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Holy Konni @HolyKonni

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Posted by HolyKonni - 2 weeks ago


The year 2024 started off with Bird Show work. Ideas kept coming and there was no need for perfection. Some scenes turned out quite beautiful, while others have a more unfinished touch. Others still are pretty ugly, but I try not to overpolish things with this project. 16 Bird Show pages are now completed and 1.5 sketched.


After a brief mention of my old project, Forest Story, in a prior blog post on my website, I felt like revisiting it. It's my first long-format comic tale, started in 2016 and eventually abandoned after 24 completed pages. It still has potential, so I decided to resurrect it. The problem? It was drawn in Adobe Flash CS6, a now dead-and-buried relic of a program. My PC had involuntarily "upgraded" to Windows 11 and wouldn't start Flash anymore. So I dug out an aging laptop that still carried Flash, but the performance was way too laggy...


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The old laptop didn't cut it.


After searching the internet and reading countless cries for help from desperate people in the same situation, I realised there's nothing to do except wipe the hard drive clean and revert to Windows 10. Dear reader, if you're also a rare Adobe Flash loyalist - do not upgrade to Windows 11!


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When you need to reinstall Windows 10...


After these slight tech problems I finished 3 brand new pages for Forest Story, the first pages in years. I will have to update the projects page on my website to make some room for Forest Story.


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Summary January - February 2024:

  • Bird Show: Finished 4 new pages
  • Forest Story: Finished 3 pages
  • Secret project: Sketched 1 page

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Posted by HolyKonni - January 7th, 2024


It's been a busy month!


In early December, I hosted a launch party for my new website, see more in this earlier blog post.


I got some new brushes for Procreate, resulting in this crayon look you see here. This test illustration of Ernesto in a forest was even frontpaged! Truly a highlight of the month.


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Some comments on Reddit and also here on Newgrounds remarked on the kid's book look. One day I will realise my dream to create a children's book.


The same brushes were used for this Santa dog illustration, which was sent as postcards to my friends and family.


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My comic project Bird show has progressed well this month: I've completed two new pages and sketched two more. For the upcoming story arc, I wanted a small penguin buddy for Ernesto to chill and hike with.


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After some sketches I gave up, and just brought in Piedro from Rituals as a cameo:


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No need to explain or justify why Piedro is in both stories, right?


In December, I also took part in an art competition in Sweden, organised by a mobile payment app company. I submitted an entry for a digital card to be displayed when making quick payments. Unfortunately, my card wasn't picked as a winner this year. (Veckopeng means "weekly allowance" or "weekly pocket money".)


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This month I also made my first sale on Redbubble!


A dream of a four-page short comic has been manifesting in my mind, but on this subject, I shall say no more, for now...


Thank you for all the support. With that, I wish you good health and happiness in 2024.


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Posted by HolyKonni - December 2nd, 2023


I have a new website: www.folkcomics.com/


Cartooning is time-consuming and lonely work. Every comic creator would agree with me. Alone in a room, sketching page after page, unable to reveal too much, as it would spoil the story.


Fortunately, I've now got a new website! It's my art cave - a sanctuary for my comics. See what new projects I'm working on, or read my old webcomics in high definition and fullscreen! In this fading light, your journey into the art cave is welcomed.


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Posted by HolyKonni - February 18th, 2022


My old sample-driven ambient/chillout/chiptune/holykonni/jesus album Let me kill! has been rebranded and renamed as In the wilderness. Listen and download on my bandcamp: https://holykonni.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-wilderness


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Posted by HolyKonni - January 3rd, 2021


Hello all, I'm writing this blog post to let you know I finished my second webcomic, Leffe's Letter! It's an experimental, surrealistic and abstract story book. If that sounds interesting, go check it out on WEBTOON or TAPASTIC!


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Leffe has been through a lot lately. In his letter to you, he shares some abstract philosophical reflections on life.


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Posted by HolyKonni - July 23rd, 2019


Hey folks, I just celebrated the one year anniversary of my magical eskimo folktale comic The One That Got Away! If that sounds like something you may like, you should go ahead and read it at folkcomics.com or on the webcomic platforms Webtoons and Tapas. Hope to see you there ;)


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Posted by HolyKonni - July 20th, 2018


Finally, the website is online: http://folkcomics.com/ ! I will update my folktale adventure webcomic The One That Got Away every Friday for about 2 months. It is also readable on tapastic and webtoons, if you're on there. I hope you'll like the story. Thank you for your continued support and interest! / Holy Konni

 

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Posted by HolyKonni - June 30th, 2018


Time for an update! My webcomic short The One That Got Away is coming along nicely, I'm working on page 11 at the moment and only have a few more pages to go! We will be ready for launch soon. The comic will be posted as weekly episodes on both tapastic and webtoons, as well as on my personal website. After working on it for a good half a year it feels amazing to finally be able to show it off! 

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Also, I have two new speedpaints up on my new Youtube channel, embedded below. I remember being fascinated with watching Dan Paladin's speedpaints around 8 years ago, which was a great inspiration for me to start doing art. It is my hope that my own stuff will some day inspire some young kid to pick up drawing. 

 

If you want to support me, consider subscribing to my channel. Thank you for your interest and stay tuned for the webcomic that should be out very soon. / Holy Konni

 


Posted by HolyKonni - June 10th, 2018


Hey guys, this week I decided to make some fan art for the Zelda game on Switch. You can check out the painting HERE on Newgrounds, and watch the speed painting below. I hope you like it, and thanks for stopping by my page. / Konni

 

 


Posted by HolyKonni - May 21st, 2018


I made a speedpainting video of the drawing process of this painting.

Konni out


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