Manga Storyboard/publishing techniques, whats yours?

[DjManix]

Storyboarding is something i take very seriously, a storyboard is the stepping stone to a good manga, in my belief. What are your techniques when it comes to designing a manga? Once your artwork is all reasdy to go, how do you publish it?

Personaly i story board my mangas one episode at a time on sheets of A2 paper, 8 pages per sheet. I pin the storyboard on the wall above my desk and note potential changes. Then i proceed to my second draft. I draw the pages with a little more detail, including noted changes, pluss making more changes to the panels, if the need arises. Then I create my final black/white copy. I draw out the panels, adjust them to make them look more dynamic and then begin work on the drawing. Once the book is finished I ink my work, scan it on the computer, and clean it up using PSP 8 ready for publishing on the net. There is another method i am working on which will hopefully make it easier/better.... but that is to remain a secret ;)

Before i even consider scetching my story board though i create the world! I work on it until im satisfied i know enough details about it and have all my character sketches how i want them.....then i write a brief storyline and a few ideas for the panels......THEN i begin making the episode.

The manga i am creating now, Freedom Star, has taken me a month of developing and design so far....with more to go! I have high expectations of it and am positive it will draw an audience....so im taking my time to make sure its enriched with detail as possible. After all, no one likes a boring story. ^^ ;

[kitsunekami]

What i do is i have a folder with all of the pages planned out, first small on lined peices of paper then on larger on graph paper. you have a whole studio, THAT'S GREAT~ i'm a soloist...not by choice though. before that i right the whole thing down as a playish script, and before THAT i write down everything on a napkins and peices of paper.

After all that planning, (if you are interested...) i draw everything in pencil, as if it's the final product(i am very amateur, very unofficial) and then ink it, white out some stuff on my computer, and tada, the very crappy doujinshi. it sucks, don't give me any crap....all that stuff was probably a waste of ur time.

[DjManix]

cant say im not flattered, hehe, but im not profesional :S....i have all the materials you would need except a graphic tablet (will have in about a month)...but i aint professional. All the mangas i have created are only short ones....a few pages....im working on my first full length one now. The first episodes going to be big....ive already put so much detail into the world.....and im having a tad bit of trouble keeping my characters in character, lol.... but i think it will take off well once finished. the only bump in it will be my drawing :S