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Déjà vu
The text might be illegible on app, so please read it on web
An autobiographical comic about grief and trying to experience happiness again.
This is my submission for the Clip Studio Paint x Artfol: Global Comic Awards 2025.
I wrote a much longer script for this, but it was too much for less than 10 panels, so I had to cut a lot of it. I was also feeling much worse at the time I originally wrote it, so the tone seemed too dark to my liking in some parts. I'm more satisfied with how the final text turned out.
We always say the process itself is the most important thing about making art, and creating this comic made me realize how true that is. I wasn't just struggling with the script, but also with every little drawing here and even with the color palette. I've been working on this comic nonstop for 6 days. I've felt so sad and happy during the process that I've found myself crying a couple of times while drawing. I've almost given up multiple times too. And I'm still insecure about certain things. But I'm just so, so proud of having actually finished it. I've never done a long format comic. Not even my regular comics are so detailed. I've never shared something so honest either. So I'm glad I believed in myself and created this in the end.
I've tried to draw things & use colors that my dad loved. I've also drawn things I've liked since childhood. Drawing little doodles all over the comic was a last minute decision, and it really took me back to the times I'd just fill whole pages with silly monsters I'd design instead of doing homework. Suprisingly, this is what I had the most fun with while making this comic: just doodling whatever came up to my mind, without much thinking, just feeling that good old joy. I got carried away and made 30 doodles in the end. Spot them all if you want
For the rest of this post, I'll copy & paste what I shared in my last text post.
It's been so difficult for me to draw this in time, not only because of how detailed it is, but also due to how personal the topics I've illustrated are.
I decided to make a comic about my current situation instead of just doing something funny with original characters, because I really needed to get some things off my chest. This contest seemed like the only way to motivate myself to do it. And having a goal during these hard times has felt so nice too.
I've never made something so heartfelt and, to be honest, I'm still kind of afraid of sharing it at long last. I hope that it will be acceptable for the contest, and I'd really appreciate it if you read it. Thank you
(Note: everyone portrayed here is based on myself, my loved ones and the little original characters I've come up with before and during the making of the comic, so no copyrighted characters were used for this)Nov 27, 2025
The text might be illegible on app, so please read it on webAn autobiographical comic about grief and trying to experience happiness again.
This is my submission for the Clip Studio Paint x Artfol: Global Comic Awards 2025.
I wrote a much longer script for this, but it was too much for less than 10 panels, so I had to cut a lot of it. I was also feeling much worse at the time I originally wrote it, so the tone seemed too dark to my liking in some parts. I'm more satisfied with how the final text turned out.
We always say the process itself is the most important thing about making art, and creating this comic made me realize how true that is. I wasn't just struggling with the script, but also with every little drawing here and even with the color palette. I've been working on this comic nonstop for 6 days. I've felt so sad and happy during the process that I've found myself crying a couple of times while drawing. I've almost given up multiple times too. And I'm still insecure about certain things. But I'm just so, so proud of having actually finished it. I've never done a long format comic. Not even my regular comics are so detailed. I've never shared something so honest either. So I'm glad I believed in myself and created this in the end.
I've tried to draw things & use colors that my dad loved. I've also drawn things I've liked since childhood. Drawing little doodles all over the comic was a last minute decision, and it really took me back to the times I'd just fill whole pages with silly monsters I'd design instead of doing homework. Suprisingly, this is what I had the most fun with while making this comic: just doodling whatever came up to my mind, without much thinking, just feeling that good old joy. I got carried away and made 30 doodles in the end. Spot them all if you want
For the rest of this post, I'll copy & paste what I shared in my last text post.
It's been so difficult for me to draw this in time, not only because of how detailed it is, but also due to how personal the topics I've illustrated are.
I decided to make a comic about my current situation instead of just doing something funny with original characters, because I really needed to get some things off my chest. This contest seemed like the only way to motivate myself to do it. And having a goal during these hard times has felt so nice too.
I've never made something so heartfelt and, to be honest, I'm still kind of afraid of sharing it at long last. I hope that it will be acceptable for the contest, and I'd really appreciate it if you read it. Thank you
(Note: everyone portrayed here is based on myself, my loved ones and the little original characters I've come up with before and during the making of the comic, so no copyrighted characters were used for this)Nov 27, 2025
Comments
Aw Sofnas it was beautiful, I'm not crying because I'm in class but your emotions were overflowing from this page! I love the drawings of course but I'm also very glad you're doing better mentally, and it does make me realize how it's in the little things you can find again that lost happiness!! And I'm so happy you're able to share your art and your creations with us again 
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