Hanza Art

**Hanza Art** is the creator and illustrator of *My Deepest Secret* on LINE Webtoon.

## Biography

### Background

Hanza Art is a Malaysian comic artist. They are a fan of thriller, dark humor, and romantic-comedy. Hanza began drawing with simple sketches on paper before moving on to digital drawing. There are many old hand-drawn artworks on paper with pen posted on their Instagram account. They studied animation at university before graduating March 2018. Before working on *My Deepest Secret*, Hanza worked as a part-time comic artist and published several comic books in Malaysia, including works that involved collaborations with other artists. Hanza also wrote original short comics and posted them on their Facebook page. When *My Deepest Secret* was first published on Webtoon Canvas/Discover, Hanza was working as an illustrator at a local game company.

### Work on *My Deepest Secret*

On June 4, 2018, Hanza posted a first glance of their first webcomic, *My Deepest Secret* on Instagram. After posting Episode 3, Hanza considered giving up the story because of the workload and time that the series required. A few months later, Hanza decided to start the comic again with a new mindset and a structured story line. The series initially began as a simple romantic-comedy story with a cafe theme. After sketching the character design of Elios, Hanza realized he resembled a serial killer and subsequently revised the entire plot into a romance-thriller instead. With only nine episodes posted on Webtoon canvas, Hanza announced on March 18, 2019 on their official Instagram that *My Deepest Secret* would be featured as an original LINE Webtoon. The series premiered on April 22, 2019, thus debuting Hanza's career as a Webtoon comic artist. With the official launch of the webcomic, Hanza quit their full-time job and other comic projects.

Hanza stated that each episode consists of around 50-80 panels, depending on the pacing. The shortest amount of time Hanza took to create an episode was five days, while the longest was around two months when *My Deepest Secret* was still a Discover (formerly called Canvas) series. Since *My Deepest Secret* was featured, Hanza ensures that each chapter only takes seven days at most to create. On weeks when Hanza fails to meet their own deadline, the episode would require eight to nine days to complete. On days Hanza procrastinates, they work on creating storyboards for further chapters in order to avoid wasting time.

### Hobbies

#### Cats

Hanza likes cats very much and drew them quite often in old artwork. In *My Deepest Secret*, Hanza occasionally incorporates cats into the comic frequently. In Episode 39, a bonus episode, Hanza introduced Yohan's pet cat as Sherlock Meolmes, a name alluding to the fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes. On October 10, 2018, Hanza posted on Instagram a photo of three of their cats: Itam, Tomo, and Mimi. They also have three kittens from Mimi's litter named Momo, Mumu, and Gugu. Hanza additionally owns a cat called Moka.

#### Detective Conan

Hanza references Aoyama Gosho's Detective Conan in *My Deepest Secret*, using the moniker "Detective Conon" for comedic purposes. Hanza has also been seen posting "Detective Conon" on their Instagram page to advertise the series.

#### Mob Psycho 100

On Hanza's Instagram, they frequently showcase fan art of Mob Psycho 100. They regularly post the series' episode update announcements on their Instagram Stories.

## Contributors

### Paul Jun

Paul is an editor for Hanza's *My Deepest Secret* series. He provides tips and advice to Hanza.

### Assistants

* @POGOTARTS
* @RUFFERY\_FLEURY
* @SUHIEART
* @AIYUMEART
* @TORAOKIBIRU
* @ATIQAHSAFIAN
* @ANGIELXF
* USAGINA CHIBA

### Proofreaders

* @MISSLOWEMAI
* @YASMEEN.MUS
* @HASIFRAYYAN

## Follow Hanza Art!

* FACEBOOK: HANZA STUDIO
* INSTAGRAM: @AZ\_HANZA
* TWITTER: @AZ\_HANZA
* PATREON: HANZA STUDIO

## Trivia

* When *My Deepest Secret* was first featured on Discover, Hanza only planned for the series to have about 60 chapter.
* The Elios and Emma sticker is the thumbnail on Hanza Art's official Instagram account
* Yohan Lee is the thumbnail on Hanza Art's Patreon account
* On April 3, 2020, Hanza Art posted on their Instagram Story that their favorite expressions to draw of Elios and Yohan are the following:

## Reception

The release of episodes 68 and 69 sparked a wave of controversy over social media platforms as readers from all around the world expressed their opinions on the series's portrayal of Disassociative Identity Disorder (DID). Hanza Art released an official statement on their Instagram account, reminding readers that the series is a fictional work that takes creative liberties with plot points and does not necessarily depict scientifically-accurate disorders.

## Gallery

Hanza's reasons for going on hiatusL-R: Itam, Tomo, Mimi, Momo, Mumu, GuruYohan references Detective Conan as "Conon"
## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *My Deepest Secret* – Episode 39,
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 05.09.2019 Webtoon In Depth - Guest Creator: Hanza
3. ↑ 06.04.18 Instagram Post – @AZ\_HANZA
4. ↑ 03.18.19 Instagram Post – @AZ\_HANZA
5. ↑ 10.10.18 Instagram Post – @AZ\_HANZA
6. ↑ 09.28.20 Instagram Story - @AZ\_HANZA
7. ↑ 07.09.19 Instagram Post – @AZ\_HANZA
8. ↑ 06.26.17 Instagram Post – @AZ\_HANZA
9. ↑ 04.03.2020 Instagram Story – @AZ\_HANZA
10. ↑ Wikipedia - Disassociative Identity Disorder
11. ↑ Hanza Instagram