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Incredible.<\/em>

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Today’s guest is the stellar Hannah Templer<\/a><\/strong>! She’s a deeply powerful colorist and cartoonist with just a mile-long list of credits, and is responsible for the aggressively engrossing Cosmoknights<\/a>,<\/em> <\/strong>available at fine independent bookstores near you. Let’s get into it!

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Hello, Hannah! Today, I am pretending to be in a very stylish piano lounge, except the piano lounge is <\/strong>in space. <\/em><\/strong>Technology is wonderful. Take a seat, won\u2019t you?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wow!!!!!! Neat! I love space… thanks for having me.

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This drawing is wonderfully evocative, and I need to know everything about it. Please tell us what\u2019s happening here.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you. This is some Matrix Reloaded<\/em> fanart I did in 2003\u2013 I was 13 years old. It is a depiction of several of the main characters from the film posing for a group photo. I was extremely into this movie and I went to see it in theaters seven times. As you can see, it really spoke to me.

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I notice that this is a traditional piece, with light touches of marker. Was this typically the style that you were working in at this time? Did you share your art online at all, and what was that experience like for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interestingly enough, I think this piece was actually done with shellac inks\u2013 I was only able to get my hands on my first marker set at age 16, so all of my traditional art until then was created using brush and inks on printer paper (extremely chaotic). I did get my first digital tablet in 2003 (the year this piece was created), but it was an earth-shattering disappointment because I couldn\u2019t figure out how to use it\u2013 so I continued to work traditionally for many years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To answer your question about sharing art online: absolutely yes, I posted it ALL\u2013 and regrettably it is ALL still up because I am locked out of each of my three old DeviantArt accounts. This will be my legacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a teen I had a complicated experience posting art online\u2013 I lived overseas during high school and didn\u2019t have many close friends where I lived, but I DID have a constant online community on DeviantArt. It was positive and fun for the most part, with a lot of chibis and crossover fanart (Hugo Weaving playing both Agent Smith and Elrond was a RICH vein), but unfortunately over time I became pretty absorbed in comparing myself to other artists skill-wise\u2026 by junior year of high school it ended up becoming a huge source of stress for me. So at age 15 I decided to take a year off posting art online and focus on drawing for myself. I spent the year studying other illustrators I loved and drawing from life, and this was arguably one of the best decisions I ever made for my work\u2013 it helped me refocus my personal love for drawing and art away from the high-pressure lens of maintaining an online audience, and I think my overall relationship with social media is better for that early experience.

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This is so <\/em>interesting to me!! Both the shellac ink revelation and the fact that you were able to take a step back from posting online when you realized it wasn\u2019t working for you – that\u2019s really admirable. It\u2019s easy to get caught up in the moment!<\/strong>

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