News: It’s been a month since my last post…One step at a time is the way

April 7, 2010 by r2moo2
Filed under: Manga Journey

I was away for exams, and finally when exams arrived, I couldn’t keep up with the getting onto drawing. After which many things creeped up on me; where I broke up with my girlfriend, got stuck in a disillusion of how to pick myself up in life simply because I just do not know where to go.

After which, I pop into my email, and somebody send me through a comment asking me to keep up the good work. You know, such comments like this are morale boosters. They really pick you up well.

I did not want to have a 3 minute frenzy with my journey in manga. Actually I was so into it, I bought an Intuos 4 to pick up drawing, bought Adobe Creative Suite (Education version since I am a student), and even have Comic Studio with me. Besides I have invested in a manga teacher for lessons.

I have literally spent over a thousand bucks on this journey. However manga comic artists are all humans, and they sucuumb to pressure, people’s opinions, setbacks and disappointments.

So if you do want to be a manga artist, just know that you are not in the normal stream of what people are going through. The learning curve is tough, and the rewards seem far.

The learning curve is so tough, that as manga artist, you usually need to draw tendons and muscle groups well to be effective, know perspectives well, and you are not only an artist, but a script and a movie director all into one. The mountain of tasks to learn is as overwhelming now.

That’s life isn’t it?

Thank you for that comment of encouragement; and thanks Digital Strip for dropping me a message. I will take note, and will see how I can slowly salvage my manga journey.

Might even resort to stickman drawing to learn about perspectives, but hey, it is a start isn’t it?

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