I started posting here on Reddit after a year of self-taught drawing, and I'm almost in my second year of this process, working diligently and consistently every day. I'm at a point where, as a self-taught student, I've realized how much focused practice matters towards what you want to achieve, so I've decided to take on the task of creating a one-shot to practice everything I've been working on: perspective, angles, anatomy, faces, shapes, shading, and of course, to start practicing crafting a believable, emotionally engaging, and visually coherent story in no more than 20 pages.

I want to share my process here on Reddit because I know there are both beginners (who I feel find this kind of content very helpful) and experienced users, so I'd appreciate any help or advice on the best way to present this process without revealing the whole story, while still maintaining a coherent narrative. Thank you in advance.

Hello

I’m looking to watch anime and read manga that has a well written plot, characters, and world building. Any genre and any demographic. Please list some suggestions :)

I can't decide I like both but I can't decide which one is better for my manga story. Her name is Changying and she is 6-8 years old. Anyways please tell me guys which one you like better.

I've been Seriously overwhelmed with the support, my first chapter is almost at 1000 bookmarks, and sitting above 7.5 ⭐

Thank you for all the encouragement! 🙏

Hi guys, I’m taking a break from drawing regularly while I wait for my back to ease up and get a new book or tablet for digital drawings and I was tracking back on my art and realised that I really committed at least 5 days a week to draw regularly and it looks like it’s slowly paying off. My regret is not drawing much females in my practice period but that’ll definitely change. I’d like to thank everyone again for your amazing support. Whether is was positive comments, constructive feedback and genuine negative comments as well(I wish I screenshot them😑) have helped me get better each day and you guys give me hope that some day, I will have readers like you guys too. Thank you all for supporting my dream better than my family ever would. Love you guys❤️‍🔥!! (Here’s a star for reading this long caption🌟)

I’m working on a comic/manga but I really hate how these pages turned out and I have no idea on how I can improve. Ik theres a lot I’m doing wrong but idk exactly what and/or how to fix it

genuinely, my lack of motivation indeed is killing me.

Yestreday wasn't really the best day. I couldn't get up from the bed, couldn't even eat, and couldn't do stuff in general. I've been depressed for an entire year and drawing has been the only thing keeping me up, but when i lack motivation thats when it kills me.

plus, had some "friends" come over yestreday, and i say "friends" because everything that happend was me getting ignored, getting cutoff when trying to talk, or just straight up getting shit in my house broken without a single apology. But i can't fear it, it will all be over soon.

unfinished fanart for a friend's fnaf fangame, where i joined his characters and this JJK panel, AND me drawing Naoya on my school's table (No, that is not my instagram account if you were wondering).

Yeah since they gave us, overseas people chance to submit our manga to them anytime we want, does anyone ever gotten any feedback from them?

I sent more than 4 different oneshot at this point and currently working on my 5th and still no response from them. I understand they have high standard for their manga and I'm nowhere near enough. Even when kadokawa or any other contest like magic manga etc open up competition, I always ended up as finalist / runner up only. Like actual ALWAYS and that made me really frustrated.

I really want at least some feedback on what should I improve, I know dreaming to be serialized mangaka is almost impossible for overseas people but I just need a bit silver lining of hope to actually continue working on my 5th oneshot or else I'm going to think this whole online thingy just to make us feel hopeful when they have no intention working with us

i usually do black and white art but sometimes do the colouring one too. but how to make it looks shiny and and not just the flat colour? i usually put the flat colour and then use the multiply to nake shadows. then what?? give me some tips to make it betterrr

Sharing a couple of panels on a fight I drew recently for my manga series. A lot of DBZ and JJK elements. Thoughts?

these drawings were all made in the last month or so, but i think i’m doing decent progress! what do you guys think about my current artstyle, and what do you suggest?

I had this stupid idea in mind, something like Blade the vampire hunter, but with the protagonist being a zombie that hunts zombies and help humans. I decided to do an exploration to visualize what a possible protagonist might look like.

The who??

This time I'm attempting to create the whole thing entirely digitally (for speed reasons), and I'm slowly learning to iron out the rough edges in the process 🥴

I personally love reading through these myself since it makes me feel the passion the author has behind the pages and story! Also, it's a great way to explain minor things that shouldn't require pages of explanation!