A Manga Idea

[DRGREY]

OK... So I made up an Idea for an Manga:
It stars three people wo live in my brain:

Andromeda Grey: My current personality
Billey Bromen: My Imaginary Boyfriend
Scarlet Blaize: My former personality

The Premise is... Andromeda Grey is a 14 year old girl who has recently died in an accident involving a hammer and has been transformed into a personality implanted in a 14 year old girl. The 14 year olds personality at the time (Scarlett) snapped and seemed to have died, making a nice, roomy home for Andromeda to screw up. Eventually, she got lonely and created Billey Bromen, using the teenage girls imagination functions.

One day, the old personality, Scarlett, returned from the dead. Seeing what Andromeda had done to the place, she got worried and now constantly tries to keep Andromeda in line.

NOTES: Because Andromeda was killed by a giant mallet, she uses a giant mallet to attack people. She calls the mallet the "Large Hammer" or just "The Hammer"

::SAMPLE::
(this is after seeing a broken winged fairy)
Andromeda: aww, she broke her wings... what will I do?
Billey : Well you could--
Andromeda: I know! I will use my wonderful powers! >3
Billey:   ::sigh:: But Andromeda... you have evil powers only. That'll only hurt it   more!
Andromeda: True Billey, very true...
Billey: You could   use the--
Andromeda: THE HAMMER!
Billey: no... the hammer's   more dangerous than your evil powers!
Andromeda: Too true... well   then, what should we do?
Billey: CALL UPON YOUR SISTER!!!
Andromeda: Muh-my sister?
Billey: Yes, she as all the good   powers of healing ::Fruity pink backround comes on while Billey is doing a   strange dance:: Beauty ::Turns baby blue with some wierd flowers:: AND   LOVE! ::Billey leaps ten feet in the air and the backround becomes red with   odd hearts::
Andromeda: -_|||U
Billey: ::eyes big and round::   Will you call upon your sister for help??
Andromeda: Fine you   crazy... ::Deep breath:: JAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIDE!
Jaide (The   annoying brat): ::appears:: I see you want to help this little fairy... I   will gladly help you ::Shes got that sickly sweet anime voice actress   voice::
Andromeda: >( Get it over with already...
Jaide:   ::Does an odd dance while waving her green staffy thing:: Heal....
Fairy: My wings they're fixed! Oh thank you magic girl Jaide! Thank   you!
My mom and dad(the titles are self-explainitory): ::Appear out   of nowhere:: Oh our wonderful daughter Jaide! She is so kind and perfect   and--::turn away for some reason::
Jaide: ::Whacks me in the back of   the leg with her violin::
Andromeda: HEY WHAT THE CRAP!?
Mom:   Don't swear infront of your sisters virgin ears!!!
Dad: yeah, shut   up we're not done praising your wonderful magic-girl sister jaide!
Andromeda: ::Pulls out the LARGE HAMMER!:: OK YOU ASKED FOR IT!
Billey: ::Holding up sign with the word MuyaMuya on it:: Andromeda,   read half of this!
Andromeda: Muya? ::dies::
Billey: Don't   worry she'll be alright soon enough... I hope.. ::pokes Andromeda with his   foot::
Andromeda: Ham...mer....::Holds up part of her hammer::
Billey: See she's recovering Already.
Most people in the   universe: :: waving arms like a bunch of weirdos:: HAIL JAIDE, THE MAGICAL   GIRL OF HEALING ::Fruity pink backround comes on while they do a strange   dance:: BEAUTY::Turns baby blue with some wierd flowers:: AND LOVE!   ::Everyone jumps ten feet in the air and the background becomes red with   odd hearts::
:;The ending theme begins to play, which is a random   Japanese song thats really cool but I can't understand. OK maybe some of   it. Behind the credits scroll weird and pointless screenshots of me,   Billey, and Jaide.::

Scarlett doesn't arrive yet.... Jaide is a cameo from my sister... whose only nine...

[HeartbreakerByZep]

Personally, I'd like more alternate personalities. But it sounds totally psychadelic, so I want you to do this. But don't do it as a comic unless you have incredible drawing skill, you could just do it as a written story.

[DRGREY]

You can see some of my art at http://fanartcentral.net/pictures.php?o ... RAVENrider So there-ness.... tell me if I should try doing Manga (AVOID THE EARLY PICS THEY SUCK!)

[HeartbreakerByZep]

I don't think you should do a manga. You're obviously talented, but you'd probably need to get like a degree in drawing (does such a thing exist?) to make a manga that would do any justice to the story you want to tell. People have to be insanely adept to draw their own manga. Pick any volume of Kare Kano or Berserk or anything and you can tell that although it's not the most complicated stuff ever, it takes amazing talent to create everything adequetly.

[Otohiko]

Or, practice a lot to set out with. I still don't think drawing manga requires a degree, but it requires a lot of practice before you start, and patience once you do. So get ready to get dedicated; and don't rush into it. I've had this discussion with my brother today, and he's a pretty serious amateur artist. He wants to do something (or rather, me think of something for him to draw), but I keep telling him how adjusting his excitement, skills and expectations is a lot of work. It just takes a lot to pull off something that will look professional and be taken seriously by readers.
And heck, even professionally... today I found out that my newly-favorite manga ran for 8 years in Japan - now that must have been a lot of drawing. And the guy was doing that for a living. Now imagine what a pain it would have been as a hobby...


Anyway, not to discourage you or anything though. Give it a try, and maybe you can see for yourself where you are and what you need to get where you want.

[bubblehead]

You don't have to make an actual pen-and-paper manga. You can do a webcomic. It can be a developing sort of work, it doesn't have to be great visually to start out with, as long as the story and characters are fairly interesting. You don't have to deal with deadlines so much as professionally - all deadlines are self-imposed. You don't have to worry about publishers, editors, etc. You could also get feedback that way - have people email you or sign your guestbook on your webpage. Plus I think webcomics are cool. If you want I can link to some so you know what I'm talking about.

And I agree about the practice. The more you practice, the better you'll get.

[DRGREY]

You don't have to make an actual pen-and-paper manga. You can do a webcomic. It can be a developing sort of work, it doesn't have to be great visually to start out with, as long as the story and characters are fairly interesting. You don't have to deal with deadlines so much as professionally - all deadlines are self-imposed. You don't have to worry about publishers, editors, etc. You could also get feedback that way - have people email you or sign your guestbook on your webpage. Plus I think webcomics are cool. If you want I can link to some so you know what I'm talking about.

And I agree about the practice. The more you practice, the better you'll get.

Well, yeah I mean I didn't expect a bunch of Manga editors to rush to my door, kiss my feet and beg me to draw manga...


Plus, seeing as I am only thirteen, the comic book industry would probably be far to dangerous a place for my young imept persona to hide...

[TheKorovaMilkbar]

for all those who like drawings, here are some of my old one's. Sorry, the anime girl wasn't scanned, that's a picture.

I drew these back in high school.




If you want to see more pics, just PM me and I'll try to scan more to my computer.

[TheKorovaMilkbar]

BTW, the eye is in pen.

[EvaXephon]

Billey Bromen: My Imaginary Boyfriend

Was I the only one who thought that line merited a comment? It depresses me very much, since I don't understand why in the world anyone would ever need an imaginary boyfriend. If I asked a girl to be my girlfriend I'd get a can of mace in the face, but if a girl asked to be my girlfriend I would say yes right away. Guys want girlfriends more than girls want boyfriends. That's why that line depressed me so much. I'd be her boyfriend.

I feel the same way about girls saying things like "I got lucky last night!" That's stupid, it's only 'lucky' for guys, girls could have it any time they wanted just by-

Dammit, I went too far off topic. I couldn't concentrate on anything but that one line when I read it, but what I did read of the story seemed a lot different and better than in most of the "I MAID MY OWN ANIME PLZ REVEEW IT!!!111" topics I've read. Perhaps this means that, if an imaginary boyfriend is an element of the story, it is a flaw.

...Ah...Or, just forget I said anything. *Kills self*