Getting that anxious feeling again... What am I anxious about now?
Am I really okay drawing manga drifting along without a care in this world? I wanted to take time off after Vamp-sensei ended. But Aizawa-san is going through a really important phase, there's a lot of work to be done, and I can't let up. Will I have the chance to draw Aizawa-san as far as it needs to go? But how far does it need to go, how much work is that going to be? My PC's getting slower. My favorite plushie got a hole in it. I seriously need to take better care of myself.
...I'll try doing better! At least meeting a friend today'll take my mind off things.
Currently at work on Aizawa-san ch34.
Making progress while crying, suffering, agonizing, laughing at how many pages it is. I'll pay closer attention to the page count next time. But I had to give this part of the story as much room as it needs...
Someone told me chapter 32 should be going up soon!
Should I draw a light-reading, stress free, easy to understand manga? Or a sprawling intricate story? Hmm.
I wasn't so calculating when I first planned it out, but Aizawa-san could have gone either way.
Fortunately it was given the chance to go on a while so it's heading in the direction of a more expansive story, but it easily could have wrapped up after a short run of smaller SoL situations.
"Who could write something so horrible happening?" I think to myself as I draw ch34.
That's a great point. I never expected Dorothy to explicitly address the eyes, but it might be as simple as someone knowing of that tell and making it diegetic. Or it's possible there's another layer to sight, like seeing someone's aura. I'm curious how far Dorothy wants to expand on the spiritual rules to the setting; there's hints laying groundwork that appear consistent enough but it'd be such an upheaval to the perception of things.I think the thing that's most interesting to me (having not yet finished the chapter) is the seeming implication that Sayaka's grandmother might be able to tell if another person can see ghosts. Kasumi now having the tell-tale Fuzzy Irises that mark her as one who can pierce the veil, and both her and Michi getting that bit of scrutiny from a woman who also seems to sport similar ocular characteristics (plus...y'know, she's Sayaka's grandma. Bloodlines, etc), makes me wonder if it's something visually "indicative in-universe". Like if Michi paid careful-enough attention, she'd notice Kasumi's eye differences, herself, type thing.
Or if it's visual for our sake as the readers, and there's maybe some other "tell" that Grandma is picking up on.
Or she's not looking at that at all and it's something else entirely.
But it's a very neat implication that details might matter in more than the meta-narrative sense.
Huh thanks, I never knew that. The chapters are updated and I'll keep it in mind in the future.@Beltaro Just a quick reminder that, unlike Dynasty, we don't put the volume on chapters until the physical (or e-book) volume has actually come out, so you probably need to change ch. 31 & 32 to No Volume. Keep up the good work, btw.
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That's a great point. I never expected Dorothy to explicitly address the eyes, but it might be as simple as someone knowing of that tell and making it diegetic. Or it's possible there's another layer to sight, like seeing someone's aura. I'm curious how far Dorothy wants to expand on the spiritual rules to the setting; there's hints laying groundwork that appear consistent enough but it'd be such an upheaval to the perception of things.
Huh thanks, I never knew that. The chapters are updated and I'll keep it in mind in the future.