Rizian Art

Tapastic is a great Website platform for Webcomics. You can get in touch with artists and other readers, It is also a very good option for beginner comic artists to upload your Webcomic.

I've been in this website for almost 3 weeks, I really loved this site!

There are really good points I must tell you about this awesome Website:

• The design is soft, simple and useful! You have all the things you need in a simple and easy interface that will not distract you, you will only have sit and read awesome stories!!
• You can join with your Twitter/Facebook account, fast and simple!!
• Do you want to find a great place to share your Webcomic? Try Tapastic! You can even join the PPP (Primetime Publishing Program) and earn money just by sharing your Webcomic!!
• Scheduled publishing is one of the things I loved the most from this Website, you can upload your comic strips and decide when It will be published!! Awesome right?
• It is a great place to find new and new readers :)

I can't even imagine a negative thing about this website... it goes straight to the point... READING WEBCOMICS. Nothing more.

Want to take a look at my Webcomic Ereggia published in Tapastic? Just click here!! :)

I hope this information was useful for you!!!Thank you so much for reading my review!

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Hi guys! It's Monday! For some people the worst day of the week, but for me it's one of the most cool days, so let's get to the business! Today I'm going to write something about a pretty important influence to me and my art, his name is Asada Hiroyuki, a Japanese Manga artist, he's currently working in the manga series Tegami Bachi for Shueshia, Inc.

Hiroyuki Sensei's Desk and Tegami Bachi artwork. Source: www.asadahiroyuki.com

The feeling from the art he does is really amazing when you see his art you can feel a mix of sadness and a deep sense of good energy, his art is incredibly detailed and has a incredible composition on it.

His remarkable art makes him (for me) one of the best Mangakas in Japan, he has been even linked to Takeshi Obata and Death note's artwork. But overall, all his manga series were serialized in the Monthly magazines from Shueshia, inc.

I met his art when I read Tegami Bachi for the first time, I said: "Wow, this guy has a pretty clean art, it is really impressive!" Well, his inking skills were the things that got me in first, but now I look at his coloured artwork and I went really crazy, he has a powerful concept around colour. He usually uses a mix of warm and cold colours, when you see a yellow character or a red painted character from him you could somehow see some cold aura around that character. That's pretty enigmatic and one of the things that captured me from his art.

Boy and a Raccoon by Asada Hiroyuki. Source: http://gallery.minitokyo.net/view/565936

He's got a knife by Asada Hiroyuki. Source: http://gallery.minitokyo.net/view/566052

The respect I got towards him is massive, in some way he made me think "God, I want start my own Manga series", and obviously he has influenced my art. I invite you to see more from his amazing artwork on his Official Website or just read some of his Manga series like Tegami Bachi or I'll. He inspired me to become a better artist each day, when I see his artwork I think a lot about what I'm going to do next to reach somehow his level, that's one of the Manga artists I want to know someday, for sure!

Thank you a lot for reading this article! I hope this have been useful and interesting for you! Remember I'm writing a new each Monday and uploading some cool draws and resources on my Facebook Fan Page. Have a nice day!

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Hi guys! It's been some few days since the last entry, I know today is not Monday, but I wanted to write this  article about my thoughts on the new Manga Studio 5 from the company Smith Micro, Inc.

The first thing I thought when I opened the program was: "Whoa! It changed a lot from last version, such an amazing change and has a nice and clean interface. It surely looks more friendly". And well to be honest what I thought on the beginning is becoming better and better while I'm testing the tools and the markers.

Most of the content is still being the same, but in the tool bar you can look at the new brushes preview, get more information about the pressure, density, texture and other cool features. The brushes look even better than in last version. It feels more like drawing on a real paper sheet with a real pencil, so that's one of the things that really got me, because I do a lot of sketches, so I need a good pencil tool to doing it, for now I can say the pencil tool in the new Manga Studio 5 is the best one I've ever used!

What I did not like in Manga Studio EX 4.0 was the horrible interface, It looked like some old drawing software, the tool bars were not as clear as the new ones. The program looked more for an engineer rather for an artist.

Here are my pros and cons about the new Manga Studio 5:

Pros:

- The pencil tool has a really good feel, it is like using a real pencil on a real paper.
- The brushes are more organized and have a little preview, so you can compare with others before clicking on one.
- Attractive interface, it looks modern and soft, the program looks less stressing with this new interface.
- For me that I run the program on Windows, it is a really fast program, the older version gave me one or two problems when the screen was frozen, or I couldn't use Photoshop and Manga Studio EX 4.0 at the same time.
- The preview of the tones is really awesome, you can see the tones clearly and separated in themes.
- There are some cool resources, the new poses and beginner's assistant are really good for people to get in touch with the program.

Cons:

- No font preview, that's really a shame, you need to pick and pick a font to get the one you want, not like in programs like word that you can see a little preview.
- It is harder to find the "Panel creator" or the tool to put panels. I had to search for a tutorial on Youtube for this, you can see it here.
- I don't know if it is only me, but the program looks a little like Paint Tool SAI.
- God please, It is really addictive!!

So for now that's my view about the new Manga Studio 5. I hope you liked it, if you have any thoughts about your experience in this new program I'd love to read your comments! So, that's for now! We will see soon on Monday with a new entry! Have a nice Weekend!

I invite you to read my Webcomic Ereggia, I'm doing this Webcomic using Manga Studio!

To see more drawings from Manga Studio 5 or other related artwork from Rizian Larc you can take a look to the Facebook Fan Page or Twitter Account!

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