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Chocofreak13 · August 23, 2011, 04:53:12 PM

my art isn't as good or polished as some of the people here. maybe it's not as "realistic", or as smooth. but i have one thing over some of the people here, and that's that i'm putting my art to use for more than just a hobby. it's my passion, and it burns me that people who are better than me in this game are wasting their talents.

that said, i don't want this to get bitter. some of you requested that i post my comics "raw" (meaning i haven't cleaned or coloured them), since it was taking me so long to clean them up. since speedy's back up for the moment, i figured i'd take the oppertunity to finally get around to that.

i try to stick with canon for my stories, and anything that falls outside of it or that doesn't exist ("human" names, CE-kun and XPMCE-kun, etc) i've consulted you all about. so without further ado, here they are.

(note: the last page of issue 1 was incredibly messy, so that page has been cleaned and a gimp brush effect was added.
also, these were drawn about 2 years ago. i've since improved, lol.)

Nichi · August 23, 2011, 05:19:52 PM

I want to see where this is going. Post more, please

Also, the artwork is pretty good. Considering the goofy nature of the comic thus far, the oddities like the long fingers give it a more cartoony feel, which works in it's favor.

Chocofreak13 · August 23, 2011, 05:31:51 PM

Nichi · August 23, 2011, 11:07:23 PM

Pretty good so far. Hopefully you'll find the time to finish this chapter

Chocofreak13 · August 23, 2011, 11:41:55 PM

i am, there's another page in progress, and i have plot lined up for 4 more chapters. it's just that my pigment liners have dried up. :\ (almost all the work on the page is done with a .25mm pigment liner, so they dry up the quickest. i could use my .35, but i typically reserve that one for speech bubbles. :\ )

Bella · August 24, 2011, 11:01:10 AM

This looks really good Kari. ^^b Visually, these are amazing to behold ... it's rare to see amateur (sometimes even professional) manga with SO much detail put into the panels; a lot of artists tend to laze out when it comes to background/detail work, instead focusing solely on the characters. While it doesn't quite fit the form of "traditional" manga, I find your style delightfully refreshing.

Can't wait to see where this goes. :)

Chocofreak13 · August 24, 2011, 11:09:37 AM

what is "traditional" manga anyway? :3 i think that manga is a style, not just a regional thing.

or if you're talking about the left to right format, that was to save my own brain. ^^; one of my comics is read right to left, but i tried that with Ace's High (first comic i ever 'officially' wrote/drew), and it ended up a big mess, so i decided not to lie to myself. once i was more adjusted, i went with right to left format on Shoji Seven (the third of my three current comics).

as for detail, it's like a game to me; being able to stick random faces into a crowd scene turns it into a game of where's waldo. xD there was a scene in Ace's High where ace was going off to have a pit fight with his rival, Slim. there was a crowd of people watching the fight, and i managed to stick all sorts of characters in there, including the OS-tans, various vocaloids, some characters from Teenage Robot, and even Ace himself. xD

that said, i'll do my best to get the next pages up within the next few days. ^^

Aurora Borealis · August 27, 2011, 04:07:16 PM

I'm so happy to see this posted! Your art style is very cute, and while it's distinctly manga, it doesn't look derivative like a lot of amateur manga does. It has an original flair to it, and it suits the tone of the story well! The characters are sooooo in-character, their reactions are over-the-top yet believable.

Chocofreak13 · August 27, 2011, 07:20:55 PM

yaaay, thanks for shoring up my confidence. ^^ alot of times when i write these, i wonder if they're good enough to be posted as webcomics (of course that'd be after cleaning and colouring). thanks for believing in me. ^^

Bella · August 27, 2011, 09:54:11 PM

Quote from: Aurora Borealis on August 27, 2011, 04:07:16 PM
I'm so happy to see this posted! Your art style is very cute, and while it's distinctly manga, it doesn't look derivative like a lot of amateur manga does.

THIS!!!!!

I am so sick of seeing super-derivative amateur manga artists, whose work looks like it was copied from a "How to draw anime" book. It always ends up looking so.... fake. But your style is gorgeous, lighthearted, and cute, and best of all your own. : D

Chocofreak13 · August 27, 2011, 10:00:09 PM

i think that has to do with me learning from multiple books (from multiple publishers and authors) as well as studying life, the classics, and learning from class and friends.
plus, i started attempting anime style when i was 5 and got my first "how ton draw manga" book at 12. :3