Thread 7759985

The general thread for Manga / manga-styled comic-making, manga-style illustration and related comic work. That said, everyone is welcome here.

Support each other and talk about your work or the work of others that excites you. Inking, character design, paneling / layout, writing, planning, and other discussions are all welcome.
Post resources, questions, in-progress pages, breakdowns of other works, etc. If a work is not yours, credit the maker (unless it's fucking obvious like a full page of One Piece or something).
Thanks to everyone for making /mmg/ a level-headed and helpful place. Remember, drawing and making comics and manga are difficult endeavors, and we're all in this struggle together.

Previous thread:>>7751494

Some resources:
/asg/, our stylistic sister-thread series for those focused more on illustration >>>/ic/asg

Books:
Understanding Comics
https://e-hentai.org/g/2042453/83e7da6ed0/
Making Comics
https://annas-archive.org/md5/d55168f7579c1e23275d1fc9f0a2255d
Manga in Theory and Practice: The Craft of Creating Manga
https://annas-archive.org/md5/2877da11e2f852d220853e9944e6ea49
Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting
https://archive.org/details/RobertMcKeeStorypdf/
Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga
https://kupdf.net/download/even-a-monkey-can-draw-manga_58b9ca16e12e89233badd376_pdf
The Shonen Jump Guide to Making Manga
https://mega.nz/file/i81imLpI#GcheJ9Jjk3lw1RE9nQWgL4RG4wEBNOcRmgA-iaU6Wpg

Videos:
"Manga Senpai/Tokyo Name Tank", "SMAC! THE SILENT MANGA AUDITION COMMUNITY"
Habanero Scans: https://www.dailymotion.com/HabaneroScans/videos
Manben link can be found on archive.org on different pages separated by season: https://www.reddit.com/r/manga/comments/1bu9f0y/found_all_of_naoki_urasawas_manben_and_manben_neo/
Urasawa Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkIFOAoFm47XOAlJwTa6Ieg/videos

OP image is from Mebius Gear Chapter 2.

>>7759985 (OP)
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.

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 https://antarctic-press.myshopify.com/pages/submissions 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

Iconic Comics (https://www.iconiccomics.com/)
>A bit like Oni Press and Antarctic Press
>A small publisher with a focus on indie works with manga inspiration

>>7759987
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/

>>7759989
/mmg/'s very own anon-led anthology: /ic/onography
https://discord.gg/QYnFBves7V
https://forms.gle/d3a2Cwwd44sJYyqv9
(Anthology project is defunct but the discord is alive)

Additional community added Resources:
Mangafonts: https://mangafonts.carrd.co/
Hiro Mashima YT: https://www.youtube.com/@mashimaCh/videos
Ganmo, a job listing board for manga assistant work: https://ganmo.j-comi.co.jp/posts

How (You) can help /mmg/:

> Know about a contest or a publishing opportunity? TAG THE OP and post a link.
> Have a new resource? TAG THE OP and link / mention it for inclusion.
> Don't be a crab
> Have a link / DL for a mentioned resource? TAG THE OP and mention what you're supplying a link for.
> SCREENSHOT / PASTEBIN effort posts that help you for posterity.

>>7759985 (OP)
For people who aim to be a mangaka in Japan, read this:
https://kmanga.kodansha.com/title/10671/episode/361307

>>7760177
I give up, fuck manga

Crap, some anon pointed out that one of these links doesnt work. I forgot

I give up fuck, manga!

I fuck manga

Manga fucks

fuck

>>7760181
>>7760239
>>7760242
>>7760245
>>7760255
This pretty much covers every archetype of poster in mmg. Which one are you?

I'm not even sure if i managed to convey what's going on in this scene, it got too complicated for me

>>7760390
I think what i needed was a few more panels, but i rushed it

>>7760390
>>7760395
I think thats really readable, awesome job dude. Maybe some panels woulda been better, but not being able to compare to what you thought was better, I got no critiques

>>7760185
It was the Antarctic Press one, and I replaced the submissions link with the one an anon provided.

>>7760441
Oh well done

>>7760395
>>7760390
cool stuff!

>>7760395
only thing I think would be to make him dangling more noticeable, but I dont know how.

>>7760837
those text squares need to breathe

>>7760942
I presume you mean the one above. They looked fine on the high res version but as I downsized it to post here and fit webtoons resolution limit, it kept the art the same but fucked the text boxes...not quite sure why but I didn't notice till after posting.

>>7760952
>I didn't notice till after posting.
The folly of man

I used to post here a lot before I started acting embarrassing. hope y'all are still cooking.

>>7760395
reminds me alot of old tmnt or scud. love the texture on the greys. cool stuff.

>>7761474
Hey welcome back dude

>>7761474
Sup anon, welcome back, take a seat by the fire.

>>7761474
Cool stuff man, I remember you from /hyw/ days long ago, you've really improved. Anything you'd like to share about your journey so far?

>>7761737
for a while I wasnt working on my manga cause I had to do commissions but I'm now trying to make this a priority. my pages are starting to come out faster than before and I don't get stunlocked by a drawing I'm not getting right as often. I feel like its getting better now that it has real attention but I'm really trying to push it to the next level soon. It still takes alot of redrafts to get action that feels right or close to meaningful and my effects are still really lacking.

I tried posting in /hyw/ again but currently my stuff is being replied to over and over by some tripfag idiot making some really blanket statements on the whole thing.

>>7761970
Wow /hyw/ looks like an alternative universe version of /mmg/.

Theres a lot of arguing there but I did see something interesting: feedback from nodraws. Personally, I think nodraws and normal people have some of the most valuable feedback possible. At the end of the day you want normal people to like what you draw, right? If not, then that's fine too but you gotta be honest with yourself.

>>7761992
>feedback from nodraws. Personally, I think nodraws and normal people have some of the most valuable feedback possible.
>At the end of the day you want normal people to like what you draw, right?
see, this trip is desperately trying to convince me that this is true while using "giving feedback" as an excuse to look busy and active in the "community."

If I wanted feedback from nodraws I can get that elsewhere. I don't need it from a dude who posts 4 massive posts in a row for attention. that's not "normal" Telling me to de-program and ditch the porn shit out of my comic is telling me to ditch half the premise all these years later. I don't need crit from dudes who don't see the point of the work at all. Especially if they have no knowledge on how to draw.

>>7761999
Ah so youre also getting caught by the neopuritan crusaders

Be warned, we have a new schizo here also crusading against hotness

>>7761999
is dood and coldfusion still active there?

>>7762072
doesnt seem like it. I imagine dood is still active out there somewhere. fuck I forgot about them. just remembered when coldfusion "fixed" my art by redrawing my girls with camel toes.

>>7762051
last time I was here a "person" called me a woke race tratior for having a mixed race couple in my story. a fact which that person made up after seeing one drawing of a black man and white girl (actually asian, but he's got a narrative to push here.) together in my concept art.

I hope I can be forgiven for being dismissive of certain critiques these days.

>>7762087
I kinda liked CF, he's like an autistic bible weeb. It's always sad to see other amateur creatives disappear, even if I wasn't fond of their work. I wonder how he's doing out there.

>>7762090
I still think that (at the time) coldfusion could cook when he was locked in.

>>7761970
The problem with /hyw/ is that it's like a bizarro world over there as >>7761992 said. Its filled with random nodraws coming in or anons who only care about whatever story they want to tell and that's it. Now you might say, well, didn't that work for ONE? And I would say sure, but ONE's story was enjoyable enough that everyone read it despite the pre-/beg/ artwork. So many /hyw/ comics (not all, but the clear majority) seem like there was absolutely zero planning on the story, pacing, paneling, speech bubble placement, etc. Just straight stream of consciousness everything else be damned. Over the last year or two, I've also noticed that there is a clear trend where anons who post comics with nicer artwork are for the most part blatantly ignored regardless of genre, art style, etc. It's very odd.

>>7762100
>read right to left my weeabros
kek, love this lil weirdo

>>7762087
It's ok to be dismissive of someone being mad about interracial couples.

>>7762135
Is this one new, omeow?

>>7762072
>>7762087
Dewd is still active. I actually out of the blue came across his channel on YT about a year ago, where he makes animations.

>>7762087
Handling critique is a lot like learning who to let into your home and who to leave on your doorstep. It's prudent to listen to what people have to say so do that, but in the same way you shouldn't let every guy off the street into your home don't also take what strangers say with utmost importance if they are not communicating their intentions. You don't know where they come from or why they are saying what they are saying. Not all critiques have value. Some will have no value to you and some only hurt you and not give anything back. I heard a saying a while ago that goes something like "Keep your ears open to everyone, keep your heart closed" Your home is your heart. Those people you want to come visit you every day are the homies who know you and understand what you're trying to accomplish.

The misunderstanding that you should accept every critique from anyone is as misguided as a person assuming that being stingy with their money about everything is the same as being financially literate. Just spend it on things you know will give you some value in return.

>>7762146
I just finished it earlier today. I used gpen to ink a bunch of Dana's as practice for new cosmic crush pages I penciled. I have about 5 more Danas left to color. I'm making one of those character sheets from Twitter of waifus in different poses.

>>7761999
my partner got me a legendary loot drop at the street library btw.

>>7762175
I swear every pic she gets "bigger" and I'm ok with it.

>>7762184
The canon reason is she drinks and experiments with different witches brews that temporarily make her tits bigger.

>>7762274
Sounds like a fun time.

New chapter is out today! Annoyingly, I fixed a typo, but put the wrong file on all sites... oh well. It's kinda a pain that there's no place I can upload once and it updates all sites I post on.

>>7762414
What's this about? I like how clean it is.
>>7762281
She's fun to draw.
>>7762087
It's best to just ignore troll posts rather than try to engage with it. Sometimes they give legit art critiques or advice but most of the time they're just trying to tilt you and get you to waste your time e-debating with them. Don't let the crabs drag you down.

>>7762420
Back while I was working on this chapter, someone pointed out to me that "noone" isn't an a word. I fixed it, but I uploaded the wrong page version

>>7762414
I like whole chapter updates

>>7762414
Post it and I shall read Oswald anon. Love your Overmen teddy bears.

Should your manga be capable of looking good even without relying on screentones?

>>7761999
>Telling me to de-program and ditch the porn
Based

>>7762051
not the hecking pornerinos noooo

>>7762492
I think so, yes. It should enhance the artwork, not be a crutch.

>>7762492
Yes....? What kind of question is that?

>>7762511
Yeah I guess it's an obvious thing. I was just wondering...

I wonder what everyone's characters would smell like.

>>7762528
Ever smelled a cat? Kinda like that.

>>7762108
>anons who post comics with nicer artwork are for the most part blatantly ignored
Mostly because they're a 7 or 8 posting in a thread of 3s and 4s. You don't see ugly girls rizzing up the stacies in the cafeteria.

>>7762550
This kinda happens here too, to be fair. I have seen many pages posted over the years that were a clear league above the usuals get completely ignored.

>>7762528
I don't know what the shower situation is in some of the settings posted here. You might want to hold off on sniffing everyone.

>>7762617
I think there is a threshold of actually being a frequent poster too. Regulars tend to get plenty of engagement, but you can probably count the number of regulars on both hands. Even if you have amazing art, if you just do a drive-by posting, and then you don't really post again or even interact once people do respond, any presumed engagement sort of just falls off.

>>7762161
Another thing that helps in dealing with critiques is not spending multiple threads and crossposting over some random faggot's opinion which shouldn't have been given any attention to begin with.

>>7762621
Places that clearly have showers and are readily available:
>any of pornanon's comics other than his early cowboy one
>galknights
>monday's forecast
>space furry anon
>cosmic crush
>that one brazil anon
>jack money

Modern day technology but a LOT of doubt whether people actually regularly bathe in any capacity (not meant as an insult, just calling it as I see it)
>headless mindless
>moon is a liver
>oswald the overman
>oi comic (depending on the character)

Likely try to bathe regularly but there are limitations due to their time period/setting, no showers
>altarusia
>scandinavia-anon's comic
>aecast (likely in the first category based on fancy tech shown cos why would they not extend that to showers but too vague to know at this point)
>oi comic (depending on the character)
>viking(?) anon
>that other village anon (with all the hatchwork and the trees and the bugs and shit)
>that one australian anon who originally had modern day paris stuff but then it got moved to the middle ages
>witch sisters comic

>>7762676

This, if you are a good artist you're probably a target for a lot of people so being emotional and taking baits is only gonna make them continue trolling you.

>>7762491
It's 20 pages, it'd clutter up mmg. But thanks!

>>7762492 that's kinda a weird question. I think manga that do pure bnw can look amazing, like deathco. But also there's some manga that draw with value/tone, and would have almost blank pages if there were no tones.

>>7762680
pretty thorough and based list

>>7762528
Salty milk and coins

>>7759985 (OP)
Good news, VIZ will publish Araki's new how-to book in english next year.
https://www.amazon.com/-/he/Hirohiko-Arakis-New-Manga-Technique/dp/B0F13QJLMX

>>7762680
Dana's bodypaint is made of clay, ash and bat guano. She probably smells pretty bad irl

>>7762809
That's nice but I really sincerely do not think any of Araki's books will really be any help at all. The dude's work is successful because of how unique it is, not because it follows some golden path even if he claims otherwise.

>>7762968
Um anon, are you ok sir?

almost there

do you think this comic has potential for inking?

>>7762989
kek looks fun go ahead

>>7762968
How come he's the only one to get guro fanart?

>>7763004
Lol

>>7762973
People always get stuck in learning phase consuming every lesson ever exists not realizing that the only route of every successful creative journey always can be boiled down to:
1. Make something.
2. Notice something wrong.
3. Revise something.
4. Finish something.
5. Get feedback for something.
6. Make something new.
Most wannabe manga artist can even get pass phase 1.

>>7762809
>how to make villain
>araki
>hokuto no ken vampire
>aztec bodybuilder not even the fans care about
>hokuto no ken vampire now with time stops
>david bowie explodes dudes with his pink cat
>godfather not even the fans care about
>gay nigger priest
>not-trump
Remember kids, don't ever listen to "how to satisfy woman in bed course" made by a virgin.

>>7763039
shutup idiot, meanwhile your dumbass can't even get a single dollar off patreon with a comic that has fewer fans than araki does on his ceiling.

>>7763045
Low critical thinking skills. You think that just because someone is successful that means everything they do is right.

Araki is a great artist but the combination of him being from a different time period, having different strengths and weaknesses that can be examined over 30 years of art, and this book trying to talk about modern sensibilities means theres a lot to criticize about the concept of the book "how to write villains".

>>7763050
>modern sensibilities
Lol shut up faggot

>>7763050
How's all your "critical thinking skills" doing for your comic? Any patreon subs yet? When's the anime coming out? Never? Yeah that's right

>>7763053
You dont know what I mean by that, I'm just saying things are different now than in the 80s for manga.
You can say a lot of bad things about how each araki villain is written. But if you were to only look at the modern day ones, you got tooru who is probably top ten worse villains. Yeah his power is cool, every jojo villains is.

>>7763039
I dunno lets rank his villains

DIO: One of the most iconic anime villains ever, I dont think hes very interesting but hes super beloved, although he doesn have alot of screentime funnily. give that an 8/10 just for how iconic he is.
Kars and the pillar men: Yeah theyre pretty good for what they are, better than most generic anime baddies 6.5/10.

Kira: Super interesting serial killer, with a interesting plot about falling in love with Hayatos mother. 9/10

Diavolo and Doppio: Underrated pair, solid and present antagonist. 7/10

Pucci: One of the most involved antagonists that grows throughout the part along with Jolyne. 9/10

Funny Valentine: 10/10

Tooru: rando who comes into the part, kills all of the interesting and morally grey characters, and turns the ending of a super interesting plot into a generic kill the bad guy plot -100/10

Acca: Very interesting villain so far, whos super likeable, excited to see what happens, although it could be a Jobin scenario with him. 8/10

Averaging it out, that comes to a -5/10, guess you were right, Arakis a fucking hack writer, and you should never listen to him

Ok wise guys, how would YOU make a villain?

>>7763059
I still think Pucci was right. Can anyone argue that the world Pucci creates is bad? Getting a feeling that you'll die in the next year will give you the chance to live your life better. Being able to sense your future doom coming is a positive.

Were Jolyne the bad guys?

>>7763059
Jojo minor villains: This man raped 500 lolis and when he went to prison, he gained a stand that allowed him to teleport lolis to him so he can rape them

>>7762988
A fellow Clive Barker enjoyer

>>7763065
The main character but evil.

>>7763039
>"how to satisfy woman in bed course" made by a virgin.
But Araki has made villains. You listed some of them.

>>7763065
Depends on what you are going for. In the real world, the worst people in our society cant conceive of good and evil, or dont care, they just do what they want, kill and rape whoever.

This probably isnt as interesting for a big baddie though.
Ive heard alot of people say, the key is having a consitent ideology yourself, so that you can show and understand why the villain is wrong or right in their actions. Personally the villains Ive written arent evil for the sake of it, but instead treat it like a job, or hate being evil, believing that theyve gotta do this, for the greater good. With one of my villains probably being right in his evil, and the other is unknowingly being lied to about the true purpose of his work.

>>7763065
My newest is a curse. Passed down from generations.

But my old ones, before I changed comics? Based on history. The Yankees slaughtering Southern farmers, and the Yakuza when they first got their hands on firearms.

>>7762968
There are some sick puppies browsing this board

>>7763065
Everytime he shitposts on a Mongolian horse hair embroidery forum, a wild baby goat somewhere DIES. >:(

>>7760177
>gaijin applied for assistant job
>get accepted within minutes

Is CSP's perspective system unintuitive or am I just stupid? Seems overly difficult to edit/position a couple of vanishing points and have a floor plane for me to draw on

>>7763311
Didn't seem any easier than just drawing it out myself, especially since I often need a different perspective for each panel

>>7763298
incredible achievable if your good enough (which is also the hard part) we literally have evidence of this in porn anon here

>>7762680
>>scandinavia-anon's comic
I assume you mean Pokoro?

>>7763364
No, the anon who lives in some Scandinavian country and he draws the comic about those two(?) girls in traditional clothes and they fight demons and such. He recently was one of the artists who contributed to the /mmg/ 4koma last thread.

>>7763067
I'll be honest, i am bamboozled by how accurate this description is to Part 4's first villain.
Of course it's not 100% accurate but still accurate enough to make me think.

>>7763065
>Morally gray character that turns evil, his intentions are never obvious and you're always wondering what he's up to and how will this affect the protagonist every step of the way
>That guy from Whiplash who mentally abuses everyone around him, somehow people still want his respect even though he shows no concern or acknowledgment of you
>Lalo Salamanca, but mostly his demeanor
I guess I like a character that make you feel tense and you never know when they'll do something ruthless. I also like the pathetic or seemingly harmless character that can exist among the protagonists without them noticing what he's up to, not even you do.
I have a few others but I can't quite picture them, or they don't fit the description as they aren't exactly characters.

>>7763364
I saw this guy on namicomi

>>7763065
I take a good trait and take it too far. Do they care about family? What if they care about their family above others? What will they do to ensure the continuation of it? It's one part selfish ambition crossed with the lack of care about the hurt and destruction in the pursuit of it, it takes someone up from just being an antagonist into real villain territory.

any good AI programs to create comics with?

>>7763579
The one where you simulate it in your brain and then draw it with your stylus or pencil.

>>7763625
ya but the art is shit and it takes forever though. I want a program to generate good art based on my script

>>7762680
I had a whole shower bit that never got past this sketch.
Might do some work on it while waiting for my friends to play arc raiders

>>7763639
You'd need one to generate a good script too, since if yours was any good you could just write a book instead. Artwork can't be necessary to it, since you are not an artist.

>>7763579
they just came out with a new Bofa

>>7763697
bank of america?

>>7763071
yes

>>7763735
no its an ai model

>>7763737
Can I use it online? I'm willing to pay for a good AI service where I can just draft something rough and it generates the comic.

>>7763749
its online, search Bofa Deez Nuts

>>7763757
thanks

>>7763792
Is "zim" or "vim" some kind of South American SFX word? I've never seen it outside of your comic.

>>7763820
Is suposed to be something very fast cuting the air and making an accute sound like zim or zam. More or less like a Formula 1 car. Well it makes sense in my head.

I cannot seem to focus on any one project for more than a day or two, so I've been steadily writing 3 different stories with about equal progress on each.
I've decided the first one to actually start drawing, but I have to make sure I funnel random ideas into these other scripts before they start worming their way into the first one and drive it off the rails.

with or without gray?

>>7764299
Depends. Is this supposed to be horror? And if not is it supposed to take place at night?

>>7764299
In this case I think with the gray but I can't see the rest of the page/composition.

>>7764305
It has horror elements and yes it is at night

>>7764299
A lot of your other pages are heavy on shading, so continuing it makes sense to me unless you're purposely doing an absence to make a point.

>>7764299
I definitely think grey, helps make the characters stand out too, thanks to the highlight you gave their silhouettes.

What screen tone is that btw? I've been trying to find a similar screen tone to that to replicate this back ground

>>7764310
Well then go with gray.

well then, lets go with gray!

>>7764337
>What screen tone is that btw?
Is a native one from MediBang

>>7764355
Your grays looks really textured here, like you did them in trad...but I dont think you did

wip

Do you guys read manga on smartphone?
I'm in dilemma if I should make my font big enough for better readability.
The dilemma is by increasing font size, I have to increase the speech bubble size too which makes me either have to increase the panel size which snowballs to page amount increasing, or maybe I have to sacrifice some rooms to showcase my artwork.
I'm making a hentai doujin, by the way.

>>7764408
they definitely don't look like they were done in trad, lol.

>>7764451
Brother cant you just compare your work to like officially uploaded manga/doujins and compare? Font size can vary widely depending scene by scene, so are you looking for like a bare minimum font size? If you want that it should be no smaller then 12(unless you are doing some very specific gag). Like thats just a standard for published works period, and when Ive printed my comics it reads fine on paper as it does on screen.
As far as to avoid your dilemma in the future you should plan ahead of time the space required in your panels for world bubbles. However, you shouldnt be afraid to cover some of your art with the panel or(in the case of the hentai doujin especially) trim your sentences. Keep it short and sweet. Also consider that if you have enough white space in the panel, you CAN get away with just doing like a wall of text and have a line pointing towards the character speaking(although I'd avoid it if two people are talking in the same panel) panels are convenient and clean but not always necessary.

>>7764580
That's a really old one. Here's the last of the dana batch colored. Going to work on new manga pages now.

>>7764533, >>7764580
such a glow up over the years,
when are you making a fanservice ecchi one shot.

>>7764608
She looks way better with longer hair.
I tried doing that with the Oi beach episode and it was kind of a fail. That was another project where trying to do it in full color burned me out mentally. I focused too much on telling a story and not enough on hot drawings of hot girls doing fun and sexy shit on the beach. What would I even make a Dana ecchi doujin about? What's the minimum amount of pages it'd have to be for people to be happy?

>>7764557
I kept saying panels when I meant to say bubbles. Sorry about that

>>7764614
i remember it, i dont really remember much sexy content (if you got a link again i'd love to revist). im picturing like a like max 8 page lil zine, that would be like sealed in your existing comic, maybe make the story like porn plot levels of stupid, then you wont get bogged down with the narrative, as far as content it could be as simple as the other female characters trying to get dana to wear their respective (revealing) clothes and her being feral and prefering her bodypaint.

>>7764614
If it's a one shot doujin about 20-30, leaning more towards the lower 20. Depending on how you set up your drawing/ panels reading 30 pages can take about 25 minutes even if it is short on text cause your still taking in the art in that time. The good one shots I read usually are that long.

>>7764625
>>7764627
https://namicomi.com/en/chapter/wCVTZ8N6
Here's the beach episode, it was my unsuccessful attempt at a fanservice doujin / OVA episode. If I attempted one again I'd have to go hard in the paint and do it right.

>>7764614
She's like a witch or whatever, right? Have her do some sexy naked/sensual dance/summon in the middle of the forest, and add some other elements of your choosing.

>>7764632
She could summon a succubus or something I suppose and related antics could ensue.

like this old DA commission I did but drawn better and slightly less stupid.

>>7764557
To be fair, some comics can be quite unreadable.
Pic related.
I'm reading this on 24 inch monitor and I still have to zoom in a a bit.
I presume the creator didn't thought of people reading this book on tablet/smartphone when they made this.

>>7764451
I read on smartphone but I zoom in on stuff if I can't read it

>>7764614
10 pages is good enough for a short doujin I think, long enough for a snippet of a story and short enough not to burn oneself out drawing it

>>7764642
Looks fine, it's like people forget that even when they read manga volumes irl they still sometimes move the book closer to their face for some parts and assume everything has to be readable at a glance

Where can I find japs streaming their manga work preferably digital?

Why are all the younger (born from the mid 2000s onward) wannabe mangakas emulating Fujimoto and Gege styles so much? It's a recurring think I see with artists under or barely around 20, it's like they only study the work of those two artists and a few more popular currently running mangas like Kagurabachi instead of something more complex like Blade Of The Immortal or Berserk.
To be fair though, millennial westoid "anime" artists also had the same exact fixation but for Trigger/Gainax artists instead, so it might just be a generational thing

>>7764693
Kagurabachi is relatively new, isn't it? Probably hasn't had time to really get super deep. At least CSM (Pt1) has "finished" and so has Demon Slayer. And those are just this generation's easily accessible series.

You could ask why 15-20 years ago wannabes were emulating Bleach and Naruto, or why 25 years ago people were emulating DBZ.

Its just the easiest, most accessible, probably core series that they focused on and were inspired by.

>>7763138

getting no replies on this, when i previously posted my comics on here i got some people to comment

>>7764412
>>7764562
>>7764585
nice!
>>7764713
I like the idea, and the art style is almost there, but it looks too goofy for the story so I couldn't get into it.

>>7764642
Woah, i can't read this but it looks so cool. What is it?

>>7764713
Tired of anything to do with jews, nazis, dubyadubyatwo, or anything adjacent. Get new material.

>>7764829

digital version

>>7763671
your technique is amazing anon

>>7759990
>>7759989
>>7759987
>>7759985 (OP)
the current challenges/competition section of these threads has been dropped?
I really want to start a project now and would be thankful for pointers which manga competitions are currently up

>>7764693
The generation before fujimoto and gege was just emulating horikoshi

>>7764693
As the kind of artist you're describing, I gravitated toward emulating Geges linework because I realized he was doing far more with his messy pen sketches then I was with slow intentional inking. leaning into a messier product works when you're making an energetic action series. and it helps cure perfectionism, its easier to get pages done and accept flaws with that kind of style.

>>7764976
This. Horikoshi was the first style I emulated but I've let a lot of the habits from that time go in favor of new ones. I liked learning from his tropes but emulating them didn't fit the kind of artist I was. I guess I should have read hxh earlier since that also has a very messy style like geges.

>>7764713
>real world political comic
Nope, not reading. It's hard enough to not be inundated with this stuff 24/7, I have zero interest in reading this in addition. Come up with an original story.

>>7764713
Ill say your artwork has improved.

>>7764713
I read it. Despite everyone calling it a political comic, it seems to just be an adaptation of a movie. People just have a kneejerk reaction to the politically charged imagery on the cover and the red armband on every page. Regarding the font I don't like it for general comic use but it works here and gives the comic that old 20th century feel along with the analog ink wash

how many years have you been drawing comics, and what are your goals for 2026?

>>7765103
5-ish years drawing comics now.
>Goals for 2026
Draw more comics. I have a completed story in my head and I will continue to get more of it down onto a canvas.

>>7765103
12 years. I don't have any plans other than to keep drawing and trying to get better. And trying not to die I guess. The story is moving into the main arc so I have a lot to figure out likely late spring to early summer of next year, I feel unprepared because it's all happening so fast. It's scary.

>>7765175
Nice, good luck !

>>7765201
You can do it. We're all in this together.

>>7765103
A bunch and wrap some stories up while trying to find new ones.

>>7764585
The only thing I see is your permabeg chronology

>>7765265
ok

>>7764412
another wip

>>7765443
You really don't want dialogue hanging on the edge of the page like that
And I can see the girl got hit somehow, but you didn't show the blow, which is a bad choice for an action scene. Did she hit her with her own chain? Kick her? Force push?
That hit should have been the largest panel and draw of the page, but it's just missing.

>>7765447
that crop/border isnt the real border. the actual render should be fine.

but I kinda agree about the hit. I thought I liked how quick it seems to happen. you can't tell what happened to her until the next panel. but not being specific about what the hit was kinda diminishes it. I might hack in a panel before these two to show the hit. it would require some transforming, the page might become a bit dense too.

>>7765455
Could just sacrifice the panel in the bottom right to fit it all in, assuming it wouldn't ruin the pacing

>>7765455
>>7765458
The "Oh please" and the bloody reaction panels can both be combined into the same scene with the hit.

>>7765103
actual manga style comics, probably since covid started.
My goal for 2026 is to draw a chapter every month no matter what, and ignore likes/views.

>>7765443
I like the chained weapon panels, I think they're the priority of the page, I'd go as far as breaking some of the panel structure and just let old hag catching the chain bleed a little bit more onto the others, a simple example would be putting her breasts on top of the panel below, but if you don't want the "pervy" way I'd give more breathing room for her upper torso, I don't like the motion of the right arm on the elbow area being cropped by the other panel below, it interferes with the action and it's a bit distracting.

Anyways here's an example of something that could work with your scene, just crop some of it to fit your page, also there's room to play with the action lines, it's a good contrast to the "stillness" of the other panels.

>>7765455
>>7765458
>>7765465
>>7765490

>>7765103
About 3 years. I've drawn mostly porn comics but lately I've been wanting to work on an sfw story I've been writing. I'm still figuring out panel layout and how to make the text flow naturally, right now it feels very clunky. And I wanna get serious about backgrounds in general. I tend to avoid them too often and it makes my stuff look empty I think.

Also, do you guys get comments in your comics? In pixiv I don't get more than the funny elephants reacting so I never know what to improve or change.

>>7759985 (OP)
I got banned yesterday. Let see if I can post now.

>>7765517
this is way cooler

>>7765517
Dynamic, flows nicely.

>>7765517
Excellent

If you made up something with a really goofy design (be it a character's outfit, weapon, vehicle or whatever), how can you make people take that thing seriously despite it's looks? Just take it seriously yourself?

>>7765103
>how many years have you been drawing comics
11
>and what are your goals for 2026?
draw a bigger and better comic

>>7765530
>Also, do you guys get comments in your comics? In pixiv I don't get more than the funny elephants reacting so I never know what to improve or change.
(dingle here) Nah not many, never really have. The few I have gotten I treasure though.

squwa-blambo

>>7765545
>>7765546
>>7765554
thanks for the help.

>>7765103
9 years. I tend to get 3 chapters done per year. for 2026 i want to get through at least 6. I'm trying to build a big enough backlog so i can post a page per day in december as an event.

>>7765588
mah nigga dingle
Put on a trip bro

>>7765629
Alright I guess I'll just pull the trigger start using a trip from now on, it'll help people find posts in the archive if they want to.

>>7765541
I love that boat design. Nice layout and the room placements are well thought out.
Also what did you get banned for?

>>7765490
Kek, is this one of those funny out of context moments?
>>7765470
I like the designs.

>>7765470
very clean art style, where is this posted?

>>7765685
thanks, its here and that page is one of the most recent, so most of the comic is messier and worse. Hopefully before the end of the year I can do one more chapter or maybe redraw old stuff https://globalcomix.com/c/galknights

>>7765672
Do you have your own comment you're working on, or do you just read?>>7765530
>Also, do you guys get comments in your comics?
Sometimes yes, and those are always treasured (even if some of them come off as an indirect fetish request).
>>7765672
Do you have your own comic you work on, or are you just here as a reader?

>>7765672
Name is Asura's Verdict, it's just an edgy manga with a somewhat naive protagonist LARPing as Light Yagami, I think this thug arc is boring but yeah it gives plenty of pages like that.

>>7765530 #
>Also, do you guys get comments in your comics?
Sometimes yes, and those are always treasured (even if some of them come off as an indirect fetish request).
>>7765672 #
Do you have your own comic you work on, or are you just here as a reader?

>>7765103
>how many years
6 years about, not including the crap kino i made as a child.
>what are your goals for 2026?
Draw cuter girls, I need to study beauty theory, learn how to properly arrange flowers and women's fashion.

>>7765613
done

>>7765640
good preview

>>7765718
Thanks. I'll check it out when i am able.
>>7765722
Here as a reader. This is my first /mmg/ thread and normally i don't go on /ic/ (I have only posted in one single /ic/ thread before this earlier this year.) but this thread was posted on /hyw/ on /co/ and i decided to check it out.
Recently i decide to write reviews for webcomics i find on /hyw/ thanks to Devil's Moon Anon and another Anon encouraging me to do more for the /hyw/ community. So far i have only made one review i have saved on Pastebin but slowly but surely there will be more.
I am glad i found these threads because now i can find more webcomics to review from here as well.
One day i might even expand to webcomics all across the internet.

>>7765724
beauty theory? what is that? do you any sources to learn that?

>>7765735
>good preview
Thanks.
Though that's not how it's actually going to look since we've ended up going with a third-party colorist, it's just my composition/inking in the final cover. The image was just to prove it's me and not some other guy pretending, to establish 100% that the guy using the trip is the real dingle.

>>7765103
I've been drawing in general for well over 10 years at this point, but I'm still very new to comics (2-3 years). The goal is to just keep drawing a couple new chapters, though the pace is very much glacial at times. Once the chapter I'm currently working on is wrapped up I have enough content to consider printing a volume. That would mostly be for my own sake, as it would be nice to physically hold a volume of my work, but I still have to do a lot of research on that front.

>>7765265
pyw

>>7765711
I really like the art style, and the premise is cute. Do you post this stuff on reddit or other social media? It would help get it out there

>>7765751
Yeah, I'll read hogarths book then go from there.

>>7765541
For a space ship, I'd think you'd need a lot more stuff going on, unless this is just a little lander shuttle or something, but I wouldn't think you'd have sleeping quarters and bathrooms on something like that. Kitchen also looks like a completely different layout from panels of the comic you've shown before (unless I am remembering those panels wrong.)

>>7765724
I think they're cute mostly based on their mannerisms and whatnot, but I also think they're pretty stylized to a degree. Like, the big tiddy one on the top left is probably the most "traditional hot anime girl" look, the others are a lot more stylized.

>>7765735
This definitely turned out a lot more impactful.

>>7765588
That's a shame, but I do get the feeling. In my case, I upload my stuff to sadpanda too, I don't get comments there but I know comics there get reposted to other sites and some reuploads have comments.

>>7765747
hey dude if the content of your post doesn't depend on knowing who you are then take off the tripcode

>>7765069
>>7765049

So I got a message that this comic will be part of an exhibition in 2027.
Additionaly I can sell this comic at a small comic shop that sells independent stuff, I have to print it myself (200 bucks for 30 bucks with glossy paper). No feedback from a publisher.

Online, I can get pretty much no reaction to my stuff whatsoever. Publisher also have no reaction. Offline reaction to my stuff is pretty much always positive, but what feedback is more truthful and valuable, online or offline? Online, people are more likely to be honest no?

>>7765962
theres a difference between the artsy crowd and the manga and comics crowd. I see alot of books in book stores that have bad art ( not saying yours is bad, but these artists have awful art thats hard to read), but theres all these books in bookstores, that I suppose adults and people interested in that content read. Here its more of a focus on the skill. Yours reads more like a movie for example than a comic, if that makes sense. But yeah, the real stuff pays atleast and gets your name out, here people value how art looks though

>>7765962
If you are eating and the cook sits right across from you and asks you "how's my cooking?", how likely are you to tell him "it's bad" or "I don't like it"?

Either way, your goal should be to improve always, so none of this really matters. If feeling like your comic is good helps you stay motivated, do that.

>>7766001
>theres a difference between the artsy crowd and the manga and comics crowd.

i am trying to appeal to manga sensibilities but the outcome is never quite that

>>7765841
Sorry but that's something i can't do. I am a man of God and i wear this trip as a badge of bravery as The Holy Spirit wants me to.
Again i do apologize and if that's an issue please just politely say so and i will not post here anymore, but i will still lurk to find webcomics to review so i hope no one minds that. And i hope no one would find if i make an exception and just make a post whenever i finish a review of someone's webcomic here.

>>7765826
I just post it on my own social media, never really entered comic circles on reddit or places like that, but in 2026 I try to take it more seriously.

>>7766002
Thats why people rarely critique comics, but it makes sense. These things take hundreds of hours to make so nobody wants to mindbreak an artist and make them quit drawing forever by tearing a comic apart. Globalcomix seems to solve this issue by showing you exactly what pages people read, so you get an idea of how bored people are when they read it. But also people can stop reading a comic for any reason so its not that accurate.
At the end of the day the best way to get feeback is to ask seriously for it and be prepared for pain.

>>7766130
Bro seriously gotta post it in more places man. Definitely try tumblr/reddit. The internet is a much more crowded place these days, you gotta post your stuff in as many places as you can.

>>7766130
>Globalcomix seems to solve this issue by showing you exactly what pages people read
How interesting - where is this feature located?
>>7766152
>Definitely try tumblr/reddit.
I'm not entirely sure how he can post his comic to reddit. Almost all the stuff there is 4 pages or less with some of the longer ones only around 12 pages or so. This anon's comic is waaaaaaaay longer than that.

>>7766165
reddit allows batch image posts. Just post 1 episode at a ttime and give a link to the whole thing

>>7765671
>Also what did you get banned for?
I posted anime tiddies on /a/

>>7765833
I'm going to add more stuff later as I work on the exterior of the ship. Exterior and interior will influence each other after all.
>Kitchen also looks like a completely different layout from panels of the comic you've shown before
I did some minor changes and will probably change even more.

>>7766165
click your icon in the upper right and then click analytics, and on that page click Page Reads or Releases and you'll see different graphs with individual page views, visitors, etc. Its crazy.

>>7765753
have u thought of making moves in the sfw scene yet?

>>7766248
Unless a golden opportunity lands in my lap, I'm going to try to stick to the eromanga side of things for at least a couple more books. The idea is to focus on making stuff that sells, then start taking risks on aiming for an all-ages serialization.
The whole reason I went the eromanga route to start with was because I believe aiming for an all-ages serialization right off the bat is super risky, and I can see so many promising aspiring professionals get caught up in that and so far not getting anywhere with it.
I say "try to stick to", because who knows, maybe I'll get completely sick of drawing porn sooner than planned. There's no shortage of stories I wanna tell and porn isn't the ideal vehicle for most of them. Life is short and comics take a long time to make.

>>7766280
>I believe aiming for an all-ages serialization right off the bat is super risky
Sorry but i can't understand this, can you please explain?

>>7766280
>taking risks on aiming for an all-ages serialization
I understand why, but it really sucks that something like porn is always a sure-fire whereas trying to make something for all age consumption is seen as being a risky endeavor. I'm not even anti-porn, it's just crappy the situation is this way.

>>7766328
>I understand why, but it really sucks that something like porn is always a sure-fire whereas trying to make something for all age consumption is seen as being a risky endeavor.
I agree to an extent. While i do believe it is possible to get a big fanbase for webcomics that are not pornographic (Just look at Homestuck for example, i never got into the series but it's impossible to deny how big it is) i will also say that the internet is full of people with less wholesome priorities and that one guy who makes that bug webcomic was right.

>>7766280
I'm in the exact opposite situation. I'm focusing on SFW because my NSFW career is imploding. Censored internet and deplatforming has left my audience fractured and my ability to regrow kaput. I'm still making porn to satisfy my the audience that stuck around. but I've given up on the illusion that I'm gonna get rich off porn.

I'll just fall back on the illusion that I can be a successful sfw mangaka

>>7766365
I dont think i can stomach another zoomer loser sadsack story

>>7766424
chill out. they're both zoomer loser sadsacks.

a threesome with a milf fixes this.

>>7766365
Context for that comic page please?

>>7766365
For some reason this comes across as funny to me because it just seems like he's sad he can't fuck her huge tits or something

>>7766439
you can read it here.
https://e-hentai.org/g/3187238/20e4266f49/

while rereading it I found a spelling mistake on one of the later pages. gonna kms.

Chapter 5's storyboard has been finished finally at 54 pages. I really had a lot of fun planning things out this time around; not being locked down due to story/plot reasons is such a breath of fresh air. Gonna take a breather and then start drawing in earnest.

>>7766460
This looks nice and i can tell you're doing good, although the pixels in your image are a bit low, hard to read the dialog.

How did you guys got more than 1 view on global comix? It has been months since i post it and none, just 4 views and i think 3 of them are me

>>7765530
>pixiv
do people even read shit there?

>>7766447
A harem comic where I don't find any of the females attractive? Finally, something original

Do you really have to give your real name to Patreon?

>>7766531
I'm going to guess they are all modeled after girls he really knows

>>7766464
I only do low resolution for my storyboard file so I can view everything at the same time without my computer bogging down. The actual drawings themselves are at a higher resolution.

>>7766521
I'd say yes but in my case it's most likely because it's porn. I'll try uploading some sfw comics there to see how they do.

>>7766533
Write what you know I guess.
I'm not into negresses, but I'd try one that had an afro, none of that trying to have white hair slop.

>>7766494
Globalcomix tells me that most people reading my manga come directly to the site,
Dividing page reads by unique visits shows that each person reads very few pages, which doesn't make complete sense. I think each time someone returns to the site, it counts as a new view, and I was posting chapters every day, but I remember during that time I was uploading I was hardly getting views.
I think the average is most people do not even finish chapter 1, and then 3 or 4 people keep going.

Global comix also made a tweet about my manga but you can see most people dont even finish more than a handful of pages.

Being shilled by GC seems like a good way to get readers but I don't know if they made that tweet because it was already being read by people or because it was new or what. The other option is to have followers to show your comic to which is unhelpful advice.

>>7766521
More people has read me on pixiv than gc

>>7766025
What would you personally describe "manga sensibilities" to be?

>>7766494
Do you market yourself at all like on twitter or whatever?

>>7766598
I did it a total number of once

>>7764844
bumping this question

>>7766640
Gotta put yourself out there if you want to be seen. Not that it's a guarantee, but it increases your chances at least.

>>7766538
Looks like your comic is about wizardry. Interesting.

>>7766699
https://globalcomix.com/c/aecast
Have a gander if your curiosity is piqued, anon. If you have any thoughts let me know.

Jake is a bot/scraper making the rounds on several boards, be advised

>>7766711
what the hell, what does he do with the scraping?

>>7766711
I knew something was off

>>7766653
I know, is just i wanna do more chapter first and also i don't wanna see obnoxious either

>>7766711
literally what are we supposed to do about that?

>>7766725
Fair enough

>>7766711
It's an attention whore. If you ignore it, it'll seek attention elsewhere.

>>7766710
I just looked at the first 15 pages as a preview. The artwork is nice and i am intrigued. I will give the chapter a full read through when i get the chance.

>>7766711
Scraper? This guy has been following me across multiple boards and threads. He hates me for reasons i can only assume.

For fucks sake... I can see where all this is going to go. Guys can we NOT turn this into some weird anon drama? /mmg/ is one of the last few places thats relatively drama free.

>>7766804
We've had some with hyw, but I agree. I haven't said anything, I just avoid tripfags (that goes for pornanon when he's using one too!)

>>7766804
I apologize.

>>7766305
There a high chance that even IF you manage to pitch something that a publisher thinks might sell, it'll flop and be cancelled and you'll have to start over. And that's a big if. Even within japan, the majority of people who try to go pro fail. It is a big risk to stake your career on landing a serialization right off the bat like that, I think it's smarter to aim lower and build up. Not that there is no bar to hit in eromanga, but the bar isn't as high.

>>7766328
I mean even porn isn't sure-fire, I just think the odds are higher. I might even be wrong, This approach isn't based on factual evidence or anything, it just seems logical to me that it would be easier to succeed where the goal is mostly just to make something hot. It's hard to get people interested in your story and characters if they have no reason to be interested.

>>7766334
Honestly unless I never had to worry about money again, webcomics are off the table for me. It's publisher or nothing now. I don't have what it takes to handle all the monetization side of things, I'm the type who will always prioritize the comic over the monetization of the comic or even the distribution of the comic.

>>7766365
Yeah well, thankfully I don't have to worry too much about that. Even if the public internet disappeared tomorrow I wouldn't be out of a job, as long people in japan still buy books I'm fairly safe.
>but I've given up on the illusion that I'm gonna get rich off porn.
I don't think anybody gets rich off making porn, only being the platform for distributing it. It caps out as "comfortable living", lol. The low floor for success comes with a low ceiling.

>>7766889
Dude, why care about what a publisher thinks? Just go indie, that's what everyone who has a webcomic on 4chan is doing, and if it doesn't get a big following, still see it through to the end and be happy with what you accomplished.
You don't need a publisher and to get hundreds of thousands of followers to be happy with whatever passion project you want to create, just make sure it's something you actually want to do instead of doing it just because you feel like you have to.
>>7766895
Why not start a Patreon? The indie scene for every industry is big right now and there are people willing to donate money to someone working on something they believe in. Just have faith in yourself and others will have enough faith in you to give the support you need.

>>7766895
I'm doing something similar. You have made great strides in the past few years, don't let crabs and weirdos try to drag you back down into the bucket whether its with abuse or sweet promises.

>>7766904
Unfortunately I'm an adult who needs to earn a living. This means whatever I make needs to be set up to bring in money, and the work it takes to do that and manage the monetization side of things takes away from the actual making of the comic side of things. I've learned by trying that I will always find myself putting off the monetization and distribution efforts and directing them into the comic itself, so realistically speaking I need somebody to do that for me. I don't have a partner nor do I have the money to pay someone to manage the business, and publishers are right there and even pay up front. It's the only logical choice.

Patreons are easy but usually not enough on their own. I don't know of anybody who makes their living entirely through patreon, and if they do they're lucky to earn enough purely through patreon that they don't need to supplement that with anything else. Everybody else who does this needs to put in real effort into merchandising and marketing their work, constantly. I'm just not that guy.

>>7767005
>and publishers are right there and even pay up front
Actually, correction, they pay a page rate. Paid after the work is delivered, not up front.

My drawing skills have plateaued, I'm no longer young and I don't even know how to get good enough to make my dreams a reality. I'll be bashing my head through well into my 30s at this point and while it's smart for me to quit this is why I live.

>>7767046
I hate responding to bait, but pyw or kill yourself now and save everyone the trouble

>>7767050
Why would I post my drawings if they are bad? My friend group only thinks I'm a half decent artist because they don't know the competition.

>>7763033
Got to step 5 after nearly a decade just to realize it sucks and I got to start all over. I don't know how to recover from this.

>>7767057
>I don't know how to recover from this.
Fail faster.

>>7763033
most wannabe manga artists think they just need to make one manga and it better be good. Like their favorite mangakas dont have hundreds of pages already drawn before they even began their main work. Its annoying that they dont want to make manga about different stories, just their one shonen idea with a power system based off soul energy and demons that attack the city.

>>7767061
>Fail faster
What's the point of making something that will intentionally fail?
>No the intent is to succeed but you'll fail
Then it will take months at minimum and a ton of energy. I don't know how to make failures less soul crushing.

>>7767064
>What's the point of making something that will intentionally fail?
You're not supposed to try to fail, you're supposed to try to succeed every time. But you should be aware that you WILL fail over and over again. You need to fail over and over again in order to learn. So the faster you get those failures out of the way the faster you can get to the successes. Just make sure you do learn from your failures and don't just mindlessly beat you head against the wall expecting it to crack.
>I don't know how to make failures less soul crushing.
You don't. It sucks, I know. There's a reason very few who try end up succeeding. Everyone who does succeed has gone through their fair share of failures too.

>>7767055
That's what I figured. So, take my other advice then. Don't make it our problem.

>>7767068
>Just make sure you do learn from your failures and don't just mindlessly beat you head against the wall expecting it to crack.
I'll try. I know some of my issues but they simply feel too many and I doubt even schooling really goes in-depth into how to fix much of it. I have to improve my backgrounds, shading, and fundamentals at minimum and basically throw everything I've worked on in a garbage bin. If it takes me the same amount of time I'll be 40 years old and still be a complete failure of a man.

>>7767064
>Then it will take months at minimum and a ton of energy. I don't know how to make failures less soul crushing.
Think about it as being at the doctor and getting your penis checked by a cute nurse or something mildly embarrassing, the first time sucks, but then it becomes trivial and there are things far scarier than someone judging you while you're trying to stay healthy.

I remember dreading starting a project for a comic, lots of paralysis by analysis, took me months to get started, will the characters look good? is the storyboard really okay? how do I do x when it comes up? how do I deal with this scene using perspective while making it look decent? When I did the first page I thought it was overwhelming and maybe I wasn't cut out for it, then I made the 2nd, and the 3rd and so on until I was done. All of my questions and problems, I somehow solved them on the spot and it wasn't as bad as I thought, things became simpler. It's hard to explain, but you just get into the mood of making the idea turn into a page and if you prepared a little bit things would fall into place, you become invested. I was happy with making it through, it gives you a small boost of confidence, I couldn't care less if someone saw it, it was good enough for me and learned a lot.

The next project will be hard but I can manage, my penis is out, so what?

>>7767079
You have to focus on one thing at a time, and one level at a time. You have to be happy with small improvements. You also need to make the most out of your improvements and play to your strengths. For instance you said you want to improve your shading. Compared to everything else you listed that doesn't sound as important. don't bother with shading until you feel like you've leveled up

Counting the days going by as you do "nothing" won't help. rome wasn't built in a day.

>>7767057
taking in feedback and making a change does not take long. Even if having to adjust finished work is a pain in the ass. I used to bitch ALOT about getting crit "too late" and not wanting to redo pages. but really, I was afraid that since I failed the first time I'll fail again. Feeling like its better to accept the bad result then waste time creating a second. but a revision always creates a better product. and seeing that revised version is always satisfying. I proved it here. >>7765735
Even if you change 1 simple thing someone pointed out. It can do a lot for your confidence in your work. Knowing someone knew your work could be better can be a driving factor that you need to channel. You have to ask "If someone else could see that in me/my work, why can't you make that real?" I really felt that when the other anon commented about my layout, and I made the effort to meet what was in hindsight a very simple expectation.

>>7767079
I just think about how all the artists I like went through something similar

>>7767046
I feel you bro, it's frustrating seeing everyone else draw so much better and having no ability to improve steadily.

>>7767050
shutup bitch everyone has a right to express themselves

>>7767094
> I was happy with making it through, it gives you a small boost of confidence, I couldn't care less if someone saw it, it was good enough for me and learned a lot.
This is what I struggle with the most. I don't see the point of living if all I'm doing is serving myself. I was passionate about what I did because I was hopeful it would be something meaningful. I'm afraid I'm simply not or ever going to be good enough to turn this into something people will enjoy. (Or at least, will be accepted by publishers thus making it able to be read to begin with) I guess I have one friend who would be happy simply by me continuing to draw and work on this, but I feel like because of him I even have more of a duty to make it something people will like. I think outside of my bad drawing skills I think I have something good, which I don't know if that makes me feel better or worse over all.
>>7767095
> For instance you said you want to improve your shading. Compared to everything else you listed that doesn't sound as important. don't bother with shading until you feel like you've leveled up
Shading is about the only thing I've slightly been able to improve concretely. It was also something that friend told me I should prioritize. It's single handedly put depth to drawings that were originally flat and I really wish that was my only issue.
>used to bitch ALOT about getting crit "too late" and not wanting to redo pages. but really, I was afraid that since I failed the first time I'll fail again.
That's fair, I'm mostly afraid of this because I have to redo at minimum 50 pages and since I am a one trick that basically means redoing the one thing I spent way too much time on because the few friends I have are either extremely busy or not artists. I did many panels and I can't even begin to understand how to properly redo what I spent years on because I'm an amateur, and I have no incentive to draw unless I feel like I can actually obtain a goal.

>>7767107
>everyone has a right to express themselves
You have no rights you shithole country faggot.
You can kill yourself and make life better for everyone else, or draw an improve. Those are your only rights.

>>7766280
Try borderline porn manga instead.
These days, ecchi manga hardly have any difference with R-18 manga that were sold behind the curtains.
More marketable this way.
Pic related is being serialized in Young Champion website, totally not a eromanga magazine/platform.
https://youngchampion.jp/series/9aaea584c31f6

>>7767114
seethe retard, no one cares

>>7767116
I agree so quit bitching and neck yourself. Not one person here cares that you cant draw.

Scan in page, and it picks up alot of the blue pencil

>>7767134
rub it out, and it takes off the pen too, this shits annoying, really makes me wanna go full digital, I spend half my time fixing up mistakes and faces I did in the start anyway

>>7767115
Uh... no? That's the worst of both worlds, not only am I not really drawing what I want to be drawing but I'm also having to go through non-h publication standards. The whole point of going to eromanga was the low barrier of entry, dude.

>>7767131
I hate responding to bait, but pyw or kill yourself now and save everyone the trouble

>>7767134
Scan in color and then select the Monochrome option if you're using Clip Studio Paint.
>>7767136
This has never happened to me. I use a traditional ink over a marker, though honestly my markers are fairly eraser resilient too.

>>7767141
thanks Ill give that a try, and yeah I just use pens cause Im traumatised by dip pens, although I probably gotta get back into them, cause the pros use them for a reason

>>7767144
I haven't used traditional ink over markers in a while solely because I can't find them on amazon and don't know where to get them after mine broke lol.

>>7767140
I post it in almost every single thread unlike you.
I wont even resent you Im just saying post your work, and everyone can tell you if you stagnated. If you want to just keep shitposting, that's fine but dont bitch when people call you out fucker

>>7767155
no one cares retard

finally I can kill this stupid bitch

>>7767136
there's so much going on here

Finally got my lazy ass to finish this page.

>>7765640
How much DPI do you use for color pages?

>>7767170
gj so far, creepy death

>>7767209
nice!

>>7767209
Me when I meet any female ever

>>7767214
600

>>7767203
dont worry nothing weird happening there, just drowning underwater in an underwater mirrorrealm where the government dumps bodies and useless magic items

>>7757787

The weird parts gonna happen next arc where a naked dead woman, and naked giantess are running around Melbourne, while government agents try to kill them before theyre seen by the general public

>>7767134
Non-photo blue was for xerox machines, not modern scanners. They are just a meme now

>>7764838
It is funny seeing the initial sketches vs the final product.
Some anons are good at storyboards and sketches, and then there's...well...

>>7767775
cute!

>>7767330
it's not that, it's the drawing rubbed to hell, it's the blotchy ink scattered everywhere, misruled borders drawn twice and panels drawn to the crop line that don't just extend to bleed. If trying to use these tools is giving you this much of a hard time for this long it might be time to admit defeat, because there's no point in continuing slam your head against the wall like this unless you want it that damn badly or you just hate your alternatives that much more.

>>7767495
The tools are rarely the problem unless they are literally broken or actually not giving you an intended effect. Troubleshooting is a big part of analogue, too- most of it is human error. I use non-photo blue, it works fine and it's not because I have some secret magic other people don't have. I just banged two rocks together until I realized how I was crushing my own fingers.

>>7767775
>fellow PS user
>layers out the ass
Ah, a fellow anon of culture. I knew I always liked you.

>>7767829
Yeah when I have to use ref it gets ugly.
This is currently the best I can get away with for non-color, non-manga related stuff.

But come on now,
lets see Paul Allen's layers...

>>7767005
Well the way you describe your situation you're hardly getting by living off of pornography so realistically what do you have to loose by switching to SFW even for just a few months?

>>7767046
Oh Anon believe me i understand. But we should help each other up instead of bringing ourselves down.
How old are you anyway? I'm sure you're still younger than you might think you are.

>>7767115
How old is that girl supposed to be?

JUST MAKE ONE POST YOU RETARD.

kek

>>7767855
>color grouped layers
Why not simply use a named folder, Jack Money anon?
>>7767917
I agree - this is why nobody likes seeing tripcodes everywhere. There is literally no point in this case; there is nothing happening that would warrant the need for a tripcode and all it does is just slowly gravitate everything into userdrama.

>>7767917
>Used to make one post replying to multiple other posts
>Get hated on for "mass replying"
>Decided to switch to just making individual posts for individual posts
>Get hated on for not making one post
I can never tell what people want on this website but if a certain style of replying is not welcomed in a thread then please feel free to just tell me.

how do I find a good artist to collab with like ONE did?

>>7768033
ONE made something so good the artist came to him
So do that

>>7767990
>Why not simply use a named folder
Well smart guy, probably because I never thought of that.

>>7768035
guess its over for me until AI gets good enough then

>>7768031
People have already asked you to turn off the trip unless there is an actual specific reason for it earlier in this thread.

>>7768162
You could also jailbreak AI to give you crits, then you've got yourself an /ic/ poster who will redline you and you can't ask to "pyw" because it'll mog you in Asanagi, Henkuma or Regura style if needed.

>>7768185
Only one person actually. I told him if it's a problem then just tell me but he hasn't gotten back to me on that.

>>7767785
Nah imma keep being analog, I was trying a few new rubbers i bought of amazon that suck compared to my usual, main thing I gotta improve is my inking there, although again thats cause im retarded and half the pens I use are worn down and ive gotta line things a few times, so i should probably stop being a cheapskate.

Is drawing inside the crop line most of the time bad? I only extend out of it every few pages mainly for dramatic moments

>>7767891
I'm not 30 yet but I'm not far off.

>>7768305
It's normal to do that and is the main purpose of them. You're only supposed to break them sparsely.

>>7768338
If you're not 30 you're young idiot.

>>7768338
You're still young and if that image is anything to go by you're drawings aren't bad, it's actually kinda cute.
You might think your drawing skills are getting worse but i doubt it, and even if you're right just keep in mind that you can still be able to crate a good comic no matter how weird it looks. ONE was used as an example in this thread and it's a right example, so you have no reason to worry.

>>7768352
If it is I won't be for long anyways. I'd still be ~40 if I keep the pace up at needing to be professional, and that's ignoring the absolute competition that lies ahead.

>>7768356
> if that image is anything to go by you're drawings aren't bad, it's actually kinda cute
It's one of my better ones. The only cope I have is being able to do it much quicker and sporadically, but I still am likely insanely behind.
>ONE was used as an example in this thread and it's a right example, so you have no reason to worry.
I was told they don't even bother looking at submissions of that type of quality. I wouldn't know how anyone could recreate something like him.

>>7768368
>It's one of my better ones. The only cope I have is being able to do it much quicker and sporadically, but I still am likely insanely behind.
Well have you tried drawing it again to see how well you improved?
>I was told they don't even bother looking at submissions of that type of quality. I wouldn't know how anyone could recreate something like him.
Who's "they"?

>>7768373
>Well have you tried drawing it again to see how well you improved?
I've been extremely out of it lately, probably too demotivated. I'll try looking into redrawing but the anatomy would be so fundamentally changed that I'm not sure how I can just trace over it. Or perhaps you meant just redrawing everything from scratch?
>Who's "they"?
Anons here, only hope I have is that they're dead wrong and don't know what they're talking about.

>>7768379
>I've been extremely out of it lately, probably too demotivated.
Oh man, trust me, i know how that feels. It will be over eventually.
> I'll try looking into redrawing but the anatomy would be so fundamentally changed that I'm not sure how I can just trace over it.
No, don't trace it, use your skills and draw her on a blank page. You can look for reference or draw it from memory.
>Or perhaps you meant just redrawing everything from scratch?
No, just her. This is a simple training exercise for your creativity and talent.
>Anons here, only hope I have is that they're dead wrong and don't know what they're talking about.
Dude, the story of ONE is about a guy who isn't great a drawing starting a webcomic people loved and it got the attention of Yusuke Murata who is a professional manga artist and the two started working together with ONE making his webcomic and Yusuke Murata redrawing it for manga.
The point is is that you don't need to have great drawings to have people enjoy your work, and even if no one gives it a redraw, there will still be fans of your work. You just gotta face your fear, doubts and worries and put it out there.

>>7768396
>No, just her. This is a simple training exercise for your creativity and talent.
I'll force myself to tomorrow. I haven't even been able to eat at all and my brain has felt super numb. Hoping some anti-acidity pills and hopium will fix it.
>The point is is that you don't need to have great drawings to have people enjoy your work, and even if no one gives it a redraw, there will still be fans of your work. You just gotta face your fear, doubts and worries and put it out there.
I see. ONE is Japanese which probably helps him a lot, but I get it. I've been told my works are easy to read despite being poorly drawn, but not only it is a one shot, which probably doesn't translate well online. There is a continued series planned but I was told that wasn't how things work.

>>7768305
If you're not content to run to digital I can understand that from a point of pride. though as someone who loves pen and paper, I would still happily skip off to use a screen tablet if I could stand it. I abandoned it very early on because it was slowing me down. I can't look at a screen for longer than a few hours at a time and I got bad tunnel vision. I could only complete a few pages a week with my full attention and feeling my best where I can do one every day now. Quick and easy workflows are dependent on using your comfort zone to your advantage.

Those borders are a reference for printing. I think even if you never intend to print that work, it's just useful to understand what they are for and build good habits for the future you who might be interested in it. If you draw your borders to the crop zone and tried to print it, it will show up on the page. This is why they recommend you draw all the way up to the ruled areas as well if you extend to bleed. Paper cutting machines are imperfect and seeing unfinished art around the edges of the page looks bad.

>>7768409
>I'll force myself to tomorrow. I haven't even been able to eat at all and my brain has felt super numb. Hoping some anti-acidity pills and hopium will fix it.
Can't wait to see the final result! As for now, dude, eat something, eat something now and eat something again before you draw. I hope you get well soon Anon, i will pray for you.
>I see. ONE is Japanese which probably helps him a lot, but I get it. I've been told my works are easy to read despite being poorly drawn, but not only it is a one shot, which probably doesn't translate well online. There is a continued series planned but I was told that wasn't how things work.
Well you'll never know if you don't try.

>>7768252
It's a problem. Did you think I'd tell you to stop using it if it wasn't a problem? People are automatically hostile to tripfags because they're really fucking annoying, so don't use a trip unless you have a good reason to. You have no good reason to.

>>7768430
I'm just being myself, even if i didn't have a trip on i'd still be the exact same guy making the exact same posts and seemingly most people here don't have a problem.
Honestly i find your reasoning for me to not have the trip essentially being "People are biased against trips" to be no good reason.

>>7768433
Listen man you're obviously a giant newfag so either listen to my advice or wonder no longer why people are unreasonably hostile to you when you come to an anonymous forum and use an identifying tripcode when nobody cares who the fuck you are.
>but I'm just being me!"
Yes, an obnoxious faggot. Stop being you for a 5 seconds and backspace that tripcode out of the name field and then you can go back to being you, ok?

>>7768444
Leave him be, easier to filter and ignore. Lets move off it.

>>7768416
woops, forgot my image. Anywhere here's a diagram of what I mean.

>>7768421
>I hope you get well soon Anon, i will pray for you.
God bless you anon. I'm pretty much back to square one with my life and I feel absolutely cooked and I'm pretty much running purely on hopium at this point. I'm forced to not work and I think being on this website has done more harm than good for me but I'm hoping I can use this time to actually properly draw and be able to get something working.

>>7768512
>I'm hoping I can use this time to actually properly draw and be able to get something working.
I'll be there when it happens.
God Bless you too Anon.

>typing into text box in CSP
>didnt actually select it
>activated god knows how many hotkeys and fucked up the entire canvas before I realize

>>7768416
Your art quality will tremendously improve and will be significantly better even as an amateur than that of someone who purely does digital. The roughness and distinctness of traditional art brings a "genuine" aspect the cleanliness of digital doesn't, and I find even amateur traditional works being more enjoyable to read than high level digital.

If i intend to try and get my work published, is it a bad idea to have it online for free? Ive got it published on a few platforms, but i think that might devalue it to publishers

>>7768517
>I'll be there when it happens.
This depressive feeling will fade and I'll remember that I am simply in the same position I was years ago, although I had youth and more reasons to be optimistic back then.

Since this is venting hours might as well just do it like I did before, but finding someone who actually enjoys art and believes it's more important than themselves are next to none. Even moreso the few people into this medium hate socializing and it's been a nightmare to just do draw sessions with anyone. I'm not even talking about working with someone where someone has to dedicate their drawing to me, I mean literally just someone enjoying drawing and doing it with company. The last time I had something remotely like this was in college 6 years ago, and while I was thinking about chucking out money just to relive that feeling even schools are starting to implement AI which makes me less than excited.

>>7768502
Dam, thanks, once im back from work ill have to look at my pages and into the brand im using, cause i swear it said the final line (with the numbers) here was the cutoff point

>>7768531
Guess the question is does the general public think the same, cause I agree with you, just bot sure about normies

>>7768537
So this for example I though would cutoff part if the 2 panels that go out

>>7768554
Normies probably don't really care, but it never really mattered because they never cared about art but the social status of a product. Creating a true work of art is about putting as much life as you possibly can, and the real properties of art and imperfections of real tools and real hands are part of it. Even the great digital works like Miyazaki's works starting the 2000s would intentionally put errors to replicate that feel.

cover idea

>>7768554
People don't care one way or the other, only artists do, and what differences might be obvious to us are completely missed by non artists. People always think I draw digitally, they really don't see it.

>>7768537
All papers are made the same, with a final trim line, a crop line, and a safe zone.
The ruled area is your final trim zone, but anything between that line and the crop line is the "trim area", things in that margin get cut away, but again the machines are not always precise when cutting so you'll get more or less what is put there.

I have to reiterate this is just a good habit to keep up with because god forbid you find yourself 100+ pages in wanting your first ever book and you realize one mistake has permanently fucked everything. In some cases like resolution or page size it can't even be fixed.

>>7767134
>>7767144
I dunno if you are using CSP, but if you are use the dustpan tool, its specifically designed to get rid of all the dust that you dont want. You can adjust its sensivity too so you dont lose your linework

>>7768647
yeah looking online your right, i think ijust got confused by picrel, pretty annoying cause im 65 pages into https://imgur.com/a/wealth-toil-work-progress-first-chapter-9ucpQ1J#

which is all wrong in that sense, although logically Im sure I can just play around with the white space on these pages, however much is needed with the publishers to ensure its correct. What im wondering now though is if switching to the correct way will look off, if all of a sudden, my drawings are slightly smaller and lower resolution. I mean Im going to, but its just funny all this time I've been drawing pages way bigger than I needed too, thats a lot of time wasted on that, but whatever, now it just means I can get stuff done faster

Are there any guides to doing things traditionally step-by-step? I bought the paper but don't really know where to begin.

>>7768532
No, online is the best advertisement for your comic. Unless your art is gorgeous, no one will bother paying for something in the age of free entertainment.

>>7768735
1.) Get one of the sheets of paper ready.
2.) Pick up a pencil or pen
3.) Put it to the paper
4.) Move your arm around

>>7768641
cool stuff

>>7768815
dynamic perspectives are always interesting, nice

>>7768815
Nice foreshortening anon. I would slightly erase the line of her right (from our POV) calf muscle closest to the knee cos it seems a little odd to me but otherwise breddy gud dude, keep it up.

>>7768743
If only that was all you needed to probably do a comic.

>>7768641
7th seal vibes.

>spend hours drawing 1 panel
>looks like shit
>have hundreds more to go
AI please save us

>>7769272
I know that pain. You gotta level up to where you can draw your own characters very quickly.

>>7769272
You know, you always post this stuff and have done so for dozens of threads, and yet you don't ever show your own comic. I cannot recall a single time these posts of yours ever coming with a comic page attached. Starting to think you don't even draw at all.

>>7769298
Just an AI spammerjeet

>>7769298
Oh please, clearly he is the best artist here. He doesn't want to post his work because it would make us all feel bad

>>7768535
You're still young so there's no need to worry about that.
As for drawing, i understand how that could feel at times, but i do recommend /coc/ on /co/. They have weekly drawpies with artists who are very supportive, in fact the community there in general is very supportive and they helped me out just by being kind and chill people.
Here's a link to the latest /coc/ thread: >>>/co/150911190
Trust me, it will do you good to socialize and share there.

>>7769334
Thank you. I'll check it out and might be more productive here. I have some things I need help with, but honestly I was planning on waiting until a new thread appears, which I'm hoping is sometime soon.

I'll post it here and then repost it when the new thread starts since I'll be out for a bit and don't want to forget. I have a finished comic/manga and in multiple languages, however the art is shoddy and only some of it is something I'd consider remotely professional. Is it worth it for me to redo the whole thing from scratch or just send it to people anyways and use my (slightly) improved drawing skills on testing new one shots or even making the chapters for pages that I intend to do if it ever gets serialized?

>>7766594

paneling

>>7769340
I say just share what you already have. No need to worry about it. I can't wait to see what you got.

>>7769347
My primary audience are people who would be the type who go to physical book stores, among other things so I'm prioritizing releasing things physically for now. I actually don't have it shared online yet at all and think it's best to preserve that until I've completed one of the last translations since my primary demographic isn't even English speaking unfortunately.

>>7769361
I understand.

>>7768735
What specific to drawing comics traditionally would you want to know? What tools to use? Inking techniques? If you don't know how to draw comics at all, Understanding Comics and Making Comics are available in the OP. That was the first thing I picked up before I tried to do anything, they are probably some of the most valuable and practical books you can read.

>>7769410
Mostly proper inking techniques and how to make panels. I've mostly used digital to handle both panelling and formatting of the page.

>>7769396
If you had an active place I'd trust you enough to just show you, or maybe I'll just post here sometime myself, but I'm worried that releasing things at the wrong order will severely damage things from a marketing end especially since I'm actually bad at marketing and borderline winging it.

>>7769518
>I'd trust you enough to just show you
You know this guy just showed up? or are you new too?

>>7769537
Yes, I'm not frequent whatsoever. He just seemed pretty chill and optimistic which I vibe with.

>>7768396
>No, don't trace it, use your skills and draw her on a blank page. You can look for reference or draw it from memory.
Sorry, I got some anxiety left over. I redid one of my designs but it was just me redrawing a more generic male rather than one of the characters. I'll intend to mess with her again soon before this weekend. I'm definitely trying to get my experimental phase back.

Penny Perez, Alien Hunter

>>7769517
Drawing traditional has nothing to do with learning how to draw panels, you can learn how to do that through any medium you want. For inking though, I haven't got straight technical answers, but because when I learned I didn't have access to resources. I fumbled my way through trial and error as I suspect many people do.

The thing about comics is no one person has an answer for how everything should be precisely done, every author will do things in their own way, or to just copy their teacher or who they are working under. Artists can't even reach a solid consensus on how to depict ears. I have a shelf with 5 different works and every single one of them tackles the same problems (panel style, gutter width, pen sizes for panel borders, etc) in their own way. I could tell you exactly what I do, but that's all. It might not reflect what you want to do or what you like. Pick your favorite author and take notes.
There is maybe only one surefire thing I can suggest and that's to get comfortable drawing with any pen. I did a lot of contour exercises early on with pen only. Lots of people have heavy anxiety about not being able to erase things and screwing up, so draw anything and everything with pens. One of my favorite exercises was to draw without lifting the pen from the paper and redraw over lines only.

>>7769586
Cute ankles. May they live long and prosper

>>7769586
Smelly vagina detected(still would)

>>7769588
> I haven't got straight technical answers, but because when I learned I didn't have access to resources.
That's fair. I'm mostly trial and erroring it too. I occasionally get blotches and I definitely think I have an issue doing one continuous stroke, so I was looking more towards those type of quick tips.

>>7768735
Look up markcrilley on Youtube faggot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV-PHqOYfLE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JF0Y2Thbsw&t=3s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq8BHCvsM8s
The only thing he doesnt cover is fitting into a proper comic page with those ruler borders that tell you where the printers are gonna cut. For that read the fucking thread, or do what I did and go to Mixam. You dont have to buy anything, but in their online store you can find measurements for what a book page would be. If I recall you select what kind of book you want to print, put in a page count, and Mixam provides a downloadable pdf template for you to follow. Of course if your paper has the ruler border already, again, just read the fucking thread.

>>7769588
Good advice anon. I myself with my comic, even though I already have CSP and a screen tablet, wanted to draw and ink traditionally cause I knew with my experience in digital is that shit like lineart takes fucking forever and even with quick editing tools sketching took forever as well cause I dont get the same visual/haptic feedback that I do with traditional paper and pen/pencil. I figured that me using inks and just gitting gud at it would be 10X faster then doing this shit digitally, and for the most part it is. I only use CSP for editing and rendering really

>>7769598
>I only use CSP for editing and rendering really
Same. Ideally I cut those off too but I guess I should have the software for a reason.

>>7759985 (OP)
I there a free resource for stuff like screen tones and material textures? I'm on a pirated copy of CSP so I can't access the store.

My twitter ban is pissing me off. Im coming back

>>7769645
>pirated copy of CSP so I can't access the store.
works for me, you can make a free account

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>>7769940