So very cute! As always, there's a lot of great energy in your drawings and sketches, Ten!

Oh no, this won't do! We need more L.E.A.F., or she'll get angry!

Looks awesome, as usual! I especially like how you draw fingers, it always looks consistent and realistic while also appearing stylized enough to work well in a comic. It's the same with clothes folds and hair, these are some truly professional traits that I'm afraid I can't replicate. Congrats, WL!

Oh!! That's positive news, isn't it? Congratulations!!

(∩∩°‿°) ⟵ I tried Bunny but it didn't find exactly what I had in mind, haha!

Oh my goooosh thank you, Ten!! You've drawn her a lot, I definitely didn't expect to see her again! What a wonderful surprise! You're giving me the will to keep working on my own manga in my free time: I've already sketched the next episode, and she's going to be in it! I'm so happy you like her!!

SAYA Chan!( @labbaart.bsky.social )

Aaaaah you're too kind!! Though I think you can still see the amateurish nature seeping through everywhere, as I also said in the other reply, so I really need to study it all a bit more formally... but it's a big honor for me to receive compliments from you, WaterLemonade!! *insert happiness emoji*

Sadly I lacked the part where I formalize my knowledge by decomposing body parts in fundamental shapes that fit my style, that I then study over and over: but I can see that in you, whether you learned it in school or by yourself! A friend also told me I should use refs more for learning: thank you!

And you're super good! I still gotta learn how to get to that level, but I'll keep training too!

Hahaha! (And by the way I was limited by the character limit, but of course I liked all the little touches like the "I love pasta" shirt! And she looks really good in your style including the giant hairpin, you really worked hard on this! Thank you!)

I LIED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SAYA Chan( @labbaart.bsky.social )

HAHAHA!! I didn't expect that! Now it's my turn to write in Japanese! ありがとうございます！！！！So apparently there is a micro-sized Saya from my Half Inch High comic series, and also a giant-sized Saya which you drew previously: I wonder if there's also a normal-sized Saya somewhere too! Thank you again, Ten!!

Hehe, thank you! I just hope you'll have some patience with me, with respect to when the next HIH episode will be released... time is what's lacking for me and lots of other things are going on too, but as you can see, I still like these characters a lot (well, Eruko is Ten's OC of course)! 🤭

Awwwwww thank you for writing in Italian! Your reference sheet for Eruko was so well made, it was easy to draw her!

Yes, thankfully! Anyway, as you can see, my Saya is very tiny: if she were to meet Eruko, she'd need someone to carry her around even just so that she could be seen by her!

Yes, thankfully! Anyway, as you can see, my Saya is very tiny: if she were to meet Eruko, she'd need someone to carry her around even just so that she could be seen by her!

She's a very secondary character, so she's not done a lot so far... but look at the fifth panel here: can you see the tiny girl in the foreground, using a giant button as a hairpin? That's her! bsky.app/profile/labb...

Oh! I think I've seen her around: this is Jyagapo's character, isn't she? She looks nice here in your style! (I also have a character by the same name, did you know? Though in my case, instead of being very big, she's very small!)

I'll be going to bed now because it's late, but this looks delicious! At a glance it looks like it mixes meat and vegetables, I can almost imagine the kind of strong flavor that comes out of it! I wish I could try it at least once, too!

Oh! Yeah, they're the photos you posted some days ago, right! I couldn't interact earlier because I was busy drawing the chapter on a deadline, and actually I still need a little more to finish it; but as soon as I have some free time, I always like stopping by! Did you like seeing Nagoya again?

Oh, cool! Are you going somewhere? That's definitely a famous train!

Awww thank you so much! I'm happy you like them, especially since you're a programmer yourself (and in a much harder field than most too, haha)!

Aaaah this is so good, I really like it! It's so full of details, of information, and now with colors too! It's amazing, Ten!

You're showing all your expertise, and it's great to learn so many cool facts! (As I expected, the number of kanji in Japanese is staggering! It's always surprising to me that it's possible to learn and remember them all!)

Great! I'll be confirming with that friend then, to see if my server is currently in Europe: because if it is, and you see no noticeable latency, that is great! Thank you so much for all the help, really! 💜

Ah, now I understand! Hah, too bad for her, then!

Yes! Also, I don't want to take too much time from you, so I apologize for asking one last question, but... did the name change from Sagiko to Eruko then, or did I miss something? Either way I love the character for sure!

I live in Italy, yes! But I imagine that doesn't mean disservice for *visitors,* right? For example, for all I've always known OVH is based in France but people from all over the world have never had problems accessing my site, so that shouldn't be affected, right?

That is absolutely beautiful!! I told you that your calligraphy is beautiful, didn't I? And I meant that in cursive English/Italian as well! Not even I can write that well in my own alphabet, haha! Thank you so much for sharing a breakdown of the meaning of the kanji, too!