Actually, this was deliberate. I definitely put in more that '5 minutes' of work in choosing which images to include in the montage and arranging the image. I had
already started coloring and in this case, I had gotten the line art from the panels but in the end deliberately chose to keep it a single color per panel with the colors corresponding to different things. I was indeed going for style, so I would say it is about being 'cool'.
This was meant to be less a
traditional coloring and more of a preview of the chapter, sort of like how tv shows have a 'Next On ...' tag, but a manga equivalent. I should mention I watch a fair bit of tv and I've come to find that there is a certain art in assembling those next on teasers or previews in tv, because you have to convey the tone of what's to come with minimal space. So that was the inspiration for this.
But if there's no demand for it and people don't like it, I guess there's no point in doing it. I just thought it would be a nice little side project, something I could put out in tandem with my Naruto reviews.
Look up some tutorials on how to remove the black parts and try shading a bit. It will be difficult at first, but eventually you'll develop your own unique style and perhaps move on to creating your own art, instead of coloring someone else's work.
While I understand your previous criticism, I took offense at this line which was far too presumptuous. I wanted to do the montage as a fan of a manga series I have great affection for, not as an introduction to art. I have in fact been
creating my own art since I was 5, which means for almost two decades now I've considered myself an artist. And I'm not talking doodles and the incoherent nonsense that kids are wont to draw.
Batman became my god (not literally, but moreso as inspiration for drawing) at a young age and I've been privately drawing some form of comic or manga off and on for years.
So while I may be new to coloring, you shouldn't assume that I'm new to creating art. That's just needlessly condescending.
