Image 1 — 14 year old artist here, should I pursue manga?
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14 year old artist here, should I pursue manga?

My 14th birthday was only 10 days ago, and I still don't know what to do with my life.

I really want to take the safest option since I really don't want to disappoint my parents who gave so much to me even though they were struggling with work and money.

I have so much art skills at a young age and it seems like a waste to not use it. I mean yeah there's architecture but from what I've heard, they get a low salary for so much work. At this age I should already be choosing which career should I take.

I just have so much passion for my art but still want to have a sustainable life in the future. But taking art seems like a "joke" to everyone so I'm already deciding whether or not I should continue this path or move on to another.

u/TJLagua — 3 days ago

Can you guess what horror sub-genre will my manga be judging by the first page?

I've been developing this project since August 2 and had made 3 scripts for the past few weeks.

List of Horror Genres:

  • Psychological
  • Body Horror
  • Cosmic/Lovecraftian
  • Survival/Slasher
  • Supernatural
  • Religious/Folk
  • Gore
u/TJLagua — 4 days ago

A little sneak-peak of my upcoming body horror manga

Yes I use krita since I'm broke.

(Text has not been added yet so no given context of this page)

This is the first page of my manga "Eye of a Perfectionist"

A struggling method actor, obsessed with landing a creature role in a major film, locks himself away and grotesquely distorts his own body… only to realize too late that the monster he built cannot be undone.

Open to critiques!

u/TJLagua — 4 days ago
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My Psychological Horror Art - First Version vs Last

Titled "Thick Skin"

It follows a boy exploring existential dread after a failed facial transplant surgery.

This is my first ever one-shot I submitted to manga plus creators.

I had so many ideas for this but I had to keep it short and simple. I didn't know much about pacing this manga and thats why some of the scenes felt poorly executed. I hated this manga since I had a lot of ideas for it but since this was done in a 2 week deadline I decided to rush it.

My Art has improved a lot tho since I switched to digital

u/TJLagua — 3 days ago

Double Spread from a manga I scrapped.

Hi I'm new to posting on reddit and this is a double spread from my scrapped and unfinished manga.

u/TJLagua — 8 days ago