Manga no Tsukurikata 5

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Manga no Tsukurikata

Kawaguchi-san
The sempai. Former manga artist. Working on a new debut.

Morishita-san.
The kohai. Manga artist. Her pen name is "Sachi".

Sliver Dragon Award Winner

Hirao Auri

2-2 Ah
Today's the 10th, huh

2-3 Eh?

2-4 Oh yeah
The cost of ziptone is going up it seems

3-1 Why!?

3-2 The influence of everyone going digital?

Yeah, not much demand for analog art supplies, it seems

3-3 So that's why I think I'm going to stock up now

3-4 Can we stop by an art supply store?

4-1 You gotta walk a ways to get there...

There's a 10% members discount at this store

And then if you accumulate points, you get rewards

5-1 What about you sempai?
You don't have to buy anything?

5-2 Mm...
I haven't gotten to the point of actually drawing yet...

5-4 I haven't even started drawing rough drafts, ok?

Ah
G-good luck!

5-6 Comic Pens

6-1 Yeah, I guess I should buy some

6-2 There might be a time I'll suddenly need to use them

6-3 Well, maybe not, but...

6-4 What if all you have is a permanent marker when the time comes?

It'll surely be, y'know, a mess...

7-1 You won't be able to differentiate faces

Seriously? That's cool [handwritten]

7-2 That'd... be a problem!

7-3 The G and
The round tip

7-4 Morishita, what pen tip do you use?

School pen

7-5 And what else?

Just the school pen

N-School

8-1 For everything?

Yeah...
That's right.
See,

8-3 My drawings are like...
Y'know

8-4 My art doesn't require much in the way of different line thicknesses

8-5 But your art can't get away with that

9-1 Yeah, I use the round tip for hair and the facial features and backgrounds

9-2 Ah, but I'm talking about

9-3 Back when I was drawing manga professionally

Hang in there!

10-1 Somehow I alway end up buy similar kinds of ziptone

10-3 Yeah, yeah. I always ended up buying gradients, since they were so easy to use

10-4 ...why don't you get some too? Before the price goes up

10-5 Wonder if there'll be a time when I need them?

10-6 What are you going to do if all you have is plain grey ziptone when the times comes?

All the characters will have too many moles and will be hard to differentiate!

Seriously? That's cool [handwritten]

11-3 That'd be a problem!

11-4 Thank you very much

11-5 Just under 4,000 yen, huh?

12-1 It always seems I buy more stuff than I need when going to an art supply store

Hehe

12-2 Look!
In one year, I've gotten 1500 points!

12-3 I can get 1500 yen off with this. With another 1000 points, it's 3000 yen off!

Eh?
That's cool

12-4 I'm gonna be a member too

12-5 Come to think of it
Is just ziptone and pen tips ok for you?

12-6 Yeah, it is

13-1 For correction, white out is fine

13-2 For ink, I buy calligraphy ink from the neighborhood supermarket

For drawing lines, a permanent marker is just fine

Wow, you get away cheap!

Company freebie [pointing to ruler]

13-2 I want to use normal art supplies from a art store, but I'm used to my stuff and it's hard to change

13-3 Haha
Yeah, I understand that

14-1 2400 points to go

14-3 Come to think of it
Isn't your deadline coming up soon?

No, no. Why?

14-4 You checked the date

14-5 You seemed to be concerned about it

Ah, not that

14-6 It's school...

15-1 I'm a senior, right?

I've got to turn in my career choices

15-2 Ah,
What am I going to do?

15-3 Really

15-4 Depending on the publisher

If they get wind of the fact you're going to school

They might end pampering you in an icky way...

Sachi (18) [background magazine[
Manga artist
First Nude Pics

15-5 Should I just go with drawing manga?
...you should get married

16-1 Eh
M-marriage!?

16-2 You're good with economizing. I think you'd make a good wife.

16-3 Sempai...
Are you saying you'll marry me?

16-4 Whaaa

16-5 No, um...
Sorry
I didn't mean that...

I don't need to own a home, ok? But my dream is to have a small family in a small condo made of brick

Continues next issue!!

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