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Finding out what Manga

Studio can do for you

Over the years of producing art digitally, I’ve tried out a lot of different pro-

grams. Each program would get the job done for me in one way or another,

but many times I would find myself feeling very frustrated while working with

them. Don’t get me wrong, I think there are some flat-out awesome art pro-

grams on the market. The problem that I was having was while they’re good

art programs, I didn’t find them to be very good comic drawing programs. As I

experimented with these programs I could never find a good comfort level to

create my work digitally from start to end. More often than not, I found myself

working with multiple programs just to get a page done.

Part I: Welcome to Manga Studio!

Don’t let the name fool you!

The one critique I have about the program is

that its name was changed from the original

Japanese name of Comic Studio to Manga

Studio here in America. I’m not really sure why

the name was changed, aside from catching the

eye of manga fans and artists. The problem with

this name change is that when I talk to my

Western-based comic book artist buddies, they

think that the program is for the production of

manga only. Far from it.

So let me reassure you — you can use Manga

Studio to draw manga, superhero comics, or

any other style or genre of sequential art. In the

following figure, you can see three different

styles of comics, all done in Manga Studio. The

thing to keep in mind when using this program is

that it’s a tool to create art. It’s no different than

using traditional pens and pencils.

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