/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>4222295
a)be Japanese
b)sacrifice your life

Hello anon-san, welcome to /ic/! Make to sure to read the sticky >>1579290

>>4222295
>Tunisia
Carthago delenda est. Anyways good fucking luck. White gaijins have it hard enough, none white gaijin? I can't imagine.

>>4222295
You first have to learn how to draw.

>>4222295
keep a notebook by your bedside, every night write in it 'i want to be a mangaka', label the book 'my dreemz'. eventually the dream fairy will grant your dream come true.

>>4222335
pipcls

OP did you make this drawing?
It's very cute (and funny!)

You want to be a mangaka? No. No, -you- don't. If you did, you wouldn't be here, wouldn't have even thought to come here, you'd be far too busy practicing and begging some joe pro illustrator for an assistant job so that you could receive a firsthand hands-on education in what actually goes into "making it" in that industry.

You don't want to be a mangaka, OP. You just like the idea of being one. The difference is the breadth of an entire lifetime.

Learn japanese and start with japanese online comics like comicgum. Worked for my friend.

>>4222295
1) Be so good that the fact that your'e a foreigner doesn't matter.
2)Speak fluent Japanese. I'm talking local level speaking and writing and 4000 kanji by heart. Take the official certification test too.
3) master both the traditional process and the digital process.
4)Live in japan. They don't take risks, they want their authors there and in person.
5) have a perfectly clean criminal record
6) be ready to do assistant work for the first 2-5 years.

>>4222593
>like comicgum
This comicgum? https://www.comicgum.com/lineup.php
They only seem to have 6 series, how do you get in this?

>>4222605
Shut the fuck up.
Japanese people barely know 2000 Kanji.
Go back to the LearnJapanese subreddit you RTK reading fag.

a reminder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QndG5vY0X14

>>4222978
and those that do can get a qualification saying this

>>4222295
Tunisia chan is cute and based

>>4222295
Do you know Japanese?
Are you willing to move to Japan?

In order to qualify for this, you need to meet these two requirements. Itsythe only way to establish contacts, and even if you work with a translator, you still need to have weekly/monthly meetings with your editor to discuss every new chapter, in Japanese. Additionally, Japanese business culture is very social. Lastly, you’re gonna need to hire assistants, and give them detailed instructions in a language they can understand (Japanese, there are no formidable mangaka outside of Japan, especially not any willing to work for someone else under tight deadlines for long hours.

This is the reality of being a mangaka, you NEED to speak Japanese, and live in Japan. Even Shueisha says on their page, they happily take entries from abroad, but they must be in Japanese. Japan is the primary market the industry focuses on, if you can’t communicate in Japanese, then you’re not ready yet.

>>4222605
Anon living in Japan, working towards being a mangaka here
>1) Be so good that the fact that your'e a foreigner doesn't matter.
Yep. But that’s a given.
>2)Speak fluent Japanese. I'm talking local level speaking and writing and 4000 kanji by heart. Take the official certification test too.
Not fluent. Just N2 level. And it’s only 2000 kanji, not 4000. Most Japanese people only know about 2500. You’re required to know 2000 to be literate, officially. Also, I think N2 is only like 1200, the last 800 are in N1. Also, vocab is more useful than kanji. You get more mileage out of it. Given my working experience so far, I don’t think they’d necessarily need you to be able to read Japanese. Just communicate, and be able to follow detailed instructions in Japanese.

Not sure about the test either. But again, N2 is the standard requirement in most nonEnglish-teaching jobs. It’s not uncommon for most people who come here to be able to pass that after 2 years of just living here with little to no study. Even in my case, my Japanese has improved dramatically just by being here, and it’s only been like 8 months.

3) master both the traditional process and the digital process.
Not at all. Either is fine, though digital is the smarter choice imo, faster, and cheaper in the long run.

4)Live in japan. They don't take risks, they want their authors there and in person.
I agree. You need to live here, for a number of reasons actually.

5) have a perfectly clean criminal record
That’s a given. Who the hell has a criminal record?

6) be ready to do assistant work for the first 2-5 years.
Not necessarily, but recommended, and really, it’s only for as long as it takes you to get Renkai.

That’s basically what I’m shooting for in Jan, bare min. I wanna get out of teaching, and back on drawing while living in Japan. From there, it’s much easier. You’re already in. I’d apply now, but I’d feel bad if I left my current post at the school.

>>4223544
2) I was sure I heard somewhere you needed n3. I stand corrected. I stand corrected. However, you are working with a literary medium. grammatical mistakes would look bad. using more complex language will look good.
3) for full painting, yes, for sketching and inking, not unless you have a somewhat simple style. There's a reason why most weekly manga go for traditional when shirow masamune can go full digital for his yearly books and his appearances.If you want to do something like miura's or murata's work it would be insane on digital. I think besides it's just good to know both.
5) Anyone who has been caught with weed where it's illegal or drinking underage by a bored cop. anyone that got into a serious fight above the age of 18.
6)I'm unfamiliar with the term Renkai. I can't seem to find itonline, mind explaining?
Godspeed with your manga. chase your dreams. If you want o pursue manga don't let the school hold youback.

I'm creating a sort of comic /manga but it's not really done for anything other than pushing myself to create, some of it will be sloppy, some of the perspectives will be off but you know one punch man started off so simple.
follow your dream, even if it's just putting a page online saying here, this is what i can do, don't start looking for glory, start by doing what you enjoy.
and even if it gets flamed or insulted. it created a reaction, and as artists that should be all we can expect. ( also I'm not deluded enough to think its anything other than the best I can do for now)

>>4222295
Being mangaka is a shitton of work, especially in Japan. I would rather focus on creating a patreon account and try to make money this way.

>>4226780
who has that image of that famous Mangaka who gets the fantastic 3 hours of free time a week

>>4226780
>preferring clout chasing and trend chasing for neetbux instead of a satisfying and fulfilling job with creative freedoms that's a little difficult