Intermission: A Very Special Lesson with Ran Ste-Su G’Mindel
Here it is, the answer to the mysterious question that just keeps getting asked, answered by someone who probably knows way too much on the subject.
Sorry about the wait! Lotta stuff happened, so I had to do stuff so there wouldn’t be too much stuff anymore. This might happen sometimes, but I’ve never once considered going on an official hiatus or anything; there’s so much of this story that I want to share, and I always get antsy when it’s been a while since a new page got posted.
This seems like as good a time as any to share, so listen up!
I started this comic under the assumption that it would barely ever get any attention, and that I was content with having something to draw to keep myself in the habit, in a way that was fun for me. Obviously, that changed a while ago, and this thing started getting a lot more attention than I ever anticipated. It was only at that point that I thought, “Hey, maybe I should go beyond thinking of this as just a little side hobby, and see where it goes!”
On one hand, the unexpected attention has lit a fire under my ass (in a good way!) and made me put more effort into improving my art style and speeding up the process, and got me to start doing things like commissions, which I never planned on when I started. But on the other, I realize that I just don’t have the free time I need to turn this comic into a full-time thing, with a goal of an update at a scheduled time every week.
At the moment, at least. I’m very close to getting my mountain of student loans paid off, and that alone requires me to spend a good 15-20 hours per work week freelancing to keep those bills paid, and have been slowly checking other things off my “Things that are getting in the way of drawing time” list in the meantime. I still see a good number of things I want to improve in my art style though, and I’d like to bulk up the archives a bit more before going “official” with this comic, and doing stuff like advertising it, or opening a Patreon.
So while there’s a lot of ways this could go in the future, I’m going to keep things around here on a smaller scale, at least until I’m sure I can produce new pages on a steady schedule and such. For now though, I continue to be overwhelmed with all the attention this comic has been getting. After almost 2 solid years of drawing this stuff, I’m still trying to wrap my head around the concept that some people out there really like the story, or the yinglets, or specific characters, etc etc, and want to see more of it. I mean, I know the feeling of finding a story/character/etc that I really get into, but the very idea that the stuff I’m drawing is that, to someone else? Crazy stuff, man.
I honestly hope I never get used to the feeling, because it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside each time I see that someone got a kick out of this story.
So all in all, I started this with no real expectations, got really surprised and motivated by the attention, and while I’m not yet ready to go full-time with this comic, I’m slowly working towards that longer-term goal, and am still thoroughly enjoying myself and sure as hell am not going to stop anytime soon. If a new page doesn’t come out on time, you can safely assume I’m off somewhere getting something done that I’d love to finish so I can get back to drawing ASAP.
Wow, that was a pretty heartfelt message for text below a comic about scav humpin’.
…wow. Yinglet yaoi.
Also, I love the red female’s death stare in the last panel.
He should know better than to encourage him!
There’s almost always one in every class.
There’s always that one smart ass who has to ask questions when you could have been left to free time.
Nice to see this update with way more lore fluff than I wanted to know!
Smart ass or genuine curiosity? I mean, I’ve *been* that smart-ass before, and it was because I was interested in an answer.
I *may* have done it once to piss off someone that was annoying me, though…
I like your art and poor distressted rodent girl. Also I gave you randomly like 40 bucks or something once, I dunno I forgot!
I remember that! Really made my day, that did.
And I can’t offer much other than more art and poor distressed rodent girls, so I’m glad that works out for you!
That was more explicit and detailed and accureta than ANYONE would like to accept…but Ran has his ways to introduce knowledge inside the younglings.
Well hey, the great houses pay good money for access to what Ivenmoth’s research, so it’s only right that he put effort into a high-quality science lesson!
And it always helps to be enthusiastic about what you do.
>…it always helps to be enthusiastic about what you do
Darn tootin’!
I’m a huge fan, love your characters so much, but I don’t want you to feel pressured or stressed. You won’t lose me if you take a break now and then.
Thanks; I get the feeling that’s how a lot of people feel. The thing is though, I don’t LIKE taking breaks! If I had my way, I’d just hook myself up to an IV and establish a hermitage at my drawing table.
Alright, who’s going to pick Ran covered with fruit pulp as an avatar?
How about that girl digging her nails into the desk, haha. *screeching chalkboard sound*
I hope Ran doesn’t discover/invent silver iodide anytime soon…
Oh, I’m sure he’ll invent worse things, given the time and resources.
I’m following you through Feedly here, so I will get every update whenever you are able to put them out. I love your world building, it is an inspiration for my own. I also love how some aspects of our species are similar (particularly between your Yinglets and the Shozi of the Naku sex) though, this aspect of Yinglets is quite a bit different from any of mine.
As nature demonstrates, sexual dimorphism is fun/weird!
For a second I thought he was going to talk about the orbs that turn human men into Yinglet women.
Oh he’d love to know about that, no doubt.
Oooooooohhhhh dear… xD
Huh, I was thinking that yinglets were monotremes.
As was I. Perhaps a more complex branch off of monotremes.
This planet isn’t Earth, unless very, very far in the future; long enough for the continents to change, Earth somehow to gain moons, and to drift near a nebula, so the yinglets don’t necessarily have to be related to any Earthly life forms.
I meant “monotreme” in the sense of having a single vent rather than multiple openings for genitals and waste excretion.
They have some of those features!
And because they are yinglets, there’s of course a bunch of other weird stuff going on.
What..did..I..just…read..
XD
LOVE this comic I check back everyday and re-read it constantly. 2nd best comic behind Underling TBH. And will probably surpass it in my opinion though very very soon. I now need to choose a favorite character hmm so many to choose from rip. Another reason to stop studying and to re-read le comic ;3
Haha, awesome! It’s always great to hear when this comic gets all up in someone’s personal Top 3 list. Then I must be doing something right, y’know?
New page, yay~
So… Is tail-to-face position necessarily required, or face-to-face position is also possible?
(P.S. About that… If anyone is too curious for own good, google “SLITFUCKING EXPLAINED by Lando”. NSFW, of course.)
Both are possible, along with a few other positions. It’s pretty stretchy down there!
I’ll never look at a bowl of fruit they same way ever again…
or even a basket of clams. All seafood really… 😛
🙂
https://i.imgur.com/cu56y71.jpg
Cute scav.
*blushes*
The problem with people nowadays is that they don’t look for sexual metaphors in food enough.
Better not tell you about Horus….
..otherwise you’ll be eyeballing cabbage.
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Haha! TMI, Ran! TMI! Though, Little Boy Blue seems intrigued. His parents should be careful, lest Ran persuade their son to become a lowly biologist instead of a great military commander, or whatever they have planned for him.
Good, good; you definitely understand occupational priorities in this time period.
Hey Blue kid… BOTH hands ON TOP of the desk..
Hyper adaptive ratbirds have ruined no food for me this day. All that comes to mind is “Large groups of male yinglets are hard enough to organise already and now this.” Those kids on the other hand I’m not sure. Blue Boy might just be doing his level best to mess with his peers.
For some reason I really like that theory! If he knows the girl next to him then yes, perfect demonstration of trolling your friends.
She. Looks. Pissed.
Test. Added a space.
I more sure of it now than I was before. The timing and wording is too precise. Just enough to elect a squicky explanation from Ran.
<3 love the comic~
I hope you can get things under wraps and start doing what you enjoy more too!
That’s the plan! And all aspects are looking favorable in the near future.
On your growing popularity, don’t freak over it. Just keep doing what you do at the rate you can do it, and once you kill those money troubles you might get enough income out of this to not worry about a “Day job” and do it on a fixed schedule… This is how Howard Tayler got started. 😉
As to the reproductive peculiarities of Yinglets and the scarcity of females, perhaps he can crack the code and change that balance for the better. Might be a temperature thing, like some other species – if the testes temperatures are raised artificially by clothing or other environmental factors…
Ah ha! Yes, like crocodiles I think is one species where temperature is the gender-determining factor.
Is there a forum or something other than DeviantArt or this site to discuss WMG, theorys, and other reader speculation?
It would be awesome if popularity picks up to the point where it gets turned into an anime series :).
Yeah; I’m just gonna keep on doing what I’ve been doing, at least until a point where there’s a larger bulk of archives and more people are aware that this thing exists. At that point, it’ll be time to consider going full-time. Wish me luck and all that!
The way that red girl is looking at the blue guy… I see a certain scene from Office Space in his very near future.
What, with him in the role of a copy machine?
how does blue guys shoulder plume snap around his arm? and why is notes guy still on the same scribble the whole time?
Also does anything at all in this entire universe cause Ran to be less than completely enthusiastic? I am also partly amazed that he did not purchase a recently dead-due-to-being-a-yinglet yinglet to dissect. Or is this one of those weeks where all of them have survived in some form or other?
Hahahahahahahahahaheeeeeee I think I broke something hahahahahpangalacticgargleblaterhehehehaha
Nooo don’t break
Oh by the way…
I think that Ran needs to go out and get laid. He was waaay to enthusiastic with his demo.
I’m almost convinced that ‘Ran’ isn’t his real name, it’s just what people do whenever he starts talking!
An amusing video came out recently that is somewhat relevant:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOLzS2MmkzQ
Wow, that’s like a list of things I’ve learned to avoid while making this comic. Pretty comprehensive!
Aww the sketch you posted prior is gone, and now I no longer have the links to the pudgy yinglet (raccoon) and the fight one.
Oh well! I get to hunt for them again!
I like your post! (And obviously the comic, that should go without saying!)
Update as frequently or infrequently as you like or need! Things in life get hectic and demanding so everyone understands if things are late or if it needs to be skipped.
Monthly updates are the easiest ones to do. lot less stress, and if you get an spark of creativity for a stort arc, you can knock out half a year with just six pages!
Weekly updates are usually easier, but can become annoying if you are under stress because then it’s “just one more thing you gotta do,” adding to the burden.
Some artists do multiple updates per week, and they are bleeding SUPER HEROES! Because that has got to be a ton of work and creativity constantly just pouring forth from their minds and hands (and tendons)!
If you want my opinion of an interesting mix, you could do monthly updates, with sketches of the current comic (minus dialog and critical plot devices, of course).
It is a unique way of doing online comics that no-one (that I have seen at least), is doing.
The best part, is even if you change your mind about using the sketch in your comic, it will catch your reader by surprise in the speculation and sudden absence of the sketch. (You could even post bogus sketches, to completely mislead the readed before the big reveal at the end if the month! … if you were in the mood too if course :b)
But it is your comic and these are just my thoughts, so it is your right to disregard anything I have said about updates prior.
I just like updates because it lets me know that artist is doing okay, and that they are still alive and kicking. If stuff is going wrong with you, its a way for us to know, and help out if we can. Hopefully though, things go well for you and you live a life of ease, with few worries and problems.
If things are well for you : Then updates are a great way to hear how wonderful you are doing in life, and we get to be happy to share in your joy!
You do amazing work and I really like your explainations of the story and the lore within. A fantastic job!
Its looooooooooooooong! O_O
Ey, thanks! It’s nice to know that most readers seem to be okay with a non-set schedule (aside from a general “once every one or two weeks” plan), so long as I don’t stop drawing it.
Which is perfect for me right now, since my schedule’s a bit packed and unpredictable, but despite that, I’m sure as hell not gonna stop doing this anytime soon.
Happy to hear! I hope your Christmas / holiday season is going well. Take care and be well comrade!
I don’t know why, but for some reason I imagine those 3 students piloting some sort of magical EVA units. I think it may just be the color scheme, even though that doesn’t completely match.
BAKA INGZELBY
Hah, yeah I think the deathglare in the last panel had a lot to do with it, too.
Ran doing a Gendo pose is now plastered across my brain. Thanks I guess?
Right? I’ll admit that was my immediate thought on realizing what they reminded me of, and that, frankly, it was kind of awesome.
Oh man, Trademaster Viracroix totally has dibs on the Gendo Pose. Anyone but him caught doing that gets sent to the salt mines.
You know what you need to do….
Ohh wow! I didn’t realize until now how awesome that would be!
*fingers tap together*
“Everything is going exactly as planned, mwha ha ha ha ha…”
Get in the damn robot Kass.
Absolutely love it. I got so excited when i saw a new post. I absolutely love your Yinglets, (enough that i wanna run a d&d campaign with them) and from the moment i found this comic i fell in love with it. Wish i could support you more, perhaps if you sold prints or postcards i could buy some. Thanks for your awesome work hun
just to find out where to peg this, where is Ran’s limits? and is there any examples of that limit anywhere including real life, the internet, and this universe? just trying to gauge how close, or rather far from, his limits we are right now.
The thing about intensely curious people is that you frequently can’t see their limits from wherever you are standing.
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*casts vote for TWC*
*sensually dressed yinglet pops up*
http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/975/872/022.jpg
Best demonstration of sexual intercourse in any comic, web or otherwise!
So, it is a coclea? Or are there completely separate openings for waste?
Heh, that brings up another question: uric acid or urea?
I think you mean “cloaca.” A cochlea is part of the inner ear, and if you start banging any gonads up against one of them, you’re doing it VERY wrong.
I just started reading this comic on my friend’s suggestion and im loving it. I get theres no hardset schedule but whats the average update frequency ?
lol
I wish I’d had Ran as a teacher in school.
I absolutely fell in love with your world and characters and world within an hour of reading this comic.