Another Attempt At A Chibi (kinda, Since My Dumb Ass Didn't Check The File Size Before) Instead Of Writing

So a couple weeks ago I decided to design myself a carpet/shoe mat for my kitchen/entrance way (my flat only has 1 ½ rooms >.<’’) and today it arrived.

The colors didn’t quite turn out how they should (as you can see the blue of the background got rather dull, but this photo also doesn’t have the best lighting so it’s still better than it looks) but I still wanted to share this little experiment, especially because I’m considering adding that kind of pattern design to my art commissions and making myself a new phone and/or laptop case with this particular one. I also made a bunch of other variations but I‘ve only added the most „relevant“ ones here.

So anyway this was super fun, I finally have somewhere to take off my boots without messing up half my flat and I can’t wait to try around with pattern designs some more ^-^

Hi! I know you're very much "in" the zine community (i loved your hqmm zine!) so I had a question that I was wondering if you could answer. on projects where it was a physical zine, how did you order them/manufacture them? because most places refuse to do fanworks. Thank you & have a good day!

Hi there & good day to you too 👋🏼

Firstly, thank you so much for the compliment, I'm really happy you liked the Murder Mystery Zine (it was a really cool project with a lot of amazing people) 💕

I am by no means a big production guru (there are mods out there with years of experience and dozens of projects more than me who really know almost every single manufacturer there is and have tried and compared them all) but I'm always happy to answer zine related questions and help to the best of my knowledge — I'll put the booklet related tips below the cut but if you have any other zine or production questions, please don't hesitate to ask again or DM me ☺️

To answer your question, for physical booklets, I, personally, tend to use Mixam UK, because in my opinion they have the best price/cost relationship (there are certainly manufacturers who deliver a better quality and more paper options, but if you are trying to keep costs low, then Mixam UK does a very good job! You need to pay attention though, because Mixam also has a US site, but I would advise against using them, because they are both more expensive and their quality is at best acceptable and at worst subpar — depending on what size and page count you have it can also be cheaper to order from the UK site with shipping to the US that ordering directly from the US site, so be sure that you are on the right Mixam site. There is also a Canadian & Australian site but I have not yet worked with them so I can't speak to how they compare—as far I remember the hearsay though, they seem to be doing okay) ☺️

I have also been part of 1 zine where the booklet was ordered with PixartPrinting (though not as a moderator), who seem to do great work with their finishing (though that was some years ago and last I checked they don't offer shipping to the US/international anymore, only EU, but you might be able to get more info if you contact customer service). I have also heard good things about Jukeboxprint and Skating Bear (especially if you want things like foil on the cover, etc), but never actually used them myself because from what I hear and the prices that I have been quoted for past projects, you need to reach a high quantity (250 & upwards) for the costs to balance out. Mixam has recently also added foil options but I have not yet tried them so I can't judge their foil work.

All of these have a website where you can order directly, except Skating Bear, who operate via Alibaba.

I have also never heard of any of these manufacturers (or any other) cancel or refuse an order because it was fan work, so not sure where you have that information from 🤔 I have only heard of a single instance where a sticker manufacturer wanted proof that you could use the designs (I guess they became suspicious because the designs had different art styles?) and it was all resolved by the respective merch artists sending them a message that the project had permission to use their designs—as far as I recall this was a very small, local manufacturer though and it was also some years ago. So, if you are trying to print locally and go somewhere in-person, small shops may very well have individual policies on not printing fan works or be more pro-active when checking the designs for originality 🤔

If you had a big/online manufacturer refuse your order because it was fan work though, I would be really curious to hear which company it was, if you don't mind sharing! That could be really helpful information for future and ongoing projects which company to avoid or have a backup plan for.

I think that was it, my 2 cents on making physical zine booklets, and I really hope that it all makes sense and was roughly the information you were hoping for 😅 If there is anything that you are unsure about or want more information on, please don't hesitate to ask or DM me directly 💕

I only got my first 2 zines to completion because I had amazing co-moderators around me giving advice and sharing experiences, so I am always open to passing on that knowledge to others and help them realize their zine ideas ☺️

🐉 Dragon of the West, Prince of Silver (✒︎on Ao3)

IwaOiDaiSuga | Haikyu!! | Medieval/Dragons/Magic AU | Rated: T | 3k words

“Wra,” the dragon drones. “Hm, but that would be rude, wouldn’t it?” The man looks at it. “Brrrafff.” “We haven’t even finished the story yet.” Oh gods, please anything but more of that weird story! Hajime wants to scream. The dragon seems to agree with him and gives the man the stink-eye. “Okay, wow, now that was hurtful.” The man returns the look with a pout and a grumble. His brown hair is cascading across his face in gentle waves that reflect the dim light like gold and the sharp line where his jaw melts into his neck is teasing Hajime from underneath the collar of a sapphire blue robe.

Don't mind this, just me back on my nonsense >.> Thank you @swimming-in-the-sea-story for beta-ing 💕

Hello fellow writer of fanfiction. What's your favorite fanfiction you are currently working on and what was the inspiration for it?

Oh my gosh, I totally forgot this was still in my ask box, I am so, SO sorry >.<

Anyways out of the current ones it is really hard to choose but given that the ask is a bit older I’ll cheat a little and make it “Rise of a King” (on Ao3).

It’s an Alternative Sports AU which I created for the Haikyuu Olympics Big Bang and the inspiration just... appeared - I was torn between this and another pitch but I decided on the IwaOi story because at that time these characters just came to me more easily.

Thanks for the ask and sorry again for forgetting about it ^-^'’

Finally finished some art that I started mid February—was originally intended to be an attempt at more realistic hair but while this was collecting dust I got a rather radical cut, rendering this kinda obsolete, so now it's just a shading and bit of a design experiment)

Character Charlotte belongs to me & Art made by me! Don't use, trace, copy of heavily infringe!

It’s so beautiful - *silent sobbing*

chibi raffle prize for @charlythelee !!

Check out this beautiful work eyeryone <3

Request para el dia 6.Rodent y un dibujo para un concurso

Happy KyouHaba day! As some of you may know, a bunch of us have gotten together (a little last minute) to create something special for KyouHaba this year. Beautiful Tension is a free unofficial fanzine dedicated to one of our favorite ships that brings together twenty-six artists, writers, and even a cosplayer in a 220 page digital zine! With 13 illustrations, an entire cosplay photoset, and over 50k words created just for this event, we hope you enjoy! And please remember to spread the love to our lovely contributors who were working on a rather tight deadline, they deserve it~!

You can download the zine through Google Docs here!

And my 2nd & ½ piece(s) for the HQ Fantasy BigBang—More Fem!SakuAtsu being fancy and pining for each other 😩💕 (Can you spot all the cameos?)

⇢ Read "Eternal Return" by Hannah on Ao3 (Beta by Alaina) ⇢ More Art

Two (somewhat galaxy themed) pieces I recently did as contest prizes on the Arts&OCs Amino.

Left - JoJo OC belongs to LazyBlue Nishimura (on AAOC Amino) Right - Anthro OC belongs to Acamue (on AAOC Amino)/PandaPop333 (on DA)

Characters belong to them, art made by me - pls don’t use/trace/copy.

If you want to follow me on AAOC & DA, I go by CharlyLee on both and you can find links via the link tree in my bio.