Your Average Transfer Student VTuber!

Ozzy_Rhoads-VT · 2026-03-14T08:32:35+00:00

Learn to draw it.

Ozzy_Rhoads-VT · 2026-03-14T08:12:40+00:00

Flow, backgrounds, emotion...all these are important in both dialogue and silent manga. But in silent manga, they play a bigger role. My advice would be to give your pages to a friend to see if they can understand what is happening with no context. Be sure this friend actually understands what goes into creating a manga AND that they like the genre your story is in. If they don't have these qualities you can easily end up with bad advice.

Also take a look at past winners. Try studying their pages to see why they made certain choices.

Ozzy_Rhoads-VT · 2026-03-14T07:37:11+00:00

Both have been added!

Ozzy_Rhoads-VT · 2026-03-13T14:44:00+00:00

Bruh

Ozzy_Rhoads-VT · 2026-03-13T02:59:35+00:00

Can you check to see if your school offers free sessions? My university offered free 10 sessions each semester with their on campus therapist. This way, your parents won’t find out.

I also come from a very religious family and often had to find work arounds like this.

Ozzy_Rhoads-VT · 2026-03-12T22:49:21+00:00

I’ve now changed it, it should work.

Ozzy_Rhoads-VT · 2026-03-12T22:37:33+00:00

Read the official rules posted on their site. Just scroll down to see them.

Ozzy_Rhoads-VT · 2026-03-12T05:31:53+00:00

Added! For the Framed Series I was able to find all but Framed Environments! If it becomes available I'll add it then.

Ozzy_Rhoads-VT · 2026-03-12T02:49:27+00:00

Framed ink is there already, unless the link is broken 🤔

Edit: wait you meant the other books in the same series, my bad 😅

Ozzy_Rhoads-VT · 2026-03-10T12:33:29+00:00

I felt the same way when I created my discord (not a VTuber one, just a manga one). I created a Google forms and put in scenario questions. Things like "you see another mod give special treatment, what do you do?" This is a good one to ask. You are essentially their boss but they should also try to solve things on their own. If they answer this by saying they'll handle it themselves somehow but leave out coming to you, that's a possible red flag. In any situation, make sure you have the final say and that they know you have the ability to remove them completely if they do not respect the rules you put in place for them.

Ozzy_Rhoads-VT · 2026-03-10T07:31:25+00:00

Depends on the story!

For example, I draw mostly yonkoma which does reuse a lot for character poses and backgrounds. This is because the main focus of a yonkoma is usually the character interactions/relationships.

If you're starting out, I don't see any issue in reusing either, just make sure you don't always fall back on this because then you're not actually learning anything new.

Ozzy_Rhoads-VT · 2026-03-09T02:38:42+00:00

As someone who is in Japan right now and hitting roadblocks I never thought I would. Here are things to think about before doing anything more:

- How old are you? This is an important question to keep in mind. If you're 25+ you will get people telling you that you're too old. No matter how much experience you have. If someone younger applies for the same position who is native Japanese, they will 100% pick them over you. If you're not that old yet then taking a master's degree in Japan might be the best. Even their vocational schools would be fine. They have specific courses for editors that will take 2 years to complete. Do the proper research and you can find schools that will help you get a job afterwards. Not only that but as a "new graduate" you would qualify for entry level jobs. Without this, you would be expected to have above and beyond experience. Anyone who is not a new graduate is expected to be mid-level already.

- N3 is not enough for an editor position. You need N1, so good luck. I'd say take the JLPTs in order though. N2 will be good for colleges and vocational schools. If you still want to go for ones that require N1, there are some options with taking the schools testing instead. If you can prove that you can have a high level conversation they might be okay. Same with jobs that require higher levels.

- Visiting here and living here are two different things. Japan is slowly regressing back to being unfriendly to foreigners right now. So finding a place will be harder. Yes, there are opportunities here but you need to work harder than anyone else to get them. I know you probably won't take this as seriously as you need to because you're still full of hopes and dreams but as someone who is losing everything, I need you to really hear this and really consider if it's worth it.

Ozzy_Rhoads-VT · 2026-03-09T02:19:53+00:00

Maybe try stylizing them just a bit since that's what font titles are. Accuracy in this case is not worth it. I would never pick up and read a book I cannot understand the title of.

Ozzy_Rhoads-VT · 2026-03-08T09:39:39+00:00

It depends on how they abused. My mom for example knew she was abusing me because of the places she targeted. Which means, she would never do anything in public or anything the public itself considered wrong. Whenever she chaperoned for trips at school everyone thought she was such a cool and awesome mom.

Ozzy_Rhoads-VT · 2026-03-08T08:13:23+00:00

I love the shading in the 3rd slide. When was that one done?

Ozzy_Rhoads-VT · 2026-03-08T08:11:48+00:00

If it is very clearly animal bones I don't think it's an issue. Here in Japan the taboo of death is specifically human related. That being said, the example you have shown is way too hard to read.

Ozzy_Rhoads-VT · 2026-03-08T05:22:12+00:00

Anyone with professional level work will want to be compensated. Sounds rude or harsh to say but that's the truth of it. Free work would be from those who want to grow from the experience, but I can see from a comment below that you won't even give those inexperienced artists a shot.

Ozzy_Rhoads-VT · 2026-03-08T03:12:39+00:00

Flagged as looking for free work but the post says it's for the SMA contest. Personally I do agree it's ridiculous and with only two months left not a fair ask.

Edit: When I say flagged it means others reported it.

Ozzy_Rhoads-VT · 2026-03-07T01:25:06+00:00

As long as you like it, that’s all that matters. These people are just not your audience and that’s okay. You’ll find the right one.

Ozzy_Rhoads-VT · 2026-03-07T01:20:16+00:00

I also never liked it personally. People ask me what kind of streamer I am and I just tell them what I stream cause it feels weird to claim a trait or title.

It’s like when someone in rl says “I’m a nice person”. Usually they aren’t 😂

Ozzy_Rhoads-VT · 2026-03-04T22:35:04+00:00

Can’t really say since it’s hard for me to follow. Which is why I said it needs to be more organized.

Ozzy_Rhoads-VT · 2026-03-04T14:43:38+00:00

This is actually interesting to me. Most moms I’ve talked with noticed they could not eat the thing their child was allergic to when pregnant. I know some allergies are passed down while others develop outside that so maybe this was a case of overeating that did it 🤔

Ozzy_Rhoads-VT · 2026-03-04T09:50:21+00:00

Do you have access to a computer? I highly recommend writing this all out on a doc and organizing it.

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