/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

Some western / indie publishers of Manga:

Saturday AM ( https://www.saturday-am.com/ )
> Digital indie magazine, seems to be on the up-and-up
> Open submissions for long-form series; also distributes series currently being published elsewhere.
> Regularly publishes one-shots, making it a good potential outlet for already-finished work.

Noir Caesar ( https://www.noircaesar.com/ )
> Focuses on black (specifically African-American) content, but seems willing to publish anyone good enough.
> Seemingly series-based only.
> No "magazine" style updates; series are updated on their own schedule.
> Seems less regular than Saturday AM, but also seems larger in terms of readership.

Oni Press ( https://onipress.com/ )
> Technically indie, but at this point large enough by comic standards to be mentioned in the same breath as other publishers.

Antarctic Press ( https://antarctic-press.myshopify.com/ )
> Longtime large-indie publisher of OEL / manga-esque books.
> Seemingly taking submissions at present if http://www.antarctic-press.com/html/submissions.php is anything to go on.

Yen Press ( https://yenpress.com/ )
> Started out as a small indie publisher of original / Korean material, and has grown reasonably popular since.
> As of 2016, it is also one of the western arms of the Kadokawa Corporation, with Kadokawa owning a 51% stake.
> Editorial inquiries can apparently be sent to yenpress@yenpress.com, however, they apparently are not open to new submissions at this time.

Viz Media / Viz Originals ( https://www.viz.com/originals )
> *The* western manga publisher.
> Currently in the exploratory stages of setting up an English label.
> Submissions are open and several books have been announced. However, progress on the label seems to be moving very slowly.
> Still might be worth a shot anyway.

Shrine Comics ( https://shrinecomics.com/ )
> Small indie manga publisher
> Seemingly attempting to make the transition to physical volumes
> Allows crossposting to other sites

Other open comic publishers:

Dark Horse ( https://www.darkhorse.com )
>Dark Horse still welcomes your submissions, and all submissions will still be reviewed, just as they always have been.
>All unsolicited story/series proposals must have a full creative team on board. Writer-only proposals will not be reviewed.

Image comics ( https://imagecomics.com/ )
>Image Comics only publishes creator-owned material. They do not contract creators; they’re only interested in publishing original content for which you would retain all rights.
>Image Comics publishes creator-owned/creator-generated properties and THEY DON’T PAY PAGE RATES. Image takes a small flat fee off the books published, and it will be the responsibility of the creators to determine the division of the remaining pay between their creative team members.

Drawn and quarterly ( https://drawnandquarterly.com/ )
>Please email a low resolution PDF with at least 20 pages of comics and cover letter to submissions. Do not send dropbox links, scripts, or proposals. Please read our submissions FAQ.

Fantagraphics ( https://www.fantagraphics.com/ )
>submission page: https://www.fantagraphics.com/pages/faq

Top Shelf Productions ( https://www.topshelfcomix.com/ )
>Regarding submissions, we're easy. Just email us a download link of what you'd like us to review. NOTE: We cannot accept cover letters, plot synopses, or scripts unless they are accompanied by a minimum of 10-20 completed pages (i.e., fully inked and lettered comic book pages).

Additional publisher lists:
> https://jasonthibault.com/definitive-list-comic-publisher-submission-guidelines/
> https://writingtipsoasis.com/best-independent-comic-book-publishers/

And a new addition, not technically a publisher, but a new platform to host your manga:

Manga Plus Creators by Shueisha
https://medibang.com/mpc/

Current Contests:

Silent Manga Audition: https://www.manga-audition.com/sma19-overflowing-tears-silent-manga-audition/

Magic international manga contest: https://www.shibuya-productions.com/en/magic/magic-international-manga-contest.html,73

4-koma Contest:
https://kitakyushu-mangataisho.com/en/

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How many mangaka are there who got their first publications in their late 20s with already some years making art before? The Usogui guy might be an example but early Usogui itself looks way more beg-tier than expected.

>>6375637
Look at Shit Chofu for some real beg-tier published manga

>>6375637
>way more beg-tier than expected
Please stop using this retarded /ic/ terminology. The work looks wonky and inconsistent but it utilizes many techniques a beginner would not be familiar with and the line control is far, far beyond that of a beginner. I'm not defending it, this manga looks like ass (I don't even really like the later art, far too tone-heavy), just arguing against the usage of nonsensical terminology.

>>6375640
Even that's not "beg-tier". If that person was a beginner then they were a fucking savant. An obvious sign that an artist isn't a beginner is that you can tell what they're trying to fucking convey. Kind of important in comics, no?

Conflating beginner work with shoddy/inconsistent/wonky/weird looking work is completely wrong and gives actual beginners an inflated idea of what a "beginner"'s work should look like.

>>6375637
Anyway to answer the question, probably quite a few of "alternative" mangaka whose drawings don't really need to look super pretty or refined. This doesn't mean it's impossible, but the mindset of editors is that they assume everybody who wants to become a mangaka does so because they love manga and could see themselves doing nothing else (because who would willingly become a professional mangaka with all that entails without truly loving it?). Therefore, if it is assumed that you either don't have it in you to make something interesting/good enough, or you're just lazy and in either case you're not up to snuff. There are cases where people have pivoted into manga from other fields such as the Usogui guy, the Ranking of Kings guy, the Maid In Abyss guy and so on, but it's generally quite rare and exceptional. This may be because it's really, really difficult on its own, and it may be because of the editor's mindset regarding old farts in or past their 30s.

Threadly reminder that perspective is key. Your drawings can be horribly stylized as long as they’re in perspective it will work

>>6375673
But that's very appealingly stylized.

>>6375673
The perspective is shit, though.
If it was actually a well drawn background you'd have a point, but that requires skill.

>>6375963

>>6375474

Posting one last time my new chapter 2 finished about a month back. Below is a variety of links so you can choose what source you want to read from:


Twitter: https://twitter.com/IfPartwork/status/1590370664271458304?cxt=HHwWgMDRka3skJIsAAAA

Pixiv: https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/102515774

Tapas: https://tapas.io/series/AECAST

>>6376179
>picrel has good perspective
At least try to have a point. The only nice looking thing in the manga page is the characters.

>>6376321
READ NIGGA
READ

>>6375474
Anyone know what was done here to get the cross hatching marks automatically on the computer? Seems like he did something with fill but not sure

>>6376404
Forgot to attach file

>>6376445

>>6376446
>Wasn't satisfied with this page, so I'm redoing it

>>6376459

>>6376461

>>6376404
>>6376422
texture fill, also called patterns or just tones
how it's done depends on what software you're using but in krita it's a checkbox under the options for the fill tool, then the texture selection is next to the gradient box in the toolbar

>>6376256
I dig your art, especially the backgrounds and screentone. The Islamic style architecture is interesting to see. The story's a bit slow for my taste, but I'll keep reading to see where it goes.

>>6376404
>>6376422
Hard to tell because potato quality but it seems like he place a vertical line screentone and then manually hatched on top of that with a ruler.

>>6376330
Your point is that perspective can be artistic, but the image contradicts that by still having correct perspective, not 100% perfect, but it doesn't look like anything is out of place.
>>6375673
In this, the perspective is not only slanted and curved for some reason. But it's also obviously incorrect, as the foreground is out of perspective.
That's not artistic liberty, that's being lazy!

>>6376422
This is Yoshikadu Hamada
He’s great at inking and everything else but he cannot stress enough you gotta put a lot of time to make good artwork for pages

>>6376465
working on the rest I assume? It's pretty good so far.

>>6375637
Didn't Ousama Ranking's author start late?

any tips for learning/drawing background in the same location but rotate angles? does many artist create 3D background to use or they draw from their mind
here are example room i get from poriuretan

>>6376879
In that case it's 3d.
Generally though the hard bit is figuring out what is actually in the environment you're drawing, which is more of a design problem than an actual illustration problem. The rest is just basic perspective and keeping things in proportion.

>>6376792
Nobody expects it had to be executed to perfection in every single panel of the entire course of the manga, other than you.

>>6376509

Thanks for the feedback, anon. I was trying to build up pace, but I can try to push events to happen faster, especially now that the girls are in a bad situation.

Is there a manga you consider normal or even fast paced? Want to see how they present things.

>>6376881
I expect a sensical perspective instead of one lazily drawn. If you’re fine with low quality art, then that's you. But, I atleast expect good perspective.

>>6376975
I can't think of anything specific... but all sorts of people have their own writing style. I get that you want the world building to show, but it's like 20ish pages untill we see the main characters. I feel like a chapter doesn't need to be it's own arc in itself, but it should have some tension building that makes you want to keep turning the pages. Early Gantz is fun, you get a sense of the main characters right away, some dramatic tension happens, then the chapter ends on a cliff hanger/mystery, which i think invites speculation/world building ideas from fans instead of being shown everything.

>>6376808
Thanks Anon! Yeah, I'm still working on it

working on the volume 3 cover. I'm planning to add a white outline around all the characters and then a thin decorative frame around the whole thing.

>>6377106
Is that jazza top left?

>>6377113
That's Rory Seacrow, King Druid of the Woods of Holly

>>6376991
>I expect a sensical perspective
You’re in the wrong thread if expect that, m8

>>6377106
Vol 3? How many pages/chapters are in each volume?

>>6377755
Volumes 1 and 2 are about 220 pages and 5-6 chapters each. Volume 3 is 200 pages in so far and will probably be about 220-230 when It's done. Volume 3 finishes an arc started at the beginning of Volume 2, so I want to make sure Volume 3 doesn't end on a cliffhanger or in the middle of the big climax.

It's all online here:
tapas: https://tapas.io/series/Oi
webtoon: https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/oi-tales-of-bardic-fury/list?title_no=303092
mangadex: https://mangadex.org/title/77f67cab-3624-4e81-8663-bddfe7723282/oi-tales-of-bardic-fury

I finally got white-out but now I can't resist white outing pretty much everything that bothers me or sets me off and I make so many dumb mistakes. It's so hard to get things right on the first try.

>>6378175
Don't fall for the white out crutch. Be more careful with your lines the first time. Being sloppy and using white out might be faster now, but learning to be more deliberate with your marks will make you much faster than having to go back and correct everything later

>>6376465

>>6379493

>>6376422
>Lines are just perfectly straight while curving enough to be appealing
Literally, actually, how does he do it

>>6379504

>>6379510

>>6379513
It's pretty good so far. Although i find heart shaped pupils kind of forced, but that's just my opinion

>>6378186
Actually white out is already slower for me because I'm a perfectionist type so I used to settle for mistakes but now anything that bothers me even a little I white out. It's also the reason why I could never do digital. You're right, I need to stop overusing it and the white out texture is also too rough for smooth lineart.

>>6379522
Thanks for the feedback. Honestly, I was trying to show how she was currently feeling through her eyes. The hearts in her eyes are only there for this scene, but I was contemplating on whether or not I should just get rid of them due to the fact that it's the first time anyone sees her red eyes.

>>6379509
Perspective ruler. The lines aren't curved.

>>6379513
I hate your blue man but this semen demon has me interested now, high quality character design

Finally got off my ass and drew 1/4th of the casts faces. Not happy with all of em but they work.

>>6379727
Perspective ruler, huh? I've always had that tool, or something like it, but I've never used it.
Does anyone have a link to the full video, or at least some portion of it not sped up and crunched to a size for ants? I'd like to learn.

>>6379915
It's not that video but here's the P-ruler for Clip Studio
https://youtu.be/4L6ZBjOS48M

>>6379879
top 3 are literally the same character except 1 has glasses

>>6380331
Yeah, They do blend in. I hope when colored they will do better since their color schemes will be diffrent.
I could do the middles hair darker since it's supposed to be a light brown but I'm too lazy honestly.

>>6379879
>>6380400
You are a black/ethnic girl in her early 20s who watches/reads Jujutsu Kaisen
Am I correct?

>>6380568

>>6380568
I'm 19 and white, I do read JJK and the dark skinned characters are not black just Spaniard and Greek with a natural tan.

>>6380659
Oh and I'm a dude

>>6375637
Nagata Kabi comes to mind.

>>6380568
>Am I correct?

>>6380663
Lmao

Bros I have a question that might sound stupid but I will ask it nevertheless.
How do I make this transition between light and dark that I often see in manga?

>>6380659
You're not really "white" if you aren't natural blonde

>>6380663
Dudes don't draw like that

Any reason not to use AI assisted art?

>feed a model enough images of your character
>pose a 3D model
>have the AI generate an image of your character over the 3D model in the desired pose
>manual adjustement of output
>cut and paste into panels

I was agains AI art, but then I realized I, the real me, has no idea how to decompress and denoise the input coming in via the optic nerve or which nerve to activate to move the hand. I know I could use tre AI to write the story but these generators leave a lot to be desired and paneling AI, while possible seems like waste of time.

>>6380716
It's just hatching with a tone on top.

>>6379879
El saber is retarded
>>6380720
He can be gay, shithead

>>6380721
Dignity?

>>6380725
Gay people aren't real

>>6380723
Oh I see thanks

>>6380726
Honor and dignity were invented by the upper classes to keep you down. Note that the elites never had too much of an issue keeping honor and dignity as they always could just throw cash at the problem unless it was a trully collosal fuckup while it was serious efford for everyone beneath them.

Animals in the forrest have no dignity, they just do what feels good, does not screw them in the midterm and leaves them options in the long term (as far as they can tell, they are stupid beasts). They are much happier than men.

Besides, can you eat dignity?

>>6380721
That sounds like it would take a lot longer with a dozen more steps than just... drawing your character.

>>6380743
Rather go out with honor and dignity than sell my soul. Fuck the material world.

>>6380972
Honor and dignity are the purest expression of slave morality. They are nothing more than a cope.

If trully did not care for material world then honor and dignity would be meaningless to you.

I can eat my dignity and honor, it has a minty after taste.

>>6380721
AI is absolutely handicapped when it comes to creating storytelling. Simply put, it can't. AI art is only good for creating a select subset of very specific images - portraits etcetera - and abstract piles. Those do not a comic make.

So, yes, the reason is that it's a gimmick that will take more time for a worse product, AND won't cause you to improve as an artist, unlike literally any other technique. Even tracing 3d models.

Don't buy into fads. You're better than the common rabble.

>>6381089
>AI art is only good for creating a select subset of very specific images - portraits etcetera - and abstract piles.
Computer scientists have been talking about how the range that AI can output is severly limited, since it has to distill patterns from billions of images and can never branch out like human creativity can.

In other words, it's formulaic and will always be formulaic, which is the death for comics

It doesn't take much to write better than current marvel comics, AI got a market in the west

>>6381393
No one said anything about writing, nonny.

>>6381481
Nonny who?

>>6379879
Looks fun, I hope you'll link your comic here when its done, I'd love to read it

>>6380659
>I'm 19
Lol, I remember calling you underage years ago. Guess I was right.

>>6380659
shit, you're 19? how many of you are this young? no wonder the anons in this thread get so butthurt when it comes to honest critique and me saying nigger, fag and kys once in a while.

where are all my 26+ anons at?

>>6381481
gd learn to integrate

>>6381671
'96 gang represent

Good guides/suggestions for physical supplies? Pens, markers etc. Also if you're trying to get B4 paper with the printed margins where do I need to look?

>>6381703
The Deleter trail pen pack is pretty good from my experience. Deleter also sells B4 paper on their online site.

>>6381709
samefagging *trial sorry

>>6381535
I started posting on /ic/ in late 2020 you schizo but all right

>>6381703
The Pentel Color Brush is a standard for spotting blacks, and you can do a lot of effects and cool lettering with it. Also pretty fun to use for sketching.

>>6381712
2020 was years ago you big dingus. I believe I told you that you need to draw a lot more, and you don't appear to have taken that advice. You've barely improved. And If you're not going to use line weight then you should at lease use a smaller brush size.

>>6381731
who cares, let the zoomie sink in his shit. are you his mom? it'll be his own fault if his shit isn't appealing enough, and it makes less competition for everyone else. and no, it doesn't mean he's exempt from critiques, but sometimes you gotta know when someone is a lost cause. this is his peak performance, he won't get any better than this. then he will later evolve into tranny-mon and 49% himself when he thinks life is too hard as a male.

>>6381754
This shit isn't a competition, and I want him to succeed. A rising tide lifts all boats.

>>6381776
focus on your own shit before you gab about giving advice to some junior. you don't actually want him to succeed, you just want to exert some power/authority over some /beg/ zoomie's work.

when you're pro, he will maybe listen. but you're a nobody with subpar work yourself so he doesn't give a fuck.

>>6381779
>focus on your own shit before you gab about giving advice to some junior
?
I already make my living with comics. I'm throwing him advice, not personally tutoring him. You overestimate my investment here.
>you don't actually want him to succeed
I do.
>when you're pro
I am by definition a pro.

>>6381780
post your work example and then tell junior your critique then, see how quickly he turns around to consider your advice.

if he doesn't it means that he doesn't think your shit is good or in his taste. you need to be like his personal heroes for him to actually give a fuck. this is just zoomie mentality 101.

>>6381781
Basing your points on wild assumptions about people you know nothing about doesn't make for a very convincing argument.

>>6381703
get the Icy B4 paper, the margins are easier to see and the paper itself feels better.

>>6381782
oh my god it's you. why do you have such a huge faggot ego. you are only "professional" in the same way someone who sells their cheap print shirts on redbubble is an "fashion designer".

by your logic, then i could tell you that your own line art is a mess and your hatching is always so half-assed that it would be better if you just stopped hatching your work. the worst part is that the zoomie actually draws better faces than you do

>>6381826
>you are only "professional" in the same way someone who sells their cheap print shirts on redbubble is an "fashion designer".
I'm paid a salary to draw comics.

>>6381833
>ignores all my points
i accept your concession.

>>6380725
>El saber is retarded
I came up with it a long time ago and It just kinda stuck but I've seen worse names so who cares.

>>6381895
What do you want me to do, get into a verbal slapfight over my own drawings? If you think they're trash then that's fine, you're welcome to your own opinion. I contested the only part of your post that it makes any sense to contest and that isn't a matter of opinion.
The way I see it, the guy needs a lot of practice, and I believe his work would look better if he either used thinner lines overall or made an effort to apply line weight variation to his work. How do you think he could improve his work?

>>6381389
>In other words, it's formulaic and will always be formulaic, which is the death for comics

Isekai and capeshit exist and sell.

>>6376879
make a floorplan, then you can draw the room from any angle as long as you know perspective.

>>6376857
How is his art compared to other mangakas and general skilled internet artists as of now tho?

>>6382002
i think you need a lot of practice yourself in both line work and understanding basic construction. it still looks amateur as fuck with how you scribble everywhere without even considering the different planes of the object. your so called “line weight” is also inconsistent and all over the place and resembles more like literal chicken scratches.

that zoomer is young, he’ll either learn on his own that his shit sucks and get better or he’ll drop the hobby for something else because he got a long life ahead of him. in some ways he is already ahead of YOU.

you on the other hand self proclaim yourself as a professional with these subpar work. if YOU don’t improve you’re going to have a rough time finding another gig just cause you got a lucky with some literal who. i’ll bet the “salary” pays peanuts compared to the work you’re getting.

>>6382325
jesus christ... i dont know if it is that hard or if loomis is just bad at teaching

>>6382476
Loomis - and artists from his time - were big on projection. It was just how it was done back then, and it still very much is, but usually with the luxury of 3D models rather than just sucking it up and doing the graphs yourself.

Personally, I prefer other books from the era.

>>6382662
I think its more that they just specified the technical and architectural aspects of perspective and structure. Its not a bad thing, but a lot of ADHD artists can't focus on that. Especially in the manga world, where you've got assistants often doing background work, and using 3D models, and photo manips and whatnot.

>>6375474
I'm planning on making a manga/comic. What do you think about this style? Would it work?

>>6382876
>Posting here
I take it you wanted a second opinion?

>>6382895
I'm afraid I don't understand what you meant by this. What do you mean by second opinion?

>>6382876
It looks very familiar to something else, can't put my finger on it.

But furryshit heavily leans on how jackoffable it is, and that doesn't look very. If you want to just do your own thing and not care if anyone else reads it cool, but since you're asking for opinions you obviously want it to appeal.

>>6382876
Worked for Prequel.

>>6375474
How legit is Clip Studio Paint with it's materials when it comes to making a simple manga? I'm kinda just doing things manually hoping for the best, but wondering if the program actually offers tools to help make it more "manga-like"?
Sorry if the question sounds vague or stupid, but just wondering if there's any unique benefits the application provides that are a big deal.

>>6382907
While I primarily am just doing my own thing, I do still want it to have some appeal to people other than myself. I'm wholly intending this to be completely worksafe, however.
>>6382912
Everyone always says that my tulpa catwife looks like Katya from Prequel. But the only similarity is that they're both anthropomorphic felines with no hair.

>>6375474
it's not manga if a non jap makes it

>>6383016
>manga-styled comic-making, manga-style illustration and related comic work.

>>6382919
Not that guy, but it reminds me a bit of Beastars. Try checking it out if you haven't already.

>>6383016
But I am Japanese, anon. We all are.

>>6382918
it's industry standard. Go for it!

>>6382918
>How legit is Clip Studio Paint with it's materials when it comes to making a simple manga?
Literally the best program for it. It was *specifically* designed for manga production.

>>6383040
>>6383092
Just making sure it wasn't trying to pretend to be what it's advertising, and it actually deliveries.

Can someone upload pdf of Hisashi Eguchi's artbooks? I love his style but I don't know how to draw

Manben series is down because an asshat is mass reporting mega links. Does anyone else have a backup?

returning my comic

Thinking about uploading manga online what’s the best site and what size/resolution do you recommend uploading it in? is hi res a good idea ?

>>6383092
I decided to check out the comic function and it looks great, but does it really expect me to draw at 6 billion by 14 gazillion pixels? Would it not take longer to draw at fuckhuge resolutions than to draw at normal size?

>>6383387
It's a program designed for working for print, anon. Don't complain that it gives you professional print resolutions by default. If you don't think they're necessary then just change them.

>>6383387
You can change your DPI, and it is much better to draw large, it looks better scaled down for print

do you have someone else to read your comic to make sure its not autistic?

>>6375474
My manga protag in watercolor

>>6375474

Has anybody posted their manga to /a/ to get some more feedback? Are you even allowed to post your own manga on /a/?

>>6384283
There have been threads before, but they usually get deleted. Some people are pretty receptive, but some people are pretty against it, so whatever. Its just generally not really allowed, and to some, not even really wanted.

>>6384283
I haven't personally, but it's allowed (usually but not by rule) and I've seen some very skilled independent artists dump theirs, usually contest submissions. The response is almost exactly what you would expect from /a/, 90% "it's not manga if you're not japanese", a few armchair weebs giving useless critiques, and a handful of genuinely supportive and appreciative anons.

>>6384287
>>6384288

Well fuck. Outside of /mmg/ where are you supposed to go to get reader feedback?

>>6384287
you could try /co/. they have a webcomics general if i remember correctly

>>6384283
>Has anybody posted their manga to /a/ to get some more feedback?
Yes.
>Are you even allowed to post your own manga on /a/?
No but jannies just let even blatant shill threads stay up for hours anyway.

>>6384298
translate your stuff into japanese, get a reputation on japanese twitter
I think the overall population of english speaking indie manga fans is relatively minuscule, it took me ages to even find /mmg/ and outside of here I haven't found anything else similar
>>6384309 is a good demonstration of what you're going to face on /a/, the majority of /a/nons aren't interested in manga as a medium, it's become a consumer board full of consolewarring on par with the worst /ic/ crabs

>>6384302

Do you just spoiler for any nsfw stuff, or does /co/ have additional rules that aren't spoken aloud?

>>6384320
>>>6384309(You) is a good demonstration of what you're going to face on /a/, the majority of /a/nons aren't interested in manga as a medium, it's become a consumer board full of consolewarring on par with the worst /ic/ crabs
I'm referring to people openly advertising their own work. Dog Nigga and Tekno being good examples of creators who intermittently make threads to advertise own stuff and then self-bump for hours (responding in a hostile manner to any negative feedback), usually dying when they go to sleep because the janitors/mods don't care if it's not a frog/wojakspammer thread.
/a/ is, on paper, only for works of japanese origin, whatever you want to call them. But that doesn't mean the rules will be enforced in a timely manner. I made a quest on /a/ back in 2020 and it lasted two threads and almost an entire week before the thread was deleted and I was banned.
And I certainly wouldn't expect to get any valuable feedback. Most of the posters on /a/ will be hostile by default and the few who give you the time of day hardly have any valuable wisdom to share.

>>6384327
You can't really post NSFW on /co/ as it is a blue board. However, there are the /hyw/ threads on /co/ and they sometimes have a "/hyw/ after dark" thread on /aco/ where they post NSFW comics and images.

Though, in that respect, its pretty much better just to post here, with all the hoops you're jumping through to make that happen. And the /aco/ threads aren't nearly as lively or often.

>>6384340
>Dog Nigga and Tekno
don't know either of them, guess I don't lurk /a/ enough, maybe that's for the best
>I certainly wouldn't expect to get any valuable feedback
have to agree with this unfortunately

I don't know if this exists, and I'm not sure if it's what >>6384283 had in mind, something like a cross between mangadex and a booru would be my ideal hobby manga community, lower social media aspect (maybe an attached forum), less strict on content, easy for readers to just casually browse and comment
not that I'm unhappy with these threads, /mmg/ is pretty comfy

why is designing side characters so easy but main characters is hard?

>>6384590
Because I am stupid.

>>6384590
I usually struggle with making side characters.

>comic making in csp
>wow this is so easy!
>every panel is a new fucking layer
>can't draw on it, have to make a new layer to draw in between the panel layers
I'm so lost...... I thought it would be easier than just making the boxes myself...

>>6385456
Lol that's why I don't use the bubble or panel tools, hate the way they spam masks. I just use the figure tool and rulers for panels and hand draw the bubbles.

>>6385460
I'm too much of a brainlet to understand masks, the only one I know is clipping mask

>>6385456
shift+click on the mask in the layer palette: show/hide the mask. (alt+click to show/hide the blue overlay)

And use the "divide frame border" instead of "divide frame folder" to just divide the frame (you can also choose the behavior of the tool under "dividing method")

>>6375474
Is it cringe to have my manga read from right to left if I'm a European and the manga is in English?

Still working on this. Slow but steady.

https://tapas.io/series/Wings-Of-Daera
https://wingsofdaera.cfw.me/

>>6385460
I'm torn between drawing bubbles myself or not.

>>6379879
I dont quite like Hayai, seems like Killua and Baki's love child, and Jin design I have seen already too many times. I do like Kanashi, EL-Saber and Julius.

>>6386116
cringe and confusing

>>6386116
>>6386261
Just print it the same way manga is formatted if you're going that route, but you still have to mind your gutters either way.
Look at how professionally translated and scanlated manga are done and use techniques from them.
It won't be confusing if you know how to panel. It also wouldn't hurt to include to a "How To Read" insert page at the beginning.

Will I get kicked if I don't draw in the anthology server? I won't cause a ruckus but want to be updated on how everyone's comic is doing and in case in the future I have some more time to try applying.

>>6375474
>Full MANBEN Series link
Ehhh...mega's link is down

>>6375637
Didn't the author of Golden Kamuy start after nearly a decade of working as assistant.

>>6386071
I dont understand any of that but I'm going to save this post and work my way through it, thanks anon.

>>6387643
The tab with the layer is called "layer palette". Every time you create a mask it appears a thumbnail of the mask near the layer in the layer palette.
If you shift-click that thumbnail you turn the mask on and off.
If you alt-click that thumbnail you can turn on and off the color of the mask (a shade of blue).
IIRC by default the color is on when you create a frame, if you have multiple frames it can be annoying.

Then, to divide frames you have to use either the "divide frame BORDER" tool or the "divide frame FOLDER" tool. The one that doesn't create other layers, folders, and frames, is the first one.

I hope it's clearer now.

>/Ic/onography is a gothic sci-fi focused anthology created by the artists of /ic/. The issue will feature nine 20-page comics from different artist.
>the comics can feature fully colored artwork or pure black and white. The paper size will be B5, make sure the image DPI is 300 as there might be interest in possibly printing.
>NSFW concepts are allowed but not straight up pornographic imagery. The NSFW should fit with the story and not the other way around.
>the comic will be left to right, manga styles are accepted but if it's right to left it will not be accepted.
>stories title must include "ic", here is a website with every word including it: https://www.thefreedictionary.com/words-containing-ic

If you Anons are interested, please sign the form: https://forms.gle/rxgF8P91BtGdMzKw9
Discord Server: https://discord.gg/HQ3GE3sc

>>6381522
Thank you!
>>6386131
Thank you!
Hayai is inspired by Killua and Luck, He even uses electricity but he has a different color scheme. I still need to work on his hair to make it look more different maybe blue or something instead of grey. Pic related is when I tried to draw him more realistic. I also know I need to work on Jin's design so he doesnt look so much like Gojo. He has blonde hair and blood red eyes but I think in BW he still looks too similar he's supposed to be "perfect" in every way and look handsome but I ended up making Julius look better then him.

Am I doing monochrome correctly? I've flattened everything down to 1 layer and exported at 40% and the lines seem pretty smooth. Also I feel like the tone dot density should be higher, 85 feels low when I compare the toning to actual manga

Why did boichi suddenly go nuclear?

>>6388567
the page i was looking at for comparison

>>6376422
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqqj07WnQqs
here's the original video

>>6381833
How?

>>6382876
Thicker lines wouldnt hurt

Do i give it a shot to the sma? I feel that the artstyle level got away of my reach a long ago, so i don't know if i should try it again

>>6388885
PYW

>>6388569
>Why did boichi suddenly go nuclear?
Huh?

>>6386330
>>6386116
I am a native english speaker and write my comic in English so I illustrate it and print it going left to right instead of how translated manga are right to left. I feel like it would be more cringe to publish it left to right as if it's retranslated from Japanese when clearly it never was. If I do ever get it translated in to Japanese like I want to, the plan is to just flip the page art. It might look really weird, but it's the best that can be done.

>>6389254
>I feel like it would be more cringe to publish it left to right
*I meant it would be more cringe to publish it right to left imo

I see it as a comic heavily inspired by manga, but I'm also inspired by other comics from different places. Some people are really strict about the definition difference between comics from the east and west, but as far as I know manga just means "comics" in Japanese and Japanese people refer to western comics as "manga", so I don't stress about it.

>>6389254
Don't flip that's retarded. There's a reason publishers stopped doing it. If you're marketing primarily towards a western audience then format it normally and call it a graphic novel because that's what its. It's not manga unless it's read right to left.

>>6389256
>Japanese people refer to western comics as "manga"
No they don't they call them komikusu
Source - showing Japanese salaryman some pages I did and they asked if it was manga or comics because I'm gaijin.

Reminder that just because your graphic novel is in greyscale or B&W doesn't make it manga, it is a graphic novel.
If it's formatted like manga but written in English then it is called OEL manga.

>>6389329
>not wanting to be dominated and bossed around by a qt Jump asian grill editor
Ngmi breh

>>6389254
>If I do ever get it translated in to Japanese like I want to
I uh, I don't think you need to worry about that

>>6389326
>>6389329
Ok. It's a graphic novel. Happy thanksgiving anons!

>>6389343
The plan is to one day pay a translator myself and upload it in pixiv and mangadex

>>6389329
nerd

>>6389358
Why?

>>6389249
He nuked his youtube channel and went private on twitter.

>>6389329
I’ll get those 20 pages in if you give me a handy editor-san.

>>6389402
Because it's possible. I also hope to one day translate it to Irish, Spanish and French.

Just finished my first comic page in 3 years. Please be proud of me!

>>6389433
You're gonna make it anon!

>>6389452
Thanks

>>6389433
Post it nigger

>>6384083
really cool

>>6389416
Who do you use to print?

>>6389356
Fucking KINO cover here dude

>>6389337
>not wanting to be dominated and bossed around by a qt Jump asian grill editor
Who said I didn't?

>>6389851
anon...

>>6389851
>>6389858
Yeah that's just a copy of boko no hero but ty anyways!
>>6389609
I use different printers in the US. I'm going to try Ingram sparks for the next big print run I do, I've heard good things.

>>6389858
>>6389862
I know, I beat off to it like 6 times when it came out

>>6389865
It was a truly kino cover. I thought it was famous enough to manga readers that everyone would know my drawing is a copy.

How do you create a battle shounen that doesn't invite fujos and shipfaggotry?

>>6389921
You don’t, unless you don't want a fan base, you don’t avoid it.

>>6389921
You can't write a story, period, that doesn't invite shipfaggotry. People have shipped historical figures after watching WWII documentaries. Fujos can mostly be avoided by simply not having men in your series, or at least making them more like men and not like boys. But the thing is, if you have a fanbase active enough to HAVE fujos and HAVE shipfaggotry, you have already succeeded beyond what ninety nine percent of people will ever accomplish. Plan for success, don't make backup plans for success.

>Make my first comics serious and personal.
>If I try to release something more fun and exciting fans will stop reading because I'm "selling out"
>Make my first comics fun and action packed.
>If I try to make something more introspective and with adult themes I'd get called pretentious, a hipster, or a try-hard.

>>6390420
on the other side of the coin if you focus on things like romcom or yuri, you'll get trannies and incels that will burn down your house if they don't like the pairs

>>6389862
Ahh, have you tried mixam? That's the one I've been looking at

>>6389329
Who the fuck wants to write a weekly manga ?

Everybody knows monthly and bimonthly schedule is better .

Any manga art books out there that talking about tracing 3D backgrounds and 3D backgrounds in general ?

>>6390626
>anon is so ngmi that he cannot even trace without a tutorial

>>6390484
>make what you want
>don't care what randos on the internet say

>>6390540
I've used them in the past and their quality is incredible. I recommend them. The only reason I stopped using them is that over covid their prices went way up and I found cheaper options. The quality though is really good. Before covid lockdowns I used them as my primary printer for over 5+ years on several projects. I did a hardcover of Oi Volume 2 with them as my last mixam job a few years ago and it was really high quality with no minimum order.

>>6389921
Have your characters already in a relationship with a woman.
Keep those relationships in the background or kill their lovers off if the plot allows it.
You're making shounen not some romcom. I'm opting to doing this plus have most
males show some interest in women.
But, remember that most fujos are mentally ill when it comes to men.
And will ignore all hetero behavior to implant their homoerotic fantasies.

>>6391029
>You're making shounen not some romcom
Shounen is demographic not a genre. There are loads of romcom shounen manga, for example Nisekoi.

>>6390613
>Who the fuck wants to write a weekly manga ?
Me

how prevalent is meth addiction among mangakas?

>>6391502
I just smoke weed

>Dude weed LMAO
you will never be a mangaka.

>>6391558
I already do though

>>6391569
you are not japonese, at best you will only ever be a wannabe

>>6391579
Don't have to be japanese to be mangaka anymore.

>>6391638
>I'm not a fucking plumber I'm a Haikan!!
Mangaka is just the word for comic book artist you midwit, or maybe you'd prefer 精薄

>>6389474
arigatou senpai

>>6391041
Do you not want to have time to do shit over the weekends ?

>>6391532
Literally how? Every time I smoked I did nothing for like 12 hours

>>6389921
How do you create a battle shounen that DOES invite fujos and shipfaggotry?

>>6391735
NTA but for me it helps me focus for long periods of time and zone in to the art and story, especially when inking.

>>6391748
well that explains why you have not improved an inch

>>6383382
Seconding this

>>6391755
you might be on to something anon

Is a first work made explicity for measuring my art progress that release a 20 pages chapter every 2 months viable if I am somewhat interesting in comics making? My main art goals are reaching pro level at illustration itself however, but something like this sounds like a fun plan. If anything goes well, I hope to finish the comic in 2 or 3 years.

>>6391894
do it

>>6391502
I'm going to guess pretty fucking low. Gotta be exceptionally productive to keep your serialization. Ain't got no time for vices like drugs, you can only really do what you can acquire easily and can do while remaining work-functional.
Plus japan has a huge, huge stigma around drugs. No epic weed gamers over there.

>>6388494
This isn't me trying to improve your design, I just felt like drawing this dude. Cheers mate

>>6391945
mogged

>>6391926
>Gotta be exceptionally productive to keep your serialization.
that's why I asked if they were all on meth

>>6391926
>Ain't got no time for vices like drugs
a vice like meth keeps your more productive and meth is the #1 drug in Japan. It would explain all the sleepless nights these mangaka have.

the manga industry was run by Yakuza so it's likely they passed the amphetamines freely to keep business rolling

>>6391993
source?

>>6391995
>The yakuza's dominance in Japan’s entertainment industry is a subject that has long been a taboo. (In Japan, the yakuza are quasi-legal entities with office buildings and fan magazines. Their existence is not illegal and they are regulated like corporate entities. The 22 designated crime groups have roughly 80,000 members.)

They have their hands on all entertainment in Japan, obviously they would not leave a billion dollar corner of it untouched.

>>6391722
All I care about is manga

>>6391945
No problem dude I love whenever people draw my stuff even if it is someone shitting on me. Like your style, The shading, Nose, Eye brows and the shading style with the blotches. Looks fucking sick man!
I tried to redraw the pic myself right after I posted it a couple days ago but It ended up looking like dookie lol.

>>6391998
do mangakas lose a pinky when they diss the head Yakuza?

>>6392024
pretty sure anybody in Japan does, anon

>>6391995
the Yakuza have a hand in every industry in Japan and work side by side with the Japanese government.

>>6392036
such cucks lmao

>>6391945
Nothin but a hard round brush what a mad lad

>Have entered self imposed exile from my usual content in hopes of broadening my hyper specific interests
>Will not consume or create content related to it this week and next week
>My project falls under that umbrella
I'm seriously considering doing my first proper manga project in just that time. I feel like I need to gear up somehow, but I've hit lal the books.

>>6377106
I can tell you're high everytime you draw this.yxx8rx

How does one draw with soul akin to kubo

>>6392378
Practice. Draw the same thing over and over until you get it

>>6392298
that's my secret anon. I'm always high.

Post your WIP pages. I'd like to study them.

is it normal to cringe at every idea you come up with a day later? how do mangaka write "super attack!!!" without killing themselves?

>>6393220
every day their editor doesn't axe their series is a good day :)

>>6393220
>is it normal to cringe at every idea you come up with a day later?
No. It's normal to cringe at ideas you had years ago, but it sounds like you're just being far, far too self-critical. One day isn't enough to distance yourself enough from an idea to really have a retrospective view of it.
>how do mangaka write "super attack!!!" without killing themselves?
I would imagine they just remind themselves that they're making comics for boys and not to take it too seriously. Or they just don't write stuff like that in the first place.

>>6393220
You have to retain some sort of connection with your inner child to create these sorts of things

>>6393260
>>6393258
>>6393220
You can make comics for adults you know.

>>6393346
>Or they just don't write stuff like that in the first place.

Any advice on the lineart ?
Does the crosshatching look uncanny ?
I am trying learn how to do a clean lineart for once and it's fun but also i feel like something is wrong.
Please ignore some of the anatomy mistakes. I just kind of went straight into the lineart this time around.

>>6393495
Thicken the lines of her forward leg to bring it more to the front

I love you guys >3 Can't wait for you all to make it.

Trying to continue my old comic, applying new things, like a normal format and not a webcomic one.

>>6388567
You got the right idea, I think you could do with adding more detail and stuff though. Like clouds, and idk what else. Mangakas usually trace environments so theres a lot of detail to work with.

>>6394670
Theres actually a bit of cloud in the last panel but my values are off of course so you cant see anything

>>6388258
I finally understand what this guy was saying now.

When you draw a box with the panel tool, it makes a black square with a blue background around it, and making more squares will make more blue backgrounds, very annoying.

Also each time you make a box, it adds two whole things to the layer tab, which is VERY annoying.. Previously I was making a new box for each panel and the layers tab would quickly fill up with dozens of layers.

So the solution is to first hold ALT and click on the black square showing the preview on the layer "frame 1". This removes the blue background, you have to click the little preview image only to do this.

Now the cool thing, there's a subset beside the panel tool's tab that lets you cut frames. And now you can make boxes way faster than just drawing them individually. There are two tools here: "Divide frame border" cuts them without adding more bullshit layers, and "divide frame folder" makes new layers.

Now the question is, why would I use this instead of just the simple line tool and make my own squares? Seems like a whole lot of trouble for nothing.

bumpp niggaaa

Do you guys like the screentoning process? I've found I enjoy it more than ordinary coloring at this point, but I think I might also be going insane.

Also are you guys also doing this entirely along or are you in discords or something. I have 0 associates who do anything like this, despite having several who aspire to try one day, and I think it may also be driving me insane.

>>6397506
I think screentones are fun, and I dont really talk to other comic maker because its depressing. Seeing people who were at it for years and got nowhere just makes me sad. I read their comic and its cool, but I want to be more popular than them which makes me feel guilty.

>>6397506
>Also are you guys also doing this entirely along or are you in discords or something.
Mostly alone, but I interact with other comic creators on social media, Discord, and plebbit. Twitch and YouTube is also pretty good if you can find comic makers in a sea of vtubers. It's a good way to meet other comic makers but also readers (and potential buyers.)

>>6397506
I don't do screentones I find it really hard to understand how to use them. I draw comics alone but I do have one person IRL who read my comics for me and sometimes I post a page or two on /ic/.

>>6397506
>Do you guys like the screentoning process?
I tend to keep it quick and dirty. Whenever I'm working on something with a lot of tone work it feels like I'm just going through a checklist to finish the toning.

>Also are you guys also doing this entirely along or are you in discords or something
I've been doing this for approaching a decade and it was only very recently that I've had any interaction with others who make manga-styled stuff at all. Comics are just a lonely pursuit, unless you're lucky enough to have friends around you to work with or are successful enough to hire people to work alongside you. Even then, most of the time you'll be drawing on your own.

I’m interested in how you guys would create a dialogue heavy manga? Like I was just watching a anime series called Monogatari , and every episode is pretty much mostly dialogue , characters sitting around having conversations. This also reminded me of HunterXHunter, which recently has gotten some criticism for its amount of dialogue/words. Which makes me wonder, How would you guys create a dialogue heavy manga where people are mostly just talking a lot? Would you try to condense every sentence as much as possible? Or maybe have extremely slow pacing so each chapter isn’t too wordy?

>>6398008
I would just make it have interesting dialogue, due to translation, Monogatari is a bit boring since a lot of the puns and jokes aren't translated properly. So, I'd focus on the strengths of English to make it interesting.

>>6398008
What's the point of the pictures then? Just write a book. Talking heads are not fun to look at over and over and over.

>>6397506
I used to do manual screen tones the old fashioned way, with a craft knife. But they have become too expensive to import, so I just draw straight black and white or use ink washes now since I'm not switching to digital. Tones are an art unto themselves, it's cool to get all the way down the rabbit hole with them, I have seen some unreal effects.

I work completely alone, I have only had a couple of professionals give me any kind of critique since none of my friends read comics or manga and if they do, they are not interested in the subject matter I want to make.

>>6398008
Just make sure it's compelling. There's plenty of movies that are mostly just people talking that work, it's the same for comics. You wouldn't make the "just write a book!" argument for movies, would you? Of course not, because they're totally different experiences. Comics are the same, even very text heavy comics are a different experience from reading a book.

>>6398017
Comics are a medium where you can make all kinds of visual metaphors and imaginative sequences around what would otherwise just be characters talking, but I would argue that you don't even necessarily need to get all that creative to make it work. Just use the visual medium to tell the story -- seeing a character frown and describing a character frowning are two experiences, so use that to the advantage of your work.

mix traditional and digital gave me better control and more satisfying results. Digital only seems to frustrate me more.

I remember a few threads ago, people got kind of interested in that book that had interviews with WSJ mangaka. One of the things in there recommended doing two page short manga based off prompts. I feel like this general has been even slower than normal. I'm curious if it would be a good idea to try and figure out some decent prompts, to try and drive activity. Of course, maybe people are just busy working on their own projects, in which case there's no real issue here.

Curious if anyone is interested. I thought it might be good to see how other people work on things, and try to figure out what you might lack (or be better at than normal) to try and improve.

>>6398875
Here are your prompts:

>Sex_with_ducks
>Gaypond
>Hotdrakes
>Hardcore_duckrape
>Gay_Duck_Domination

Happy drawing!

>>6398875
I think this is a good idea. I always struggle with going overboard on the scale for my comic ideas. I end up giving myself too much work.

>>6398875
sounds cool, might end up doing two-pagers esp. if I find good templates

>>6397971
>I've been doing this for approaching a decade and it was only very recently that I've had any interaction with others who make manga-styled stuff at all. Comics are just a lonely pursuit
This tracks. I guess it's just one of those things- even if you can assemble a couple of artist friends, not many of them will be irrational enough to throw themselves into the absolute grindfest that is comics itself. Rough.

How's your week been, comicanons? Post holiday rush getting to you?

>>6375474

>>6399097
here's my attempt at a gag manga of sorts

>>6399108
better resolution image

>>6398875
I'm working (lol) on a 2 page gag manga like how furutto does it, but I'm having trouble fitting everything onto 2 pages so it'll probably end up being 3 per chapter

>>6399113
Kek, I like it!

>>6399113
this is good

What is the THEME of your story, anon

Any suggestions on writing an angsty character that doesn't suck? I don't want an edgelord but I don't want a whiny bitch either.

>>6399884
The theme of my story is don't trust women no matter how nice and pretty they appear, and don't trust men because they simp for these untrustworthy manipulative women.

It is an isekai.

>>6399884
That kind people can still go to hell.

To anybody working with webtoons 800pixel (times 1280 pixel) wide format I was wondering if you chop it up into 1280 parts before or after drawing it, if you draw at a higher resolution then scale down and how many pages a typical bi-weekly web comic is?

>>6400170
I don't often frequent these threads, so forgive me for not already being familiar with the people here and their respective stories. I'm already interested in your story just from that one sentence. Can you tell me more?

>>6399960
I’m not a professional, but I can try to give you an idea. For one, make the source of angst something worth the term, angst. When we talk manga, evident examples are say, Kurapika’s clan being killed. That might be too extreme, but not many people would criticize him for it. Particularly because it drives his motivation. He angsts a bit, but he also acts. Without knowing the specifics of your story, it’s difficult to say how that can be applied, but I think it leads into general advice.

While you can make a character show emotion, whether it’s angst, sorrow, or something else, ensuring they are proactive helps to mitigate any issues people may have with it. I feel this can be done whether the angst drives the motivation, or even if the motivation is what is causing the angst.

>>6400192
I haven't started it yet, I'm still learning the ropes for creating comics. It'll be called "Nihiloux of the Black Sun" so stay tuned.

>>6398875
I don't use this board much, but if I recall, the bump limit is around 300. It seems some people want to do this, so coming up with a couple of prompts now would be a good idea if people wanted to do this next thread. A couple of ideas:

>A person goes fishing
>A person meets a ghost

Kind of basic, I'm no good with figuring out prompts that can be handled shortly. The ones from the book mentioned are:

>Two high school boys on their way home come across a purse snatcher and put a stop to the crime (how they do it is up to you).
and
>An employee (of any gender) who's just been fired from their job is moping in a public park. A concerned child gives them a stag beetle to cheer them up, which kind of works.

These two are much more specific, but actually can work. I'd like other opinions on prompts. While the open-ended ones are fine, the more specific ones sort of force creativity in a different way. But if people were gonna do this, I feel it'd be good to do something different than what has already been done in the threads.

>>6400268
Thank you, that's solid advice. He does have something extremely traumatic that happened in his past, which ties into the main plot, however he doesn't have any real "motivation" he's more of a plot device than anything because he has a mystery aspect to him. He's a sympathetic character as well as a loose cannon for the MC, like he's a person that people skirt around to not push any buttons, I guess to put it bluntly like that weird schizo kid in school you're not sure if his family has access to guns. But MC sympathizes with him.

I hope that's okay, he does get proactive in the plot a bit because he has a lot of power to bring to the table as well as other resources other characters can't get, which is all about his relationship with the MC, but it does feel weird to have characters that are just plot devices now that I really think about it...

>>6381833
Lmao. Not if >>6381782 is your work you aren’t.

>>6401116
If I was to extend the first two prompts.

>There was an accident while your protagonist went fishing.
and
>The employee at a haunted house ends up meeting a real ghost.

Maybe not as detailed as those other two, but they seem fresh enough, while giving a more specific direction. I'm curious about how others in the thread feel, are those decent enough prompts for the 2 page short comic practice? You can pick one, or both (or whatever you want, honestly). It's just to get you to draw.

>>6382007
you just have bad tastes lmao. Isekais are amazing

>>6381782
>>6381833
based

>>6401533
But I am. Shouldn't you be glad if even that level of skill is enough to get hired?

>>6375474
Almost done with p.1 of a practice comic I'm making. Crits welcome.
A few questions:
Is this art quality *good enough* or should I keep grinding for awhile before starting on a real project?

I'm using krita right now, if any anons have experience with both krita and CSP, how much better is CSP and is it worth the price?

Is it realistic to make a living as an indie comic artist or is this more of a passion thing for most people?
Tanks in advance.

WIP. I need to spent more time doing studies of trees and scenery. I also should probably use more tones/shading, but I am trying to keep it simple for my first Comic

>>6401574
I’ll probably try and get my take on one of these done in time for the next thread, just to encourage others to do the same.

New Thread:
>>6403987
>>6403987
>>6403987