smokesalty

I love all things horror! Creator of The Commune on Webtoon. she/her

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Hello, I'm Smoke!

I'm a queer horror comic artist and illustrator. I'm also studying to be a game artist- making concept art, character sculpts and rigs and animation!

My big passion project is my webcomic, The Commune💉🩸

About my comic!

"407's cultish new family seems like the perfect escape from his old life. With gracious leader Anopheles to look after him, why would he ever want to leave?"

The Commune is a psychological horror about a cult, with minor urban fantasy elements here and there.

If you love: Horror, Found Family Gone Wrong, Complex Villains and Indie Comics, it might be up your ally. The comic's main characters are also queer!

Read it on Webtoon, Tapas and Insta (@thecommunecomic)

I also love worldbuilding :3 My 3D modelling skills come in handy for making fun detailed backgrounds for the comic.

Here's some of my art!

(Most of it is from my comic!)

I'm hoping to maybe try posting here more? We'll see how it goes.

My asks are open!

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I binge read the Commune and Anopheles is my favorite anti-hero. How did he get those mandibles to stay on his face? That must be so awkward to wear his outfit when he's out shopping.

Aw, thank you so much for reading my comic, I really appreciate it!!

Anopheles' mandibles are actually something he was born with, so they're permanently attached to his jaw.

As for shopping, he goes out on occasssion to get supplies he can't get from the commune itself. When he's outside he's always wearing a mask, scarf and coat so that he can cover up his mandibles and wings because they're recognisable.

We'll find out later in the comic as to why he hides his identity so much...

And you'll get to see more of his other outfits in upcoming chapters! He actually wears a lot of colours other than red, like purple, green and black (but red is always at least an accent colour haha)

He doesn't go out in red when he's outside because it's such an attention grabbing colour (he likes attention from his cultists, not outsiders!!)

Thank you for your questions, I'm always happy to answer them and yap :D

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Chapter 8 cover for The Commune!

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Chapter 1 cover for my webcomic! I want to print it someday after I edit my old pages.

If you haven't heard of my comic, welcome! It's a psychological horror about a cult, if you like media that explores toxic family dynamics then it's for you. Read the tags if there's anything you're sensitive to, dead dove do not eat and all that.

I'm finishing up volume 3 for the next few months, so this cover has been a long time coming LOL. I'll have volume 2 and 3 to make as well, but I think I have a good idea for how to make the covers look cohesive.

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Abandoning all except one of your friends will be worth it... right?

Either stay with them in the cult... or be free and see your family again. Tonight is your last chance.

From my webcomic, The Commune!

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Danny shares a cigarette with Greyson after winning a fight (butch4butch!)

And then they smooch. A bit later. Probably.

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The scene that had me and all my readers in shambles. Jeong, after thinking his parents were dead for years, hears his mom's voice for the first time.

He's also trying to escape a cult. So yeah he does not have much time for tearful reunions.

Pages 500-503 from The Commune on Comic Fury, Tapas and Webtoon.

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A longing glare... Between two good friends supposedly. (No one believes that)

From The Commune on Tapas, Comic Fury and Webtoon

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New chapter cover for my webcomic, The Commune! Took me a bit to get the lighting looking how I wanted, but I'm happy with how it turned out

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The Commune but D&D AU

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Fuck it uses my powers for good

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I think a lot about the early days of Anopheles getting 407 into the cult mindset.

I think 407 got there because 267 saw 407 right after his father seriously injured him during a mission, and since they couldn't call the police or a hospital 267 had to bring 407 back to the commune or he would've died (that one mentioning of 407 being there because of 267).

407, in the past, has tried to alert adults to his bad situation by asking them not to bring him home (the scene with the cops), only for it to be ignored and he's brought right back. So when Anopheles not only believes and acknowledges his unsafe home life, but also provides him the solution of giving him a new place to stay, that would've struck a big cord with 407.

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When your cult has no DMV 😞

Imagine Anopheles teaching one of his members to drive though; he'd probably just yell at them the whole time 😭

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Trying to talk to fine shyt but they're busy reading about what guy they need to kidnap for their cult leader:

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Happy Pride month from my comic, The Commune!

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Happy Pride month everyone! I wanted to share a butch4butch comic concept that's been stewing in my brain recently!

I've been itching to make a GL for a while now, and I figured I may as well make the GL comic I wish I could read myself. There's barely any butches yet alone butch4butch stuff, and I love writing darker stories (genres for this one are romance, eldritch horror and thriller!) so I was like may as well do it myself!

This story has only just started being written so I'll be taking my time with that, but I am excited to write my own flavour of GL. If you've read my comic The Commune, you'll know what my writing style feels like lol.

So in summery. Sexy butches fight freaky tentacle religion and explore each other's bodies

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He's totally joking about strangling them... for sure! 24's friend group is a little strange, considering they consider bullying and traumatising people a fun pastime.