10 Steps To Making Your Own Manga Book
Thinking of creating your own manga?
Well so are your fellow contributors!
Just keep reading for some great tips!
Well so are your fellow contributors!
Just keep reading for some great tips!
1. A good way to start off is to know your characters! Characters are THE MOST IMPORTANT part of a story! Knowing their name, personality, hobbies, and appearance is an extreme help! If you are stuck on character ideas, get ideas from or based off of your friends' personalities!
2. What will happen to start off your story? Some people like to use graphic organizers to lay out the events, problems, or solutions. Or some simply take notes on what they think will flow well!
3. Create deadlines to keep you motivated and constantly push you forward along the process!
4. Completed all of the steps above? Start practicing! For example, drawing your characters will improve your visual reference and hand stability. Sketching the anatomy of your characters in different scenes is optional but also helps :)
5. Now you are by most ready for the real deal! Create a layout of geometric shapes or shading so that you may separate different scenes and events, this way the reader won't get confused. Next, start penciling in your characters!
6. Then, revise and edit any changes that could be made to satisfy you and your audience. When you are certain it matches your taste, start outlining it in black ink, think permanent marker like sharpie, or a fine liner pen. Now it has become both official and professional!
7. Create a cover that may summarize your story, your characters, or an important event and include who authored and illustrated it, along with the title of course! If you want to make it Japanese style manga, the cover belongs on the back and you arrange the papers to read from right to left. Or you can keep it in the normal American style reading.
8. In addition, many authors choose to include a message from themselves explaining their inspiration or something they just want to share. Or they give you information about themselves. Of course this is optional but sometimes this catches a reader's attention!
9. Engrave a synopsis on the back of your book that will tell the reader what your book is about and you are pretty much set for your audience!
10. Advertise your manga, get it published if you like, give copies to your friends, or send it to your school or public library! Get it out to the world for it to read.
Wanna share YOUR masterpiece? Comment down below a link or paste it! I would LOVE to read it and give some feedback as well. Peace out Otakus <3
p.s. Have something in particular you want me to share about? Comment down below :)
xoxo Kenna Sweet
3. Create deadlines to keep you motivated and constantly push you forward along the process!
4. Completed all of the steps above? Start practicing! For example, drawing your characters will improve your visual reference and hand stability. Sketching the anatomy of your characters in different scenes is optional but also helps :)
5. Now you are by most ready for the real deal! Create a layout of geometric shapes or shading so that you may separate different scenes and events, this way the reader won't get confused. Next, start penciling in your characters!
6. Then, revise and edit any changes that could be made to satisfy you and your audience. When you are certain it matches your taste, start outlining it in black ink, think permanent marker like sharpie, or a fine liner pen. Now it has become both official and professional!
7. Create a cover that may summarize your story, your characters, or an important event and include who authored and illustrated it, along with the title of course! If you want to make it Japanese style manga, the cover belongs on the back and you arrange the papers to read from right to left. Or you can keep it in the normal American style reading.
8. In addition, many authors choose to include a message from themselves explaining their inspiration or something they just want to share. Or they give you information about themselves. Of course this is optional but sometimes this catches a reader's attention!
9. Engrave a synopsis on the back of your book that will tell the reader what your book is about and you are pretty much set for your audience!
10. Advertise your manga, get it published if you like, give copies to your friends, or send it to your school or public library! Get it out to the world for it to read.
Wanna share YOUR masterpiece? Comment down below a link or paste it! I would LOVE to read it and give some feedback as well. Peace out Otakus <3
p.s. Have something in particular you want me to share about? Comment down below :)
xoxo Kenna Sweet
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