Monochrome Lovers - Ch. 23 - I believe you

[MangaDex]

 

[FeedbackControl]

Sorry this chapter took so long. It was the perfect storm of things:
[ul][li]I've been busy with work these couple weeks[/li][li]It's a longer chapter, which is more text[/li][li]This chapter is the first one I didn't already have the translations done for. The other 5 I had already translated, so I only had to typeset and clean.[/li][li]A lot of the text is legal jargon, which I was trying to be careful in translating[/li][li]There are a lot of translucent speech bubbles in this chapter, which take considerably longer for me to edit.[/li][/ul]
Being only a single person, I almost certainly won't be able to keep up with the release schedule of the main series by myself. I was thinking that I could use some help to pipeline the whole process.
Here are the tasks that I'm doing:
[ul][li]Translating: I'm not a proficient speaker by any means, but I am capable of this task.[/li][li]Typesetting 1: I could use help in this area. It's nothing hard, but creating all the textboxes for the text in these chapters is a bit tedious on top of all the other tasks.[/li][li]Cleaning: I can easily edit flat-shaded textboxes to remove text. Not sure if you can really call that 'cleaning' though.[/li][li]Redrawing: I can't do this at all. I try my best to remove text in low-detail areas, but the rest I have to resort to a fading white shape to hide the sharp edges from the Japanese text.[/li][li]Typesetting 2: Adding the text to the panel is no problem at all, this is probably the quickest step, after 'cleaning'.[/li][/ul]
Tasks #2 (Typesetting 1) and #4 (Redrawing) I could really use help in.
Creating the textboxes with the text outlines is probably one of the most time-consuming steps. Each textbox is really 2 boxes to get that white outline, and need their background to match the color of the panel behind it. It's nothing difficult, but it takes a lot of time with the sheer amount of text.
I could also use a redrawer. I'm not happy with my hiding of the original Japanese text, but it looks better than leaving it without. The panel would look so much better if I didn't have to do this, there's a good amount of detail that ends up hidden with my fading shapes.

If anyone wants to help with these tasks, or can put me into contact with someone who would be willing, I would greatly appreciate it. Feel free to send me a message, or a leave a comment here and I'll reach out to you.

 

[Soulwarfare]

@FeedbackControl No worries, take as long as you need on the chapters. Hope you do find a typesetter and redrawer to help you

 

[Acolytus]

If no one saw the accident then how the fuck did they rule it as the husband's fault? Corruption? Wouldn't it be more likely for the one in the car to be blamed?

 

[AgentKuga]

man I hate that stuck up grey haired son of a bitch
Thanks for the chapter, I dunno how you go through the entire process since I only know how to use a drawing program and microsoft paint for these things

 

[Pigspurple]

@FeedbackControl I'm just glad it's out. Thanks for the hard work you put in.

 

[Kagenashi]

Thanks for chapter!
Donmai!

 

[FeedbackControl]

@AgentKuga I denoise the images from Comico, create the text in MS Word, convert those to images, try my best to 'clean' the original Japanese text bubbles, and overlay the text. The only things I use to edit are MS Word and paint.net. I will provide the the images if someone can use that to redraw the details hidden by the Japanese text on translucent speech bubbles.

 

[Pigspurple]

Not usually one to do this, but whatever, learn through experience. I can try to help clean up the bubble. I've never done anything like this before, but I really like this webcomic. I have limited knowledge in digital art, and seeing how school is out (I'm in highschool) I think I got some time. Just as long as you're patient, I guess.

 

[AgentKuga]

I could probably copy and paste the pictures onto that drawing program and touchpad draw to the best of my ability, though
1. I'm hiding my manga obsession from my parents and
2. My school's not out, it's been online classes all this time, so I don't have that much time,
so, sorry about that and hope you find a typesetter and redrawer.

Thanks for your hard work though.

 

[Oculunus]

The good lawyer is probably going to get blackmailed/bribed into dropping the case as well. Feels bad.

 

[Tenshi_A]

Ok, I believe you!

 

[Van_]

I was bullied cause my dad was filthy fucking jay walker who got infront of a chivalrous booze cruiser.