Manga Quik lil question about making manga!

[damatte]

I'm sorry, I must sound stupid but I want to know the exact dimensions of manga pages, preferrably in pixels. I want to make my own comic and this is the only thing holding me down!! >.<

[You Don't Care]

Well, dang! I thought that this was going to be a question about making actual comic singles and volumes, but pixels? A Web Comic?

When it comes down to it, it all depends. (A broad answer for a broad question.) What I mean is how it looks and if it looks good and easy to look at. I do everything on paper and then transfer it to computer as an example. But are you doing it directly on the computer or are you wondering what the dimensions should be to make it readable?

Specifics would greatly benefit, please.

[GTK]

If you want technical stuff, on like how big something should be when printed, I suggest you check out Tokyo Pop's website.

[url]http://tokyopop.com/news/mangatalent/index.php[/url]

That should be a link to some info about their Rising Stars of Manga page. There's a file you can download with all sort of info in it about what dimensions things need to be in. I'm pretty sure the info is in inches, but you could always type them in photoshop in inches and then switch it over to pixels.

I'm not entirely sure what sort of info you are looking for ^^;;; but maybe that will help?

[damatte]

For the specifics that GTK asked for, I'm not making a web comic. Just one on paper. I must sound confusing :animesigh But the thing is I want to print out like an outline of the comic so when I actually draw it out, I know the boundaries. Still confusing? Well if you compare the sizes of manga pages to the regular printer page I'm using (8 1/2 by 11 I think), the manga page's way smaller! :animestun

I tried going to Tokyopop too...the mechanical specification ma bobbery thing just confuses me...if someone knows how to use it, maybe that'll answer my question.

[GTK]

[QUOTE=damatte]For the specifics that GTK asked for, I'm not making a web comic. Just one on paper. I must sound confusing :animesigh But the thing is I want to print out like an outline of the comic so when I actually draw it out, I know the boundaries. Still confusing? Well if you compare the sizes of manga pages to the regular printer page I'm using (8 1/2 by 11 I think), the manga page's way smaller! :animestun

I tried going to Tokyopop too...the mechanical specification ma bobbery thing just confuses me...if someone knows how to use it, maybe that'll answer my question.[/QUOTE]


if you don't plan on printing it, it shouldn't matter~ But, if you want to print it, the Tokyo Pop site lists measurements and such. You can just measure up that area on the paper you are using and go from there.

If you wanted to print out something with the area marked, you could make a sort of "master copy" with the guide lines on it and then just make copies.


Honestly, I'm still a bit confused on what you want ^^;; *dies*

By bounderies do you mean the area that is "printed" marked off from the area that will be cut off when printed? Or do you mean like boxes and panels and such?

[damatte]

[QUOTE=GTK]if you don't plan on printing it, it shouldn't matter~ But, if you want to print it, the Tokyo Pop site lists measurements and such. You can just measure up that area on the paper you are using and go from there.

If you wanted to print out something with the area marked, you could make a sort of "master copy" with the guide lines on it and then just make copies.


Honestly, I'm still a bit confused on what you want ^^;; *dies*

By bounderies do you mean the area that is "printed" marked off from the area that will be cut off when printed? Or do you mean like boxes and panels and such?[/QUOTE]

I actually intend to scan it, clean it up and stuff, and then print it again....if something happened to my comic and I had no copies, I would die! :animestun And by boundaries I mean the second one, lol. I'm sorry I'm so confusing! :animestun

[han ki-tae]

If you look into tokyopop's mechanichal guideline you'd come to find out that the sixe should be proportional to 4.5" (width) and 6.9375" (high). That's for the infromation you consider vital for the comic, like speech baloon and such should be all into those measures. If you want to make sure everything is printed you take alook at the trim size: it shows you the are that is guaranteed to be printed, so nothing is lost in a corner when the paper is sliced after printing (do I make sense at all? - I wonder). If the size is unconfortable for u to work with they give you other measures in the site, if you are used to work with bigger files they give you options like double, and size and a half. Just make sure you stay prpotional to those measures i gave u earlier. Of course, if you want to print your comic on your on (i did it myself) check first with the graphic you are going to. They'll give you options, wich may vary. After yu talked to them, then you worry about sizes and such. It might come out much cheaper if you do it proportional to letter size than tokyopop standards. any way, if I didn't make thing any clearer, I'm sorry I just tryed like everybody else. But if u have any questions just PM me, k?

[GTK]

[quote name='damatte']I actually intend to scan it, clean it up and stuff, and then print it again....if something happened to my comic and I had no copies, I would die! :animestun And by boundaries I mean the second one, lol. I'm sorry I'm so confusing! :animestun[/quote]


O_o

If you mean panels and such, there is no real set way to do them. They are just drawn in as the artist sees fit. Look at manga for examples ^^; I mean, you just use a ruler and draw them however you want...

If it helps any, when I do manga pages I do a rough sketch layout type thing first (usually on lined paper.. not sure why). I lay out how I want the panels to look, and then I draw them on good paper. I just draw my images in them after words. Does that make sense?


I'm so confused now XD *dies* I hope that was want you meant?

[damatte]

Thank you for all your help, ^-^ I just needed the measurements and such because I thought all manga had to be a certain size and I freaked I guess. :animestun

Sounds wierd, yes? Well I just wanted to scan my work and post them up on my site and like reprint them and such... :animeswea I cause so much confusion! :animedepr

Btw, han ki-tae, the measurements were almost exactly the size of the tokyopop manga (which I happened to have ^.^). Almost but not quite, pffttt, I don't care though, the measurements you agev were good enough for me! :animesmil The 6.9375 thing was uh...wierd...I'm not willing to try to find out 6.9375 with my ruler so I just rounded it down to 6.9, good enough I guess ;)

[Syk3]

I'm sorry I didn't catch this sooner, but we actually have a seperate Manga section where you can have all of your questions answered by people who should know what they're talking about. :p At least, you're more likely to find an answer than in Art.