WOOPS

guess i was wrong.
it so happens that the actual manga of Boys before flowers was made in japan.....soo ummm yeah....

Manga's of korea

apparantly, South korea focuses more on Shoujo type manga's as compared to america and it's Shonen Jump. Shoujo types are more Romance related and more focused unto girl's perspectives.....as of now, i have finished reading a graphic novel by the name of "Boys before flowers." (all you korean drama fans should know it by the name of 꽂 보다 남자. Just to tell you, the drama was made before the manga, i think....and has a different story compared to its drama counterpart.
Also, i noticed that my friggin tab key wont friggin work DX.........
now, many are wondering if i actually understand that manga, since it is in korean form.....no. Well maybe halfway but that's all. The story line is completely stupid and all that.....some girl gets hit on one guy and that guy keeps on beating the %^& out of anybody else who touches her (And i bet you, there was a whole lot.)

NEWS TODAY,
I'm making a manga story about true statments to life.
Plz look foward to "My life's a manga."
Computer editor :Me
Illustrator: Me
Author: Me
Characters :Me.........and some other ppl in my life.

Noooooo!!

Yes. I may be overreacting but I just finished the movie...It's not a real movie...just an anime series made into a movie, kind of like Tsubasa Chronicles with its movie (with the same characters and maybe more), Princess of the Birdcage Kingdom...or something. I'm not sure about the title but Google it and you'll find it.

The movie I'm going nooooo about is Fate/Stay Night's Unlimited Blade Works. Yes. It's morally disturbing. (Did that sentence make sense anyway?) The anime itself was okay...The only reason why I'm so mad is because Saber, (main heroine) just HAS to die at the end!! As I read some of the manga I've grown to love her and she's gone....Both in the manga, the anime, and in the movie.

King Arturia, eh? Yeah. She's amazing...a kind of a character I want to write. I've tried to draw her armor but kinda failed, so my only fanart of her only has her in sideview with her head and shoulders. Arturia and her sword, Excalibur...(Saber's my wallpaper now!)

The manga is rated T, (13 and up) but don't bother reading something like this. As I said earlier, it's morally disturbing. The contents seem...weird. It's confusing (not as much as Tsubasa Chronicles though :D) and the storyline seems to be crammed with too many betrayals...and blood. Not that I haven't written bloody things before, it's just....disturbing, I suppose.

Aaaanyway, nice to have an update from you, Xepher!

Xepher's korean quest of awesomeness

hi guys, Korea is really a hard place to find internet connection. Asia is great! much more high-tech than america. Once i come back, im making a movie, video thing called (title above) see you all later (well..... technically not see.....)

Another (More Recent) Pic

Hi guys! After your support (thanks guys), I made a visit to the library where I was able to scan up some of my drawings. They ARE more recent than the drawings I've been posting, but I'm still wrestling with manga, so yeah....I'll get better, I promise....

Sorry about the quality. I guess the scanners at the library aren't that good. And, although we have a scanner at our house, it doesn't work..So until I find a better way, here's one picture from my second sketchbook.

This picture compares something like anime to manga. The anime thing is bad because it's chibi instead of a full figure. I whipped it up quickly, so it's not my best...T.T And the manga....The costumes are bad. My bad...Sorry...The smaller girl's hair is inked pretty badly. You can't tell from this but it's inked carelessly. Although the drawing the picture itself actually took pretty long because I did the "coloring" with pencils. Graphite drawing kit, they seem to be called...Wow. No shadows at all. I'll get better, I promise.

At least from this picture you can see the difference between manga and anime. Manga is usually filled with speed lines and weird lines that indicate action. Which I still can't do. T.T But anime, since it's more like a movie (also note that it's in color) speed lines are not really needed. There MIGHT be. But usually there aren't any.

Right now I'm working on a prologue. It's only the first draft and I'm struggling to stuff the whole prologue into one page where there are too many actions to fit into one. And I need to stuff a whole figure, a man's figure in it...

Before I worry about that, at least my paneling is SLIGHTLY better. I've scanned up a part of manga I drew before, which actually has speed lines (they're TILTED!!! waaaahhh~~~!!) and okay paneling. Again, I'm a beginner...So yeah. I'll put these up too soon. It's an excerpt from The Last Rider! (A pretty much messed up story I've ranted about in my writing blog). But in terms of paneling and story-telling technique I'm better there. In terms of speed lines and everything else...I suppose the one I'm working on is better. When I finish the prologue I'll scan them up too.

So....yeah. Okay. I'll be back soon!
(And yes, I drew that...)

Hi!! This Time With My Own Pic

Rant time!

Wow. Thinking back to this, this picture was pretty bad-drawn. Seriously. The wood on the bow looks like it's made of sponge. And, the folds look extremely unrealistic. The dress looks like a crystal on Dragonfable. (Yes, I used to play that.) And, the colors are bad.

Yeah, I won't really blame myself for the color, because the colored pencils I was using at that time was cheap, and cheap usually = bad. The colors were very dry and the colors didn't come out as easily as they should have.

First thing on my wishlist for art supplies: Prismacolor colored pencils. Those are amazing. They have very thick color...But I think colored pencils aren't meant to be used to color manga. I've seen on videos on Youtube that you can color manga with watercolor pencils. I think the maker's username was sophiechan or something. The manga that user draws is amazing.

Anyway, the whole point of this post was just to show you my starting manga. Even this, I drew months ago. It was at least a semester and a couple weeks ago, since I uploaded this on my school HTML website. Which is still there, but is pretty bad. Visit my friend Alice's school website. Hers is really cool.

Back to the point!!! So yeah. I think I've been drawing manga since at least early February of last year, which makes my manga drawing history about a little more than a year. Most likely is goes even more further back. The only reason of how I know this is because back then I used to draw my manga on scrap paper and on the last pages of my writing notebooks and stuff like that, so most of it's gone, but the ones I could find through moving (literally) was dated from way back there. So I've been drawing for a bit over a year, and hope to continue drawing.

But I think people improve the most after a year, and improvement also depends on how frequently people draw. Like Xepher said, he gets addicted to drawing manga, and so do I. for the past couple days, I haven't been getting a whole ton of internet, meaning I spent practically 80% of my time drawing manga, curled up on my wheely chair. I'm serious. For the first two weeks of summer, I was either moving heavy stuff or drawing. Ask Hamy if you don't believe me. That was literally all I was doing. Drawing. I was either moving, sleeping, enjoying the park right next to my new place, or drawing. And even in the park I was drawing.

But that was actually pretty good for me, since I improved a LOT. For example, my girls' hair has improved (by a lot), I can draw boys (somewhat, which is a lot better), and every part of my manga is getting so much better. But that doesn't mean I'm as good as Xepher or anything like that. I suck at paneling. And speed lines. And practically everything essential about that. (Another shout-out to ya and ur manga, Xepher!)

This post seems to be getting off topic all the time, so I'll go a little more off topic.
Guess what?
I'm getting a student! It's a friend of ours, especially Hamy's.
He's asking me to teach him manga, and I consented, but I'm not sure what I can teach him.

So...if there's any suggestions, just slide it in the (suggestion) comment box!

---End Rant---

Intro: This is Xepher taking over your screen

I guess Mulan has already introduced me.
Well, umm....where too start......
I LOVE to draw manga. I mean, i just cant stop drawing it, its like an addiction.
I guess that's one thing interests that me and my G-Friend share...(Less than 3 Mulan, Less than 3 ;)
I guess i'll start by posting some of my manga i drew.
I'm working on the kinks. Its all Sharpie Pens and the smell nearly killed me last night.
Right now, im interested in reading that "Maximum Ride" Manga that was made recently.
This may be one of the few posts i'll ever do in 3 months, im going out-of-country for a while.
T'was a pleasure to meet you all
So let there be Light!

Umm...that was God i was quoting. I was quoting God.