mmg manga making general

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Anon09/04/26, 21:05No.8033409

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/faqTop 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/

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Anon09/04/26, 21:09No.8033414

First for sex

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Anon09/04/26, 21:30No.8033426

I have a quite specific question, maybe you guys can help. There is a young girl, one one the mcs. She is mean overall and she calls every girl that has bigger boobs than her fat. And she has a very flat chest, so she calls basically every girl fat. Now the question is, should i explain the joke if i write a shonen? I know shonen love explaining jokes. She is calling a girl fat on page 2, should i draw a little panel, with an arrow to her flat chest and a note "is jelly and calls girls with bigger tits fat" Or should i let the (non existent) readership figure it out themselves?

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Anon09/04/26, 22:00No.8033436

about 50% of the way through prepping Hefferchu volume 1 for print. I added this as the first page of the volume to improve story cohesion, add foreshadowing, give vibes of characters/story, and give a general theme. Thoughts/suggestions? I will be working on the volume + kickstarter rewards (bookmarks, print maybe, stickers maybe) throughout the next few weeks:https://www.twitch.tv/efsius1/ https://www.youtube.com/@efsius1/streams (yt for no music)

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Anon09/04/26, 22:57No.8033459

I'm so sick of drawing rocks

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Anon09/04/26, 23:28No.8033469

https://artfol.app/contest/GlobalComicAwards2026efsius sent me this; might appeal to some of you.

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Anon09/04/26, 23:46No.8033478

:3

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Anon09/05/26, 00:12No.8033486

y'all japanese yet?

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Anon09/05/26, 00:15No.8033487

Is this true? Fuck. Maybe I should make a friend, at least one.

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Anon09/05/26, 00:16No.8033489

Are you published yet, Alice-anon?

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Anon09/05/26, 00:25No.8033492

>anon >Write what your readers want, not what you want. >authors & editors >picrel Which is it?

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Anon09/05/26, 01:01No.8033515

None of you are talented enough to get scouted by Shonen Jump so it's funny watching you losers debate their hiring policies as if you are.

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Anon09/05/26, 01:16No.8033524

>butthurt nigger desperate for attention from his superior Never reply to me again, cuck.

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Anon09/05/26, 01:18No.8033527

Drawing multiple characters interacting with each other in a single panel is nasty. Even though I am doing it digitally, I am limiting the sketches to a single layer as if it were traditional. It gets messy fast and is harder to maneuver.

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Anon09/05/26, 01:24No.8033532

Much like your manga, shan't be read

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Anon09/05/26, 01:24No.8033533

/mmg/s finest btw

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Anon09/05/26, 01:28No.8033537

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAA1xgTTw9w

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Anon09/05/26, 01:37No.8033550

Dingle is the only person I ever seen flexing his well below poverty line job without even a hint of self awareness.

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Anon09/05/26, 01:52No.8033559

Sometimes I feel really blackpilled when I realize that all the successful Western mangaka are ethnically Asian. Like is there something about growing up in at least an Asian family or vestiges of an Asian culture that allow Asian immigrants to adopt a manga style more easily than say someone white or black? Sure there are plenty of Asian weebs who also suck at emulating a manga style but at least 1% of them are successful at it.

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Anon09/05/26, 02:20No.8033576

Figuring out a good plan to cut the fat from my series. After I get through the existing story boarded material I'm going to go right into a battle royale/survival arc where all the ghost hunters get jumped by all of the cult villains. I plan on storyboarding future chapters with an accelerated pace and I want to start being more economic with my dialogue. My new estimated length has dropped in half. From 16 volumes to 8.

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Anon09/05/26, 02:24No.8033580

It's like someone took a bucket full of all sorts of bait and dumped it in the thread.

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Anon09/05/26, 02:54No.8033592

Fuck it. I didnt like the digital color version so I will remake it black and white and trad. At least the vibe is much closer to what I intended and failed in the first ver

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Anon09/05/26, 03:42No.8033611

I enjoyed every moment of creating this. In hindsight, I would've changed a few things - moved the shoulder forward, rounded her breasts a bit, moved her serratus muscles inward, perhaps drawn her head so her chin-line hides more of her neck, the bottom panel has a bit of a composition issue with the left middle side of the panel just being empty space. . . also I forgot to carry over the blood from the earlier panel . . .Okay you know now I'm going through it I have a LOT of changes I'd like to make, but it doesn't matter! I don't draw women very often, let alone ones that are meant to make men horny, but, I feel I did a good job here

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Anon09/05/26, 04:02No.8033615

https://litter.catbox.moe/m76yi49u9mqv0590.pdf

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Anon09/05/26, 05:22No.8033634

thanks anon from last thread saying I needed beta readers, I totally agree. Next time I enter a contest I'm going to start early and take my time, the crunch way of submitting at the last minute was just stressful and not fun, and resulted in a worse manga anyways.

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Anon09/05/26, 05:52No.8033648

People keep saying that story is more important and most mangaka should prioritize how to write interesting stories rather than how to draw pretty pictures. So, to what extent does 'bad' art influence your decision to pick up a manga? I wouldn't have picked up Orb hadn't it got anime adaptation that polishes it's amateurish artwork.

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Anon09/05/26, 08:20No.8033680

What is even the real difference between manga and comic? Is it art, format or the story? Why should a black and white Batman comic not work in a shonen magazine? Or a colored manga be destributed by an American publisher?

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Anon09/05/26, 09:16No.8033694

Posting page

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Anon09/05/26, 10:18No.8033712

Same with the old school grid. It feels less dynamic but the fixed ratio is much more movie like compared to the wild paneling style of manga. Ad i said much more modern and dynamic but less cinematic as movie-like.

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Anon09/05/26, 11:13No.8033732

can you guys make your own thread?

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Anon09/05/26, 11:17No.8033734

No, stop discussing manga in, let me see... manga general thread, hmm, thats strange, anyway... Yeah, you guys stop discussing manga in the thread that's dedicated to discussing manga, or else!!

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Anon09/05/26, 11:46No.8033753

Is that better?

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Anon09/05/26, 12:07No.8033770

I do like talking theory but I think a lot of people just use it as a chance to shit on western comics, and I can do that any time I like.

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Anon09/05/26, 12:54No.8033797

Okey, my last theory post for today, guys. There is a cool book by a German designer - Grid Systems, about grid systems in graphic designs. He uses mostly invisible grids to aline texts and pictures on page. Maybe the trick for comics is, using a grid but not making it too obvious.

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Anon09/05/26, 13:11No.8033805

Bot thread Nice knowing you anons

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Anon09/05/26, 15:16No.8033846

Do you guys "cheat" with patterns and special brushes or do you only use pens and screentones? Wondering if it's worth going down that rabbit hole

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Anon09/05/26, 17:56No.8033913

>A Japanese manga artist has revealed that her annual income has dropped to just one-tenth from around $1,300 to $130 after digital bookstores were flooded with AI generated manga. >And this isn't an isolated case. A Nikkei survey found that 22% of creators who responded reported a decrease in income over the past year for the same reason and another 6% have either already decided or are considering quitting the profession altogether. >While one artist takes several days to finish a single page, AI can churn out an entire volume in just a few minutes and sell it at a much lower price. Competing with machines on speed and cost just shows that the industry is ready to trade the soul of illustration for disposable content.So much for anti AI propaganda. While you're here having retarded debates the world has already moved forward

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Anon09/05/26, 18:34No.8033945

There is no cheating, only tools.

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Anon09/05/26, 21:10No.8034017

[/ic/thread/8027411#p8033297] He's wearing a helmet, anon. No room for sunglasses. Well, characters are always the worst part, the rest of the page should be easy now.

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Anon09/06/26, 02:12No.8034169

Ignore me. Just testing if I got banned

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Anon09/06/26, 07:59No.8034282

Isn't it strange, that mangaka refuse the realistic drawing/simplified rendering style altogether?

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Anon09/06/26, 11:20No.8034345

You guys seriously not spending 12 hours drawing a single panel, right? You're aware that your average dopamine-addicted-brainrot-goycattle will just glance at it for only 2 seconds, right? Right? Haha.

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Anon09/06/26, 12:01No.8034367

Did someone link this thread on /v/ recently? Where did this annoying faggot come from?

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Anon09/06/26, 12:35No.8034377

Hope I'll have the energy to maintain 1 to 4 pages of this quality every week

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Anon09/06/26, 12:50No.8034388

How do people even come up with all those interesting composition shots?

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Anon09/06/26, 13:04No.8034398

Has anyone interest in working with public domain material? A couple of interesting movies and comics will enter public domain in the next couple of years. Could be an interesting project to make a comic version of a movie or a parody with known characters. But i think you would need to have a very appealing art style for it to work, otherwise a quadrillion pajeets will bring out their slop and no one will notice you.

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Anon09/06/26, 13:54No.8034416

Has anyone managed to compile a pastebin/archive of all uploaded work from this general? If not, reply to me with a link of your work and I'll make it

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Anon09/06/26, 17:29No.8034527

Man, making comics is so much hard work. Trying to keep the characters consistent, thinking of good images to go inside the panels that go with the word balloons and sound effects, endless backgrounds, etc.I firmly believe if you don't create you aren't allowed to critique.

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Anon09/06/26, 21:30No.8034676

Do people really outline stuff using fine liner? I bought some not long ago, but holy fuck are the strange. They feel almost as bad as digital but without all the digital cheating benefits.

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Anon09/06/26, 21:52No.8034703

you guys ever have that random moment where you suddenly unlocked full control of your lines and everything comes out right the first time?

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Anon09/06/26, 23:04No.8034748

Guy do you think there will be enough people who can read in a couple of years? I get a feeling as if the levels of human retardation are growing exponentially. Im afraid in 10 years, your comic is rather ultra simplified, no text, webtoon for smartphones, or you will be considered indie avant-gard auteur and will be read by a couple of Amish defectors. I mean to do it even with movies, everything is centered, so it can be posted in vertical format, plot is simplified and spoken out loudly, for people on their phones. Webtoon format is beating manga in popularity. Very soon we will live in a world with a drastic cognitive decline. Will be no fun, i can tell you guys.

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Anon09/07/26, 05:13No.8034936

I started tracing from AI now since it saves a lot of time and gives better results. But no one will ever figure out it's AI because I'm a fucking genius.

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Anon09/07/26, 06:34No.8034974

Shihei Lin is recruiting artists to adapt their writers' work into manga. https://x.com/SHIHEILIN/status/2096831375689257158

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Anon09/07/26, 14:17No.8035197

Kadokawa Manga contest has just started, and it’s open until February. If you’re the type who never enters contests because you don’t realize they’ve started until it’s too late (or that’s your excuse), here’s your chance.https://kadokawaworldmanga.com/contest/

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Anon09/07/26, 14:19No.8035198

Can you give me some info on indie/amateur editors? How can i find one, do they work for free, i can't obviously pay them in today's economy. Even drawing materials are absurdly costly. Does someone work for exposure? For credit's on my not existing manga i mean? I'm speaking of both, literal editor, who fixes my writing mistakes, style, cuts unfitting dialog, changes a voice of a character if it's unfitting, changes or adds American phraseologies or phrasemes, idioms? or whatever the word is, as you can see i have no idea. And a specific manga editor, who looks over and says like, make the boobs bigger, or change that character's personality. I don't think one person can do both tasks. But are there even people doing it for free?I think most people use this thread as a collective editor and beta reader, but that's not the best thing to rely on.

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Anon09/07/26, 14:25No.8035202

I mean 31 jan is basically until feb, i'm stupid. I even need a fucking editor for my 4chan shit posts.

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Anon09/07/26, 14:37No.8035208

Thought I'd be done by now but I haven't touched this in a week, This page took so long and I don't like it, but at least this is the last time I have to draw this old bitch

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Anon09/07/26, 15:30No.8035249

Hi, I’ve written a bunch of material for an idea that I believe would work much better as a manga than as prose, and I was wondering where to start.I draw, I’d say at an intermediate level. I can draw what I want if I put my mind and time into it. I’ve never had, and still don’t have, any desire to pursue manga making in the long run or anything. It’s really just for this one project, and I’m not sure what to do with paneling, so if you have any resources you’d recommend for that, I’d appreciate it.Also, from what I know, it’s common to use models or references for backgrounds and other elements, especially in this field, so if anyone has a resource they’d recommend for that, I’d appreciate it as well.Apart from that, I assume it starts with storyboarding, right?*I really don't like the loops you have to go through on this website to post when you have a vpn -_-

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Anon09/07/26, 18:32No.8035426

I've managed to order an author proof from Amazon KDP, but the bastards don't do RTL binding for works in English. I had to change the language to Japanese in the creator to circumvent it, but there's a high chance it will be flagged once I try to actually publish. If I change back to LTR binding but keep the content the same I'll end up with the back cover on the thumbnail in Amazon. I'm mostly doing this to just print some copies for myself, but it still irks me. For the time being I guess I'll just wait for the author proof to arrive and mull things over

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Anon09/07/26, 19:06No.8035451

So I have several ideas that might be better suited for long running manga series, I tend to read a lot of shoen style or isekai inspired stories which are all about adventuring and fighting various foes. But that might not be the best idea for a beginning manga author and artist. What kind of short form stories or pages could I attempt that still sort of fall within my interests?

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Anon09/07/26, 22:19No.8035626

Have there ever been cases of webcomics/similar online projects staying in obscurity for literal years, 5 people reading it and all, until they suddenly blew up/got noticed by the wider internet landscape for a reason or another?

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Anon09/07/26, 23:56No.8035684

What do you do when you don't know how to draw a scene? Just start drawing anyway and hope somethign will come out of it?

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Anon09/08/26, 02:41No.8035752

One difference I noticed drawing trad is how "big" the page feels. I mean, in digital I feel like I could draw few panels while in trad I can put more. Anyone had the same feeling?

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Anon09/08/26, 03:34No.8035777

[/ic/thread/8027411#p8033345] You replied to my comic a while ago but I never got a chance to read yours until now You did a really good job at making dynamic poses and expressions, especially for the pig guy I also like the way you depicted vast spaces The only thing I would change drawing-wise is that the transition between pages 9-10 is kind of abrupt for the sort of impact the reveal should have. I think the giant should have closed the lid with his left hand and then swung out the column with his right Others have talked about the ending but having a foot motif for the comic is definitely a strange choice but at least it's memorable [/ic/thread/8027411#p8032945] This one was a breezy ride, I liked the character design and scenery but I think it would have more of an impact if the actual baseball match took up a larger portion of the one-shot The tension that was set up was well done, but it could benefit from some more shonen-style exaggeration and build up However, considering time was not on your side when making this, it is an admirable effort

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Anon09/08/26, 04:21No.8035791

Can you guys stomach a manga where everyone's look is ranging from ugly to 'mid'? I mean, not in a woke-DEI kind of presentation. I just find drawing ugly/mid chara way easier and faster than good looking chara.

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Anon09/08/26, 05:32No.8035813

>https://x.com/Boichi_Bo1/status/2097064801369301042 >1. Foreign aspiring manga artists don’t know what they are supposed to do after winning a manga contest or receiving an award. Yeah, no wonder all those international manga contests' winners never result in anything that matter while guys like Alice-anon actually make it.

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Anon09/08/26, 05:43No.8035819

I have no desire to be a industry professional who makes his livelyhood off his work.

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Anon09/08/26, 07:01No.8035839

Okey guys, i grinded Hampton for days, i think my anime faces got better actually. Will post pictures later. But what i still don’t get at all is the mouth. I do not understand the logic behind it whatsoever. How can i learn it?

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Anon09/08/26, 11:08No.8035880

I tried drawing anime faces again after Hampton, does it look better, editor-san?

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Anon09/08/26, 12:31No.8035913

One of few non-native mangaka who was able to get big in Japan is giving very unique advice, no Japanese can give you, cos water, fish and so on. And the bloody mutt is crashing out hard as he cant comprehend a mono-ethnical society. Next thing he will start screaming about his wifes love for bbc.

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Anon09/08/26, 16:18No.8036034

https://youtu.be/nsG-_WDBwzE?si=sWgwSbeJszKcsZQ_Just trust your editor, they said.

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Anon09/08/26, 19:49No.8036167

This thread was so negative, I didn't draw all day I was so upset. Thanks guys

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Anon09/09/26, 00:40No.8036373

Is it normal to take 6 hours on a single panel because you're always having to fix a bunch of mistakes as you draw it?

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Anon09/09/26, 01:43No.8036431

So what's your actual goal, /mmg/?Are you hoping to get published in Japan and become a famous western Mangaka? Are you hoping to just get published in any official publication, Japanese or otherwise? Are you just trying to get internet famous? Are you interested in money or a career? Are you a hero who fights for fun?

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Anon09/09/26, 07:50No.8036608

doing characters based on coat of arms again

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Anon09/09/26, 08:06No.8036610

I have trouble to formulate a catchphrase that describes mcs motivation. I decided to move the plot by a very obsessed mc. I just like the simplicity of it. As a kid Blame was my fav manga, Killy is searching for the net genes, thats wat moves the story but it’s somewhat abstract at the same time. Dark tower is a similar example, find the tower. Destroy the ring. It’s very simple but if you combine it with a completely obsessed mc i like the dynamic. I have two problems, i have problems in formulating such a simple goal that still feels shonen. Like killing the main bad guy feels too negative. The second problem is the abstraction and mysterious nature of the goal. It’s not like a normal guy lived his life and than someone killed the wife and now he wants revenge. It’s fine for some type of story but compare that to John Whick, the bad guys killed his dog. And he starts his maniac journey. The motion becomes uncanny. Killing the bad guys because they killed your parents, children, wife and your sister makes sense. Killing hundreds of people for a dog is strange. But you still enjoy the ride. I have only seen the first movie and it was okay, so maybe the mc gets a different motivation later on i don’t know.

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Anon09/09/26, 17:49No.8037019

>Mangaka famous for creating artistic masterpieces, works of total genius that touch the hearts of millions, redefine entire corners of societal culture >go their twitter to see what sort of man is capable of creating such works of art... >it's nothing but pictures of food and gacha games everytime

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Anon09/09/26, 20:55No.8037121

Im trying to put together a routing for studying manga-manga related disciplines. What would be a repeatable way to study paneling?

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Anon09/09/26, 21:15No.8037143

Question do publishers consider work that you are already self publishing for free online?

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Anon09/10/26, 00:27No.8037292

My manga will be remembered as a cult classic 20 years from now.

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Anon09/10/26, 02:31No.8037352

My manga will get its own anime adaptation and the opening will be a song by my favorite jpop artist.

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Anon09/10/26, 07:23No.8037467

Guy I'm completely overwhelmed with the amount of pre-production work i have to do. I wanted to be creative and design everything from scratch, but that's a crazy amount of work. Can i get some sort of tamplates, like the heroes journey for the for the plot. Something that gives you structure, but at the same time the ability to change stuff. I need characters, hair styles for everyone, clothing, that should be different for every char but have the same style overall, so they belong to the same universe. Architecture styles, fonts, symbols etc. And everything has to work in color and in black. Fuck, i don't want to draw another derivative of Ayanami Rei, but at the same time it's much more work than i ever thought.

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Anon09/10/26, 07:35No.8037470

Gachiakita got canceled. She played with fire and got burned, many such cases. Anyway, there is a free spot for an urban art style manga for you to take. I‘m of course too retarded.

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Anon09/10/26, 12:51No.8037578

This brownoid really needs to get a fucking job, he's hopeless.

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Anon09/10/26, 13:15No.8037585

I’m a writer and always wanted to write for a manga one shot or series. But I need to raise my profile before I approach an artist to collab. I’m barely visible on the Amazon book store and don’t have anything in ebook form, other than select periodicals that usually sell through their websites. I have nothing on audible. I think if I wanted to get a name for myself, I’d need to get more things out there that’s either free to read a sample of, or has a low entry price (like Kindle Unlimited).

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Anon09/10/26, 14:28No.8037666

He sounds like a onions redditor, and it's kinda a gimmick. But common you guys, you have to admit it's cool and creative. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/f2DHNdtAhpo

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Anon09/10/26, 15:09No.8037709

Whats up with zoomers glazing manga on YouTube? Is it some sort of grift i don’t get? I wanted to hear some opinions on ONS‘s isekai manga. And every video i clicked was so over the top with glazing it. Do they hope to make it more popular to force an anime adaption?

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Anon09/10/26, 23:57No.8037978

>2026 >still want to become a mangaka What are you doing in life? Manga is a dying entertainment. Kids nowadays don't read anymore. By the time the Millennials and Gen X have grown out of this hobby, manga industry will suffer the same fate as American comic industry.

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Anon09/11/26, 00:34No.8037993

A little more progress.

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Anon09/11/26, 00:46No.8037998

For digital, how big do you make your canvas? Do you resize to make it smaller when posting/publishing?

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Anon09/11/26, 01:05No.8038004

there are endless doujin artists uploaded to hentai sites daily with better art than anything on shonen jump or mangaplus right now. How the fuck are they not pro? Someone explain this to me because I'm learning a lot more studying hentai doujin than mainstream manga.

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Anon09/11/26, 04:35No.8038097

I was looking at wikipedias top selling manga yesterday. And sometimes it’s just about luck nothing else. Deamon Slayers numbers are insane for no reason at all.

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Anon09/11/26, 05:40No.8038118

Does it make sense to apply to a manga contest with a grim dark horror story? I can’t remember seeing something really dark ever winning.

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Anon09/11/26, 06:32No.8038137

I like how it went from Capitalism is the utopia, if you are smart, creative and work hard, you will earn the most money. to Well he is a low iq pedophile who eats children and all his welth is from stealing tax money with the help of his corrupt politian friends, who are of course pedos and cannibals as well. But he must somehow earn it, all good. Capitalism works in mysterious ways...

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Anon09/11/26, 06:37No.8038138

Spambot broke?

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Anon09/11/26, 10:38No.8038217

Woha, it was that easy all along, you just have to win a stupid contest to get famous?

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