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WANT TO KNOW HOW TOUGH BEING A MANGA ARTIST IS?Here's a schedule breakdown of the average week for a working Mangaka in Tokyo.

how bad do you want it?

Good luck on your projects!!!!!

TO THE ASPIRING ARTISTS OUT THERE....It's good to be schooled and have experience working for different people.
Just be careful not to spend your entire life using your skills to make everyone else's dreams come true.
Be sure to make room for your dreams in this life as well.

Good luck on your projects for 2012!!!

NEW LEGEND OF KORRA SNEAK PEEK!: CHI-BLOCKERS!ENTER THE CHI-BLOCKERS!!!: Brilliantly Storyboarded by Young Ki Yoon w/ Seung Kim and Kihyun Ryu touch-ups. Animated by Studio Mir's Chief animator, CHOI IN SUNG w/ Some clean-up animation by me.
*KORRA PREMIERES THIS SATURDAY!!!!!!!*

I HATE THIS GUY. Seriously. I quit, LOL.I discovered Kim Jung Gi during my years living in South Korea when I came across his first sketchbook in '09. It was a blue and red bible of non-stop art. it made me cry. SEEING him do what he does, however, makes me contemplating giving up art altogether, lol. T________T #SoGood

DO YOU KNOW THESE ARTISTS?It's been a while since i've shared some of my favorite deviants. Here's a list of talent that some of you may or may not be aware of that i've been drooling over lately. I love this place!
Check 'em out!:
:iconmonk-art: Fabian Schlaga. LEGEND. If you haven't heard of this guy, you're missing out!
:iconsaspy: Saspy's work is amazing. The female mega-talent from Italy shows no sign of slowing down with her bright and fun approaches to character design, expressions and energy.
:iconjoel27: Joel is currently my FAVORITE ARTIST on Deviantart. Just flip through his gallery and you might find yourself there all day.
:icontchokun: French Artist who worked on online games and flash shorts such as WAKFU is not to be missed. serious talent here
:iconrikkitikki: Rikkitikki's light hearted animation influence illustrations are something to fall in love with. He's got a detective concept he's been playing with that shows the main characters quite often and i usually fave when he draws th

Facebook Art Theft AppThere's a facebook app which essentially takes comics from around the web and puts them all together in one place. However, it bypasses links to the original source material and even worse it encourages users to donate to the creator of the app.
Essentially this guy is making money off us web comic creator's hard earned work that we normally give away for free.
Links for the people who want to stay more informed: http://team4d.deviantart.com/journal/A-NEW-KIND-OF-ART-THEFT-WEB-ARTISTS-BEWARE-278974603 http://www.korybing.com/post/15704334457/choochoobear-thunt-of-the-webcomic-goblins
I've reblogged this on tumblr and made a post about it on facebook. Please try to spread the word about this if you can.
EDIT: The app's name is not Something Positive. That's actually one of the comics the app is stealing from. Apparently the app changes it's name depending on the comic it's ripping off. There are about 161 web artists (not all necessarily comic related) who's work are being misused.
The

WATCH THE LEGEND OF KORRA EPISODES 1 and 2 NOW!!!!As a thank you to the fans for "LIKING" KORRANATION.COM 100,000 times, Nickelodeon-- AS PROMISED-- has granted us an EXCLUSIVE, ADVANCED SCREENING of EPISODES 1 and 2 of The Legend of Korra on KORRANATION.com NOW!!!!
WATCH Episodes 1 and 2 NOW!!! :-D
http://www.korranation.com/
* NOTE: ADVANCED SCREENING ONLY AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING IF YOU'RE IN AMERICA

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WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS SO FAR??!!!!

I joined a new art blog, THE BOGSo James Harren :iconJharren: and I have started a new art blog called THE BOG. So far it's fuggin fun as hell. It's not like the Sindicate where we would draw other peoples characters and do tributes, which was still a lot of fun to do. But this blog we decided will be mainly around the monsterish, creature type, our own designs. We pick a theme, our first one being BIRTH. We both post scans of our pieces as a work in progress until the final piece. So check it out here> http://the-bog.tumblr.com/
Ryan

FAQFAQ page on my website updated: http://marciotakara.com/00_faq.htm
oh well, here's the whole thing:
People have been asking me a lot of the same questions over the years. So I thought it would be a good idea to create this Frequently Asked Questions page. I'll keep updating it here as I go.
last update: November 8th, 2012
Q. What kind of tools do you use to draw?
A. It changes every now and then. Lately, I've been using a regular mech pencil with 0.5 HB lead.
Kneded eraser to clean my lines. Whatever hard eraser to really erase when needed.
For the inks I use mostly a Windsor&Newton (series 7, size 000) brush, the rechargeable Kuretake brush pen for thicker (and awesome) lines and whatever old brush for cool textures.
I'm still trying to find the perfect white ink/acrylic.
And I use Micron pens for straight lines.
And whatever black ink. Right now, Dr. Ph. Martin's Black Star.
Q. What comics have you worked on before?
A. For Marvel Comics, "Spider-Man & Fantastic Four - Hard Choices" a

Rat Rage Special Soundtrack!Rat Rage news!
A while back, I stated that I wanted to have a special soundtrack to accompany the book when it drops. Well, I found a composer to team up with on it!
Surasshu (One 1/2 of Yogurtbox) will be manning the ship on the soundtrack, which will feature character themes, set piece melodies, and an overall jazzy (and hip-hop fuzed!), vidya-game influenced listening experience.
Here are a few tracks from his portfolio reel so you can anticipate the awesomeness:
Turbo Run (Arcade Racer type)
Dungeon Level 2 (Etrian Odys

Cartoons and Comics DD summary - June 2012Oh man, I almost forgot to write this because I thought there were 31 days in June! Then I thought about it and decided to be SMART and check the calender

Sorry about the long no update period! Things.. haven't been going too well here, but I'll try my best to keep my head up

Anyway, here you go~

ME EVOLUTION Hard Cover by ~OMARFRANCIA
ME EVOLUTION Hard Cover by ~OMARFRANCIA
(Featured by `dust-bite)

Prince of Cats Cover01 by *D-pi
Prince of Cats Cover01 by ~D-pi
(Featured by `dust-bite)

Bought through Indyplanet?Have you bought any of my comics via Indyplanet?
If so; I'd like to know exactly what you think of their service.
I plan on forwarding your opinions to them..... especially those on postage.

Kick Sexism Out Of GamingIf you do just one thing today, read this article - http://www.vg247.com/2012/04/12/enough-we-must-all-try-to-kick-sexism-out-of-gaming/
I won't post the whole thing here, but the issue can be summed up with this quote from the above article: "The truth is that games are sexist in their depiction of women to a depressing degree. I raised the point on a press trip dinner last year: how many female characters can you think of that aren't obviously designed to be sexually attractive to men? Apart from Shepard, no one around the table could suggest a single one."
I've made my thoughts on this issue very clear before, and taken some flak along the way for it - but it has got to stop. Is there anything wrong with wanting to make characters look attractive? Of course not. But the ridiculous degree to which female characters are sexualised is not going away - and if anything - getting worse. Take Ashley Williams for example - in ME1 she was a tough as nails soldier - the o

starting a pagei did a panel at wondercon over the weekend about "Drawing Comics" and one of the questions from the audience was " how do you over the fear ( or anxiety) of starting a page and taking it to finish from blank. I remember answering something like " having a deadline makes you have to, also it being your job, bills, and such"- something like that. Although half jokingly, those things are definitely true. But i think maybe they wanted a more creative response.
in any case, one way is to learn about your characters on the page, understand them, understand their surroundings, and then connect the two. having a good understanding of where your characters are positioned in their setting will definitely makes it easier to move then around and tell a story.
anyway, just figured i'd put that out there.
Next stop-
Emerald City Comicon - http://duss005.com/convention-schedule/
10 days and counting, have a great one everybuddy.
-dustin

My Two CentsI used to think that I wanted to leave my mark in this world, to make an impact on others. A dear friend told me that what I really want is for my art to mean something to others. I used to tell people that I wanted to be a photographer for a cause, but I have yet to discover what that cause is. I still haven't found the "niche" that I am searching for. For as long as I can remember, I didn't have a direction or a passion before I discovered that I could be a photographer. I have always been a dreamer and a free spirit. In eighth grade when we had to write papers on what we wanted to be when we grew up, I wrote mine about wanting to become an Ice Cream Truck Driver. I didn't have a focus. I wasn't one of those kids that created a mold for their life at a young age. I never believed in myself or felt that anyone ever believed in me enough to think that I could ever be anything worthwhile.
I was born amid dysfunction, and that dysfunction prohibited me from trying, from wanting to be som

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LEGEND OF KORRA : "BE THE LEAF!"

by `LeSeanThomas, Apr 13, 2012, 5:17:34 PM
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Listening to: JOEY BAD@$$ : WAVES
Reading: BLACK DYNAMITE TARGAS
Watching: LEGEND OF KORRA EPISODES
Playing: POSSUM
Eating: WACK ARTISTS ALIVE
Drinking: WATER

Here's a sequence i storyboarded in 2010 (with some Kihyun Ryu touch-ups) from " A Leaf in the Wind" episode featuring one of my favorite characters, Meelo.

*Animator(s)/Colorist(s) unknown*

"BE THE LEAF!"

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LEGEND OF KORRA : "BE THE LEAF!"by `LeSeanThomas

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~superjedi003 May 6, 2012

haha meelo is hilarious. reminds me of sokka on cactus juice

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~thesenileauthor Apr 18, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

JAW DROPPED! Really incredible work you're doing! I really wish more people would know the names of the people behind their favourite cartoons apart from the writer names.

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~D-Gee Apr 16, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

Dude, just saw this in Chicago .... so great..loved it. Congrats on all the success !

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~BookerJ Apr 14, 2012

sick scene! just saw scene on tv today! hope they bust out a groundwork book with storyboard attached.

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~HolyMane Apr 14, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

whate are those "inneworld" and what not video also posted there ,kinda got me curious.

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~ironwill-nelson Apr 14, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

I've seen the first two episodes thanks to your iTunes heads up... Loved it from the first second! Awesome great show! Congrats!

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~Dreamerwstcoast Apr 14, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Be the Leaf.....LOL i never get tired of that. great job 'LeSean.

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~rod-man Apr 14, 2012 Student Filmographer

is that old Aang??

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~meirol Apr 14, 2012

it's Aang's son

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~rod-man Apr 14, 2012 Student Filmographer

the old guy is Aang's son??

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