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Manga making guides

Short, practical guides written for people making a chapter, not reading about one.

How to make a manga, step by stepFrom premise to finished pages in eleven steps, with real pages, contest page counts and links to every guide.
How to read manga (right to left)One real manga, page by page: spreads, panels, vertical text and the 12 sound effects you will see most.
Manga page size in mm, inches and pixelsB4, B5 and A5 at 600 and 350 dpi, what publishers ask for, and a real page’s margins.
Webtoon canvas sizeWidth, height, dpi and panel spacing for WEBTOON, Tapas and Japanese platforms, with a real page re-laid as a strip.
How to make a manga storyboard (name)A real published page beside its name, camera distance, page turns and a dialogue budget.
Manga panel layout (komawari)Panels per page, gutter widths and where the words go, measured across 15,607 real pages.
8 tips for better manga pagesEight fixes, with before and after pages, that make a page easier to read.
7 tips for manga action scenes that hitOne real page from rough to final: space, gesture, wind-up, speed lines and sound effects.
6 tips for lineart that does not look stiffTaper, pressure, a separate ink layer, hiding the rough and turning the canvas, with footage of each.
A manga maker that never draws for youWhat “no AI” means concretely, and what stays private.
A Clip Studio Paint alternative in your browserWho it is for, and who should stay where they are.

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