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Minna Turunen
@amarathimi.bsky.social
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Programmer by day, webcomic artist by night.
🇫🇮, she/her

✨Comic: https://tapas.io/series/Book-of-Change/info
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Minna Turunen @amarathimi.bsky.social · Oct 23
Hello! 🩵
I'm Minna. Excuse me while I unpack my bags a bit.

I spend my free time working on a webcomic "Book of Change". It is a weird mix of sci-fi themes, talking magical books and bitter sweet feels~

I also love to share comics, art and writing related posts.

Comic: tapas.io/series/Book-...
Book of Change - comic page
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heikala.bsky.social
My thoughts on style 💦
September 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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shenanigansen.bsky.social
Panel 1: A girl with poofy dark brown hair, brown skin, and yellow beads holding the hair in a "space buns" hairstyle, is looking back at you while sitting in a computer chair in front of a drawing tablet. She wears a purple sweatshirt with a yellow "stitch" pattern going down the sleeves, and has apparently drawn a golden-armored knight standing on a cliff with billowing clouds and night stars in the background. She is labeled "illustrator" and says "It took me 10 hours to draw this!" Panel 2: Shen points at her with his right hand, a manically smug expression on his face and the other hand on his hip. He is labeled "comic artist" and says "HAH!! Just ONE drawing in 10 hours??" Panel 3: Shen continues speaking, pointing at himself with his thumb. He says "I'D have to get like TWENTY drawing done in that time." Panel 4: Behind the still-smug shen is a slouched, deformed, horrible beast of a man with a drawing tablet in one hand and the other hand holding the pen, and also strapped to a plank of wood for wrist stabilization. It wears only a ragged loin cloth. The neck is long and extends far forward, and the hair is wild, going in all directions. In the darkness of the face two small eyes glint. This creature is labeled "animator"
October 22, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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iceghost.bsky.social
Very very stressy today
A small ink of me being super stressed
November 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
amarathimi.bsky.social
Early concept sketches of Key for webcomic "Book of Change".

Photo's from the sketchbook are a bit messy, since my sketchbook is THICK and it is pretty much impossible to take good photos with.

[ #boc-comic #webcomic #art #characterdesign #conceptart #visualdevelopment #sketchbook ]
Early sketches of Key for webcomic "Book of Change". Wasn't very happy with these at the time so decided to design the character later when I get there in the story. Exploration sketches for Key for possible shapes. Also contains practice study sketches from actual birds. Sketches just before making the character reference sheet for Key. Getting close to character design that feels 'correct' and is easy enough to draw for the comic.
November 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
amarathimi.bsky.social
Character ref sheet of Key for webcomic "Book of Change".

The design is inspired by birds of paradise.

I tried to incorporate elements from both the object itself as well as Murmeli's shapes, since key is a part of him.

[ #boc-comic #charactersheet #conceptart #characterdesign #webcomic #art ]
Character reference sheet of Key for webcomic "Book of Change". Some of these sketches made it to stickers that I printed out this year. It was a fun way to tease the introduction of the character a little bit~
November 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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megsyv.bsky.social
Artists Meeting Artists
June 16, 2023 at 9:11 PM
amarathimi.bsky.social
BoC update!

Oh no...

Read here: tapas.io/episode/3675...

[ #boc-comic #boc-comic-update #webcomic #webcomics ]
"Book of Change" comic update! Thumbnail featuring brand new Key-bird.
November 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
amarathimi.bsky.social
Woke up to a dream at 4am today.

In the dream had to extempore pitch my webcomic in English without any prep. Tried my best to export the comic PDF to share while everyone was waiting for me to start.

At least managed to write down the pitch after waking up.

(Next dream in Finnish please.) :"D
November 5, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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sarjakuvaseura.bsky.social
Helsingin sarjakuvafestivaalit järjestetään 19.–20.9.2026 Kulttuurikeskus Stoassa. Vuoden teema on YHDESSÄ. Festivaalitaiteilijana upea Emilia Laatikainen.

Perjantaina 18.9. vietetään Lasten sarjisfestareita.

Kirjaa päivämäärä jo kalenteriin ja varaa koko viikonloppu sarjakuvalle 🤩
November 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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johannamation.bsky.social
“Why am I always so exhausted lately?” I ask, ignoring the fact that I just finished doing 3 cons in 2 months while working a fulltime job and drawing comics
a stuffed animal is sitting on a large rock .
ALT: a stuffed animal is sitting on a large rock .
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November 3, 2025 at 6:39 AM
amarathimi.bsky.social
According to Tapas, my webcomic "Book of Change" is Halloween material.

Sooo... perfect time to start reading? (Seriously my comic is not that spooky, but ok?) :"D

tapas.io/series/Book-...
Tapas free community promo list: Spooky, Creepy, Spine-chilling series Book of Change is on "Don't Read Alone" promo list on Tapas.
November 1, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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psudonym.bsky.social
"Okay, I can go now."

(10/31)
A tiny ghost is handing a note to an artist at a convention, the note says: "I just wanted to thank you for your comics. They meant a lot to me and kept me company when I was having a hard time. I'm okay now, it isn't scary. I'm not here anymore, but I will always be your fan."
October 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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exocomics.com
🎃 happy spooky time 🎃
October 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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sarjakuvaseura.bsky.social
Helsingin sarjakuvafestivaalien 2025 festivaaliraportti ja kuvat ovat nyt julkaistu!

sarjakuvafestivaalit.fi/2025-sarjaku...
2025 Sarjakuvafestivaalit kaapelitehtaalla: teemoina pimeys & kreikkalainen sarjakuva - Helsingin sarjakuvafestivaalit
Festivaalit järjestettiin 20.9.–21.9.2025 Kaapelitehtaan MerikaapelihallissaTeemat: Pimeys ja kreikkalainen sarjakuvaFestivaalitaiteilija: Tuoni MyllyläKävijöitä: 6000Kutsuvieraaat: 9Tuoni Myllylä, Il...
sarjakuvafestivaalit.fi
October 29, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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slowedmountains.bsky.social
Nothin else for it
Two panel comic of a person with glasses looking down at an open book. First panel reads: I think I might be bad at this. In the second panel they are scribbling in the book with a pencil. Text reads: I’m gonna do it anyway
October 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
amarathimi.bsky.social
Was trying to write material for "do you wanna publish my webcomic"-document.

Aaand ended up writing a ton of character summaries, lore and scene ideas instead.

Oops. :"D
October 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
amarathimi.bsky.social
My cousin's three-year-old's overjoyed reaction when they received a "Taikuri tarra" (Magician sticker).

They haven't read or seen the comic, but they love the pins in my bag. One of the pins has my characters on it.

They were just happy that they got a sticker of a character from the the pin. 🧡
screentonescast.bsky.social Screen Tones Cast @screentonescast.bsky.social · 27d
Happy #webcomicwednesday everyone!
We've got a question for you webcomickers:

What's one thing that someone has said about your work that has never left you?
October 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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loish.bsky.social
I don’t think confidence comes purely from having skills. I also think it has a lot to do with your mindset.

That's why I put together 5 exercises that will help you grow your artistic confidence! Watch it on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/tutori...
October 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
amarathimi.bsky.social
Had to show my descend to madness while working on the most recent BoC page.

- First version: Hmm, Murmeli's hair is not quite wild enough.
- Second version: That looks too weird.
- Third version: Needs a couple tweaks to look perfect.
- Forth version: ...send help.

[ #boc-comic #webcomic #wip ]
Book of Change comic WIP. Hair gets wilder. Book of Change comic WIP. Hair gets wilder. Book of Change comic WIP. Hair gets wilder. Book of Change comic WIP. Hair gets wilder.
October 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
amarathimi.bsky.social
BoC update!

Let the descend to hair madness commence...

Read here: tapas.io/episode/3640...

[ #boc-comic #boc-comic-update #webcomic #webcomics ]
"Book of Change" comic update! Thumbnail featuring very very angry Murmeli with messy hair.
October 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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markoraassina.bsky.social
Hang in there, struggling artists
October 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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serpyra.bsky.social
✨just little comic artist things✨
#comic #webcomic #art #comicstrip
Short comic. Panel 1: Me rereading my comic as a refresher, disgusted at the old art. Panel 2: Relieved to get to the recent chapters.
October 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social
It's that time: ShortBox Comics Fair is here!

Over 140+ all-new, original comics created by artists from around the world, gathered exclusively in one place -for October only!

And it's all online, with all digital comics: no shipping, no waiting, no travelling.

www.shortboxcomicsfair.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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boum.bsky.social
Never make the bed later.

#comics
#boumeries
A 4-panel comic. I'm washing my bedsheets, taking them off the bed and putting them in the washing machine. As I glance back towards my unmade bed, I think to myself, "Hmmm, I have work to do, I'll make the bed later." But then it's 11pm and I'm going to bed and it's still unmade, I just roll my eyes and say "FUUUUUUU"
September 29, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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katiecandraw.bsky.social
Seeing the Bill Watterson originals full of pencil lines of stuff that didn’t work, scuffs the eraser didn’t pick up, white out galore and more was something I needed to see to remind myself that nothing is perfect the first go and tweaks need to be made and you’re allowed to try again.
September 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM