u/Lunar1sGuido

Hey there guys! I'm back!!!

I've been brainstorming to make a good, lighthearted "one-shot" that leaves you with a warm fuzzy feeling after reading it. I'm talking about a feeling like reading Blue Box for the first time, for example. The idea is as described in heading to this post, and my rough character sheet for the protag, Moku, is also attached.

I have a title for the series (which I have put an absurd amount of time into making great):

• **どーも。どもる女の子です。**Which roughly translated to "Hey. I'm a girl with a stutter." WHICH CAN ALSO BE INTERPRETED AS *"I'm a girl with a s-stutter." (*どーも (doumo) being a stutter of どもる (domoru)).

I have thought an insane amount about how to make use of such an interesting concept, and a great and witty title is something I'm really fond of. If you think its perfect, or think that I should change it, please please just say so. ChatGPT is the only thing that has actually rated it and I really want the approval of an actual human 😭

I don't have a clear narrative paved out as of now. I'm thinking of maybe something relatable. Probably starting with her struggling to order at a coffee shop. Although, I've thought about some technical things/problems I see myself running into.

• 1. A problem with stuttering so much:

  • Moku (obviously) stutter a lot. So simple dialogue might be stretched across multiple pages, which can become really annoying to read >!(I actually kinda wanna utilise that problem to make the reader feel bad for her lmao. Like poking at the fourth wall by asking the love interest if he finds her stutter annoying cuz people get tired of trying to understand her.)!< ANYWAYS, I don't want to make her talk too much to cut down on page numbers, which is also a problem because the main protag (obviously) has to talk. As a compromise, I think that making her inside voice act like a little chibi is a good idea. Her inside voice being really loud-speaking and not afraid to call people also compliments her outer appearance, which makes the duality just funnier in general.

• 2. Introducing the main love interest:

  • As a basis, the main love interest (which I just realised I haven't actually given him a name) is the polar opposite to Moku. Extremely outgoing, popular, good sense of humour and also sporty. They live in opposite worlds, so making them collide is a bit of a struggle. I was thinking of something like this: Moku is on her way into the school building and is a little bummed out by the fact they got her order wrong. She looks over to the sporting field and sees [insert love interest's name] playing soccer at like 8 in the morning. One little condescending inner dialogue questioning how guys can be running around so early, and she's walking away. Then, she gets hit in the back of the head by the ball after it got cleared by [insert love interest's name]. He runs over and sees the spilled coffee, insisting on buying her anything she wants.... aaaaand continue from there. I know it's a little mean, but I wanted to show that the guy is pretty bashful but is nice at heart. Any objections?

• 3. More of a general question... Everyone talks about having a good, interesting or funny hook, but what comes after...?

  • This is probably the most important out of all the points I bring up. After the reader is actually interested in the premise, how do I stop that interest from fizzling out? I don't wanna focus on the wrong thing that just bores people (e.g Focus on them re-ordering the right coffee). I also wanna show what typa person each of them are, but I don't want it to feel like they are just reading off a description list about themselves. Could you leave any questions you have will make it easier to tell what I should focus on?

• 4. The Setting.

  • If it wasn't already clear, the setting is a high school. Although, I don't have a good understanding around the culture of a Japanese school (like is it even okay to bring coffee into school??). This is why I actually kinda wanna base the story in England (where I'm from) so that I don't have to deal with the problem of cultural inaccuracies. Plus, barely any romance manga/anime are actually set in England. Like the only series I can think of it "Love through a Prism" (which is actually a good watch).
  • Also, I would love the story to take place in like a rural town. I think it would just make the story so much more cozier, especially with it taking place in the countryside. Also steers clear of technology. Again, what do you guys think?

Anyways, thank you very very much for reading through my ideas. I'm really open to any feedback since I don't really get personal feedback from any other source except online. 😅

I'll actually try to finish this thing (unlike with Tales of Troga lmao) and I got plenty of time. 6 months for like 30-40 pages. I leave it up you guys to nag me anytime I take a long break from posting!

My post frequency often correlates to how much work I'm actually getting done, so no posts for like a week or two means im procrastinating. 😂 Have a nice day you guys.

Funny enough, I wasn't planning on doing a lineart version of it, but a guy mentioned it which made me go: "Yeah. You're right. A Lineart version would be great."
So here you guys go.

Hello guys!

Not even a full day after stressing my brain out over my one-shot, I'm back at it again. 😂
I guess I recover from burnout in a single day? Now that I think of it, I've rarely had to take a full day off doing something because I'm burnt out.

Anyways, I'm trying to use a more simplified art style since it's much more relaxing to draw, and also cuz im better at it. What do you guys think?

Hello guys!

Not even a full day after stressing my brain out over my one-shot, I'm back at it again. 😂
I guess I recover from burnout in a single day? Now that I think of it, I've rarely had to take a full day off doing something because I'm burnt out.

Anyways, I'm trying to use a more simplified art style since it's much more relaxing to draw, and also cuz im better at it. What do you guys think?

Hello guys!

Not even a full day after stressing my brain out over my one-shot, I'm back at it again. 😂
I guess I recover from burnout in a single day? Now that I think of it, I've rarely had to take a full day off doing something because I'm burnt out.

Anyways, I'm trying to use a more simplified art style since it's much more relaxing to draw, and also cuz im better at it. What do you guys think?

(First of all, please read the story, or just skim. Your eyes spending the time to grace my work really makes my day 🥰🥰)

Now, I think it's already apparent >!(if you've seen that one time where I made a manga in 3 days cuz im stupid)!< that I'm quite the procrastinator.

Also, all the drawings in blue are sketches, so you can see the workload I've dug myself into.

Anyways, I spent a load of my time crafting the story to be as good as possible that I've neglected the art (and partly compositing) side of the equation.
This manga has been my passion project for the last 2 months, and I really, really, really want to do it justice. I love it to bits and the emotional impact of some pages is lost in just the sketches.

With that being said, I have like- no time to finish this. The deadline for the contest is 31st of Aug (Under 2 days from when I'm posting this) and half the manga is still sketches.

I feel like I would have failed my passion and potential if I were to submit unfinished work into a contest I'd love to do well in.
But on the other hand, if I don't submit it and the deadline passes me by, I feel like I would've just passed up a great opportunity to build a fanbase, or even get an honourable mention.

This whole charade might have also burned out my passion for making manga slightly. People who do this full-time have my utmost respect. Making manga, especially on a deadline, is no small feat.

Now, with everything being said, I come to you guys to ask what I should do going forward for tomorrow and the morning after. Or any advice? Even if it's just your opinion on my manga, your comments are much appreciated.

In all seriousness, I’ve gotten most of the final sketches done, and I’ll be finishing off the one-shot over the next 2-3 days (since the deadline is the 31st Aug).

I haven’t even shared the story with anyone else AT ALL, so I’ve been pretty starved on feedback. So if anyone wants to review/critique the unfinished version of it, please just let me know!!!

(I’m kinda just a little ecstatic since I put so much effort and thought into making my story the best I can, and I think it’s exceptional right now!)

A few days ago, I got the Lenovo Yoga 7 2-in-1 Laptop (TLDR; a laptop that can transform into a tablet) as a gift for doing insanely well on GCSE Results Day, which was just earlier this week! In celebration of this beauty, I drew Ashley in a full render (and mostly since I realised that I have only drawn sketches of her).

Beforehand, I was using the XP-Pen Deco 01 V3 and my pc to draw, so this switch into drawing directly onto a display has been quite a jarring experience for me. (I reverted back to chicken- scratching for like an hour before I got the hang drawing again 💀)

For positives,
- i never knew how EASY it is to draw on a display tablet. I can scale at rotate my canvas so much now it's genuinely such a privilege 😭
- It might just be me, but its surprisingly more easy to crosshatch on a display. Probably because it's much easier to tell the spacing between lines, especially since it's right in front of you.
For negatives,
- I've only had this laptop for a few days, so there's not too much I can nitpick about right now. Although, a slightly annoying thing is that if I'm using my bare hand to draw, my palm sometimes interacts with the screen. I know that I can just get one of those drawing gloves, so it isn't much of an issue. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I love the display, how intuitive the laptop to tablet switching is, and how sleek it is. (I'm realising now that I'm starting to sound like im sponsored 😅 i just really love this things)

Furthermore, this switch has made me wonder: Do people in this subreddit use tradition or digital drawing more often, and if digital, what stuff would you even recommend? Hardware, software, process, everything!

Hello fellow mangakas!

A few days ago, I got the Lenovo Yoga 7 2-in-1 Laptop (TLDR; a laptop that can transform into a tablet) as a gift for doing insanely well on GCSE Results Day, which was just earlier this week! In celebration of this beauty, I drew Ashley in a full render (and mostly since I realised that I have only drawn sketches of her).

Beforehand, I was using the XP-Pen Deco 01 V3 and my pc to draw, so this switch into drawing directly onto a display has been quite a jarring experience for me. (I reverted back to chicken- scratching for like an hour before I got the hang drawing again 💀)

For positives,
- i never knew how EASY it is to draw on a display tablet. I can scale at rotate my canvas so much now it's genuinely such a privilege 😭
- It might just be me, but its surprisingly more easy to crosshatch on a display. Probably because it's much easier to tell the spacing between lines, especially since it's right in front of you.
For negatives,
- I've only had this laptop for a few days, so there's not too much I can nitpick about right now. Although, a slightly annoying thing is that if I'm using my bare hand to draw, my palm sometimes interacts with the screen. I know that I can just get one of those drawing gloves, so it isn't much of an issue. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I love the display, how intuitive the laptop to tablet switching is, and how sleek it is. (I'm realising now that I'm starting to sound like im sponsored 😅 i just really love this things)

Furthermore, this switch has made me wonder: Do people in this subreddit use tradition or digital drawing more often, and if digital, what stuff would you even recommend? Hardware, software, process, everything!

Ima be honest, I made this on a whim and there is absolutely zero story behind this cover.
I just find it quite amusing to make covers for non-existent manga 😅

Any form of critique, question or opinion is welcome! Especially on my typography on the left hand side. It's actually quite hard to letter english vertically.

Ima be honest, I made this on a whim and there is zero story behind this cover
I just find it quite amusing to make covers for non-existent manga 😅

Any form of critique, question or opinion is welcome! Especially on my typography on the left hand side. It's actually quite hard to letter english vertically.

I personally love reading through these myself since it makes me feel the passion the author has behind the pages and story! Also, it's a great way to explain minor things that shouldn't require pages of explanation!

Been drawing some more of Ashley lately, and I wanted to share 😊

Some study drawings I did after watching Stephen Travers' recent guide video.
I recommend people to check him out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdJg0J1aaBg&t=336s

For my manga, I originally wanted a more realistic, gritty nature to it. Although, it takes MUCH MUCH longer to draw, which isn't too great for my current timeline.

Because of this, I wanna simplify it. For the new artstyle, I took heavy inspo from Gege Akutami's art style since it's my story has a similar tone to JJK. It's also much easier for me to draw.

Update: Keep in mind that I have to stick with my choice for basically 30+ panels, which I have to get done in a little under 40 days... (I'm trying to enter it into a contest).

What do you guys think?

Hello fellow mangakas!

For my manga, I originally wanted a more realistic, gritty nature to it. Although, it takes MUCH MUCH longer to draw, which isn't too great for my current timeline.

Because of this, I wanna simplify it. For the new artstyle, I took heavy inspo from Gege Akutami's art style since it's my story has the same tone as something like JJK. It's also much easier for me to draw.

What do you guys think? Does it look good?