r/Mangamakers • • Feb 25 '21

So, you want to find a partner, eh? Use this as a guide to help you along.

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There has been an influx of people wanting to get a writer/artist to collaborate with lately. Good! This is exactly what this sub is for! However, you're not doing yourselves any favours with how you've set up your posts. Not only are some of the posts going to attract no potential partners, but they're downright rude to your potential collaborators. Your post is your job interview. You have to show your skills, desires, and your worth in a short post. You have to make yourself and your skills attractive. This is where portfolios come into play. This is your resume. They're a collection of the things you have done and let your potential partner see your value. The more professional your portfolio, the more likely you are to attract potential collaborators.

First and foremost, in your correspondence with your potential partner, be upfront about whether or not this is paid. When you collaborate, you pay for your services. Either you pay with money, or you pay with your own skill. Also be very upfront with your expectations. What are you looking for? How do you want to delegate tasks?

For a writer's portfolio, I recommend:

  • A short story of some sort that you have written. It allows potential partners/editors/publishers to understand how you setup a story, the writer's general plotting, and their writing style.

  • A storyboard/name. A few pages are fine. It allows the potential partners to get an idea of dialogue interactions, plot progression, etc. I recommend a story in four panels to showcase your ability.

  • Any past written prose of any sort.

  • Any past comics/manga that the writer has worked on. Include the name(s) of previous collaborators.

  • A 'preview' of the story being pitched. This includes where you see the story in 1 day, 1 month, 1 year. Show your potential partner what you see.

  • Character profiles, including name, height, age, bio, motivations, goals, likes, dislikes, hobbies, quirks, and any other relevant information.

  • Previous paid work, if applicable.

  • What additional skills you have. i.e. Shading, lettering/typesetting, translating, etc.

  • An 'about' section, including favourite stories, favourite genres, etc. Tell your prospective partners about yourself!

For an artist's portfolio, I recommend:

  • A collection of sketches/drawings to give your partner a feel for your skill. This includes coloured and non-coloured.

  • Character sketches, including: head shots with multiple angles and emotions, character(s) action, static, dynamic, etc poses, and any other things you think work well to showcase your drawing range.

  • Any past comics/manga that you have worked on. Include the name(s) of the previous collaborators.

  • A couple pages showcasing a visualized moment in time. A comic in four parts is a good idea for this.

  • What additional skills you have. i.e. translating, world building, editing, etc.

  • Previous paid work, if applicable.

  • An 'about' section, including favourite stories, favourite genres, etc. Tell your prospective partners about yourself!

There are most likely other parts to make your portfolios more attractive, but this is a start. If you have any ideas of what else to include, comment it here and I'll add it!


r/Mangamakers • • Feb 13 '26

SELF New moderators and rules discussion

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Hi everyone!

After a bit of a search, I've added two more mods to the team. So welcome!

Now to some discussion around an incredibly sensitive topic - AI. I think a lot of people have a knee-jerk hatred towards AI because of a bad association with it. When someone reads/hears AI, they immediately think of purely generated images that were trained on hundreds of thousands of stolen pieces of artwork instead of being a workflow manager or tool to help make drawing easier and faster for skilled artists.

That being said, I think this is a good time for the community to decide what is considered an acceptable level of AI usage. We need to decide on the rules of what level is ok to allow and what isn't allowed to be kept. Here are some guidelines that I came up with that can help guide discussions:

  1. Complete AI ban. Generative AI cannot be used in any part of comic/artwork creation. Even if AI was used simply for idea generation, that counts.

  2. Minimal AI usage. Generative AI can be used to assist in creation in minimal ways. What this includes can vary. Possibly along the lines of setting up storyboards, cleaning up lines in final pages, etc.

  3. Heavy AI usage. Generative AI can be used to assist in most aspects of creation. This includes taking a sketch and turning it into a finished product, coloring a page, etc.

  4. Complete AI admittance. All artwork made by generative AI are allowed. This includes posts that were made without any drawing done by the user.

KEEP IT CIVIL IN HERE. Just because someone has a different opinion than you doesn't mean you can become toxic.


r/Mangamakers • • 6h ago

HELP Feedback needed!

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I have recently posted my new manga Armorino of Time: Ka.Ge.Mi on Manga Plus Creators, and I'd appreciate if I could have some of your time to read my manga and give me some feedback for improvement. Your support is highly appreciated. Thank you very much!

Link: https://mangaplus-creators.jp/episodes/ga2610032232540027189051


r/Mangamakers • • 7h ago

SHARE My Manga Works

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r/Mangamakers • • 16h ago

HELP How do you portray the true horrors of war in a dark fantasy story without glorifying it?

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I'm developing a dark fantasy story featuring two major wars. I want to portray war as more than epic battles, powerful warriors, and dramatic deaths. I want readers to understand what war actually does to people, their relationships, their morality, and entire societies.

I'm interested in showing the perspectives of soldiers, civilians, refugees, and people who genuinely believe they're fighting for the right cause. I also want to explore how propaganda, hatred, revenge, and political ambition can turn ordinary people against each other.

My goal is to make the audience feel the weight of war and leave them thinking about its consequences long after the battles end, without relying on excessive violence or killing characters just to make the story seem darker.

For writers and readers:

What fictional stories portray the horrors of war most convincingly, and what specifically makes them effective?

How do you make the audience emotionally invested in the suffering of ordinary people rather than focusing exclusively on the main characters?

How can you show the psychological and moral consequences of war without making every soldier a monster or every victim completely innocent?

What makes a battlefield scene genuinely tragic rather than simply spectacular?

How do you portray the aftermath of war so that victory doesn't magically erase the suffering?

What mistakes make fictional portrayals of war feel shallow, unrealistic, or unintentionally glorifying?

I'd especially appreciate examples from fantasy, anime, manga, historical fiction, and literature, along with explanations of why those portrayals work.


r/Mangamakers • • 14h ago

SELF Drawing some manga/comic and open for comms

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r/Mangamakers • • 22h ago

HELP Character Consistency

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I am trying to start making manga/webtoons so I decided to see what I am capable of and create a few panels, this is my first ever attempt at manga.

I'm not really good at drawing which I don't really mind but my main issue is with the characters consistency. The first panel is how I want the character to look across the others but he does not look like the same guy in the other panels and as I was making it, the hair was the hardest aspect to try and keep consistent.

How do you guys ensure your character looks consistent across different angles for different panels?


r/Mangamakers • • 1d ago

SELF Hands of War: WW2

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r/Mangamakers • • 1d ago

SELF LOSTLAND Chapter 5 Update!

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r/Mangamakers • • 1d ago

LFW [for hire] MANGA ARTIST dm me if ur interested

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r/Mangamakers • • 2d ago

SELF The Kaiju Ghoul production is under way now! Manga by Brandon Rey

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The story revolves around a former Yakuza family adopted guy named Nikunji Nakishimo wanting to start a new life with his wife Sakura but goes extremely wrong after an altercation takes he and his wife's lives causing them to be left for dead in a blood bath. One year later the once father of Nikunji, now he and his wifes murder uses Nikunji's corpse combined with a newly discovered daikaiju heart brings Nikunji back from the dead with a vengeance from himself and the blood fueled raging kaiju to kill their killer and avenge Nikunji's wife. Nikunji also fights the urge to live on due to grief of the loss of his wife though things come along the way to push him to give life a second chance to live the life he could've had while feeling the guilt of leaving his wife behind. Join Nikunji on this horror filled blood bath love story of a journey of Nikunji seeking vengeance and a chance to live a life he nearly missed out on with new friends and people along the way.


r/Mangamakers • • 2d ago

LFW I want to make a manga

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Im 13 and im not japaneese. I like drawing and i absolutely love manga!. My favorite ones are: One piece, Frieren, DBZ, Spy x family. I already have a half inked oneshot and a few cool manga ideas. I plan to try and get MEXT from the japaneese embasy when im 18, enroll(get in) to the manga university-Kyoto. Im quite good at drawing and creating stories. But i lack discipline and drawing skills (plus japaneese language). If you have any tips on: how to make a manga, how to draw better, how to learn japaneese, how to plan ahead or anything that would help me, i would be very gratefull if anyone could help me. P.S. i dont use redit a lot so if i dont reply or smth, sorry.P.S.S. Here is a page of a one shot i,ve been drawing.


r/Mangamakers • • 2d ago

HELP A manga of a highschool Loser learing that change is earned thorugh boxing

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Hey, I'm a 13-year-old manga artist who's making a boxing manga. I made this to help inspire others who label themselves as losers and such to help inspire them to be something more and be great! I know chapters 1-3 are really bad, especially chapter 1 (the grammar sucks), but 4 chapters are out, the art is improving, and the grammar is better. Also need help with promoting my manga. Any advice? Links to read---> https://mangaplus-creators.jp/dashboard/titles/di2607170846540027435989 and https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/loser/list?title_no=1133419 edit:srry for the mispell


r/Mangamakers • • 2d ago

Review Making a manga about MMA

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r/Mangamakers • • 2d ago

SHARE Wip

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r/Mangamakers • • 2d ago

SELF |Paid| Manga + light novel Editor.

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I do proper editing work for manga scripts + light novel adaptation into manga. It includes story structure, panel descriptions, dialogue , pacing and more.

I charge 9-12 $ per page of 450 words. Mind that industry specific pages for a rough draft contain not more than 250 words on any platform.

A rough estimate : 15-20 manga pages (70- 100 panels) for 100-120$.

Perfect budget for one shots. I am already working with some long running series so world builiding and story development is free if its a long series.

You can find me on fiver as well. Recently started there after working from reddit and Instagram.

Interested in seeing my work. Can show you in DMs the client reviews and work i have done. Must say, its just great to see your client happy.

That's all. We can discuss rest of the details in DM.


r/Mangamakers • • 3d ago

HELP How do you prevent hacking and scams?

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Do you have any advice on how to protect yourself from scams and getting hacked when selling your artwork/manga pages? There are a lot of trolls and malicious people here in reddit and sometimes I am not so tech savvy or informed on what people can get away with in the platform. Do you have any advice on that? I don't make a living on this so last time I was hacked it took me a while to notice and another 3-4 months for PayPal to return the account.

Thanks.


r/Mangamakers • • 3d ago

SHARE I made a poster

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I belive especially that there a number of a combination of English lexicon I must provide to be eligible to post

Also link https://mangaplus-creators.jp/titles/6m2601092342250027340223


r/Mangamakers • • 3d ago

HELP Can't figure out how to make this motion blur work

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Does anyone have any reference images they can send to help me figure out how to get better at this (preferably colored)? Maybe I'm overthinking this but something about this feels wrong


r/Mangamakers • • 3d ago

SHARE Max Daddy redesigned

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r/Mangamakers • • 4d ago

SHARE First time making a short comic for my ocs :D

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Any tips are welcome! This was very fun haha


r/Mangamakers • • 4d ago

HELP How Do I Start Writing Mangas With No Experience And Failed GCSE's.

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Hi, I'm 19 and recently did 3 years in college for music and found it wasn't for me afterwards but then I rewatched My Hero Academia and also as of recent wanting to start JoJo's Bizzare Adventure I want to start writing a Manga.

I failed my English GCSE's and Autistic so I struggle alot I also have a fear of faliure so I came here for help. If theres any tips for me then I would Appreciate it.

The Devices I Have For Me To Start is

Phone

Chromebook

I have not got a normal pc or laptop.


r/Mangamakers • • 3d ago

Review Hy guys, Have you ever considered making a "hybrid" manga? Because I have! I used a 3D model of my OC for the cover of my manga.

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Go check see my mangá in Days Neo, i'm about to making the chapter 2 and i would like,

I’m H, an independent Black mangaka, and I have a forum here on Reddit. I’ve posted in this community before; I’m aiming to become a professional 

or at least start that journey

because I’ve spent years developing my world-building, and I believe it’s finally time for it to be adapted into a manga and published in Japan.

 if you like sci-fi, astronomy, action, and an original history, go see my manga in Days neo, here the link: https://daysneo.com/author/eude-andrade/

NOTE: this is an original history, it's Strictly prohibited to use these images without my consent.

r/Mangamakers • • 4d ago

SHARE My Manga works

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r/Mangamakers • • 4d ago

SHARE First chapter of my hand drawn manga, YONDER STRIKE!

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i drew all of this on b5 deleter comic book paper and cardstock. hope you enjoy!