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Hey lovelies! I'm here with the Q&A session that some of you have requested for. I usually answer questions throughout my posts anyway, but I thought this would be a good way to consolidate everything and give you guys more detailed answers. During this period (23 Apr - 27 Apr) I'll try to answer as many of your questions as I can, so ask away in the comment section below, which is also where I'll be responding.

The questions I won't be answering:

1. Anything that might reveal major story spoilers

2. Where I'm from (The NSFW stuff I'm doing is pretty risque so I'd prefer to maintain a level of anonymity for now)

3. Repeated questions

4. Anything that might be too sensitive for me to answer

So let's begin!

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Peachymitsu

Ive got a few! What's your inspiration for midnight poppy? Who is your favorite/least favorite to draw? About how long does it take to complete a chapter?

SeaUrchoon

What is your favorite critter to doodle?

Lori LaFranier

When did you first realize you loved art/wanted to make a career out of it?

Roisin McCrimmon

What process do you use to colour your stories?

Wen

what advice would you give your younger self!

Sabrina

Do you ever think that midnight Poppy land will ever become a manga or comic or graphic novel?

Qamille

- Did you consider other appearance designs for the main characters from MPL? If yes, what were they like?

Qamille

What other irezumi designs did you consider on Tora?

Qamille

Which voice actors would you pick for your (main) characters from MPL and AB?

Pengwyn

What would happen if Poppy dragged Tora on a date to a place like Disney World?

Kristel De Jesus

How long does it usually take to draw and color one panel? And how do you come up with the material you create?

Diana L Rojo

🤔🤔.........do you......like............apples?

Diana L Rojo

Sorry I am not very creative with questions...😔

Kristina Shelton

What are some of your favorite webtoons to read?

SOPHIA A

When did you start drawing in general? What drew you to the comic medium?

Talisha

You've mentioned Kresley Cole before, but who are some of your favorite authors?

BlackCat

Especially now with the revamp, do you have the whole story for mpl planned out? Or do you just have a general idea where you want the story to go?

Emmie van Roij

How did you come up with the idea of MPL?

Emmie van Roij

And, in SG who is more dirty minded? Tora or poppy?😂

Shvarya Chandran

Will poppy and tora’s romance develop quicker in the new mpl 😏😏

Emma Lou

If you could make MPL into a film. Who would you cast for the actors?

Katherine Oyson

What a movie, show, or comic etc. that was inspiration for you? Like what inspired your stories and drawing style?

Grub

What are your favourite manga/manhwa?

Heart2Sole

Is Tora your idyllic man?

Henlo

What do you do to help get your day started? Do you think you might make MPL merchandise? If so - TAKE MY MONEY! Where do you draw your inspiration from? What do you do to cure artist/writers block?

Katie-Lee B

What was the idea or inspiration behind Tora and Poppy’s names? And like, are they short for something? And is Tora his real name? Or street/gang name? AND is the storyline finished for MPL? There is an ending in mind that you have for us? Or do you make it up as you go along? Thanks in advance 💕💕

HazelGreene

How long have you been an artist? When did you start drawing? And what tech/program do you use to make your Webtoons?

Randompersonality2019

How did you come up with your main characters both for MPL and AB? Love both btw

Shania Nowhere

Did you take art classes or are you self-taught in the ways of naughty nudes? X3

Maru

What software/hardware (pen, tablet, PC, device, etc) do you use?

MollzJJ

I think MPL is a good sign that mature stories with grown up themes can be successful on Webtoon but I see artists who warn they’re writing mature content but get crap from readers if their characters even slightly deviate from a idealistic teenage romance. Have you had any pressure to tone down mature themes in your stories from readers? (I’m glad that you haven’t!) It seems like some writers can’t catch a break even if they were to post “mature content” warnings between each panel - I feel bad for them. (Mission Diversion by modrawmanga comes to mind, which I started reading due to your recommendation & it’s awesome!)

Megatron

Well you continue the NSFW for MPL? We left off where Tora fired Poppy. How did you come up with Tora's looks?

Jenny

Based off of the previous Q&A on webtoons... Tora is an Aries, I was wondering when is his birthday? o: Aries season recently ended, so i was wondering when his bday passed xD

Alexandria Mitchell

Is there any way we as the fans can get Webtoon to feature A.B.?!!! Because I just feel like it’s so much left to explore

Knight Dupree

Did AB ended the way that it was originally planned to go? What were things left out in AB that you didn't have time to include that you wished you did?

Dana

Did you have any worry or anxiety about posting your work on webtoon in the first place? And if so, how did you overcome it? I still sometimes have doubt that my work is worth putting on social media, etc. like I need to better my skills before it is worth anyone else seeing it.

Emily M Beltchev

What is your Meyers Briggs type? Also, since you said you were married, how did you meet your hubby, if you don't mind us asking?

Tanvikun

I love your comic sooo much!! I love the way it gives me goosebumps and a strong vibe of love! You are one of my favourite authors and comic artist

Tanvikun

I wanted to know if you had any PO box number? Where i could send you some of my fanarts from mpl?

AceInHerPlace

I’m not sure if this was asked already but I wanted to know what inspired Midnight Poppy Land? And how did you come up with the name, if it doesn’t spoil anything?

katie w

How old were you when you realized you wanted to draw ? What was your first artwork ? Can we see your first art work ?

longleash67

Have you ever used procreate on the iPad? Or is it just too much bother (as in, just another piece of equipment to carry) when you have the other “heavy-hitter” hardware? ☺️

Emily Basso

I know you said you meditate, but do you have any other ways to channel your creativity when your brain is fried from MPL/AB? (Like music, painting, singing, etc)

Claire Croshaw

Are you going to be posting the redone chapters all together or one by one? And will there be fastpasses

~Dark Fairy~

I know this is MPL But I have an AB question. I know the story was a mini for a contest and you said maybe after MPL you would come back to AB. Will you continue to make Ab for the patrons or once you complete your last few posts will it end for good?

Stephanie Xiong

What are some things that inspires you to write? And what advice can you give to aspiring writers?

Shania Nowhere

I have a phonetic question: How do you pronounce "Ulaan". XD I'm from America and have never heard the name before so I was curious! I've been pronouncing it "Ooo-lahn" in my head but I figure that's wrong. XD

Miranda

Favorite dirty book? What's your favorite Webtoons comic?

Samantha Scott

What program do you use to make your comics? Would you suggest it for someone who wants to start out making their own?

SoddenPython

What’s your favorite thing to do on a rainy/snowy afternoon if you aren’t working on your webtoons?? :3

Irene A

How might I/we help you?

Victoria Williams

Hi. I'm actually a new here and I'm already liking what I read. You're good at what you do, and I'm glad to support you and dreams. My question is for Secret Garden MPL Maid café strip. You stopped at chapter 4; will there be a chapter 5 in the near future?

Jessicat Apurra

Would you consider doing a secret garden side story featuring Princess Yujen? She seems adventurous and strong willed.

Claire schlichtherle

I might have seriously missed it and kept missing it. Why did ulaans eyes change to black?

LostOnStrategy

Did you go to some type of art school or are you self taught? Also what is your favorite non-digital medium?

Nik Ribble

Sorry if this was already asked but I didn't see it! I assume English is your native language, do you speak any other languages, too?

Nik Ribble

Based on some answers I saw above: Why do you prefer coloring in Photoshop over clip studio? I just started using clip studio and am still figuring it out but always used Photoshop before that so I'm curious of any pros/cons you've found to either.

Nlinz

T-TOTORO

Nlinz

Do you ever hear them make comments at you during the day or when you’re writing out the plot😂

PhoenixFyre

Can you tell me why Tora is fascinated with Poppy since he can pretty much get any female he wants. What is so special about her that he is attracted to????

Savannah Spight

I would like to start off with love your artwork and story lines!! They are absolutely beautiful and amazing(even the NSFW)!! My question is when it comes to Poppy and Yuwa who were your inspirations or if not who, what inspired those two characters??

Carolyn Sabo

When did you first start writing/brainstorming the story for MPL? How long have you been illustrating? How do you usually practice/improve your art style? P.S. Love your work ❤️

Star Dazed

Why does Tora grow out his hair? He strikes me as a lazier person with his appearance whenever he can get the chance, and long hair, especially his, seems like it would be a pain in the butt to maintain.

Mishmonster

What comes first, the chicken or the egg? What I mean is, do you sit down with a fully written script and design the scenes around the dialogue? Or do you have a picture in your head of them interacting with each other and then come up with what you think they would say in that situation? Sorry if something similar has already been asked.

Emily

How did you learn how to draw? How do you come up with your stories both MPL and AB and what made you decide to do NSFW? Do you recommend any other WEBTOon series and or anime/manga (NSFW)??? Thanks!

Jordan

I tried to skim the questions to see if this was already asked, but what made you choose comics as your storytelling medium? I love writing and I often picture what I write as a movie or visual story, but actually depicting it visually is really hard!

Maria

What inspired u to make your stories? How’d u get the ideas?

MyProfileName

So I'm late in the game and all these questions are great. When you get back to AB, will you pick it up from where you left off? Or will you start over to follow your originally planned story line? Also, could you please bless us with realistic portraits of AB and MPL characters? Thank you for sharing your wonderful work with us.

yourdadsapotato

Do you think you’ll ever do meet and greets at cons?

LostOnStrategy

oh I have another question! Since you mostly do digital art, how do you draw in the text for your panels? Do you hand write them or type them in? I always wonder how people make the work bubbles

LostOnStrategy

But are the words your hand writing or do you used a text insert?

LostOnStrategy

lol - awesome thanks for responding, I’m always curious about these little details in comics

PBz

I love your work so much and I wanted to know how you started the story board for AB and MPL?

Faye Cope

This isn't exactly about the either story (both of which I love~!), it's more a struggling artist/admirer of your art question; how do you get your lines so wonderful and clean?? I don't work professionally (mostly just drawing stuff for my D&D buddies) but I would love any tips you could offer for jittery lines.

Lyss

Please ignore if this has been asked already, but I'm curious as to why you chose the koi fish and chrysanthemum as family symbols. Do they have special meaning to you? Or special cultural meaning? Its seems so odd and specific that it caught my eye immediately. Thank you!!!

DottyB

OMG GURL!!! When are we going to get more Sugar and Spice?! All your work is my crack right now and I need more lol (side note: I do realized you are busy and understand I need to wait) but tell me there will be more Sugar and Spice!

Roselin

Will there be a Spotify playlist of songs you'd suggest to listen to while reading MPL (like AB)?

Sabrina

I'm a writer and I've been wondering about how you come up with your characters and your story? Also if you know how MPL is going to end?

Leo

What got you into art originally?

Leo

What was your first job?

Leo

What inspires you?

Leo

favorite color?

Leo

Sorry I’m asking a lot of questions - I love asking people questions. You don’t have to answer them

Leo

There are a lot of questions tho maybe you should do a video to answer them 😉😉😉

Leo

How much are the character based off of you/your life?

Kirin

Thank you for doing this Q&A! I feel like we all learned more about you and I love how you connect with your patreons/fans! Just a silly question, but how old is Tora? I think it was mentioned in S&S that Poppy was 21 ☺️ Thanks for all that you do — we all love you and your work!!!

NurseAmethyst

Is there a possibility of any MPL or AB merchandise? Shirts, sweaters. Bumper stickers. Im into bumper stickers lol 👍👍👍👍🙏💗

Sabrina

Ok. This might be a long one. Aha I'm sorry I just really love your art! Anyway as a writer I'm a very detail outliner and so I write what happens from book 1 to how every many books there are in the series. I know what going to happen before I even start the first chapter. It's the characters relations that surprise me because my characters are like people around me but in my head. My question is is this the same for you with outlining MPL? Do you know what's going to happen already or do you write and draw as you go?

Koyoru Hino

Who is your favorite to draw for MPL and why? Least favorite?

Lynanne Rosenthal

Aside from MPL and AB, do you have another series or ideas for another series in mind that might explore someday?

Clikrean

This is something I’ve been really curious about. So when MPL comes back as featured, will all of the current episodes be available again and continued from where you left off? Or are you going to start from episode one again and do a weekly update instead?

Clikrean

Ok last question lol! How much of MPL are you redoing / editing? I know you are doing the first few uncolored episodes for obvious reasons but I remember you saying you wanted to redo some of the earlier storyline because you made it appear more comical than you wanted it too, I’m just curious on how much you plan to edit MPL to get it where you want it. Besides that, I just want to say I love your work and I’m glad MPL got featured! I’m definitely find myself invested and love the suggestive themes and better sense of reality MPL brings, as in curse words and suggestive / dark themes.

Brissygirl

@Emma Lou Jason Momoa shaved his beard to launch his new line of canned water called Mananalu. His beard is starting to grow back, but it's mostly stubble atm. He was on Ellen in the last week or so promoting and talking about it.