Manga Picture This.

[sakurasuka]

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Possible manga idea. The name would, of course, be Picture This.

I have basic character layouts. I would scan them on, had my mother not decided to 'help' me by drawing Bart-Simpson hair on all of them.

[i]'It's alright, you do about twenty versions before you're satisfied anyway.'[/i]

Be that as it may, I'm still slightly perturbed.



My idea is a view of life through the eyes of six teenagers and young adults, ranging from 15-21. All six live in different parts of the world, in different levels of society from poverty to upper-class.

The six have absolutely nothing in common. Or so it would seem.

All are artists. Different types of artists. From photographers to musicians.

All different personallities, all different lifestyles. The only similarity is thier love and eye for beauty. And the online forum they all frequent.

I have yet to decide on a name for the forum, but this is the supposed 'meeting place' for the six artists. I actually got the idea from another forum I'm a part of. All of my friends there live on entirely different continents, so it would be rather fun to focus on the diversity of the countries, I think. An eye-opener.

Also, a main focus will be on how different the characters act online and off. So, once I get more of the story written, please take note.



[i]Female characters.[/i]

[b]Aries Norden[/b]- American. Perfectionist. 'Typical' shy girl. Was born in Chicago, now lives in New York City. Though there is no set 'main character', I plan on having her be the one with the most typical problems of teenager-dom to make her more relateable. As the story goes on, her character will progress from a friend-less girl trying to get people to like her, to her own person. She's sixteen, and she's a photographer. Hence the title.
[b]Lissa Neimi[/b]- A young Finnish girl, only ninteen. She considers herself a canvas, and wears unique and obnoxious clothing to accentuate her style. Her hairstyle changes nearly every day. Flirtatious and outgoing, she tends to get her heart broken quite often. Also, she doesn't place 'love' and 'gender' in two different categories, making her technically bisexual, though she despises the term.
[b]Kiah Anderson[/b]- Austrailian musician. Age twenty. Used to be in a band, but the other members 'grew up and got real jobs'. Her music has become her only outlet.



[i]Male characters.[/i]

[b]Brent Hadfield[/b]- English. Age twenty-one. Is both the designer and most frequent visitor of -insert forum name here-. Graphic designer and writer. Brilliant and creative, his work is often shuned and censored due to his un-apologetic attitude and horrendous use of sexual themes and colorful language to describe society.
[b]Drake Larson[/b]- American. Resides in Tuscon, Arizona. Sketch-artist and poet. Upon first glance, is is difficult to tell his gender, due to his long hair and feminine features. He tends to be somewhat dark, and doesn't have any friends. Not that he doesn't want them, that's just how it turned out. It's difficult for a fifteen year old. Sometimes he even questions himself.
[b]Vitaly Marisova[/b]- Russian painter. Preffering abstract ideas and nature themes as opposed to living subjects, he tends to be somewhat of a loner. Quite secretive, there won't be a whole lot of story development on him until later on. Age eighteen.




I actually am going to pursue this idea, I believe. The goal I hope to acheive by this is to have each artist portray a message and spark an interest in art.

Originality[Lissa], Pride[Drake], Anti-Censorship[Brent], Anti-Conformist[Kiah], Creativity[Vitaly], and Fearlessness[Aries].



If anything, I believe it will be fun. Especially Brent, Lissa, and Drake. How they relate to the world and such.



What I need from you guys, if possible, is

A) Possible names for the Artist Forum.
B) Maybe help me out a little more with thier personalities?
C) I've done some research on the countries they live in, but a little more help in that area would be nice.

Plus some feedback on the idea itself would be very helpful.

Thanks.

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[Ellerby]

[color=#555555][FONT=Tahoma]I really like the idea for this manga, and I really can't wait to see what you do with it. Now I'm just throwing names around here, but why don't you just name the forum "Picture This." Heh. ;) [/FONT][/COLOR]

[sakurasuka]

[quote name='White][color=#555555][FONT=Tahoma]I really like the idea for this manga, and I really can't wait to see what you do with it. Now I'm just throwing names around here, but why don't you just name the forum "Picture This." Heh. ;) [/FONT'][/COLOR][/quote]

[size=1]White ish t3h smrtr than JayCee =/

Anywho, I finished two of the characters. Actually, I finshed them all, but my scanner is being extremely retarded and randomly started making copies of Aries rather than scanning her. I couldn't make it stop, so I had to shut it off. It was wasting all the black ink >____<



[url=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/unmei_shinpai/Kiah03.jpg]Kiah[/url]

[url=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/unmei_shinpai/Brent02.png]Brent[/url]



Crappy drawings, I know, but I wanted to see if you guys thought they matched thier personalities.

Meh.

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[Guest ikari21]

i really like what you have here. It looks like it has a lot of potential... The drawings dont look crappy, but if you want a different style, i guess you could always get some1 else to help out.....

The idea is fascinating so far, hope to hear more :)

[Tatsubei Yagyu]

[COLOR=Navy][FONT=Comic Sans MS]First of all (or three of all, I guess...what? *-*)

1. I love the concept of your manga. It's really original, and I like how all the characters are linked by the forum.

2. I love the character concepts. Drake Larson, probably because he draws and is the closest to my age group, but yeah.

2. I love your drawing style, Kiah, being my favorite of the two you've shown. She does seem quite irratated at something... and I know a chick in a band that's always irratated, soooo... And Brent does look quite "un-apologetic." ;)

I'm really intereested in this, and would like to see where you go with it. :)[/FONT][/COLOR]