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nautilebleu

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If you see the glass half empty, use a smaller one🥛https://about.me/nautilebleu Ko-fi for supporting my comics https://ko-fi.com/nautilebleu 🤘 - French old school developer the day, wannabe comics artist the night - Speak French and English - He/Him I mostly post my art about my own characters Esther and Erie, my comics project. And also some fanarts, rock girls (huge fan of Band-Maid) and vintage models studies

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May 25
Do you use a cover artist or design your own covers? Share your cover art.

I used to hire cover artists. Meanwhile, however, I had some bad experiences and gained more skills myself. I surely do not range among the top cover artists - but truth be told: We all know how hard it is to make some good money with books. Thus, I've done the newest ones myself. The latest is for after some very good input from folks here.

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@anderlandbooks This one is far better than the one you previously shared! I like it shows Katja who seems to invite the reader to follow her

nautilebleu,
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@anderlandbooks I’m glad if I could have been of some help ☺️ Now this cover tells a story (and hopefully, the same as the book! )

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@anderlandbooks 🙌and in case you want to read my comics I put the digital editions online today https://ko-fi.com/nautilebleu/shop 🔥

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My file has been shared on the account of the Raymond Leblanc contest. If you have an Instagram account, thanks for liking it ☺️

https://www.instagram.com/p/C7WLgdgitOy/

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#writerscoffeeclub May 21. Do you format as you write or do that at the end?

The minute I know that something will be longer than just a scene, I do basic formatting. I'm writing in word, and it simply makes it easier to navigate the document if I've got headers, parts, and so on.
However, I do the final formatting for ebook, PB and HC only once I'm done. They differ too much, so it's 3 different docs in the end.

I final formatted #OdysseyToThePromisedLand yesterday!

nautilebleu,
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@anderlandbooks congrats 🥂

nautilebleu,
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@anderlandbooks when the book will be released?

nautilebleu,
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@anderlandbooks nice ! I’m looking forward to read it! 🙌

nautilebleu,
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@anderlandbooks I see some connections between Katja and Esther, I’m curious to read her involuntary adventures

nautilebleu,
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@anderlandbooks I’ve published the French paper version of the 1st chapter and I’m working on the digital ones, a American friend helps me for the English version, there’s still one point we need to find the correct translation. Hopefully I can release it this week!

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Sketchs réalisés durant le festival de la BD de Saint-Quay Portrieux.

Déjà 20% du stock de cette première édition est vendue et je compte mettre en ligne les versions numériques française et anglaise cette semaine.

Crayonné Érié en lingerie, étendue sur des coussins
Crayonné d’Esther en tenue de promenade
Sketch encré d’Erié, vue de dos, en train de faire le noeud de sa tenue de servante devant le lavabo de sa salle de bain

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So, the family has voted. This is the favorite for the cover of

Any thoughts?
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@anderlandbooks Hi if I’m right your book is about the Children ‘s crusade? It makes me think of this French comics https://www.bdgest.com/chronique-3647-BD-Croisade-des-Enfants-La-Croisade-des-Enfants.html The book hasn’t good reviews but I think the cover is quite representative of the content.

Also, your book is centred around Katja, I would show her on the cover. It would help the reader to understand what the story is about (the era, who’s the protagonist) and starts to make a connection with her.

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If I can suggest an idea, I imagine frail young woman, probably holding a small cross like if it was her lifeboat

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01/05/2024 OMG! What happened to your MC's parents?

  1. Esther’s father was one of the richest golden boys of his time. For most, he was a successful business angel...
  2. For his family, he was a demon: Obsessed with social recognition, we must be tools to help him rise higher and higher.
  3. Remove a small brick from the building, and the whole building is ready to collapse

[Illustration: 3 excerpts from Inktober 2023]

Excerpt from Inktober 2023 day 17 Esther’s father beating his son, in front of the rest of his family
Excerpt from Inktober 2023 day 26 After doing too risky investments, Esther’s father is forced to bankrupt. All newspapers have a field day with the news

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18/05/2024 Have you written sections where the action occurs against the clock? How did you do it?

In a sense, the whole is a race against the clock to save Esther from the evil that devour her. How do I do it? Hmm, you have to buy the books 😈

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19/05/2024 Do you agree with Hillary Mantell, who said the best qualities for writing are self-confidence and arrogance?

An aspiring artist certainly needs a good dose of self-confidence and arrogance to go through the publishing industry and the critics. That’s one of the reasons I give up doing comics two decades ago. My personal life journey helped me to be stronger and more confident, and that’s why I restarted.

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20/05/2024 When did you first know you wanted to be a writer artist ?

I always wanted, but I struggled with lack of confidence and personal issues until a few years ago. Midlife crisis helped me to cope with those.

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21/05/2024 Do you format as you write draw or do that at the end?

Mostly in the end: after having drawn all the pages for an issue, I put them in Affinity Publisher to add speech bubbles and the texts

[Illustration: screenshot of Affinity Publisher with 2 pages from the 1st issue]

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22/05/2024 If someone were to write your autobiography, who would you want to write it?

Call me Optimus Prime! So I can write my own autobiography (or better, my truckbiography)

GIF of Optimus Prime

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01/05/2024 Introduce your setting as if it's a character in your story.

The McAlistair mansion POV: “I’m currently the host of Esther and her strange little maid. Before I belonged to Esther’s husband, but he wasn’t with them when they came back from the colonies. Something has happened there, I don’t know what, but it makes Esther ill. The little strange maid tries her best to help.”

[Illustration: The mansion]

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#wordweavers 18/05/2024 What kind of dragon (behavior or looks) would your MC be?

Maleficent

[Illustrations: A quick sketch of Maleficent]
#fediart #mastodonart #mastoart #creativetoots

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19/05/2024 How did you settle on your MC's appearance?

When I dreamt of Esther’s story, I had nearly all her features in mind. But I didn’t have any experience in drawing dark skinned people or in Victorian fashion. It took me 4 years to get a style and the quality I wanted.

[Illustrations: First art of Esther, based on a photo found on Pinterest]

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20/05/2024 How did you settle on your antagonist's appearance?

I started with The Evil Queen (played by Lana Parilla) in ABC Once Upon a Time TV show. With time I mixed her with Bianca Beauchamp, a latex fetish model

[Illustrations: Evolution of Lady d’Arcy ]

Photo of Lana Parilla as The Evil Queen, the reference for Lady d’Arcy. She wears a velvet red coat with leather pants and gloves, with a large hat with feathers
Working on Lady d’Arcy appearance, as I started to mix her with Bianca Beauchamp. Especially I started to give her very large boobs and dark red hairs
Reference photo of latex model Bianca Beauchamp: she used lots of surgery to enhance herself and I thought it was perfect for Lady d’Arcy

nautilebleu,
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@NaraMoore The story behind is quite weird, latex isn’t the weirdest aspect: a few years before, I was working for a web agency specialised in solutions for farming and agrochemical products companies. The CTO, who was an alcoholic who enjoys watching p0rn at work, sends me the Bianca Beauchamp website, telling me to redo our own copying hers 🙃 When thinking of Lady d’Arcy, I remember her and thought that her exaggerated curves would be perfect.

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#wordweavers 21/05/2024 Do you consider how your MC's appearance may contribute to stereotypes?

Esther is a stunningly beautiful woman with everything where it should just in the needed quantity, who loves to fashion. She spends lots of time taking care of her appearance. So she adheres to most of Victorian young lady’s stereotypes (except being dark skinned).

[Illustrations: Sketches of Esther done during the comic con this weekend]
#fediart #mastodonart #mastoart #creativetoots

A pencil sketch of Esther in a Victorian-era dress with a hat, holding a small handbag.
A pencil sketch of Esther in corset, her left arm outstretched and large hoop earrings. The background features hatching and radiating lines.

nautilebleu,
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@NaraMoore well depending on the targeted audience, it could be a good idea, but for ours, probably not (no surprise this web agency has failed a few months later when the 1st internet bubble exploded)

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22/05/2024 Is your antagonist more a dragon or a dragon rider?

Lady d’Arcy is definitely a dragon rider: you have to be crazy to do such a dangerous thing as riding a dragon, but the reward is high, exactly the kind of feat she would take.

[Illustrations: dragons exist in my universe… but they are rode by leonines]

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23/05/2024 Are your MCs picky about where they sleep?

Esther’s nights are full of nightmares, leaving her exhausted. She tends to fell asleep for a few moments anytime and anywhere.

[Illustrations: Excerpts from Chapter One and Inktober 2023]

Excerpt from Inktober 2023, day 10: Zoom on Esther’s face as she’s sleeping in a chair. A teardrop is falling on her cheek and she holds her chest as her heart bounces too hard..
Excerpt from Inktober 2023, day 31: Esther awakes from her dream, she’s in a big armchair next to fireplace, wrapped in a blanket, Erie is sitting on the floor beside her, resting her hands on her lap. Esther looks to her maid, who is relaxing and purring, eyes half closed

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