Yaongyi began drawing at a young age, and dreamed of becoming a comic creator as a child. She had brief interests in other career paths, calling them "flings" in her interview with LINE Webtoon, but always returned to art. She worked a handful of jobs before eventually creating True Beauty. Her real name is Kim Na-young and she was born on April 24, 1991.
Working on True Beauty Webtoon
On average, Yaongyi takes about four all-nighters per week to meet her deadlines for True Beauty, and has experienced many long nights over the course of its release. One of Yaongyi's previous jobs, a fitting model, helped her conceptualize the webtoon. She additionally references current fashion trends to help keep the outfits in True Beauty accurate, as well as utilizes her own skill in makeup.
Upon its debut, Yaongyi was surprised and thankful for the manhwa's popularity and overall positive reception. In response to True Beauty's international one-year anniversary, she stated that she's appreciative for all the warm messages she's received from foreign fans. She explained that she's still learning more and more during True Beauty's publication, and hopes to keep improving over the course of its run.
Lee Si Eun while talking about the show stated that she’ll take the compliments to mean that the drama was just as good as the original (webtoon), but not better. She reasoned it out saying that the webtoon and the drama both are different genres. She further stated that the drama didn’t only received great reviews because of the lead characters and their story, but its being loved because of the supporting cast as well.
She opened up that initially there were pressures on her because the original webtoon was received well the audience and they were worried whether the viewers would get attached to the characters from the drama. However, she expressed her gratitude that the audience liked it.
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