How do you make a doujinshi

You can use any type of font you like, but a size of pt is good. Select this option if you want to make it Blind Page number. You can choose either 2 or 3 digits, whichever you prefer. Some printers may specify the number of digits, so check the website carefully. If you check this box, the folder will be opened after the export is completed, and you can check if the export is done properly.

Now, go to the website of the print shop you want to use, check the submission instructions, and follow the instructions to send your data! Be sure to check the submission method and data creation precautions carefully, as they differ depending on the printing office. Once you have decided on the size of your book, go to MediBang Paint and set the paper settings.

Then this screen came up. Example: If you want to make a B5 size Doujinshi cover in full color, text in black and white grayscale Doujinshi B5 finished : Grayscale Select the template you want.

From the Manga Project screen, select the page you want to draw. The dialogue in a normal conversation should be A5 doujinshi…about pt. The rest of the settings can be left at the default settings. Choose where you want to save the data. Your work is finally getting the attention it deserves Also, you're getting some money. It looks like everything turned out allllr—. Entertainment ," they say. That's Zack Snyder's job. And so your budding comic career is crushed beneath the foot of justice, and everything goes back to normal.

The end. This happens all the time in America. Derivative works projects are shot out of the sky probably with a completely legal military-grade automatic assault rifle. Star Trek fan film? Harry Potter online game?

X-Men animated web series? Sorry, I was running out of explosion onomatopoeias. Sure, there are fan projects in the U. Some even make money. But as soon as a project gets widespread attention, that's when the lawyers come for you.

American companies can't squash everybody, but they do a good job keeping fan projects from getting too big. In Japan, it's a completely different story. There are no lawyers crashing through the ceiling, no cease-and-desist beams. Copyright law exists of course, but it can't be enforced without a complaint from a rights holder. And Japanese rights holders don't complain.

They aren't allowing "just a few fan projects" either. There's an entire industry built around doujin creations, which includes fan-created novels, games, and even anime.

Some are "all genre" conventions, while others cater to specific doujin groups like cat ear manga. The largest of these conventions is Comiket, which attracts over , fans a year.

In addition to conventions, there are plenty of online and physical shops that sell Japanese fan manga year round. My point is, niji sousaku live in a legal gray-area, but nobody seems to care. This includes big publishers, professional mangaka , and even the current prime minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe. But why don't they care? Why not prosecute to the full extent of the law? There are at least six reasons:. Many professionals respect amateur artists, having come from similar circumstances.

They see niji sousaku as the first steps toward professionalism. For example, Clamp, one of today's most revered manga studios got their start making yaoi doujinshi for Comiket.

Naturally, professionals who started out borrowing popular characters don't want to squash young artists who are doing the same. Artists and publishers are afraid litigation will alienate their customer base. Doujinshi artists represent their most hardcore fans, and prosecuting them might result in " negative reputational consequences.

I found this on deviantART, and it's really helpful for making sure your characters are balanced: Balanced characters means balanced comic. This way, not all the characters run together because their traits are too similar.

This is where you plan out each chapter of your comic--what they say, what they do: it's essentially a screenplay. By writing before drawing, you keep your story more organized and less room for mistakes that you can't take back after you print copies of the thing.

I use this to help me plan out how I want the comic to be laid out. I draw a very rough stick-figured draft of how I want the page to look, and I write the part of the script the page covers next to it on the lines. I see the storyboarding step of the comic as the final draft of the script, since this is where I make final changes.

For example, I changed my beginning scene a bit in the storyboarding phase because it plumb didn't look appealing in the sketch: it was hard to fit and it didn't look nice. I try to make my first page eye-catching. Just imagine that the tip is the graphite and the back part is the eraser. For first time tablet users, try practicing by writing something or draw simple drawings.

After you're getting the hang of it, we'll move to CG. The first time to do it is to retrace the lineart. Because sometimes scans aren't really clean, I usually clean it with retracing in the photoshop. This can be done in some steps listed below. After finishing tracing it, we'll move to colouring. Be sure that the lineart layer is on the top of all layers. Now begin to color. I suggest to separate each color into different layers.

Usually I divided it into 4 big layers: skin, hair, clothes, and background. Color it only with the base color. Do NOT shade first. Next, we move to shading. Pick a darker color and began shading. On some part, you may want to use the smudge and blur tool. But on some parts, they aren't needed. A picture reference is recommended for shading so that you know where the lights come from and where to shade.

Credit and thank them for the tuts. When you are in the best mood because you about to scan you doujin, the one you spent 35 hours making it checking shades, composition, techniques and done everything you saw on this thread you get yourself with the worst enemy ever Well, the great problem is the scanner regulations..

After the struggle with the scanner another problems always comes You can solve that in 2 ways:. All of this lets you mess with light and color ina special and different way. I recoment Curves to lighten up you drawing, and Levels to adjust the whole composition with the main colors RGB Hue and Saturation have an extra plus hehyeh that I just discovered the other day The scanner in the job is a really bad person, and I discovered it hates me and my drawings SO, everytime I make anything it gets some blue and yellow bars over the drawing Check those features before yu save your drawing and make some experiences to get yourself an Ace in drawing Login Username Password Forgot Password?

Tags Tags Forum Members Groups. All blackheads in Mashima Hiro's mangas are my boyfriends. Owh yes they are. Well, I hope I can give some contribution References If you wanna something good, you have to look at some reference. Characthers Look at some photos, images around the net. I hope I was good help! Purified Existence of a Lost Soul I am not a that serious person!! Frosty : One Luv :. I'll be sure to look into it A few tips I can think of at the moment: - Learn the 'mannekin' form.

Ink with a steady hand. Hasuke Type-Moon Tard. DarthTofu dead. Keep those tips coming minna-san! I have updated the wikispaces entry with all of the tips that have been posted here so far! Here I am again! Balance When you make a drawing or graphic you try to get it inside a balance point to make it somehow equal in some ways. Distance and Depht This is related to technique too I hope you liked! Hi- thank you chaz for inviting me to this thread. XD i agree with the above posts, that understanding whatever the figure is 3-Dimensionaly by the mind is very important.

Mistress are there any gabbers? Thanks, Mistress, chisaikame, Ephemeral-Garden and levezzali, for your latest tips! Copy that, firefly! Ok, so what we have so far: -- working Table of Contents on the wiki page for easy browsing and arrangement of topics -- all tips thru chisaikame included in wiki page courtesy of fireflywishes -- Mistress' CG tutorial added in draft resources list Yay!