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she got involved in the webtoon. Jay, can you tell us about that?
I enjoy drawing. So, when I’ve got free time, I draw cartoons about my everyday life to show to people. It’s fun when my friends see my cartoons and even give me material for them. It was through this that one of my friends introduced me to Alice, who was planning on making a webtoon about her pro-gamer boyfriend, and was looking for someone who knew how to draw. I wanted to do something that I like and that was fun, so I started to draw for her whenever I had the time. JAY:
How did you two meet? Tell us about your friendship, and how it is to work together.
When I came up with the idea for SC2 Mental Breakdown, I didn’t have an artist for it, so my plans were put on hold for 6 months. I talked about this with my best friend, and my best friend introduced me to her friend Jay, who drew webtoons. I actually don’t know how long I’ve known Jay for, but we get on really well, and workALICE:
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Above: Alice, MC’s girlfriend, creative mind behind SC2 A Mental Breakdown
ing with her is really fun. An interesting fact is that the friend who introduced me to Jay is a friend I’ve known since highschool, from an art school. It just so happens that Jay went to the same art school at the same time! We didn’t know each other back then, and it’s really amazing that we know each other now, several years later. Jay, you weren’t an SC2 fan before, right? Has this made it difficult to capture Alice’s story in pictures? What about having to draw units that you aren’t familiar with?
Yes. When I went to watch a match for the first time, the atmosphere came as a shock to me because I was so completely unfamiliar with the culture. Even now there’s so much more I don’t know, compared to what I do know. Since I lack a lot of game knowledge, when I draw for the webtoon, I’ll sometimes make mistakes, or there will be game-talk that I just don’t get. But Alice finds reference materials for me, and makes it easier to draw by writing the story in detail for me, which means there aren’t many mistakes or mix-ups. J AY:
Are you an SC2 fan now?
Um... Honestly, I don’t think I’m a fan yet. Like I said before, there’s so much that I don’t know compared to what I do know, and I haven’t played SC2 at all before. Finding the time to learn how to play is a problem, but I also think that because I’m not good at games, I personally wouldn’t enjoy SC2. J AY:
Where do you both get the inspiration for every chapter?
Every episode is a 100% True Story! So I just retell stories that relate to MC and SC2. ALICE:
Can you tell us a bit about the process of putting a chapter together?
First, I put the story together. Then, after I’ve written the story for one chapter, I search for reference materials for the things in the story. The plan is to publish a chapter every week. The chapters alternate in topics. One week it focuses on SC2 or be about MC, and the following week will be about the laddering experience. ALICE:
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