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?

Read it here: https://globalcomix.com/c/paws-1

I’m a manga editor based in Japan.

I flip through the pages and look for two things.

First: What jumps out before I even understand the story?

A face, a gesture, a relationship, a strange silence—something the creator seems unusually obsessed with.

Second: Without dialogue, can I still tell who is doing what and what they’re feeling?

I think these are different abilities.

Obsession is closer to talent.Clarity is a skill.

Clarity—staging, pacing, panel flow—can be trained.

But creators often don’t notice their own obsessions, because to them, they feel completely normal.

Sometimes you need someone else to point at your work and say:

“You’re unusually good at this.”

What’s something you keep drawing without really knowing why?

I am an 14 year old writer and I aspire to make Mangas as they make my writing pop out, the only problem is I have no drawing experience and have problems with faces body physics and literally everything.

Its even worse considering the story I want to make is of football, what can I do.

This is the very first manga I’ve tried to draw, it was a project me and a friend had discussed and wanted to make together, though it caught a busy time in our lives and we cut it short very early (only had the first page complete). Though it is old, I’m curious to get some feedback on it. The first image is the first finished page of the pilot and the second is the first page I was re-doing starting the story from another perspective and trying a more relaxed sketch before “inking”.

What first impression do they give? What do you think are their flaws or strengths? Any thought and critique is welcome.

Hey everyone! 👋

I wanted to share a quick comparison between Page 2 and Page 50 of my indie dark fantasy / isekai project (B&W with spot-colored magic effects).

Drawing 50+ pages has been a huge learning curve, as I tried to challenge myself with new elements in every single chapter:

• Chapter 1: Getting the absolute basics and workflow down.
• Chapter 2: Introducing 3D background sets and chibi expressions.
• Chapter 3: Experimenting with night screentones, dynamic non-rectangular panels, and more explicit scenes.
• Chapter 4: Focusing on faster pacing and leaning heavier into "show, don't tell".

Page 2 was very straightforward from that early Chapter 1 stage, while Page 50 (from Chapter 3) goes much heavier on panel composition, screentoning, and expression shifts.

I’d love to get some honest feedback:

1. Does the visual progression between these pages feel natural to you?
2. How is the panel readability and expression flow on Page 52?

Any feedback or critique is super appreciated! Thanks for taking a look!

Creating my manga has been an unforgettable experience, and I thank everybody from the bottom of my heart for helping, and answering any questions I've had, and giving me advice.

Despite all the shortcomings, I'm proud to say that Tales of Troga has finally been submitted into the Kyoto International Contest. You can go check it out at this link: https://medibang.com/book/lt2608311206211110028911967/

As for the future, I sadly won't be able to keep up the pace that I make manga since I'll be starting school again in a few days and really do need to lock in this year, but this will absolutely be a nice hobby of mine going forward.
I might actually steer towards a romance manga for my next one-shot since I think that I have a special knack for emotions in my story. Maybe another heart-wrenching one? Haha 🤣

Anyways, I hope you guys have a good day! (idk what else to say ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯ (its like 5am at the time of writing this. I'm going to bed.))

I successfully completed my one shot for tottori international manga contest, but in my haste, i forgot to turn on the page number for a singular page. all the other pages have numbers on them

it's said in the contest guidelines that pages should have page numbers at the bottom, but i wonder how strict they enforce that rule...

I asked them yesterday but I haven't gotten any word back. should i just resubmit anyway?

The whole point of my story is that you gain powers by hearing someone’s Last Words.

I need someone to die from the beginning in order for the protagonist to gain that power but with that being the main plot of the story i don’t want to make it so obvious.
I thought about making the first chapter from the character who’s dying POV, in order to trick the audience.

I was imagining we would see what the dying character would think in his last moments, would he start thinking on what words to say?? would he even be able to say those words or by pure emotions end up saying o something completely different??

How could I do this??

This is a piece of art from a page that I’m working on so it’s not fully finished and still has to be cleaned up but in terms of the tones how does it look? Do i need more dark tones perhaps? Since it still feels a little flat especially on the coat.

But also would my artwork turn a lot of people off of my series because it’s not good enough? Ive only been drawing digital for a few weeks now so im still learning and dont know whether this actually looks good or if ive just been staring at it too long.

Im open to any other kinds of feedback too.
Thanks.

www.globalcomix.com/c/phantasm-project