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A not-that-difficult rush lettering job and reflections upon my current prose book
This past weekend I ended up pinch-hitting a random chapter for Clay Editor 3. Not a chapter of Clay, but one of her other titles. I'm glad I was able to help her out, thanks to my current relaxed workload (relatively speaking, as always). Lucky for me, the manga in question had almost no sound effects, and the two that WERE there were the FX-in-word-bubble type, which of course means no background retouch. Heh. ^^V I can handle dialogue-only pages, particularly when the dialogue is rather spare. :D
This manga is serialized by Viz online, so I did my homework and read the previous five chapters. The title is House of Five Leaves by Ono Natsume, which you can read for free yourself here. It's a seinen title; its intended audience is men 20 years old and up. Women can enjoy this one too, obviously, since my homework didn't feel like homework at all! ANN says there will be an anime for this title next year. Sweet. :3
The story starts off okay, kind of blah but not boring, then we learn something about the other male lead that raised my eyebrow and suddenly made things rather interesting. It's fascinating to watch the main character through the five available chapters and the 6th one, which is what I lettered on Saturday and Sunday. Some very delicate character development going on here, I must tip my hat to Ono-sensei. *does so* I want chapter seven now!
House of Five Leaves is the first digital manga I have ever lettered. I think Skip might be toning digitally now, but it's still definitely drawn and inked by hand. All my other titles are definitely drawn, inked, and toned by hand. But not House of Five Leaves! Most curious. ^^
On the reading front, I'm about 150 pages into Fox, which is the sequel to Inda, both by Sherwood Smith. There are two things I really admire in regards to fiction, be it prose or comic: 1. character development. If the characters are just cookie cutters acting out gags or violence, then I quickly lose interest and find something better to read. And 2. unpredictability. I like being surprised by plot twists/bombs/unusual character development skews. Much to my delight, Fox is delivering, just like Inda did.
I do love me some good fiction, in all its forms. *happy dance*
This manga is serialized by Viz online, so I did my homework and read the previous five chapters. The title is House of Five Leaves by Ono Natsume, which you can read for free yourself here. It's a seinen title; its intended audience is men 20 years old and up. Women can enjoy this one too, obviously, since my homework didn't feel like homework at all! ANN says there will be an anime for this title next year. Sweet. :3
The story starts off okay, kind of blah but not boring, then we learn something about the other male lead that raised my eyebrow and suddenly made things rather interesting. It's fascinating to watch the main character through the five available chapters and the 6th one, which is what I lettered on Saturday and Sunday. Some very delicate character development going on here, I must tip my hat to Ono-sensei. *does so* I want chapter seven now!
House of Five Leaves is the first digital manga I have ever lettered. I think Skip might be toning digitally now, but it's still definitely drawn and inked by hand. All my other titles are definitely drawn, inked, and toned by hand. But not House of Five Leaves! Most curious. ^^
On the reading front, I'm about 150 pages into Fox, which is the sequel to Inda, both by Sherwood Smith. There are two things I really admire in regards to fiction, be it prose or comic: 1. character development. If the characters are just cookie cutters acting out gags or violence, then I quickly lose interest and find something better to read. And 2. unpredictability. I like being surprised by plot twists/bombs/unusual character development skews. Much to my delight, Fox is delivering, just like Inda did.
I do love me some good fiction, in all its forms. *happy dance*