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Key Data
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Name: Nana Yaa Kyere
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Pen name: YAA
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Pronouns: they/them, she/her
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Born: 28.03.1991
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Biracial: Ghanaian & German
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Languages: German, English
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Aries, INFP, summer person, small dog owner
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Graduated school [2010]
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Bachelor of Arts in communications design [2015]
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Working as a self-employed comic artist since then
Düsseldorf/Germany
About me:
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When I was a kid and started drawing, I immediately began to tell stories with it.
My art style became very manga-inspired, but I also like other forms of illustration.
I was always fascinated by cartoons and animation from the whole world, and besides
being constantly busy, I still hope to find the time to learn more and try out new things.
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My initial dream of getting into the animation- or game industry might probably stay a faraway fantasy.
Because after years of hobby projects and many drawn pages, I concentrated on the comic medium as my main job.
After some smaller publications of short stories, Patina (Comicstars) was my manga debut for a bigger publisher.
By publishing the manga trilogy Goldfisch (Tokyopop Germany), I fulfilled my dream of doing a whole book series
and gained experience with professional author work. This series also got licensed into the American and French markets.
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Now I feel confident in self-publishing. I table at a few comic conventions or use my online shop to sell
printed copies and merchandise. Many published books started as webcomics to gain an audience,
so I still like staying in touch with the readers online and believe that the model of offering your work for free can still be rewarded financially.
Since 2014 I have been the creator of CRUSH3D!!. After its reboot in 2020 and becoming a whole
universe with several spin-offs, the story continues as a free-to-read webcomic and self-published graphic novel.
Most illustrations on this website are from this project, as it's my current focus.
Work in progress of new comic pages and finished artworks are uploaded on my art twitter.
Bonus content to this project is what I mainly do on my Patreon. If you want to support me there, it'd be very appreciated! ♥
I hope to be able to continue my stories and to do new and different projects in the future,
exploring my possibilities or trying out working together with second parties.
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⟹ More details about my works ...
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Cooperation
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I apologize in advance, but being fully booked out with my own projects,
I'm currently not looking for:
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working on new projects & and anthologies
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being the artist for your novel or manga script
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private drawing jobs & corporate commissions
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holding manga workshops, panel discussions & signing events
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video call interviews & podcast recordings
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But if you have a cool, not urgent and rather small project in mind that you think fits me,
please don't hesitate to try still and ask me about it.
Also, I'm always open to collaborations with traditional or web publishers,
and comic (re)sellers interested in my self-published books,
or agents licensing them for other markets.