Tenko & Rhyme page
Still at it. Lemme track my progress here!
Project Codename: Balalaika
- 55P oneshot
- 11/2024~2/2025
Read lots of tutorials and analyzed lots of existing manga to increase my base level. Also tried to suck in ideas and techniques from fields other than manga (graphic design, logo design, photography, gacha game/card game illustrations, movies, movie scripts, song lyrics, copy writing). - 25/2/2025
Pre-production. Did lots of cultural research and looked for references. Wrote the entire plot, script and name (rough draft). Thanks to friends for giving me their input to make the story more natural. Designed all the characters. - 9/3/2025
Started production. Experimented with lots of new story and drawing techniques that I newly learnt. Redrew lots of panels, redesigned parts of all the characters’ clothes, rewrote the entire back half because characters were behaving unnaturally and the plot derailed from the main theme. Took 3 times longer than my normal speed since I was aiming for quality!
Average pace: 1-1.5 pages per day (0.5 page if there’s a difficult picture in it.) - 21/5/2025
Completed, sent to a publisher for feedback. Thanks to my friends for checking my Japanese and for moral support througout the process. - Currently waiting for the publisher’s reply (Will probably come within 7 work days). Planning to fix the manga according to the feedback before sending it for the contest. If I can’t finish fixing it by May 31, I’ll send it for June’s contest.
