the lighthouse running and help the town when things fall apart, which they do a lot. He grumbles about being called in, but he always shows up.

He isn’t rude. He isn’t cold. He’s just careful. Careful with his words, careful with his space, careful with his heart. People who’ve been hurt learn to move that way. People who’ve run as far and as fast as he has definitely do.

He smokes when he’s stressed, drinks whiskey that could peel paint, and handles phone calls like the other person is speaking from inside a tornado. But when he smiles, it’s warm and real in that way that makes you feel like you earned it.

Holt is gentle in the kind of way that sneaks up on you. Practical gentle. Fix-your-broken-drawer-and-pretend-he-wasn’t-worried gentle. Stay-up-during-storm-season-to-make-sure-everyone-is-safe gentle. His softness isn’t fluffy. It’s steady. Weathered. Lived-in.

And when Lydia and her dad move into Havenport, that steady life he built for himself starts shifting in ways he didn’t expect and definitely wasn’t prepared for. (Also, he doesn't smile much in the comic yet, so it felt like drawing an alien lol)

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THE SHORELINE a new queer coastal drama webcomic Story & art by Poakii (meeeeee)

For twenty years, Holt has lived quietly by the sea, an ex-fisherman, a lighthouse keeper, and a man who ran from everything he once knew. Outed at his high-school graduation party, he fled his hometown in fear and never looked back.

In the small coastal town of Havenport, loneliness is familiar, routine, almost comforting… until new people arrive. When Lydia and her father move into town for a new education program, Holt’s carefully built isolation begins to crack. Old memories start rising with the tide. New faces pull him out of hiding. And the secrets he’s kept for decades may finally demand to be faced.

If you like: 🌊 queer stories 🌊 late-bloomer character arcs 🌊 quiet melancholy, lighthouses, small-towns 🌊 found family & emotional slow burn — this might be for you.

Creator: Poakii (my art alias 💫) Start reading below ↓ RIGHT HERE BUBBA <3 (I will eventually post the pages on here as soon as i remember how to code my dman page lol )