Many people dream of publishing mangás or simply creating illustrations and fan art. With the advancement of technology, most of these illustrations and even mangás are created on a graphic tablet and using applications and software. With that in mind, this article will introduce some tools and applications that can help you when it comes to editing your art and creating your comics.
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Programs for editing illustrations and manga
MediBang Paint - MediBang Paint Pro is a free and lightweight software used for creating illustrations and manga. It is compatible with Windows and Mac and has versions for mobile devices. Although it is free software, it contains numerous tools. You will find everything you need to create your illustrations and manga. The program has over 50 brushes, different layers, layouts for creating comics, page management to organize your manga, and backgrounds to use in your manga.
MangaName - MangaName is a simplified application that contains a pen, eraser, and some shape tools necessary for creating sketches. Name is a Japanese term used to describe manga sketches. A mangaka uses "name" to plan pages, determine the position of characters, angles, etc.
Jump Paint – It is an application to create manga, available in versions for PC, smartphone, tablet, etc. It's completely free and comes with tutorials on creating manga, which are produced by the editorial staff of the renowned Japanese manga magazine, Weekly Shonen Jump. Jump Paint contains all the tools you need to create manga, such as layers, G feather, countless shades, among others. In addition, you can save your manga in the cloud, which has unlimited space available.
You can access all these apps mentioned here by clicking on the image below:
Where to publish my illustrations and mangas?
A MediBang is also a website for publishing and reading mangas and illustrations created by ordinary people. Publishing your works on this site can help you become known and who knows, perhaps become a successful illustrator or mangaka. Besides MediBang, we will provide a list of other sites where you can also share your works:
- Pixiv – Leading online artist community where submit illustrations, manga and novels or search for work created by others;
- MangaDojo – Community that allows professional and independent mangaka to showcase their work and collaborate with others;
- DeviantArt – Famous social network focused on sharing illustrations, drawings and artistic works;
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