This week YA Author Jessi Sheron took over our Twitter as a part of our weekly Thursday Twitter Takeover. Jessi Sheron is the author of The Sea in You. See highlights from the takeover below.
Hello Everyone! My name is Jessi Sheron (aka @jessisheron) and I'm your host with the most for the next hour! Today I'm talking about my mermaid YA graphic novel "The Sea in You!" @ironcircuscomix #YAauthorTakeover pic.twitter.com/FZlr8Zyb0I
— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) June 9, 2022
The Sea in you is my first published graphic novel, but it started out as a webcomic! I'm a little obsessed with webcomics #YAauthorTakeover pic.twitter.com/pnqAnUzFwH
— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) June 9, 2022
I've drawn a couple webcomics now, I first started in highschool when I drew them by hand for fun. The first time I knew I wanted to be an author and artist though was when i was 13 #YAauthorTakeover
— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) June 9, 2022
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When I was 13 I saw a girl reading a manga, Sailor Moon, I stood up and asked "WHAT IS THAT? They make comics for girls?" and she said "Yeah and a girl made it too!" I said "THAT'S A JOB? CAN IT BE MY JOB?"— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) June 9, 2022
I've drawn non-stop since I was a kid until now. I went to school in New York city for 2 years at the Fashion Institute of technology and studied illustration but also fashion illustration, this ended up influencing my comics! #YAauthortakeover pic.twitter.com/gx1F8VxWVQ
— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) June 9, 2022
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The Sea in You draws (oh a pun!) a lot of inspiration from mermaid stories like Hans Christian Anderson's and also a story called Undine. pic.twitter.com/RS3A4xZ7Dd— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) June 9, 2022
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Before drawing and writing "The Sea in You", my first work in the arts industry was creating art for toys! Especially dolls. I was an "asset illustrator" meaning i made art according to request which would be used on things like balloons, cups, clothes etc!— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) June 9, 2022
#YAauthorTakeover I first learned to draw traditionally, which still influences my style, for a long time my favorite way to draw was with a brush and ink. DIFFICULT! Now I work digitally, but what I learned still applies, here's a panel of "The Sea in You" coming together pic.twitter.com/VRUVWRAhLN
— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) June 9, 2022
My mermaid design was something I thought a lot about. Her design is influenced by a lot of different things, like the fish blue marlins. their color patterning is actually a kind of camouflage! #YAauthortakeover pic.twitter.com/fMAXQPzSYt
— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) June 9, 2022
#YAauthortakeover Mermaids are creatures of our dreams and nightmares. For me a POWER fantasy. As much as I love beautiful gentle mermaids, I also enjoy
how tangled their legends are in danger. I also deeply love the sea, so a personification of the sea really speaks to me. https://t.co/dOBltVM0z6— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) June 9, 2022
#YAauthortakeover so what's the story of "The Sea in You"? in short! 15-year-old Corinth was just trying to clean up the beach; she never expected to meet a mermaid, let alone be nearly drowned by one. It was the start of a very strange friendship. pic.twitter.com/ldkfRUEBG9
— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) June 9, 2022
One of the things that is unique with my mermaid comic is american sign language plays a big part in the story! #YAauthortakeover
Corinth the human girl and Skylla both use it to communicate. Communication is a big theme to me in art and in life. pic.twitter.com/ur6Gepo14I
— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) June 9, 2022
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My favorite thing to write and draw in "The Sea in You" is the interaction between Corinth and Skylla, every time I draw them I get the biggest smile. I always remember how real characters were in the books I read growing up. I wanted them to feel "real" too. pic.twitter.com/LD8rFCZQJv— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) June 9, 2022
#YAauthortakeover Here's another video of a page I made for the comic (sped up of course!) Here you can see a little bit of my personal process for making a comic page visually. 1. Sketch 2. "ink" (on a computer this means clean art) 3. color. 4. details shade/light/effects pic.twitter.com/7G08t38nxD
— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) June 9, 2022
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2. Post consistently (if you can). You don't have to post CONSTANTLY but if you post art every thursday? People will know to show up on thursday! This is a great way to build an audience.— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) June 9, 2022
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Here's my biggest tip and trick
the big secret!
Make the book you would be EXCITED to see on a shelf. That fueled every panel of "The Sea in You". I was making work I wanted to see in the world, the audience FEELS that excitement. and often will return it!— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) June 9, 2022
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I really appreciate that. It's something a lot of people go through, I wanted to show it from the inside, so the audience would understand how it feels. I also hope, maybe if someone IS going through it, they'd see they deserve better too. https://t.co/mMegnmG2UZ— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) June 9, 2022
#YAauthortakeover Gotta post the link!
mermaid graphic novel, The Sea in You is available for pre-order right now!https://t.co/Hm9x2IYK7Y pic.twitter.com/xyEoUfrNfJ
— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) June 9, 2022
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You can also read more about "The Sea in You" at this link over on @IGN https://t.co/sm3nJIpscS— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) June 9, 2022
that's been my time!! Thank you all SO MUCH for letting me talk about the things i love the most!
Check out the link below if you want a totally cool YA comic about Mermaids and love. And have a fin-tastic day!
and you can find me at @jessisheron!https://t.co/Hm9x2IYK7Y pic.twitter.com/IEPaXyP3LI— Young Entertainment Magazine (@YoungEntmag) June 9, 2022
