COMICS and MANGA (Show off your original works!)

[DreamTrigger]

I'm not sure if this is okay, but I thought it would be cool if we had a thread to showcase the work of those of us who have their own graphic novel / comic / manga series. If the mods would prefer this to be a singular thread for my own work, then I shall post this as the placeholder for this thread's content!

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This is my main series: HYPER SQUAD. (There's a reason for that name, which will be revealed as the series goes on.)

DESCRIPTION: "Asleep in a cursed desert... awake in a mysterious castle... fighting against a dying world. This is the life of our hero as he transitions from our world into one of several centuries into the future. The friends he makes and the paths he takes will ultimately determine the fate of the fallen world. Will Terra spread its wings and take flight into heaven's grace? Or will it crash into a fiery sea of doom with the oncoming darkness? This psychological fantasy adventure will take you on a majestic trip through the wilderness of the human heart."

GENRE: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Psychological, Supernatural

BACKGROUND: So yeah, this was actually a series I worked on for 10 years. I was an ADD-ridden kid, so I got bored when my parents' church service would go on for a long time... this is when on Sundays I would whip out my little composition book and draw away. Many of the characters were based off of my IRL friends from that church community. Despite me having a bit of a rough childhood and a hard time in school, this particular church provided me with great friends and a good framework for which influenced me in my life, and helped make me who I am today. I guess what I mean is that this is one of the few places that I ACTUALLY remember with some sort of fondness. In late 2012 (I think it was October), I decided to reboot it. One afternoon in my dorm, I got sick of some girl that had promised to text me, and I put my emotions into my art in order to distract myself. A bit over a year later, and my art has steadily improved. As we speak, I am currently finishing up the inking of Chapter 10, featuring some of my best art yet.

If you'd like to read this series of mine, then here is the link that will take you to the hosting site: www.inkblazers.com/manga-and-comics/Hyper-Squad/detail-page/2505?lang=en



So, how about any of you? Do any of you have any ridiculous amounts of original comic / manga pages that you would like to share? (My series currently consists of nearly 160 pages worth almost 1 GB on my hard drive.) I figured it would be more fun to have this be a community-driven thread as opposed to me having a shameless plug for series.

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SO LET'S SEE SOME COMIX AND MANGOS!

[Kyle]

This looks pretty cool! I mean, manga was never exactly my cup of tea, but I can definitely tell you've put a lot of time and devotion into this stuff, Dream. Keep it up!

GENRE: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Psychological, Supernatural

Cripes! That sounds like a complete clusterfudge. How'd you manage to squeeze all those genres in? xD

[DreamTrigger]

Mar 19, 2014 19:21:54 GMT -5 Kyle said:

This looks pretty cool! I mean, manga was never exactly my cup of tea, but I can definitely tell you've put a lot of time and devotion into this stuff, Dream. Keep it up!

GENRE: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Psychological, Supernatural

Cripes! That sounds like a complete clusterfudge. How'd you manage to squeeze all those genres in? xD

Thank you. I have a long ways to go, but I can see a definite improvement. Heck, I even went back and remastered most of the old pages (changing the words from hand-drawn to the digital font, and adding lighting effects, as well as cleaning up the images).  I'm saving the remastered version for a future printed version.  And they might be featured in my friend's magazine he's trying to get started.  So we shall see.  This series is my baby. 

And haha, as regards to the genre, those are actually the defining genres when it comes to uploading it on that hosting site. XD They give you a selection of genres, and you select all that apply. Those were the ones that I found apply to mine.
Officially I'd call it a psychological adventure series with undertones of tragedy, rebirth, and a bit of romance.

I still cringe at some of the older art from the first four or five chapters.  It fell into that awful "animu sameface" stereotype.  Check out some of the derpy faces!  But I feel by chapter seven, most of the art started to come full circle.

[Kyle]

Mar 19, 2014 21:28:15 GMT -5 DreamTrigger said:

I still cringe at some of the older art from the first four or five chapters.  It fell into that awful "animu sameface" stereotype.  Check out some of the derpy faces!  But I feel by chapter seven, most of the art started to come full circle.

Hey, the fact that you didn't delete the art is testament enough for your dedication. A lesser man who cringes at past art would've disavowed all knowledge of its existence.

[DreamTrigger]

Mar 20, 2014 19:57:07 GMT -5 Kyle said:

Mar 19, 2014 21:28:15 GMT -5 DreamTrigger said:

I still cringe at some of the older art from the first four or five chapters.  It fell into that awful "animu sameface" stereotype.  Check out some of the derpy faces!  But I feel by chapter seven, most of the art started to come full circle.

Hey, the fact that you didn't delete the art is testament enough for your dedication. A lesser man who cringes at past art would've disavowed all knowledge of its existence.

Existence of what? 

Anyway, here's one of my best pages for you all to throw tomatoes at or to admire.  Take your pick.

[Kyle]

What am I looking at here? It's like the twisted lovechild on the Shining Finger, a Geass and alchemy. 

[Dashe]

Two thumbs up for getting all the hands affixed in the right direction!

[DreamTrigger]

Jun 30, 2014 21:02:15 GMT -5 Kyle said:

What am I looking at here? It's like the twisted lovechild on the Shining Finger, a Geass and alchemy. 

It's the element of electricity.  Actually, it's basically individual static electricity molecules being forced into the shapes of hands in order to catch a girl who is falling. 

And in response to Dashe, if you look closely, there are both right and left hand structures flying out in different directions.  Left, right, left, right, electricity is might!

[DreamTrigger]

New website is up to help promote my series. My dream is to one day have this series animated.

HYPER SQUAD: THE AWESOME WEBSITE THAT YOU SHOULD VISIT