u/Guanloong

Image 1 — Q/A replies with my LN comic's main characters | part 6 (final)
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Q/A replies with my LN comic's main characters | part 6 (final)

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Hello everyone! It was fun posting these Q/A replies. This part might be final, but it doesn't mean that I will not post any more content aside some comic panels in search of criticism :3

Anyway, let's dive into more detail on Wing's and Snide's answers. Snide doesn't have any memories from her life before Nowhere (yet). Her only bond with the world beyond is her notebook, but the animal drawings mean a lot more than it might seem, hehe. Especially the last one. As for Wing... Well, he remembers most of his life before Nowhere, including the moment when the Ferryman came to him.

Nevertheless, it's not something he would ever want to bring up under normal circumstances, even with Snide. But don't worry, the comic will get to this part eventually. Both characters have development and story revelations planned out in the script. In fact I'm very worried when posting about Wing, as much as I love my son, he's fairly easy to get misunderstood. His actions aren't to be judged one sidedly either, although I must say, with a risk at spoiling too much of comic's storyline, that some of them can only be explained but not excused. I really want to tell more, but I have to keep it to myself until I release the comic... But if you're interested, I've given some more details on both characters in my previous posts.

Also the art style for this reply is different from the previous ones... As I said before, I'm still experimenting with my regular posts. It doesn't apply to the comic panels. Unless potential feedback makes me reconsider the art style for my comic and I'll have to redraw the already completed chapters.

That's all for now, I guess... Feel free to ask other questions to my children and to me, although this time I'll only reply with text (in rp style if it's directed to Snide or Wing), because I would like to focus more on drawing comic panels while I still can :'3​

(The estimated date of release of comic's first 5 chapters is still around December/January)

u/Guanloong — 3 days ago

Q & A replies from my LN comic's main characters | Part 5

Hello everyone! One of the most difficult questions was about the bad arguments Wing and Snide have had... First of all, because they've had a few. Second, all those conflicts spoil the story and key moments from the script :'3. That's why this reply is so vague and I'm very very sorry for it! It's not even nearly their worst argument either... because the worst one follows shortly after, but I really don't want to spoil the intrigue :'3 I'm determined to finish the comic no matter how many years it'll take.

I'll be able to put more work into drawing comic panels till the end of August because I'm almost done with my part time job, but then I'll slow down a little due to studying in university... so, the estimated date of this comic's release (first 6 chapters) is around December? Maybe earlier. I've never lost inspiration for drawing it over this year and I feel a lot for my LN OCs, which is why I'm certain about not abandoning it. Plus, the Little Nightmares universe itself has a very warm place in my heart. I just have to keep up with my studies along the way...

Also I'm trying to learn perspective and anatomy from books and YouTube videos, as was advised in one of my earlier posts. I might as well show some of the newest panels to get more feedback on the looks of the comic, because I wouldn't want people to struggle while reading it :'3

Anyway, thank you for reading this post and asking questions to my kids! We all appreciate it a lot and will be happy to answer more.

u/Guanloong — 11 days ago

Q&A Replies from my LN OCs | Part 4

Hello everyone! The Nowhere is cold, but Wing's coat is feathered enough to keep everyone warm. Even if he's not quite fond of sharing... :'3

Drawing Q&A replied along with comics panels and doing a part-time job turned out not to be as easy as I thought, so I'm very sorry that posting replies takes me so long! Nevertheless, I'm enjoying the process and I'm glad that people had interest in asking my OCs questions.

Snide and I wish you a very good day, while Wing wishes to have at least one himself... :'3

u/Guanloong — 18 days ago

Wing in my LN comics panel

Hello! So I decided to occasionally post some of the finished comics panels while I draw the first 5 chapters. I really want to start posting the complete chapters already, but I feel like uploading five chapters at once will be better for a start.

Anyway, here's Wing as an uninvited guest in the Forester's hut. He's been searching for food and a temporary shelter for an entire day, but he doesn't loose guard! Any idea what/who he's looking at, huh? :'3

You can see that it's somewhat stormy in Wilderness today... In my comics, the Nowhere's locations have weather changes (except for the Pale City).

I've also noticed that I had forgotten to draw smudges around Snide's eyes in the latest Q&A replies :'<. I fixed it in the comments below these posts, but I'm still a little annoyed with myself. By the way, I kinda planned to post another Q&A reply today because it was supposed to be my weekend, but I was asked to do some extra work and now I don't feel like my eyes gonna have the strength to endure any more screentime :'3

I hope that Wing looks small enough here... I might change the size of the stump a little later. I really wanted to draw Wing's eyes like I do in the Q&A, because he looks so adorable with bigger eyes, but I thought that it might make him look a little too silly in the comics :'3

u/Guanloong — 26 days ago

Q&amp;A replies from my LN OCs | Part 3

Hello everyone! Official reply from the main food manager of Nowhere is here :'3. As I said, I'm gonna release a fourth part soon, and then two more with the remaining questions. You can also see I'm still experimenting with the art style... I'm making sure that it doesn't affect the comic though.

So, it's easy to tell by Wing's looks that years of survival in Nowhere didn't include celebrity feasts :'3 Nevertheless, Wing knows most places where he is more likely to find food. As I said in my post about Wing, he usually scavanges for resources in the Wilderness, so it's mostly roots/bugs and dry vegetables there.

However, there are also crows which he might be able to take down if he succeeds with an ambush. There is also an issue with them being quite big, so he has to be careful not to alert an entire pack of them or they'll peck him to death. Of course, he doesn't attack them with bare hands. Wing's got a needle to finish a bird fast enough to avoid injury. Plus, he used to stitch crow feathers to the hood of his trench coat to keep warm.

The fish can be found on the Pale City's shore, near the Whaler's dwellings where Wing's shelter is located. As for the molded bread and other possible food, it can be found in the Pale City, but Wing barely ever goes there because he's too big to crawl through cramped spaces fast enough.

Alright, that's all for now... Gonna keep working on the comic and the remaining questions. Have a good day!

u/Guanloong — 28 days ago

Q&amp;A replies Part 2

Hello! So... This part was supposed to contain three replies to three questions, but I couldn't quite draw everything fast enough for my liking :'3 I decided to make a post with at least one answer before finishing the rest.

And, well, these two questions are same so I decided to put them into one post and give answers from different perspectives. Basically, Wing rescued Snide from a trap (which wasn't really a cage, but I was drawing in a hurry so I wanted to simplify it :'3), but with initial intention to take away her food if she had it. Also, it happened in the Wilderness, but instead of the Hunter, there was another monster threatening them...

I'm about to finish two more replies, but I'm also trying to draw at least one comic panel a day and it's along with a part-time job that requires 6 hours attendance to the computer screen, so... My eyes hurt :'3 But I'm not giving up!

u/Guanloong — 29 days ago

Q&amp;A Replies Part 1 - The Worst Resident

Hello everyone! I decided to separate the Q&A replies post in parts. Hope you're comfortable with that :3

I still had to use my phone to draw this because drawing on a graphics monitor turned out to be a little difficult at first try.

All the questions under my initial post are very interesting, but this one is the most complexed. Like, I did have a concept for this location and its Resident, but I needed to come up with the way to show them. My first plan had been delaying it until a certain chapter of the comic, but here we go. Nevertheless, I had a lot of fun with it!

u/Guanloong — 1 month ago

Q&amp;A with my LN comic's main characters (Wing and Snide)

Hi everyone! It's my last post before I'll focus on finishing the first 5 chapters of my Little Nightmares comic. It won't take long (not more than two months, I think, or maybe three, depends on the activity under this post), because I've finally received a graphics monitor :3

Anyway, I'm here to suggest you a Q&A with my comic's main characters - Wing and Snide. They'll be glad to answer your question. Like in common Q&A, you can ask anything or write an interaction with them, and I'll draw it :3 You can also ask me something about the comic, if you'd like. I'll be happy to answer!

It seems like Snide is rather more favored than Wing, based on the results of my recent posts :'3 It's my fault that she's more likable and cute (though I made her like that on purpose to create contrast), but it'd be great if you gave Wing a chance! He's also just a kid struggling to survive in Nowhere, not some malicious or evil marauder (even if he's not exactly the sharing type, especially with Nomes :'3)

I can't promise detailed replies to the questions regarding their backstory, because I'd like to reveal all of that in the comic, but I'll do my best to make it interesting!

Thanks for reading, feel free to leave a comment with your question or interaction. Have a good day :3

u/Guanloong — 2 months ago

My second LN OC (for my LN comic) - Wing

Hi everyone! It hasn't been a long time since my last post. I got so many nice comments that warmed my heart and inspired me to draw more content before I post the first 5 chapters of my Little Nightmares comic. Although I must admit, it took me some time to gather the courage to write about this particular character, and I'm very nervous.

I won't settle any certain dates, but I'm planning to do it before the end of the summer. I'm trying to determine the colouring style and work harder on perspective, so it might also take time for me to redraw the chapters that I've already finished. There's good news too; I'm going to receive a graphics monitor soon, and that will definitely speed up the working process.

Anyway, about the second main character - Wing. I never made a post about him before, but I described one of his earlier concepts in the comment section under my first post on this subreddit. He's overcome much more changes than Snide. They both are very important to me, but Wing is special in terms of writing. For once, because writing him felt mentally difficult.

Let's start from the very beginning. His presence is based on the fact that children from different centuries can encounter each other in Nowhere. Wing originated in the 18th century, so the surroundings of Nowhere, particularly the Pale City, where he first woke up, were especially dangerous for the disorientation they caused. He's around 15 years old and has been in Nowhere for quite some time.

He doesn't cooperate with other kids. Furthermore, he'd not hesitate to take away what they have, partly for survival, partly because he holds a grudge against those who remind him of his oppressors. Wing hasn't yet come to admit it, but some of his decisions towards others are driven by that old hatred. One of the background focuses will fall upon the topic of racism. It's about the growth of his character but also about the vast problem that I myself have suffered from.

It's not the main theme, more like a background challenge for Wing (though not exclusively) to overcome during his adventure, but it's also an important part of what moral I want to put into the story. I'm sorry for going into such detail; I just don't want to get misunderstood. Let's continue on his relation to the Nowhere.

Having a shelter on the Pale City's shore, he spends most of the time there, until he runs out of food and has to search for more. There, in the collapsed cabin that once belonged to a nightmarish Whaler, Wing found most of his attributes: the trench coat, which he had altered to his size and warmed with a bunch of crow feathers (he used a fishing line to do that), and a canvas shoulder bag. He found other useful equipment in this place, especially in the Whaler's "dwellings", but you'll see that in the comic :3

His name is Wing's own creation. Let's say he left one wing in the world beyond but found a new one in Nowhere (my dumb attempt at a philosophical quote :'3). It's also related to his attitude towards the Ferryman. Wing remembers his past, and so he knows what the Ferryman had taken him away from. Nowhere has saved Wing from the nightmares of the real world, and so the Ferryman gave him a chance for living. Therefore, Wing's only grateful to this mysterious entity.

Another detail about his survival in Nowhere... Although he might be older than most kids in Nowhere, his height and overall size, even if he's not a lot bigger, get in his way for lurking around safely. He can't slip inside the vent as fast as the others, nor can he crawl quickly (the Teacher would've gotten him in that scene haha). So, for that reason, he scavenges for food in the Wilderness (using "rafts" such as the door from LN2 to get there).

In general, Wing has a lot to teach Snide (not only because she has survival skills of a panda), and maybe, he'll be able to finally make her feel cared for and help her to overcome her greatest fears.

Alright, that's already a lot for a single post. If you're now interested in how this sullen kid will get on with such a silly creature like Snide, you can follow my profile, or just keep checking this subreddit for my posts regarding the comic (I'm definitely gonna post everything here, though maybe not the comic itself, but I'll see how many panels can fit into one post) :3.

Before I say goodbye, I want to ask you what else of the following you'd like to see in my posts: my concepts on one of the LN locations I've made for my comic, including the Residents (the Zoo, the Whaler's dwellings, the Forester's Hut, the Maintenance Tunnels or the Maw's Fair), more information on the genre/topics of the comic and LN theories I rely on (with cute doodles of Snide as a bonus (or maybe cool shots of Wing)) or something like a Q&A with my main characters.

That's all for now. I hope I didn't mess up the text, because I was very worried when writing it. Please point it out in the comment section if I said something wrong, and feel free to critique.

Anyway, have a good day

u/Guanloong — 2 months ago

My LN OC and the Nomes

Hi everyone! Here's a doodle of Snide, my Little Nightmares OC I posted on this subreddit some time ago. She's changed a lot since then, not only because I reimagined her past and traits, but also, because I'm drawing a Little Nightmares comic.

In my last post I said that I was going to post concepts for the Residents and locations for my comic, and I will, but not until I post the first few chapters, which won't take too long, as some of them are already ready. So, for now, I think I'm going to describe overall details of my comic for those who are interested.

At first, I might want to describe what has changed in Snide over this while. Her name is now a remnant of her memories from the real world; she remembers someone calling her that but doesn't know who or why. The shadows around her eyes are drawn with stain markers. She did it to make herself look like a panda (but it's also a key to her past, which won't take too long to be revealed, but I don't want to spoil :'3).

She's afraid of being alone and is, like most kids, pretty fearful of Nowhere's surroundings, but the hunger makes her move on. She'll stick to any company (unless she's treated with explicit cruelty) and is quick to trust. In general, she's pretty naive. Likes daydreaming, but Nowhere doesn't allow that. Overall, Snide is kind and empathetic but tends to cry in situations of strong fear or mild hurt. She can make light, mocking comments only when she feels safe and comfortable. Besides that, she's still a curious kid, even in this scary world.

I decided to keep the trait with her drawing the locations and the Residents she sees. Also, she now makes sketches of her adventures with the second main character (his name is Wing; I'll make a post about him later). Her notebook is one of the few, but most important connections to the real world.

The comic starts with her waking up alone in Nowhere. The first location is the Wilderness, but the path leads her not to the Hunter's dwellings but to the territory of another Resident that lurks around the forest.

I'll tell more in another post with the second main character if you'd like to hear more information on the comic, for which I have a full script, so I have plenty to tell (though I won't make any huge spoilers). Maybe you'd like to hear more on the general plot? Or the topics I want to showcase, because the scenario doesn't lack those (but is not full of them either; it's still mostly an "adventure" in Nowhere and just a story of two kids in this terrifying world).

That's all :3 I hope you liked the drawing, but anyway, have a good day.​

u/Guanloong — 2 months ago

Looking for first impressions on my LN comic's looks

Hello everyone! It's been a while since I last posted here. After finishing the LN OC requests and telling about my own LN OC here, I diverted my attention from this fandom and thought I'd not return until new content came out (I'm especially waiting for TSON Season 2) :3

But a few months ago I got inspired for a new Little Nightmares project — a comic (which I'm planning to post on this sub reddit as well), featuring two original characters of mine as main protagonists and one of the official characters in the latest part of the story.

I'd had a lot of fun interacting with this community, so here I am, looking for first impressions on the graphics of the comic. As I don't have a graphic tablet, I have to draw with my finger on the phone, and so I tried to adjust my art style to be able to draw decent pictures (especially backgrounds, which are the main problem) in a considerably small amount of time.

I don't want the comic to repulse the readers with its looks, so I want to find the balance between what I can afford and what is decent enough not to disappoint the potential reader :'3.

Here are a few panels I can show so you can criticize or give advice. In general, I'd just like to know if you'd even read a comic like this? I'll post the designs of new Residents and spoil some extra locations as well later, but I have to decide on the artstyle first. ​

u/Guanloong — 3 months ago