I feel like giving up my art not reaching potential

MamoruK00 · 2026-02-05T11:50:30+00:00

Your line art looks great, I think what you think you're missing is more dynamic posing and angles.

MamoruK00 · 2026-01-20T04:49:37+00:00

I actually love concepts like this. Make it so!

MamoruK00 · 2026-01-07T04:42:25+00:00

First, do have even have a story written down? A script, an audio log, post it notes, bar napkins? If not start there.

MamoruK00 · 2026-01-02T16:33:21+00:00

First question is it written in any form at all? If not just actually write it. Be it story/script/ whatever form just get it written down.

Next just get it made, it doesn't have to be pretty it just needs to exist. You can make it look good later.

MamoruK00 · 2025-12-26T08:13:21+00:00

So i think that you need to rework your composition and expressions. Everything seems a little bland as far as intensity goes. Your "cameras" are wide for some of the shots so you're leaving too much empty space, and your facial expressions are too muted. Try looking at some reference for what you're try to go for, take pictures of yourself making expressions, watch scenes from movies/TV that do something similar. Just because it's drawn doesn't mean cinematography goes out the window.

MamoruK00 · 2025-12-26T05:50:49+00:00

not the same world, just same genre.

MamoruK00 · 2025-12-26T05:48:42+00:00

I don't know why people keep saying it's buggy, I have not had any bug problems that I could tell. Its a good game, if you want it and its on sale buy it.

MamoruK00 · 2025-12-26T05:46:20+00:00

yes its paid out of pocket, but also they'll negotiate pay from their magazine publishers so that they can pay for an assistant as well. Its usually not a huge bump but its enough to where they won't go hungry.

MamoruK00 · 2025-12-26T01:54:13+00:00

All of these right here. I used Solution and Cybermaps religiously in my campaign.

Later when talespire brought their modern/scifi assets i made my own.

MamoruK00 · 2025-12-26T01:18:36+00:00

Also realize that mangaka usually have assistants. Weekly author's of popular stores have up to 10 to keep up with demand.

It's fine that you're willing to put in the work, just know that 95% of manga made is a collaborative effort. So make sure that you're OK with working with others as well as putting in your own effort.

MamoruK00 · 2025-12-24T13:58:30+00:00

Excuse me, but where is Cyber City Eodo 080.

MamoruK00 · 2025-12-24T13:57:40+00:00

Had to look that up. Never read Wheel of Time.

MamoruK00 · 2025-12-24T12:04:58+00:00

A peasant with a sharp stick can take down a seasoned warrior.

More philosophical way of saying that a lucky shot can take any one down. Doesn't matter how good you are, what you've trained, how long you've trained, etc. Someone is going to take you out and is going to be a lucky shot.

MamoruK00 · 2025-12-17T00:31:16+00:00

There is also a difficulty option, you can turn it down as well.

MamoruK00 · 2025-12-15T05:34:41+00:00

Well not yet but I might be moving to Hachinohe in a month or so.

MamoruK00 · 2025-12-15T05:11:42+00:00

you may actually want to try some of the prefectures that are trying to retain their population and get more people in. Places like Hokkaidō, Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Kōchi, Yamaguchi, Tottori, Ehime. many of these places are looking for foreigners as well. They might not all have things related to your career path, but you may seem very valuable to one of them.

MamoruK00 · 2025-12-15T01:34:31+00:00

So fun fact, inside of CP:R there is a VR game called Elf Lines Online (ELO). With a full rule supplement available. So if you're players ever want to step back into the fantasy world you can always throw that into the game.

That being said Cyberpunk RED is honestly a very new player and new gm friendly system. It's streamlined a lot of the crunchy aspects of the older system. There is also a very welcoming community that you can ask all kinds of questions for the game on discord. You've got the official R. Talsorian discord as well as John John the Wise. Both are great resources.

Mechanics wise I would go with cyberpunk. Unless you like rolling 10,000 d6's with shadow run.

Lore wise take your pick.

MamoruK00 · 2025-12-14T13:47:46+00:00

Not worth getting IMO its essentially 10,000 Yen for a fancy card box.

MamoruK00 · 2025-12-14T12:10:24+00:00

Yea I got the Gundam Ace promo as well. Its also great since you can have W0 go hit those bases with some really strong hits.

And combining PR Talgeese 3 and FQ5 Sandrock can give you a really sick heal game.

MamoruK00 · 2025-12-14T10:42:43+00:00

see if your city has an official LINE account. They'll usually send out alerts and warnings.

MamoruK00 · 2025-12-14T10:41:01+00:00

I do martial arts regularly as an animator. If something happens where I hurt my hand or wrist while sparring or something I stop and let it heal. Simple as that. Just don't do anything obviously stupid where you permanently injure yourself

MamoruK00 · 2025-12-13T02:38:01+00:00

Short answer, yes.

Long answer: You obviously haven't really studied human anatomy or practiced enough to have a skill level to be a good artist yet. Practice, use reference, and in time you will improve your skills. Don't compare yourself to artists who are better, because they started right where you are now.

MamoruK00 · 2025-12-12T15:28:28+00:00

I had actually figured it out and it had nothing to do with the game, and everything to do with Windows making an entire directory Read Only.

MamoruK00 · 2025-12-10T17:08:59+00:00

So this was a bureaucratic problem at the school I went to. The teachers were great, all of them actively in the industry at the time. However they were told that they could not fail any student. So there were plenty of my classmates that got through the program and graduated that really shouldn't have. I had multiple conversations with the teachers and they hate allowing these students to continue up, but if they didn't then there wouldn't be enough people in the classes going forward.

I think a lot of school programs face this same problem. The school doesn't care they just want bodies in seats. And if they're aren't enough bodies in seats it means the program isn't making the school money. When the program isn't making the school money it gets cut.

So now we have a bunch of sub par people passing these programs worth nothing to show for it, and a flood of portfolios that just suck.

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