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Eelis Nilukka makes comics
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A comics creator from Finland 🇫🇮 Webcomics and zines about anxiety, aliens and boys wearing makeup. Website: nilukka.com
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Eelis Nilukka makes comics @nilukka.bsky.social · Oct 26
Hi, there's so many new followers that I reckoned a short intro is due!

I'm Eelis from Finland, and I create webcomics and self-publish short stories about aliens and anxious gays. I'm one of those myself.

⭐️Finds links to all my comics at nilukka.com/comics/
A panel from the comic The Other Side. Story by Susan and Tilly Bridges, art by Eelis Nilukka. Cover art for the short comic story Boys Can Race Too, featuring a person wearing a racing suit and helmet, drawn upside down and looking triumphant. Art and Story by Eelis Nilukka. Promotional art for the webcomic BSandL by Eelis Nilukka. The art features the two protagonists Lim and Black Star holding a pet ferret and dog in their arms. A photo of an artist's desk. There's a houseplant and a computer monitor with Clip Studio Paint software open, showing that promotional art for the webcomic In Suitable Conditions is in progress.
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One more time (for chapter 3)! Lissa and Maria need to talk... 😶‍🌫️

In Suitable Conditions updated on:

👉 Tapas (English) tapas.io/episode/3642...

👉 Tapas (suomi) tapas.io/episode/3642...

👉 Webtoon (English) www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/in...

#webcomic
A promotional banner for the webcomic In Suitable Conditions. In the middle there's a black-and-white panel from the comic with two characters siting on a sofa. One of them is holding an ukulele. They're looking at a TV off-panel. They hear music playing on the TV. Below the panel, there's the series logo, author credits "by Eelis Nilukka", and the platforms where to read the comic: Tapas and Webtoon.
August 31, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Part 2 of chapter is out now! 🆕

Read this newest update of In Suitable Conditions on:

✨ Tapas (English) tapas.io/episode/3628...

✨ Tapas (suomi) tapas.io/episode/3628...

✨ Webtoon (English) www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/in...

#webcomic
Promotional banner of the webcomic In Suitable Condition. On a white background there's a comic panel where hands squeeze a toilet; it drips dirty-looking water. Under the panel there's the series logo, the name of the artist Eelis Nilukka, and the names of the platforms where the comic can read - Tapas and Webtoon.
August 17, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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Webcomic update!
Part 1 of chapter 3 from In Suitable Conditions is now available to read for free!

Read it on:
✨Tapas (English) tapas.io/episode/3612...

✨Tapas (Finnish) tapas.io/episode/3612...

✨Webtoon (English) www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/in...
Promotional banner for the webcomic In Suitable Conditions. It looks like a polaroid photo with a black-and-white sample comic panel in the middle. The series logo, the author's name Eelis Nilukka and the webcomic platforms Tapas and Webtoon have been added below the image.
August 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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I need some help deciding which platform to sell my comic PDFs on. 🙋‍♂️

I have a Gumroad store that I opened years ago, but would some other platform suit my themes better (mental health, LGBT+...)? I have the image itch.io for example has lots of content like this and users interested in them.
August 1, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Preview time! The next episode of In Suitable Conditions will publish on Tapas and Webtoon this Sunday.🎆
Details of a black-and-white comic page and panels each showing different body parts of a character. A comic panel showing a black silhouette of a torso on a white background. Inside the torso is a twisting tube that looks like a tree branch and runs in the place where a human's digestive system would be. On that is overlaid a text that says, "have to have to have to have to". A black-and-white comic panel where the character looks down, seeing their own right leg and shoe (probably a Converse shoe) and their distorted reflection on a rainwater puddle. Leaves are floating on the puddle and they have eyes that look at the character curiously. A promotional banner for the webcomic In Suitable Conditions, with the series logo and description: "A webcomic about a uni drop-out trying to avoid the anxieties of the world, by Eelis Nilukka". The banner encourages the viewer to read the webcomic on Webtoon, Tapas and Patreon.
August 1, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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Honey, the cleaning crew is here!
February 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
nilukka.bsky.social
In Suitable Conditions updated!

Tapas 🇬🇧 tapas.io/episode/3442...
Tapas 🇫🇮 tapas.io/episode/3442...
Webtoons 🇬🇧 www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/in...

#webcomic
February 16, 2025 at 7:13 PM
nilukka.bsky.social
When I write comics, I write the dialogue last (usually).

This's a method I picked up relatively recently because I found I got stuck in what the characters say, not what happens and how it should feel. IMO dialogue is a servant to action/emotion.
sarahmargs.bsky.social sarah margaret 🍂 @sarahmargs.bsky.social · Jun 26
if u see this, quote-post with your tips for writers that no one gives anymore because they seem obvious (even though they're not)
February 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
nilukka.bsky.social
Gym life
(Art from 2023, animation from 2025, and joke from like 1998.)
February 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
nilukka.bsky.social
To buy an iPad for digital drawing or not?

I have a Wacom, but I have to sit at my desk if I want to draw digitally... An iPad would give me more freedom.

I could take it when I travel, to a café or library...
February 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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My first time participating in #hourlycomicday!

I only started drawing in the afternoon, but it seems I'm not the only one, so I guess it's fine. 😆
Comic panels drawn on a sketchbook page. Hand-drawn title: "Hourly Comic Day 1.2.2025. Eelis Nilukka". First panel: 7-8 Woke up. Second panel: 8-9 breakfast with my boyfriend. Third panel: 9-10 drinking coffee, chatting, reading. Fourth panel: 10-11 getting ready, taking out trash, etc. Fifth panel: 11-12 going to my barber to get a fresh undercut, then lunch at a café. Sixth panel: 12-13 picking up some groceries, marvelling at the sun on my way home. Seventh panel: 13-15 filming my inking process. It's the first time I use a camera (instead of a phone), so setting up takes time. I hope it turned out well!
February 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Throwback to 2017! 🤪

If you're not familiar with these guys: they're from my first ever long webcomic called BSandL, and you can check it out on Tapas and Webtoons (scifi/drama; it's a completed series).

Tapas: tapas.io/series/BSand...

Webtoon: www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/bs...
A 4-panel comic. An apartment, night time. First panel: A young black-haired man lies on his bed and watches another young white-haired man who's sleeping next to him on a mattress. Second panel: a pillow lands next to the white-haired man, waking him. Third panel: the black-haired man lays down on the mattress to sleep next to the white-haired man, whose facial expression is surprised but he makes room for the other man. Fourth panel: the men are spooning on the mattress and looking very peaceful.
February 1, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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Today's behind-the-scenes Patreon post started with an exciting announcement...

I can tie my hair into a ponytail! 🥹

That's nothing to do with the post's content, but it's kinda relevant!

👉https://www.patreon.com/posts/120895078?utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=android_share
Black and white drawing. A character pulls down his hood, revealing his hair. He says, "Ta-dahh! My hair's long enough to tie into a ponytail!" Black amd white drawing. A character looks at a comic panel and says, "Maybe I'm happy because I've come so far? Nowadays, I'm able to hold a conversation despite feeling quite anxious. I'm a living proof that you can, in fact, learn social skills. While Lissa's still on her journey to realising these things." Black and white drawing. A character leans on a strip of comic panels, all of which contain a thoughbubble that read, "Arrogant?" The character comments on the panels, "Here's another realisation: When you're socially anxious and closed up in your own inner world, you shut others outside... You're putting up this wall. You're so preoccupied with your own emotions and thoughts that you're not showing attention to anyone or anything outside yourself."
January 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Let's get to know Anna-Melinda better! She's Lissa's best friend and roommate, and we met her in the newest episode of In Suitable Conditions.

She's a teacher student and very involved in student activities.
A colourful digital drawing of a young woman with black long hair, pale skin, white t-shirt, blue jeans, and Oxford shoes of light leather. Next to the character is hand-written text: Anna-Melinda. Age: 20. Hobbies: scrolling, skincare, doodling, going to student event. Likes: cute pet photos, chips. Dislikes: paying for public transportation.
January 12, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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I accomplished 7/9 of my comics goals for 2024!🎆

If you want to see more babbling of the goals, head over to my blog post to view a video and/or read the article.😀

nilukka.com/2025/01/08/r...
A photo of a sketchbook page. At the centre, there's text "2024 comics goals from Eelis Nilukka". The goals are both written and illustrated with markers. There are checkboxes next to each goal. Create interesting content for Patreon. (Check.) Read a lot. (Check) Take more visual notes. (Check.) Finish writing and start drawing and publishing my new webcomic, In Suitable Conditions. (Check.) Participate in at least 1 comics project. (Goal missed.) Draw cartoons or comics strips of my daily life, at least 2/month. (Goal missed.) Extra: Incorporate comics in my day job. (Check.)
January 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Post a pic you took with no description to bring some zen to the timeline
A swan family photographed from above. The two parents and four brown, adult-sized cygnets are swimming and feeding. There's snow on the water banks.
January 3, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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🤩In Suitable Conditions updated!

Read it for free on...

Tapas - 🇫🇮 Finnish tapas.io/episode/3399...
Tapas - 🇬🇧 English tapas.io/episode/3399...
Webtoon - 🇬🇧 English www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/in...
Promotional art for the webcomic In Suitable Conditions. In the middle, a black-and-white drawing of the protagonist Lissa and her friend Anna-Melinda, who's massaging Lissa's shoulders. Lissa looks sad or angry and Anna-Melinda is smiling calmly. Below this drawing, there's the series logo and text "by Eelis Nilukka. Tapas. Webtoon."
January 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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hey not to be all corny but please understand and internalize that your creative work is vital and beautiful whether others see/hear it or not and that your creative expression enriches the world just by your having done it
July 29, 2024 at 4:39 AM
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Finnish artists starter pack vol.2 is now open!

Tag your Finnish artist friends!
Dm or comment to be included (or removed)!
Please see criteria on description.
#finnishartist #art #starterpack

go.bsky.app/BwBXyGD
November 25, 2024 at 4:26 PM
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Are you looking for queer comic creators now that you've joined Bluesky? Here's a good starting place. Let me know if you want to be added!

go.bsky.app/M8FuKUZ
November 16, 2024 at 11:19 PM
nilukka.bsky.social
Will artists be able to use their skills as a quality stamp - "all hand-drawn/painted, no AI used" - and therefore be able to hike up prices? What do you think?
jendrawscomics.bsky.social Himbo Beefcake, PhD 🔞💪 @jendrawscomics.bsky.social · Nov 2
This "shut up and get onboard or get left behind" mentality of execs makes me want to crab walk up the walls and hiss from the ceiling
November 3, 2024 at 7:10 AM
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jendrawscomics.bsky.social
Today's the first day that Apple is gonna charge a 30% fee on folks pledging to creators via the iOS Patreon app, so remember to pledge on desktop or Android because that's a load of horse shit
November 2, 2024 at 12:52 PM
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The Creator's Guide to Comics Devices is OPEN!!!!!
comicsdevices.com
An online library and meronomy of visual-narrative devices that are used in the medium of comics and other sequential art.
🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨
screenshot of the site!
October 31, 2023 at 1:58 PM
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Alt text is good to have, but I wish when people advocated for it they included hints at best practices too. I found this link last time I asked about this: accessibility.huit.harvard.edu/describe-con... Don't write overly-wordy descriptions, that is actually unhelpful and annoying to sit through.
Write helpful Alt Text to describe images | Digital Accessibility​
Alternative (Alt) Text is an essential part of making content accessible. When adding images, charts, icons or other graphic elements, alt text should be added to ensure your content will be accessibl...
accessibility.huit.harvard.edu
October 28, 2024 at 4:41 PM
nilukka.bsky.social
Ah I miss Okami 🐺🤍
October 27, 2024 at 5:16 PM