Heya! I'm working on the Golden Week comic, it's pretty freaking awesome! Give it a read now!
Also, you're all amazing! Keep it up that way! =D
Hey everyone. Great News!!
Thanks to the community support of those who nominated the Golden Week comic for the Ursa Major Awards, it was chosen as a finalist! * cheers frantically *
Now the toughest part begins; voting.
All you have to do is go to the Ursa Major voting page and choose the Golden Week comic as your 1st option (or 2nd or 3rd, but come on! D;) to be the winner in the "Best Graphic Story" category.
You can (and should) also vote for your favorites in other categories as well. :D
Cast your votes here: http://www.ursamajorawards.org/Voting.htm
The voting phase goes until April, 15th, so no need to rush. :)
Also, thank you all for nominating the comic and allowing it to make it to the voting, that's huge, already!
Now I know what Leo might have felt. ºwº
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Hello, I love your work and the story really drawn me in. From one comic artist to another, what is the process you go through when composing a page? Do you do something like,
Something like that? Can you tell me what programs you use? I'm very interested and would help a lot since I'm trying to know what to expect and find some tools that others use to find what might work for me? Thank you.
Oh wow, sorry. I didn't see this shout until today. ^^;;
So hm, back then, I used to do it like this:
I'd sketch a rough layout of the page on paper, just deciding where I'd divide the frames and character's poses and dialogue.
Then I'd upload it to the computer and draw a fine sketch, then do the lineart, coloring, shading, then background and finally lettering.
Nowadays I do it all digitally, but the process is the same;
First; Decide the page layout with speeches and poses.
Second; Sketch it all and make changes as necessary.
Third; Inking, coloring, backgrounding and lettering.
I dunno if it's accurate or understandable, but let me know if you have any doubts about it. =o
Worst case scenario, check this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMdc5aqeiQ4
Oh very cool, that does explain a lot, do you just use manga studios? Which version? Is it latest? Do you use mouse, tablet or Cintiq?
I'm trying to get into digital in future. But I know I have quite a bit of learning to do. But you seem to definitely have a lot of practice and you work very well. :)
Thanks! I've been using the latest Manga Studio (version 5), I use Photoshop for lettering though, but the whole drawing, colorind, shading and rendering is done on Manga Studio.
I do all my work now on a Cintiq, but I began drawing on paper, scanning and finishing it on the computer with a cheap intuos tablet, nothing fancy.
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