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22.06.2008 05:31 PM

Hiya! I hope I can help you out...I entered RSOM twice, and used different methods each time. The first time, I penciled and inked my manga by hand on regular sketching paper, then scanned the pages and toned them digitally. The second time, I penciled on normal drawing paper, then traced everything on Bristol board with my inks (it's easiest to use a lightbox for this...and the kind of Bristol board that seems to work best is Strathmore, which is pretty cheap and you can buy it from arts & crafts stores, online art stores (like Dick Blick), or even your community college bookstore, if you have one) Personally, I like doing pencils and inks by hand, then toning digitally, but that's really up to you. Tokyopop doesn't seem to care what kind of paper you use, as long as your art looks good (and you save each layer, if you go digital with anything). At least doing half the work digitally (toning and lettering) seems to be easiest, since you can go back and fix everything, and you can save it all.

Hmm...I'm not sure about Tokyopop's judging process. I mean, they seemed pretty fair in my experience (I didn't win either time, but my technique wasn't very good then, either... ^^;; ) but, Kodansha, the famous Japanese manga publisher does hold international manga competitions. They're holding one this year (http://e-morning.jp/mimc/) and it looks pretty exciting. The cash prize is also way more than RSOM's. ;) The deadline's just a few months away, though.

I hope this helps you! Good luck!!!

ROGUE1ANDROID

17.06.2008 04:59 AM