Q&A #2 (I'm surprised you had more questions!) (Patreon)
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Another round of questions, this time from James Fredericks, who has supported me for so long. Thank you, gentleman!
- What is your favorite video game?
I think this is a hard question to answer. Choosing just one is difficult, and the answer would probably be different depending on when you asked me.
If you'd asked me this question 15 years ago, I might have said Skyrim. If you'd asked me more than 20 years ago, I might have said Final Fantasy VII. You get the idea.
Today, the game that probably blew my mind the most was Cyberpunk 2077.
I played the tabletop role-playing game when I was younger, although not that much. I found the system very chaotic, and we lost around three characters per session.
For us, the Cyberpunk world was too harsh. It's not the setting itself, just the system. A few bullets and you're dead. In my opinion, the game was unfair by design, and that's cool because that's exactly how it's supposed to be.
I thought the video game would be some kind of Souls-like experience, so I was expecting something different.
Cyberpunk actually has a pretty classic story: a guy trying to do his best to survive, and in the middle of all that, you can find little moments of humanity here and there.
The game has amazing designs, sexy touches everywhere, great music, and strange, sad and funny stories all over the place. I think the game feels incredibly alive.
I played the game until I'd done everything: collected all the cars, completed all the missions, and got all the endings with three different characters. For someone like me, who only has a little time to play each day, that was quite a lot.
Obviously, I've spent more time playing other games, but with Cyberpunk, I actually wished there was more to offer. I'm thinking about playing it again to check out the new update, but I know I'll end up wasting a lot of time on it, so I'll probably stick to playing metroidvanias and other games in my library.
- I'd like to know some history about how you first got into posting online.
Back in the day, I tried to get my comics published in magazines (yeah, there were printed magazines with porn comics. Just joking, I know everyone knows about those).
Long story short, the magazine closed down, and the editor recommended that I look for somewhere online to publish my work, so I did.
I knew some people uploaded their pictures to blogs and things like that, but back then I had absolutely no idea how to do that, and my goal had always been to make some money.
So, I did a little research and sent some pictures to a few websites to see if people liked what I did, and I got a few replies.
- What website did you get started on? Do you remember what the first picture you uploaded online was?
That was HentaiUnited.
The first picture I uploaded under the name Nikraria is on HentaiFoundry. When I talked to the guy who ran HentaiUnited, he told me I should create a HentaiFoundry account and post some free pictures there to give people a taste of my work and hopefully get them interested in visiting HentaiUnited to see and pay for my exclusive content.
The picture is an FFVII parody featuring Aerith and Yuffie.
- Eloise has become something of a mascot for your work, but is she your favorite?
I like her. She's fun to draw and write about, and I have a special affection for her, but she's not my favorite of my characters.
- Who's your favorite character to draw?
For drawing and pretty much everything else, probably Rebecca. When it comes to writing, I think it would be Lana.
I'm writing some little things for her game, and it's fun to see how conversations with different characters drive her crazy.
But overall, when it comes to my own work, I think Rebecca is my favorite character, simply because she's the perfect mix (in my opinion) of a tragic past, a resilient attitude for the serious parts of the story, and a sexy atmosphere in the hentai parts.
For some reason, I think people don't like Rebecca that much. I think it's because I introduced her as an envious little bitch who constantly picks on Eloise, and Eloise is more "pure".
But I hope that someday I'll make something about Rebecca that everybody will love.
Thank you very much for your questions!
They were fun to answer, even knowing that some of them, like the first one, might have a completely different answer in the future.
I have two more questions for another post, so feel free to ask me more if you want!