/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/

Current Contests:

Kyoto internationals Creator Awards:
https://medibang.com/contest/kyoto-manga2023/

Zenon Magazine:
https://comic-zenon.com/article/entry/2023/05/09/132801

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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Additional community added Resources:
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Hiro Mashima YT: https://www.youtube.com/@mashimaCh/videos

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finished this little 2 page project. Hatching simply takes too long to do well.

>>6778755
Kino. Souls?

Had to reply to >>6778641:
Yeah, I have them! An entire box of miscelaneous nibs, too. I love inking with them and trying different strokes

>>6778761
yeah buddy! bloodborne
>>6778809

Are those brass? if so are they actually brass or brass plated?
I've only used the regular nickel plated ones, but they eventually corrode because I dip them in water to clean them.(the nickel wears out and iron is exposed).
Do you use all the nibs? For me the G-pen is all I need. Maru sometimes for finer hatching.
European nibs are slept on.They aren't as hard as the japanese, Picrel is really good, but It's getting art to find. Moebius used one of these and they really hare great for drawing.

Also, those some ugly ass pens, buy new ones bro

>>6778755
Looks great

Am I just going crazy from staring at them for too long, or is something fucky about my lines?

>>6778855
>Pic related
Huh, I have a very similar one, take a look. Although it says "JB Mallat Deposse Manifold", I have a ton of nibs, lots of English and French ones, too. Get them very cheap in an antique store from my town and I give them good use. Regarding whether they're brass or brass coated, I think they're brass coated but otherwise stainless steel. One of my art teachers flat out told me to get Tachikawa instead of using G-pen due the pressure I have on my sketches/inking, they're much sturdier and would suit my art better.
>Buy new ones bro
I'm trying to find some nice ones, but eh, nothing quite catches my eye. The ones I can get are usually black or some neon plastic color, these metal ones I got them a few years ago when customs wasn't a pain.
I'll add a drawing in the next post

>>6778935
>Take a look
fuck, wrong picture, the one on the left

>>6778935
And the drawing I did with the European nibs, I'm thinking on changing my style a bit for the faces or the hatching, to be honest

Latest panel with Mina and Paige.

>>6778755
Looking nice, man. Is that one of the bosses from Bloodborne? It's one of the few souls games I haven't played cos I don't have a Playstation, so I wouldn't know. Design vaguely reminds me of Shub-Niggurath.

>>6779052
Euro af. I love it

>>6778755
>>6778943
>>6778969
>>6779052
Not manga

>>6779136
>manga-styled comic-making, manga-style illustration and related comic work.

Does anyone know what this screentone is called, or how to recreate it in clip studio? …does the screentone pattern even really matter

>>6779136
Manga deez nuts.

>>6779318
That's probably just a normal dot pattern that was just scanned at a kinda low res.

Experimenting with yellow + charcoal

>>6779327
Blending it with pee, ohh i see.

>>6779136
is this manga?

>>6779529
Don't show Anon Atsushi Kaneko o Katsuya Terada. Also, it's funny, all of those drawings that the other users posted felt like something you'd see in either IKKI or as doujins

>>6779327
This looks like something out of a particularly gruesome Roald Dahl book. Like a woman who became so gluttonous on burgers she becomes a literal abomination, a real "la creatura horrible y la luz extinguida de las americas" one might say.

Think ill redraw a third time lol

B/w wirh Hatching was a bad idea and the right has worse faces imo

>>6778643
>Comic making

What are some ways to cover ink/erase ink?

>I was using white ink pens, but they smudged.

>I was cutting and glueing paper over top, it sort of worked pretty good, but sometimes messed up the page.

>I tried drawing in pencil first. Then trace, but it took away the soul.

What d the pros use?

>>6779529
yeah

>>6779949
At some point you just need to redraw it from scratch.

>>6779949
https://www.naokiurasawa.com/fujita-kazuhiro/
Whatever gets the job done
I've seen a lot use white ink, but just white-out works
I have the same white-out pen Fujita sensei uses in this video and it is really handy

>>6779949
picrel is the only answer. You can use with a nib or brush, dilute as you deem best. Dries quickly.Total game changer.
avoid using whiteouts like >>6779969. some ink doesn't dry over it and will smudge.

>>6779960
I used to think so but not really.

>>6779969
>>6780284
Trad anons, how does stuff like white ink and whiteout work when you're trying to scan the end product? Doesn't that stuff tend to create creases/bumps as it dries? I remember using whiteout and even trying to only use the minimum necessary, the end drying result always looked kind of cracked/noticeable.

>>6780300
Nothing some editing can make it disappear, don't worry if your pages aren't perfect from the get to. Adjusting them digitally like Tsutomu Takahashi, Jim Lee or countless others and you're good to go. For the record, I use acrylic base or liquid paper besides a white gel pen for those corrections.

Ill do white & corrections digitally.

>>6780300
depends on the DPI but it does happen
if you use bigger paper they'll disappear on their own when you downscale, and you can always fix stuff digitally
you should probably listen to >>6780284 though, he's right about the ink smudging

>>6780369
this is good too, but ideally don't want to over use it.

gonna finish the 3th panel later

>>6780300
if you used the white ink, don't even worry about ,unless you do empasto because you are full mongoloid. I apply it thinly and sometimes build up with a second layers in order to not get any texture. works amazingly and doesn't crack. the binder is quite stable.
But whiteouts have some weird non-water based ink and it does build up and crack. Just avoid them.

>>6780369
i'ts simply way more fun to use white ink. and you can actually use it to create very cool effects. I mean we're doing trad for a reason.

>>6780451
isn't this digital?
just used a flat halftone for the night sky and make the moon a white circle.
KEEP. IT. SIMPLE.
can't stress this enough when making comics, which might sound retard coming from me >>6778755

>>6780514
>isn't this digital?
It is. The sky wasn't hard I just used a tool that every line you draw comes a perfect circle. The boring part was the grove on last panel.
And she is not in the 'normal world" that's why the sky is like this.

>>6780451
better now

*concern*

How many pages would you expect to see in an online comic? Idk anything about manga, but it seems very niche. Are there places that allow users to share web comics?

Heres a page. Not sure what comic style this would be catagorized as. critique is welcomed.

>>6780929
The owl panel is amazing.

>>6778755
4 panels on a page? Is that maximum for a good simple strategy?

>>6781863
>Are there places that allow users to share web comics?
Webtoon Canvas, Tapas, MangaPlus, GlobalComix, NamiComi, ComicFury (lets you post NSFW), Tumblr, Twitter, or self-host, etc
A lot of places. but know your audience. Your comic might do awful on Webtoon Canvas but great on Tumblr

>>6781956
There's also Pixiv. I get way more traffic there (for some reason) than all other non-comic focused sites.

>>6781863
>Heres a page. Not sure what comic style this would be catagorized as. critique is welcomed.
This looks amazing. I'd say indie is the most fitting because I can see Dowman Sayman, Hiromoto Shinichi, or Kōji Kumeta drawing something like this, the background looks badass! On the other hand, I can definitely see Jhonen Vazquez also coming up with something like this

>>6781956
Fuck. Does it have tumblr vibes? Oh dear god no. i never liked the red nose, harry potter trends.


>>6782134
>indie
okay. im about to start a 9 page test. maximum 4 panels per page, so it will prolly be around 15 pages.

>>6782148
>Does it have tumblr vibes
Not a chance in hell bro, because you said it, no red nose, harry Potter or that weird shit

>>6782148
I think that anon was speaking generally about how different site demographics can matter, not to your work super specifically.

>>6781863
>How many pages would you expect to see in an online comic?
Any amount.
>4 panels on a page? Is that maximum for a good simple strategy?
There is no "maximum" other than what limitations you put on yourself. It's not a matter of "how many panels can I fit on this page?" it's "what would be the most compelling way to convey what I'm trying to convey, keeping page turns in mind". How many panels that takes is a matter of intent and skill, and it depends heavily on what you're trying to convey and how.

>>6781863
>How many pages would you expect to see in an online comic?
Any amount.
>4 panels on a page? Is that maximum for a good simple strategy?
There is no "maximum" other than what limitations you put on yourself. It's not a matter of "how many panels can I fit on this page?" it's "what would be the most compelling way to convey what I'm trying to convey, keeping page turns in mind". How many panels that takes is a matter of intent and skill, and it depends heavily on what you're trying to convey and how. A lot of people forget to include information redunancy -- when a pro mangaka wants you to notice an action or an object, they'll show it multiple times. For example: A character is clenching their fist while talking to another character, you'll see the fist clenching while it shares the panel with the rest of the figures, and again in a panel focusing specifically on the clenching fist. It's very easy to miss the clenched fist in the first panel, so the second panel makes it obvious. I find it very very easy to forget to include information redundancy, because as the person drawing it it's really easy to think that people will notice it the first time so you can devote that page space to something else. Paneling choices are all about effectively conveying information (and emotion).

>>6781863
>The owl panel is amazing.
Thanks.
My only critique to your page is to chance the text balloon to something less default

A page from a comic I'm still currently working on.

>>6782436
W o u l d

>>6783714
Page 1 for something

Page 1 for something

>>6780371
>>6780284
>put white out somewhere because you want it white
>put ink on top of it because you want it black
fellas...

>>6784244
Not everyone is Kim

What is the most popular Western Manga?

>>6784278
Define your terms. Depending on how you define "western" and "manga" the answer could be Spiderman or Radiant.

>>6779969
I totally bought one of those after the episode. Never did figure out how he manages to get even looking marks with it. There's always a hollow from the release valve thingy in the center of the tube.

More Drafts

>>6784543

cont. from

>>6761461
>>6761463

>>6784278
If you mean the manga most popular in the west, that would probably be Chainsaw Man or Demon Slayer if I had to hazard a guess.

>>6784278
I would guess something like Naruto

>>6778643
Am I tripping? I saw the latest Silent Manga Grand Prix winners. The story with the cat and the old man was the most basic, bland story with bad art and composition, I was asking myself how it even got to a top 5 position, especially compared with the other story.
The other one with the winter spirit and the blind girl is heartfelt, creative, the art style is crisp and clean and the subtle coloring really makes it stand out. It definitely deserved a win.

So can anyone who sees something I didn’t, tell me how these two are remotely on the same level???

>>6778755
Kino as fuck. Socials?

F U C K

>>6784543
>>6784545
Incredible as always.

What are the biggest manga competitions next year? I decided I'm going to use this screenplay for something other than collecting dust. I'm currently working on a webcomic as well as continuing studies so for the meantime my hands are tied, but this is something I want to really plan for ahead of time.

>>6784543
>>6784545
good pages . this is not the finished page though is it?
you might want to consider tweaking the page size. with such a big page its hard to read such small lettering.
>>6784961
same advice as above with this page. good job, but think about making the page size so its easy to read.

I've been a super bum lately but I finally got another page done.

>>6785028
If you don't do a brick joke where it turns out she DID leave the oven on, then you fail.

>>6784961
western

>>6784237
Very clean lines and nice use of screentones. Good work
>>6784543
>>6784961
Basados

>>6785089
Thanks, have to finish two pages then I can go to the next scene

>>6784961
I like it. Don't hold back the truth.

Put a perspective grid on each panel.

Is the art for this ok? I wanna start a comic but I don’t really feel ready

>>6785072
wasn't planning to make a "Brick joke" but I could. had to look up what that was. For those who don't know:
Named after an old joke, which seems at first blush to be a pair of unrelated jokes. At the end of the first joke, a brick is tossed away, leaving the confused listener without a punchline. At the end of the second joke, the brick returns and the listener falls on the floor laughing. For bonus points, the teller can tell an actual unrelated joke in between. Sometimes, the Brick Joke structure of introducing a seemingly irrelevant feature, only to return to it much later, after the audience has largely forgotten about it, can be used for drama as well as comedy; when that feature was a joke, it's known as Chekhov's Gag.

>>6785330
>Is the art for this ok? I wanna start a comic but I don’t really feel ready.
yeah its ok. the best way to learn how to do comics is to make them.

>>6785330
Most mangas never have an ending, so just keep making shit up. You're ready, just story board a bunch of stuff and edit things.

>>6785330
Baseball Dude

>>6785330
Better than when I started so keep working anon.

>>6785330
Go look at some of the shit being published nowadays. You're at least better than half of it, and you're only going to get better with time and practice.

>>6785390
>better than half of it
Not that anon - are we talking ANYTHING put out there, or actual reviewed works like the kind put out in Shonen Jump etc? Cos if it's the latter, I'm going to have to express my disbelief.

>>6785419
Yeah agreed. I would suggest not comparing yourself to shit just to make yourself feel better, it won't lead anywhere.

Just because a native Japanese can be published and pushed with sub-par art doesn't mean you can. You do not and will not have the force of a billion dollar marketing machine backing you up and glossing over your weaknesses.

>>6785330
>>6785330
I’d honestly rather post my comic online instead of trying to get published, I just wasn’t sure if my art was appealing to potential viewers. Thanks to the people encouraging me :)

>>6782266
Yes, that's what I meant. From my experience, here's the what appears most popular on these sites.
>Webtoon Canvas: pretty anime style, romance, drama, self-insert, isekai, as long as your art is pretty and in color, you'll do well. If you have an existing fanbase, Webtoon will cream their pants over you
>Tapas: lgbtq+ romance. It's so goddamn hard to grow on this site, which is weird since Kakao owns it
>MangaPlus: shonen traditional manga
>GlobalComix: nsfw, western-style traditional style comics. Just got like 2 million dollar investment, so this place could grow (probably not for you or me, though)
>NamiComi: still in beta? barely any readers but you could take a chance and post there to get some visibility early
>ComicFury: nsfw, furry, western-style
>Tumblr: lots of lgbtq+, can be hard to grow if you don't make fan content
>Twitter, self-host: do whatever you want but it's a lot of work but if you want to monetize, all the profits go to you
Also forgot to mention Webcomics app, but it's similar to Webtoon Canvas and Tapas. You could also post on Reddit if you want

>>6785922
I think tapas is more easy to grow than comicfury, you just need to use the forum more often and do social.
CF I really dont understand the demographics even using its forum. A shame because that plataform is really good.

>>6785028
Next page of this. Good to see others posting their manga comics.

>>6785028
>>6786383
not manga

>>6786440
Who asked?

>>6786383
Do you collect your pages anywhere online? Are you going for a longform comic or do you have a certain length in mind?

>>6785078
>>6786440
>manga-styled comic-making, manga-style illustration and related comic work.
They're not posting them expecting you to think they're manga. You might as well be saying they're not movies; duh, they're not trying to be.

>>6786440
We tried delineating between comics and manga before, and they all failed. Doesnt help that comics as a word carries /co/ baggage for some anons, so we just ultimately ended up with /mmg/. Besides, there isnt any one "manga" look.

>>6786440
Nobody here draws manga anyways. If you aren't Japanese, you can't draw manga, period.

>>6786528
That's not true, I was talking with an editor for a manga magazine (yes, a japanese one) just recently and he certainly seemed to think I could have a career in manga. You might think that if a westerner makes it then it's not manga but the professional world doesn't seem to see it that way at all.

>>6786440
maybe not. but it is manga influenced comics at least.
>>6786450
>Do you collect your pages anywhere online? Are you going for a longform comic or do you have a certain length in mind?
I collect them at pic related. This comic , Dark Reset is going to be about 20 pages? not sure.
>>6786533
care to pyw?

>>6786583
>care to pyw?

Stop saying western, westerner. Everytime I think of clinteastwood or some saloon

>>6786528
If you mean hard working and dedicated then yes you could develope any style. Genealogy is useless to argue about.

>>6785922
I tried to upload to NamiComi, fellow anons, but the beta tag they have is well and truly earned. Couldn't upload my manga/comic without generating a site 400/500 error code. I tried again across three different browsers but it all generated the same issue. So I go to submit a help request with their tech desk, only to be told that the request wasn't sent yet and that I had to verify the request via my email.

..... so I go to my email, and no verification email appears. Fucking hell, this is some real amateur hour.

>>6785922
I grew a lot on tapas after getting featured while I still get ignored on webtoons. I don't make romance or LGBT for the record.

>>6786589
Pretty good work, anon. Is it just porn or something more? If this is page 36, I'm curious what the rest look like.

>>6786589
How's your gunslinger esque comic project going? I recall your work from that and it's so based my dude. Your improvements are so solid, you're doing awesome.

>>6786649
Their comic upload is wonky and unrefined, but I was able to upload mine. It may be a pain in the butt, but try uploading partial amounts at a time or shrinking down the page files and trying again

>>6786669
My issue is that I couldn't even get to uploading the pages; I'm still stuck on just uploading the small thumbnails/banners for the comic, lol. I'll try again later - also sent a generic email to their customer contact instead of via the tech support portal. Hopefully something works.

I'm having trouble with the page & panels compositions in some narration pages, so if someone has some good examples that you like to post, i would really appreciate it

>>6786658
I picked the best page. And yes, just porn. For clarification, I'm not sure this particular work will ever be published -- talking to the editor made me realize that it might just be sample/portfolio stuff rather than something that will be published in its current state. He told me what he'd have changed about the writing/story/character development and I see why.

>>6786660
Probably never going back to it. Got other stuff (not porn) I'd rather make if I'm free to do whatever I want. Right now I have to worry about money, but that might not be an immediate problem in the future.

>>6786674
Figured it out with some help from NamiComi's tech support. Jesus, those guys are fast. I guess it makes sense when they're brand new and they want to onboard as many artists as possible to fill out their library. Turns out their editable "Volume" field is only for numbers and not for you to also add in a title, lol.

>>6787280
Is your editor also the (potential) publisher? If yes, do you mind sharing the company's name? I am interested in potential publication as well beyond self-prints.

>>6787280
How did you get in contact with a Japanese publisher? Do you speak Japanese? Did you publish a webcomic in Japanese and get attention? And most importantly of all, what are the plans to move to Japan? As far as I know, freelancers aren't usually given a visa to stay in Japan, so I have no idea how that works. I do know Felipe Smith moved there though, I just don't know the specifics Any helps is appreciated

>>6787321
>Is your editor also the (potential) publisher? If yes, do you mind sharing the company's name? I am interested in potential publication as well beyond self-prints.
Hold on, he's not "my editor", he is just "an editor I've spoken to". But he's a TI NET rep, the group that publishes COMIC Mugen Tensei/COMIC MILF. I applied to them first because they have the most information on their site. He recommended I shop around other publishers though, in hopes of finding an editor who knows english better so we can have meetings, and I do intend to keep looking. I asked and he told tell me that if I can't find one I could still submit stuff to TI NET again, but he seemed a bit unsure about giving editorial feedback through text/annotation, telling me he hasn't done it that way before. Actually he even told me there are other foreigners who have published work with them (no idea who), but they have their meetings in japanese. What I have now isn't debut-material for a couple of aforementioned writing issues -- I think how this works is they want to have meetings while you're making it, rather than just making the thing and submitting it to be published as-is.

>>6787332
I just submitted work to their website submission portal. You could too if you wanted to, nothing really stopping anybody.
>Do you speak Japanese?
Like a baby. No, I've been painstakingly translating text to communicate.
>Did you publish a webcomic in Japanese and get attention? And most importantly of all, what are the plans to move to Japan?
No and none. It would probably be the right move career-wise but I have no means. You need to be sponsored, Felipe Smith made it over as part of the reward for the competition he almost won.

>>6787347
>my man here doing some actual fucking networking to get an honest to god manga published
Unfathomably based. You're light years ahead of many anons.

>>6787347
>I just submitted work to their website submission portal.
you're cowboy anon, right? You've been telling people over and over again that freelancing is just like applying for a regular job, but I didn't believe you, and I got scared off from freelancing when I looked at upwork and fiverr commissions and the extremely low prices they were offering. but turns out, after doing tons of research, freelancing is just that: it's coldcalling art directors, publishers, recruiters, agents, and sending your portfolio everywhere. I was reading Loomis' Creative Illustration today, and he was talking about how he started his career by mailing out tons of copies of his portfolio to every advertising agency he could find, and he just got work that way, one after another. I guess manga is ultimately the same way... if you want to be a comic artist or writer, you just need to submit to samples

The age of social media keeps making me think you need to become "famous" then people approach you, but it's actually the other way around

sorry for the blogpost

>>6787280
Was it a phone call or ftf interview? Watch out for scams.

>>6787355
>you're cowboy anon, right?
Yep, and so I have. Glad somebody noticed, lol. Feels like my words have been falling on deaf ears. People gotta remember stuff like fiverr is the bottom of the barrel. And just like any profession, you do need to be proactive in applying to stuff. I think a lot of people (on 4chan in particular) are willing to take no more than a passing glance at the surface of job hunting and dismiss it as some hopeless endeavor for shmucks.

>>6787384
>I think a lot of people (on 4chan in particular) are willing to take no more than a passing glance at the surface of job hunting and dismiss it as some hopeless endeavor for shmucks.
Well, yeah, it's 4chan. There's a ton of anons here who are NEETs (willingly or otherwise) who are for one reason or another unable (or "unable") to acclimate to social mores.

>>6787321
You can join their Discord for almost instant support. I think their help desk is like 2 people, though

>>6782430
Mint. Thank you.

>>6787387
I'll have to remember that for next time - their email support was really quick (for a company), only an hour or two. Got it all fixed in a hurry. They then somehow found my insta social (which I did NOT put down on my profile page there) and followed me. I'm going to take that as a potential good sign, lol.

I've been using Wild Words as basically a stand-in font for everything I've done. Do people usually change fonts per character? I'm sure there can be some overlap, but I don't know to what extent. I've been looking at pic related, but it feels difficult to pick out ones that feel notably different. J. Scott Campbell maybe, but that's only one. Maybe Jim Lee as well. I find it helps to type it out, and if I can get any ideas from others, that helps. Any of you have preferred fonts, and reasons why?

>>6787390
Them being small has it's benefits, really. They don't have a lot of followers, but they'll follow you/follow back on all socials. if you upload your comic, they'll make dedicated promo posts for you, from just meme shit or even animating stuff. They'll also engage with your content
I don't mean to should like I'm shilling them, in the end, we're just giving them free content like all the other comic sites. Can't even make any profit from uploading there yet. But getting special attention on your comic can be a nice dopamine hit

>>6787397
>been having tofu dishes when eating asian food all my life
>now threatened with a gun
Well, I guess I can't blame it - I did eat all of its family members.

>>6787397
I use Comiccrazy or Meanwhile. I just like the way they look. I only use one dialogue font per story, unless it's a special character. Like robots or monsters have a more unique font because I want the reader to hear it different in their head?

>>6787280
Portfolio pieces are still important. I'd expect a publisher to want to bring their own thoughts or influence to any work you make so a premade wouldn't do.
There is a noticeable difference from 36 to 10, but that's just how it goes. I hope your publisher endeavors go well and I get to see more of your work in the future.

I’m mostly done with the characters. Now to get started on the background.

>>6787210

>>6787210
>>6787714
What have you got so far?

>>6787638
I thought that was a monkey girl for a second.

>>6787971
Not even mad. I want to make a human monkey hybrid race (kinda like humans??) but am anxious about the obvious ways this will be misinterpreted and weaponized. Might still go for it anyway because it’s a neat idea and you can’t be afraid of every repercussion.

>>6788135
If you're afraid of people taking it as a race thing, just don't make her black. Not like all Monkey species have especially dark skin.

todays manga. hope its kawaii enough. draw manga today desu.

>>6784827
thanks man :)
Here:
>https://www.instagram.com/pedrogferreira_
>https://twitter.com/pedrogoferreira

>>6781863
>4 panels on a page? Is that maximum for a good simple strategy?
I would avoid going over 6, even if it's a heavy dialogue scene. Miyazaki puts a butload of panels in his pages (up to 13!).
On this project I wanted it to be more cinematic so it makes sense using less(big bigger) panels.

>>6788204
Yeah that’s the thing, I’m black and going for a like cast, so there will be an inevitable assortment of light to dark complected monkey hybrids. Lowbrows will always find a way to racially weaponize a thing (particularly against blacks if we’re being honest), so it would be stupid of me to let them dictate what ideas I can and can’t utilize.

All that matters is my intentions being pure, drama will come and go. But that’s assuming anybody will ever even care about this work of mine lol

>>6788383
Go ahead with it anon, monkeys are cool.

If you made an amateur manga..where would you avoid? Where would you slap it up. It's kinda silly, has minor nude and drugs. It's really amateur

That sounded wrong. It shows naked 18+ ..nothing of sex. Just boobs..

>>6788392
I will. Watch me. Anon, watch me. Anon, watch me!

>>6787716
One large big panel at the start of the page(the narration is that the end of the first half of the chapter) then cut to the narration, and the thing is that i don't know how to illustrate the narration, i mean how to show something that fits the narration, i did draw some random things and put them together in a panel, and some scenes to show it, but they still don't convince me, and i didn't find any good reference in the things that i read, so instead of keep running in circles i decided to ask

Doujin I was commissioned to do. drawn and Inked on paper.

>>6787280
>Right now I have to worry about money,
feel that too.

>>6788396
>>6788398
Stay away from Tapas and Webtoons unless you're willing to censor. ESPECIALLY Webtoons.

Does anyone know what are some "cheap tricks" editors will encourage authors to throw in their manga to increase readership? Like if a series isn't selling well, what are things they would try to get numbers back up?

>>6788748
panty shots, gags, and maybe just upping the conflict in general with very powerful antagonists

>>6788748
Kill someone.

Making good progress with my comic. I hate drawing hair

page 1

>>6784545
cont. really just grinding drafts, concerned my panelling or design choices will become inconsistent if i start inking too early.

>>6787638
whats the importance of the lights(?) you've had panels focusing on them here and the previous page

>>6789212
Nice angled perspective anon.

>>6789212
not a drawing. Jannies, remove this 3D stuff

>>6789517
Even if that's the case there's nothing against the rules there.

>>6789517
Are you kidding? You know how many actual professional mangaka use 3d tools? Or how many use the "photo to lineart auto-conversion" tool in ClipStudio?

>>6789517
a /beg/ drawing over a 3d model won't get the same results as a pro drawing over the same model. It's the same Norman Rockwell and Drew Struzan tracing over their reference images. It still requires an understanding of form, design, and anatomy

how's mangplus nowadays?

>>6790127
Every series posted there gets thousands of views automatically, no matter how good you are. Most series with thousands of views have little to none "likes" or comments. I'm suspicious that it's just bots combing through the site. Seems like the people who win the competition already had a large following outside of the site and they just use the platform to host their manga.

It's good though. Your work gets seen. Better to just try to send your work to a publisher though, desu

>>6790110
>Norman Rockwell
except he didnt trace over shit. unlike 3d niggers

>>6790224
rockwell literally traced bro

>>6788293
next page of this. I'm not Japanese but I can pretend.

>>6789338
On the first page, I just wanted to show off the ceiling as part of the establishing shot, and I thought it was a cool idea to have a billiard themed ceiling.
On this page, I’m trying to utilize them in a way to emphasize the height of the character, placing her head above the ceiling panel.

But thank you so much for noticing dude.and your eggman-meets-heihachi character is great.

>>6778643
How do (you) organize your characters? I have art reference sheets, I'm not sure if I should fill out a screenwriter's character reference sheet or just a quick paragraph on the basics
>>6789338
Cool shit, I like the ugly bastard
>>6788416
>>6787210
You want to avoid having too much narration as it takes away from the rest of the comic. Medaka Box is dialogue heavy and yet the narration to the opening pages of Chapter 20 is fairly short
>>6790377
Mind linking your site? I forgot to bookmark it

>>6789839
...do you? I don't think anybody knows how many use those tools. It's not like there's been a survey or anything to actually find out. "Trust me bro it's 99% traced cg I can tell" schizo anon is not a source.

WIP of some promo art

>>6788416
Draw the narration instead of writing it

>>6788748
I think Chandler's Law is a good shot

Did I break the 180 rule?
And if so, does it look bad?

>>6790460
Isn't that panel supposed to be intentionally filled with words? To convey that this lady has verbal diarrhea and can't stop/won't stop talking?

As for how your characters are developed, you don't have to use one of those "plan out your character" reference sheets, but it never hurts to do that as well. It can also be a nice exercise in drawing procrasti- a nice exercise in thinking about what makes your characters tick. I came across this one and it was fun to try to answer the questions.

>>6790460
>Mind linking your site? I forgot to bookmark it
https://www.bermaru.com

>>6790670
>Isn't that panel supposed to be intentionally filled with words?
I misread anon's post and thought the last half of their first chapter was going to be narration. I still find the gag funny
Thank you for the character sheet, that seems more fun than the other ones I've found online
>>6790724
Thanks!

>>6788293
love your character

>>6790724
what happened to your other comics?

>>6789212
why would you put so much detail away from the main subject which is lacking in detail, horrifying

>>6790760
thanks for the fanart. This is a temporary "ghost form" of this character. pic related is her in normal form.
>>6790885
The file structure of the links of my site was messed up when I got a new PC. The other comics are still there I just need to re-link everything.

>>6789212
explain yourself

>>6791355
this twitter user is tracing anon's work!!

>>6789001
Is my comic that bad? Why is no one replying to it...Jesus I'm ngmi

>>6791355
I mean no shit, the character is literally from Choujin X

>>6791609
you draw quite nicely, but it's unfinished and I can't follow the story.

>>6791609
Nice use of space (important with vertical comics) but can't really tell what's going on because it's just sketches and no text

>>6791355
tracing is a skill too. sort of.

>>6791609
Anon it's a bunch of textless roughs. Or that's what it looks like anyway. There's simply not a whole lot to say.

>>6791938
It's not tracing, he just took the image from twitter, binarized it and removed the text. It was a troll post.

>>6792432
>>6791623
>>6791616
Fair fair I'll go finish it!!! I was just nervous cuz first time posting my work ever

>>6792735
doesn't feel like they are active in the slightest. make the poses more dynamic, undercut guy should be following through his swing.

>>6790377
new page of this
making manga for web weebs

Do somebody knows why the text in csp always jumps back to a certain configuration everytime i try to write? I want black letters with a central alignment, but everytime i try to write a new thing it jumps back to white letters and right alignment and it's driving me craaaaaaazy

>>6792822
Now THIS is podracing.

>>6793437
I had the issue with the text colors before, the problem was that I had changed the background color but not the foreground one and the one that the program tries to use is the foreground one. I'm not sure what would cause the alignment to snap back though. Maybe try setting defaults?

>>6790659
The 180 rule only really applies if the scene is complex. Here, it's only two characters with easy to discern features. So it passes.

>>6793487
Don't complex fight scenes get a pass too? I always rejected this dumb "rule"

>>6793471
>Maybe try setting defaults?
ありがと
I always that i did the chages it was from the worktable and not from the tool panel, and i even tried to change some settings on the preferences options

>>6793546
>>6793487
You don't HAVE to follow the rule if you don't want to, it's just a general guideline because not following there is the possibility that your audience gets disoriented if a character that was taking up a certain part of the panel/screen's "real estate" is suddenly somewhere else. The concept is that people are dumb and their brains want to keep a person in a particular place.

I've looked around on a few sites that talk about it, and their argument is that if you need to change up the way a character is shown, create a new establishing shot and then go from there.

>>6792822
wow, the poses are really better, I will take note of that

>>6790646
>

>>6790460
This didn't help me much on what to draw in the panels, but the just text inteads of narration box help me a lot

>I'm not sure if I should fill out a screenwriter's character reference sheet or just a quick paragraph on the basics

Write anything that you thing that it's important of the character, in terms of personality and behavior, that help me a lot to not trip with my own feets or steping my tail when i'm writing them

>>6788416
can you summarize the content of narration, and is it narration or exposition?

>>6793961
I ain't reading allat. Good art and colour tho

>>6793437
Change the settings without first clicking somewhere to type to set those settings as the default, click somewhere to start typing to change the settings for that instance of text.

>>6793546
Anon all it is is keeping the character's relative positions consistent framing wise and I guarantee that if you've been eschewing it then your work has suffered for it. It's purely for making sure a scene reads intuitively for a reader, you're not going feel how important it is when you're the one staring at the page for hours.

>>6794154
But if you switch camera from front to back the characters are going to be placed opposite even though they're standing in the same spot

>>6778643
I've been drawing circles, squares, triangles, vertical lines, horizontal lines, and diagonal lines for 44 days straight
Sometimes I draw a lotus flower or an Apu Apustaja
Can anyone suggest to me a basic absolute babby-tier manga (or anime) exercise? I mean the most basic of basic. I want to add a new exercise to my list of things to grind. Thanks, anonz

>>6794165
Yes, that's the 180 rule anon.

>>6780451
>3th

>>6793961
>no pantsu
gay and LAME

>>6793961
that shit is really ugly
it's like a weird uncanny valley between "total garbage" and "pretty cool"
I don't know how to explain it

some ideas and sketches about a woman with a "vagina dentata"

I really like this design

How old is everyone here

>>6794591
I'm 20

>>6793961
I think that i will post the 2 pages and tell my doubts about it

So this is the best that i came up with the narration and composition, i still have my doubts, of what to put in the narration, but so far this is the best that i can get that fits the narration dialogue

Also don't pay attention to the art, i did the scribbles for the most of the panels just right now, with lack of sleep

Also if you have any good suggestion about shots that would fit the blank panel i would be very thankful if you can post it or comment about it

>>6794767
I forgot the image

Yeeeyy lack of sleep

I did this just for fun. I would like to do a manga but I feel unable to do it

Maybe the height chart image I used wasn't too accurate....

How many of you guys actually steal story/design/comic-making elements from obscure or not popular in the west series when it comes to making you own manga?

Since Nips seem to have a boner for AI imagery, does it make sense to buy a fancy gaming rig and gen a manga panel by panel in SD using inpainting, img2img and custom LORAs, preferably one that looks better than that shitty Cyberpunk Momotaro. I have no dignity, pride or integrity, I just wanna be published in Japan.

>>6795009
1: It will take you longer to generate comic panels with consistent character designs, logical transitions from panel to panel, and the actual scenes you want than it would to just learn to draw them

2: You will never be published in Japan, no matter what you do.

>>6794831
I don't steal, because I'm not a hack or poser. Don't make yourself a bootleg version of someone better. Just make yourself better.

>>6795056
>1
I know, but I gotta bring something special to the table, right?
>2
Matagi Gunner is total garbage and the guy behind it doesn’t speak a word in japanese. Yet still it gets published.

>>6795119
You think AI is bringing something special to the table?

>>6795131
Yeah. All previous attempts were jts raw midjourney output.

>>6794771
誰か。。。答えろ
I went to sleep hopping that i would wake up with some answers, but even if it's hard to understand what I'm asking just say it, i just need to advance a little i have been stuck in this part for a while now

>>6795223
>>6794767
hey alright, sounds good.

>>6794831
You cannot steal storytelling elements because every single possible story telling element has already been done. All you can change is how it's been presented. It's the reason why places like TVTropes exist.

This is called a manga general but nothing posted here looks like manga. Are you just comic artists in denial?

>>6795294
Yes. Now stop doing the same question on every thread, Delta.

new page of Dark Reset

>>6795294
>This is called a manga general but nothing posted here looks like manga
how do these mangas not look like mangas?

>>6795009
You realize people hate it there too right? There are also cryptocels of course just like everywhere else but that's the audience you'd reach. It's also too much work for a worse product desu

>>6795009
Why don't you try making a comic using this method and post the results back to us? I promise I'll be open minded.

>>6794787
why not U got the skill maybe you're just lazy, no determination, no compassion

>>6794828
I don't know wtf you think you're doing but this chart is complete shit. 5'3 dude looks way too close to 5'9. Don't ever disrespect my height like that ever again, I trump over 5'3 manlets. 5'9 guy should be closer in height to the 6'3 guy

>>6795470
I used pic related for scale and I dont think it worked

>>6794828
10' guy's pussy is hanging out I like that

>>6784237
Cool, but nigga that's literally chainsawcuck

>>6795472
Use something like this instead. Also gives you the option to add objects to scale their heights to visualize is better
hikaku-sitatter.com/en/

>>6795491
You mean Za Warudo

>>6795497
Oh shit thank you man!

>>6795472
lmaooo bro wtf is that chart
>>6795497
yea this is much better

>>6788383
If you're black, that's a totally different case. You get the benefit of the doubt. Though be prepared for multiple exchanges where someone calls you racist, then you drop your race, and they either shrink away or deny that you're who you are.

>>6795233
I guess that work to go on a little, even if i was looking for a bit of criticism
Thank you nonetheless anon

>>6789338

>>6779949
White poster paint is what they did in the past.

I'm thinking ruptured intestines and stomach but I don't know if it would leave a scar that big.

>>6796274
That doesn't look anything like a surgery scar. It looks like a burn, more than anything. Surgeons tend to stitch their patients up, not just leave a gaping hole for new skin to grow over.

>>6794771
The scratchy art looks fine nigga. The images flow with the word.
If you decide to use the textured background for the entirety of the panel make sure to give the narration a white background

>>6796306
Alright I hope this makes more sense then.

>>6796383
Why would the wound reopening cause the wound to look so radically different?

>>6779052
next page, trying new fonts

>>6796941
My 2 cents on your font choice - it's quite readable, although the font's design is unique enough that it keeps me looking at it instead of moving to the next panel. I do not know if this is the effect you wanted to create, but just wanted to let you know. Also, your bottom two right panels have words that are on a slant, was that intentional too?

All of that aside, I do enjoy your artwork. I get some really strong 90s-early 00s point-and-click adventure game vibes.

>>6796947
>the font's design is unique enough that it keeps me looking at it instead of moving to the next panel
a good flow would be preferable, something more generic would be better then?
>your bottom two right panels have words that are on a slant
yeah lol, just kinda liked it that way...

>>6796973
Well, it's all a matter of personal preference. I don't want to come off as some anon demanding that you change your font if you yourself like it. I just personally feel as a reader that the font itself seemed a bit too bold (thick?) and was dragging me a little out of my reading immersion. If you end up staying with your choice it's not going to be a dealbreaker, however.

>>6796980
I just appreciate any feedback you can give, thank you.
I'll have to ponder making a new font change or not.

forcing myself to learn backrounds

>>6797023
It's a bit hard to tell that the person is flying(?) through a cityscape, anon. Panels are kind of noisy, especially the last one. The audience shouldn't have to search around for where the character is.

>>6797126
it makes a bit more sense in cotext, but yeah it's noisy. Still unsure what to do for the bg in the last panel.

>>6797201
Here's what it looks like without the bg

>>6797210
Now that's WAY more readable, holy shit. You should take a look at some mangas that have fights with a busy background. Anything from Dragonball to One Punch Man, etc. Often times, you'll notice that for impactful shots they either 1) temporarily subtract the background entirely to force focus on the characters, 2) severely minimize the details of the background while still giving you the sense of what is around the characters, or 3) something as simple as using a mask layer and have a clear border around just the characters so the audience's eyes can still immediately tell where things are.

>>6797219
It looks weird when you remove the backgrounds in full color comics, at least i haven't found a way to make it work yet. So I think there needs to be background there no matter what.
I'll probably have to go with some kind of border while still keeping the same background.

>>6797228
You could heavily motion-blur the background cityscape, or even make it monochrome to emphasize that things are going insanely fast.

>>6797228
I think the background lines are fine, but use some darker colors for the buildings. It's hard to read because everything's in bright rainbow colors

>>6797242
>>6797245
a bit of motion blur helped create contrast, thanks.

What are some of the better 3d programs for easy background & room design?

>>6797725
You should learn how to design rooms as well, anon. Its part of the general skillset. 3d stuff is faster but it always sticks out like a sore thumb.

>>6797730
I already draw backgrounds. I want to design an entire house with specific layouts.

>>6797770
Just design it on paper. What's the problem?

>>6797949
Not him but there are clear advantages to having a 3d modeled environment beyond corner cutting or whatever. Stop being obtuse.

>>6797725
Blender is probably as accessible as it's gonna get.

>>6797961
>Not him but there are clear advantages to having a 3d modeled environment beyond corner cutting or whatever.
I am struggling to see it, frankly. 3d traced linework always sticks out and is painfully obvious. I understand wanting to get a thing out faster, but it never looks as good as manually drawn art.

>>6798795
I don't know what comics you read, but 3d is heavily used in manga and mainstream American comics.

You think I could get away with using AI on my SketchUp backgrounds on Webtoons? I think that is the only good use for AI desu. I don't want to get canceled though.

>>6797949
I'm not looking to trace you brain damaged monkey I want to plan layouts for a fucking building before I draw it kindly take your pencil and shove it up your nose.

>>6797961
Does blender have a huge learning curve? Also I thought that was better suited for character models

>>6799164
Dog, just draw your design. I don't understand why you need 3D to draw boxes beside each other. Sounds like procrastination.

>>6799235
Sounds like you're crabbing and passing your insecurities onto others.

>>6798795
>I am struggling to see it, frankly. 3d traced linework always sticks out and is painfully obvious
You're struggling to imagine having a 3d environment that you merely use for perspective reference rather than outright tracing it? Didn't I outright say that there are advantages beyond corner cutting in the passage you are quoting?

>>6799138
Borderline baseless claim. There's no foundation for it beyond a handful of examples.

>>6799164
>Does blender have a huge learning curve? Also I thought that was better suited for character models
All 3d has a huge learning curve, but environments are mostly just simple shapes. There are loads of tutorials that can hold your hand, so I won't.

While we're on the topic of 3d generally, how is it that I see nice looking 3d assets sometimes made by people who can't draw on a 2d plane (trad, digital or otherwise)? I understand there's a learning curve, but is 3d work THAT much easier? I've always toyed around with the thought of rendering any specific panel from my manga into a 3d scene just for kicks.

>>6799522
They're two different skills, anon. You can get good at one without getting good at the other.

>>6799530
Really? There's no bleed-over?

Can someone tell me how I can do this?

>>6799534
I'm sure there's some bleed-over, but you yourself describe seeing that being good at one doesn't automatically mean being good at the other.

>>6799542
Learn to draw.
It's better.

>>6796247
cont.

>>6799164
I'm pretty sure he means design the layout on paper, like a floor plan. If you need more help then that, then I don't know how to help you.

>>6799542
>wanted girl to hold her hat
>settled for least monstrous result
Imagine not being at all in control of your vision. Imagine settling for less. I wouldn't be able to cope with myself.

1:3 finished

>>6778643
I think I am good with grand premises but struggle really hard with specific and linking things together in my story. I know that art I will just have to practice like a maniac but I know execution is key with writing any tips? Like I don't want a boring exposition dump for my first chapters or a one-shot but want to draw readers in in a unique way.

>>6799917
I wanted to add, the long neck is intentional but I had a hard time figuring out how to portray that angle in the main shot. This was also an experiment to capture something like a video game dialogue exchange.

How are backgrounds like this drawn? Is it traced? Is it a photo with digital effects done to turn it in to line art? If it is a photo, did the mangaka use a stock photo or did they somehow take the photo themselves?

>>6800536
Often times mangaka assistance take photos of places and then use CSP's "convert to lineart" tool to change everything at the push of a button. CSP itself has a tutorial as to how to do this.

>>6800537
Ah fuck, meant to write assistants. Dunno why my mind went to "assistance."

>>6800537
This looks like a photo that could have been taken from the lobby of a tall hotel or office building. I guess one big advantage of setting your manga in a modern city setting is you can photo and convert to lineart every background

>>6800571
It's partially why so many mangas happen to take place in present day. Easy as hell for assistants to get backgrounds - no real thought required. Just grab a photo, turn it into lineart instantly with CSP's conversion tool, and you're already off working on the next panel's background.

>>6800574
Do they do the same for interiors and school settings or is that usually 3D models?

>>6800578
There's no reason why they couldn't do photos for interiors, but often times you're not going to want it 1-to-1, you'll want characters on objects, or some objects will be moved around, etc. Having to go and pose all that manually is a pain, so some mangakas will utilize 3d models for interior scenes.

Now keep in mind that that's only for some mangakas. Many of them just draw everything traditionally, and it's what I would encourage everyone here to do, primarily because 1) it is never a bad thing to have a better grasp/mastery over perspective and you only do yourself a favor in the long run by always practicing, and 2) the main reason professional mangakas do these techniques is because they are under a financial deadline to get issues pumped out as fast as possible. Nobody on /mmg/ is under such constraint.

>>6800582
If you can use a photo instead and draw this spread in 30 mins instead of drawing it in 20 hours, isn't it smarter to use the edited photo? Your advice ensures beginners will spend 30 hours drawing background spreads then burn out and quit making comics early.

What are the best brushes for inking manga traditionally?

>>6800784
Yeah because comics and manga had no city backgrounds at all before CSP invented that button

Anyone who attempted to draw one burned out and quit making comics, so all we had to look at was blank spaces on the published pages

>>6800840
So because people in the past had to do it, modern artists should be forced to also, even though there's quicker solutions?

>>6800925
The point is that you should also develop your perspective skills. Its all good and fun to use the conversion tool for modern pictures, but the second you step outside of that you're going to run into trouble because you never exercised that artistic muscle. None of this is pointless suffering for suffering's sake. I am also NOT saying the CSP conversion tool is bad, just that going the extra inch does help you and your audience.

>>6800784
Anon, nobody said you have to go gonzo on background details from the get-go. You can make minimalistic backgrounds and work your way up from there. It doesn't have to be all or nothing. Besides, you may end up liking backgrounds. I started out absolutely despising drawing anything but my characters but now I genuinely enjoy doing it.

>>6800536
This is a photo.
Note, however, that it's heavily edited. No amount of messing with levels gets you those values, it takes a fair amount of drawing-over to get that result.

https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/%C3%A4lien/list?title_no=879438

still making my comic

>>6801234

I know my drawings are crappy, but yeah it's purely an artistic project. It's pathetic that I don't improve more after 2 years of art school and on my last year I don't have any figure drawing classes and my diploma project focuses on character design.

I am approaching 30, and I just want to get my life story out there and express it...as fast as possible.

>>6801234
Anon, don't just run up the post limit for no reason. It's one thing to post your link, maybe up to 3 pages, it's quite another to do 13 posts altogether. You've already posted your link - if people want to read it they will.

>>6801265
Not him but we were already at/just about at bump limit. It hurts nobody, especially when it's posting work.

>>6801226
How does one do something like that?

>>6801527
What you mean? You paste the image in the canvas, do whatever tone conversion/binarization you want and then draw on it. Those black shadows in particular make me think either them or the lighter tone shadows were added manually.

>>6801254
>I am approaching 30, and I just want to get my life story out there and express it...as fast as possible.
why, what's the rush? you plan on killing yourself when you hit 30?
if this is your life story, then shouldn't you care about representing it with a little more artistic fidelity?

Does anyone have advice on hand lettering traditional comics?

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