Linnea Kataja
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Freelance mangaka in 🇯🇵 🤍アメリカ人フリーマンガ家。夢は日本で漫画を出版!🤍作画監督/Animator @TonariAnimation 🤍Business inquiries/お仕事の依頼等➡️katajalinnea @gmail .com🤍She/her
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🌟RT's appreciated!🌟
Surprise! The first part of chapter 4 of my idol horror manga Idol Royale is up on webtoon! Link is in the comments below 😊
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Why do mangaka's shade in "dots"?
I see a lot of people who get confused about it that dont really understand the process of creating manga, so I hope I can help explain it a little to make it easier to understand.
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From my experience selling at Comiket/Comitia in Japan vs selling at anime cons in America, I couldn't agree more.
At American cons I felt forced to make fan art prints/merch in order to sell anything, while the original manga I self-published would sell maybe 5-10 copies, but
One thing that makes me sad about the US manga creator ecosystem is how creators end up spending more time & creative energy making prints & “merch” to sell in artists alley vs making comics. The Kodansha editors fr JP noticed this diff too & were slightly puzzled by this.
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It's always flattering to me when people see my art and think I'm a published mangaka, even though I've never been published.
I've tried many times to submit to contests, send story pitches and show my work to publishers directly without any luck. However I try not to let
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Welcome Noctyx!!
#Noctyx
#NIJISANJI_EN
#AlbanKnoxArt
#YugoAsuma
#FulGallery
#SonnyBrisko
#VioletAtelier
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my very first time tabling at Comiket in Japan, where no one knee my work yet and I just had one original manga to sell, I SOLD OUT and probably sold more of my manga there than at any American cons combined.
Japanese cons foster original talent/creativity, while American cons
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do not have an audience for original manga work. There is no room for new original works to grow because then you waste a lot of money on table/printing, thus the fan art merch=sales cycle continues.
After experiencing comic markets in Japan, American anime cons cant compare.
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✨Useful manga tip✨
❌DO NOT: Draw every background by hand, very time consuming when trying to get pages done fast.
✅DO: Use auto actions to turn your photographs into monochrome manga backgrounds instantly. Same method used by mangaka's like Inio Asano and many more.
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"No one ever told you you can't become a manga artist!!"
I got a lot of comments like that on a recent video I posted, but that mindset used to be common and discouraged me a lot. I feel so lucky now to work as a full time comic artist/illustrator and I'm glad I didn't give up🥰
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An American doing her best to make her pro mangaka debut!🌟
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Is there really drama about a Vtuber being mean towards their fan artists...
Listen, I don't care what you say about the quality of your art, if ya'll make art for me I will save it, print it and tape it to my hypothetical refrigerator and cherish it.
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The main reason is: reducing printing costs. A lot of printers only give options to print either in Color or Monochrome (black and white). If you paint with gray, you have to print it in color which is going to cost WAY more than just printing in monochrome.
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Ppl on Tiktok: so are you depressed living in Japan yet? You must be depressed and hate Japan by now!!
Me: *eating Family Mart pudding on some corner in Shibuya just chilling* what-
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Also when printing in gray the printer might add a weird color tone that wasnt intended so the final printed product will look different than the digital version. Using tone helps to reduce that risk since only black ink is used.
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And finally, using tone helps to keep that "traditonal manga" feeling which is nice if youre trying to draw authentic looking manga.
I hope that this thread was helpful, and feel free to let me know if you have other questions about the manga creation process💕
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The shading used in manga is called "screentone." When manga is drawn traditionally, you buy sheets of tone and cut out the parts you want to shade using a knife and paste it onto the paper. The paper has glue on it so it sticks to the page easily. However,
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With a lot of Vtubers graduating it's true we're probably past the peak/boom of Vtubing but I don't think we're anywhere near the end. As technology/VR becomes more advanced I think virtual idols and content creators are here to stay and will keep evolving over time
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Simp art for my Isekai'd Shinigami Queen
@moricalliope
, I'm not worthy 🥺🥺
#HololiveEN
#holomyth
#hololiveEnglish
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SO to my fellow broketubers who made their own model/overlay/skebs etc cause they can't afford them 😭🖐️
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now with digital tools, screentone can be applied easily by just putting toned textures over your drawing and painting it in like you would normal colors. Its way faster and easier to do this way
But if thats the case, why use screentone now rather than just painting gray tones?
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Making my girlfriend a yuri visual novel for her birthday 💖
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Looking for Vtubers, streamers, Youtubers who would be interested in playing the visual novel I'm the character/CG artist for called Black Heaven!
It is a horror/romance visual novel being released on Steam October 21st. If you're interested send me a message or leave a comment!
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Manga eye detail tutorial in under 30 seconds!👁🌟
If theres any other manga tutorials youd like to see leave your suggestions in the comments!☺️
#mangatips
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Vtuber model commission WIP!✨ I like the little flowers in the eyes 🌸
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Thanks for all the love on the Vtuber model wip/sparkly skirt video from yesterday! 🥰
Here's another little WIP of the model I'm working on!💕
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@SerotinaVT
@Lyrica_ch
@ArtemisVtuber
@domoarigathanks
You, artemis and lyrica beating up domo you say?
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I love my Hololive waifus, but the ENVtuber community tho...
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How I draw hair in manga pages! ✍️
Got asked recently about my process for drawing hair, so I hope this gives a better idea for how I go about it ☺️
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Glad to see a lot of people are finding this thread helpful!💖 if youre interested feel free to check out my idol horror manga Idol Royale which Im drawing in this post on Webtoon, I would really appreciate it!
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Drawing myself as a manga character! Does it look like me? 👀
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"You're American so you can't be a manga artist!!"
People would say this a lot back in the day, I'm proud of how far I've come now 🥰
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✨List of most recommended brushes to draw manga in Clip Studio Paint✨
I've had soooo many comments and messages in the past requesting to know what brushes I use to draw authentic-looking manga, so here's a list of the best brushes I've used:
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Made my girlfriend a yuri visual novel for her birthday, here's some of the art I did for it 💖
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Creating a Vtuber design 😃 VS creating a Vtuber's Live 2D layers😨
Though it can be a lot of work it's always worth it for the end result!
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First DemonDice follows me and then Sydsnap follows/likes a post about Idol Royale 😳 what a boost of motivation, I'll do my best on my manga/projects!!
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I use this method for most of my city-scape backgrounds in Idol Royale! The result looks good and the pages are finished quickly.
The auto-action asset code I use in CSP is 2032831
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FINISHED DRAWING MY LIVE 2D!!!!💖 I'm handing it over to be rigged now, look forward to my Unicorn Maid Live2D debut in the future!! 👀👀
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Three tips to instantly improve your manga lineart✨
(a short thread)
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"AI art is going to replace real artists!"
The AI art's hands:
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⚠️ WARNING: Yandere stalker girl ⚠️
(RT's appreciated!🌸)
Now that the deadline has passed I wanted to share my short 13-page manga for
@SilentMangaComm
!! I had a lot of fun working on this and honing my skills more, and I hope you enjoy it! (1/4)
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Tomorrow at 1pm EST will be coloring a very special Vtuber commission, can you guess who it is?💖 see you then!
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If you're interested in any of the brushes I use feel free to let me know and I can share the Clip Studio asset code ☺️
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the fact that publishers havent been interested in my work discourage me. I still make the work I want to and post it online, and that makes me happy. And I also now work in the Japanese anime industry and make a living from my art. And I have had smaller/digital publishers
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🌸🌸🌸RT's appreciated!🌸🌸🌸
I have a limited number of commissions slots NOW OPEN! This includes Vtuber Live 2D, illustration and emote commissions. Please read my TOS before ordering:
🌸Order a commission here:
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**RT's APPRECIATED**
Hey guys, as you know 2020 has been a very difficult year for artists, especially those who make a large part of their income through selling at conventions. I will be moving to Japan in a month and it looks like I will have to throw most of my merch away.
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🌸🌸 LIVE 2D DEBUT ANNOUNCEMENT!! 🌸🌸
I will be having my Live 2D debut Friday October 23rd at 7pm EST over on Twitch!! This has been a long time in the making and I'm so excited to show you my new and improved self! I hope to see you there! 💖🥰
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Anyone who takes the time to make FA and support their favorite creator deserves all the love (and retweets/gushing comments from me)
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Vtuber model commission for
@sickly_momo
!! So much pink and frills I had fun drawing this 🍑
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Thank you to everyone new who followed recently, I didnt expect to grow on here so suddenly 🥹 it makes me feel encouraged, I'll keep working hard on my manga and projects! 💕
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be interested in my work before, but it's hard to see the benefit of giving my work to someone else to only have it be posted online, which is something I can do myself. I hope one day to have my work printed and in the manga shelves in book stores, but until then
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I'll keep making the manga I want to in the time I have to do it after work, and enjoy the reactions from everyone who reads it online.
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#これでフォロワーさん増えました
Just with this post I gained a lot of followers! I never expected a video showing how I screentone manga would do so well ☺️
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NOTE: I ACCIDENTALLY DELETED THE ORIGINAL TWEET BY ACCIDENT SO IF YOU WANT TO ENTER PLEASE RT/LIKE AGAIN. I am SO sorry about this >_<;;;
Deadline is extended to August 2nd.
*Art Raffle*
*Follow, RT and like to enter!*
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My name is Linnea, I'm a freelance mangaka and Sakkan (key frame animation director) in the Japanese anime industry. My jpop idol/horror manga Idol Royale has a 9.7/10 rating on Webtoon. My dream is to one day be officially published in book form!
#PortfolioDay
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Everything is so sudden it's still hard to believe...
Vtubing is such a strange and fun part of otaku culture, and much of it was brought to the west because of Coco. It'll be sad to see you go, but I'm sure you have a bright future ahead as well.
ありがとう、会長!!
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