MJ Draws A Lot

MJ Draws A Lot

@mjdrawsalot.bsky.social

aka Marianna Pateraki Graphic designer by trade Comics and illustrations (and sometimes cosplay) I make a webcomic called Cypher Redux! https://linktr.ee/mjdrawsalot

28 Followers 178 Following 47 Posts Joined Feb 2024
2 days ago

historically i tend to lean utilitarian when designing characters' costumes/clothes but that Does turn out boring often
sooo ive taken the advice and im looking at recent fashion shows!
the biggest conclusion so far is that i dont understand how the fashion world works but. yknow. baby steps

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2 months ago

learning about search engine optimization rn (part of a wordpress class) and it feels So Bleak
like im sorryyy 😭 i just cant keep a straight face while listening about the ~capabilities~~ of a tool that has gone so downhill so fast

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4 months ago
Sticker sheet of all the characters who have been Robin in the Batman comics, in a cutesy, chibi art style. Each is wearing their specific version of the Robin costume. Dick is doing a one-armed handstand. Jason is pumping his fist in the air. Damian is flaring his cape dramatically. Stephanie is standing proudly, hands on her hips. Tim is crouching down in a three-point landing. The background is a pattern of teal bat symbols on yellow.

robin stickers! pick your fave or get them all together and keep the cute bg pattern 😌
#batfam #robin #dickgrayson #jasontodd #damianwayne #stephaniebrown #timdrake

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8 months ago

currently on Fish Wikipedia doing research for my next fanart project 😊
(mermaids. it's mermaids)

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8 months ago
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my contribution to the #criticalframes project! i joined pretty late but it was super nice! #criticalrolefanart

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8 months ago
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How do you want to frame this? The full Critical Frame video! Thankyou to every artist who participated to make this love letter to the cast! Thankyou for these amazing 10 years Critical Role! (FLASH WARNING)
#CriticalFrames #criticalroleart @criticalrole.bsky.social

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11 months ago
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11 months ago
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silly little gif of a girl who isn't having a very silly time

i binged half of the webcomic School Bus Graveyard in one night and then immediately wanted to draw something! i love ashlyn and her haunted crew v much!

#schoolbusgraveyard #webtoonfanart #horrorcomics #tweyestrain

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11 months ago
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currently drawing:

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11 months ago

putting on a reminder to post some recent comic progress on here because there HAS been progress and i. keep. forgetting that WIP-posting is important

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1 year ago
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a man in a suit and tie says " i am dead inside " on the screen ALT: a man in a suit and tie says " i am dead inside " on the screen

me in every other stage of making comics: πŸ’– haha πŸ€— yay! this is πŸ’ͺchallenging but fun! πŸ’• woo!!
me choosing flat colours:

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1 year ago

i've been staring at the first pages of scene 2 for so long that my eyes hurt and i feel like throwing up and yet. i'm no closer to deciding on a color palette πŸ˜‘

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1 year ago
A greyscale, rough drawing of Zatanna in her classic magician's tailcoat, hat and fishnets. She's looking over her shoulder down at the viewer and flipping her hair. Behind is the logo of her comic.

#Zatanna WIP based on a Chappell Roan photo because of course

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1 year ago

hmmm there seems to be a stage in every comic I make when I'm so tired of thinking about the same scenes all the time (because comics take so long to make and there's so many passes on every page)... I take this feeling to mean I should be writing the next part

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1 year ago

what I need is to play marvel rivals with like 4 friends and we don't actually fight until we've had time to explore the map and look at all the fun stuff

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1 year ago
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as promised, sneak peek of the first 2 pages of Cypher Redux #2 #webcomics

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1 year ago

in more relevant news: i made some sample pages of Cypher Redux issue 2 to apply to some cons here in greece and, regardless of whether i get in, i feel the comic is back on track
i'll post some sneak pics of the samples later

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1 year ago

i just wanted to start swimming again why am i taking psychic damage?? 😭

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1 year ago

aughhhhhhh when the task ends up being 5 different tasks in disguise

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1 year ago

ah. AI. wooow. the amount of artists/designers that would kill to be paid less than they deserve to make a poster for marvel is astronomical (myself included) and yet! one of the most profitable companies in the world is skimping on the trade that made it πŸ™ƒπŸ™ƒπŸ™ƒ

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1 year ago

People really asking why Galactus is so small as if they think he eats the planet by chomping on it like a Granny Smith.

Sir, Galactus is however big the artist chose to draw him that week in order to fit the dialogue balloons in the panel.

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1 year ago

supermarket cashier who looked EXACTLY like vash from trigun stampede complete with a red hoodie with a chunky neck do you know you're iconic?

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1 year ago
17 rough sketches of humans of various shapes posing standing or sitting. The drawings are grouped by 5 different colors depending on the time of drawing, from 30 seconds to 25 minutes. The most detailed sketches depict two separate male figures sitting and leaning with a hand on their head dramatically.

can you tell i'm out of practice

(timed #gesturestudies using line-of-action dot com)

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1 year ago

one of the things I'm currently working on is drawing more spontaneously
I miss just randomly deciding to draw for a bit without pulling out the whole set up
lately, because of art school and anxiety about social media etc, I get anxiety every time I think about drawing and end up. not doing it.

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1 year ago

like, i would love to walk out of instagram with my head held high, but it is literally the only place where i can have a tidy, easily accessible portfolio

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1 year ago

soooo twittex is obviously bad, facebook, insta and threads are getting there, tiktok is maybe getting banned in the US (major audience), there are no casual art fans on artstation...
is there any site now where us visual artists can display our work for normal folks to find? πŸ™ƒπŸ™ƒπŸ™ƒ

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1 year ago
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hi bluesky, i am back on my bullshit

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1 year ago

i'm not going to abandon the game before finishing it buuuut i worry a bit about not connecting with the story as much as i could be

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1 year ago

all the impassioned rants and beautiful fanart i've seen for Pathologic over the years didn't prepare me for the graphics being so... janky πŸ˜”

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