MANGA IS GAMBLING

First, what is Mangaka? Mangaka or Manga Artist is a cartoonist or author influenced by Japanese style of art. Being manga artist isn’t easy as you think. They dedicated almost of their time spend to write and to draw. They almost sacrifice their social life just to pursue this career. It’s like a gamble to find a manga publishing to serialize their manga. What I mean to gamble is that there two option of the fate of your work, it is either “pass” and continue and become successful to the career or “fail” and retry, review, and re-edit, and improve more of your manga or make new story or find other manga publishing, and if still no luck then manga career is not for you. I recommend you better stop as soon as earlier. It is a waste of your time. If you are not confident to submit your manga in manga publishing, better try to make a web-comic and publish it publicity or join to site for artist like “Deviantart”. Internet is vast and wide, you might use this as advantage to improve more of your skills and gain more readers and fans that will might support you financially like donations to your manga in order to sustain your materials. You can let the readers comment what’s on their mind of your manga and let them make a review and criticize your story and art. Accept the critics, either it is a compliment or insult, it is for your good. Trust me. ^_^ There are four important to consider as a “Mangaka”. Time, Money, Talent, and Dedication and Determination. “TIME”, we need to spend most our time to make story and the quality of the drawing. Scripting, Editing, Story Making, Character Making, Paneling, Drafting, and Inking will sot you lot of time. “MONEY”, of course financial is a big priority as a Mangaka. We need good pens that will not prone to blot, good quality paper that will not easily tear or rip, good eraser that will not leave a smudge, rulers and template for scripting and borders, and reference book that guides you the Anthropometry and proper proportion of your desire models or characters. “TALENT”, to have a masterpiece, you need to have a talent to draw and to make good and interesting stories that will catch the attention of the readers. If you can’t draw, better hire an artist that will draw for you and if you can’t make good stories, better hire a writer that will make stories for you. And lastly, “DEDICATION and DETERMINATION”. You need to have the dedication and determination. Mangaka need to be a hard worker and have patience. Patience is not apply only in creating of manga but also in selling your manga to a manga publishing and audiences or readers and fans. If you don’t have the dedication and determination, I’m sure only in page 3 you will stop making manga and will give up. Being Mangaka or Manga Artist is a long way.