Hey guys, I'm an inspiring manga artist and I just started drawing a couple of days ago. I'm basically level 0. Anyway, if I draw 4 hours a day and study fundamentals, how long do you guys think it would take before I can reach senpai's level? 2 years? 5 years? 10 years?
Thanks
>>3068951
I've been following the dude since I was in like the 7th grade. He was pretty good for his age at the time and was very hard working. I'd say just as long as him...10 years.
>>3068958
correction
10 years* for the whole honing sequential skills/story telling. 2 to 5 years for technical drawing skill.
2-4 years if you practice hard
>>3068951
well for starts you need to learn to
1. draw
2. tell a story
3. know how to make a comic
If you do 4 hours everyday I'd say 5-7 years and that's being generous.
>>3068951
if you really practiced perspective and anatomy 4 hours everyday (and there's a 99.9999% you're not that disciplined), you can reach that level in about 2-3 years.
>>3069244
They're saying to learn to draw, write a story, AND know how to make a comic. Not art alone.
>>3069273
Whytmanga writes a shitty bleach/naruto rip off though
>>3069279
I forgot that guy made a manga. Might check it out.
>>3068951
>Hey guys, I'm an inspiring manga artist and I just started drawing a couple of days ago.
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>a couple of days ago.
Don't worry about how many years it will take to reach some level. Odds are that you'll be busy playing video games in a month with your drawing ambitions behind you.
I don't see anything exceptional about the page you posted so it should be relatively easy to match. However how long it would take for you nobody knows.
Ask yourself your question in a year if you can keep it up. (A few days, lol)
>>3068951
There is something really phony about this style that reminds me of SJW era Marvel comics. Horrible fake manga style.
>>3068951
>>3069512
The weird thing is how they all have this generic "American anime" style. The mid to late 2000's were plagued with this art style of western weebs trying to draw like the Japanese, but it never really felt like it. This style just wasn't appealing at all. Like they couldn't commit and tried to keep some western elements without knowing how to make it appealing. Hell, westerners can draw "anime" pretty well I've seen so across the web, but that weird mish mash hybrid manga style just never looked good to me.
>>3068951
>how long
We should have an How Long General Thread because this exact question is being asked everyday.
One may say it should be asked in the Questions&Answers General, but a General How Long would be funnier to read as a standalone.
>>3068951
Up that to 8-12 hours a day if you actually want to see results. I'm assuming you're young and have nothing better to do with that time anyway. If you don't have any direct commitments like work or school, you should be doing at least 12 hours a day. Don't wait until it's too late to realise playing videogames, smoking weed, dicking around with your idiot going-nowhere-fast friends, etc isn't actually important at all.
>>3068951
About 2-3 years. Maybe even less if you have a mentor above his level giving you constant critiques.
>>3069526
Because drawing anime and weebshit is so important huh? haha, I'll show those loser kids who smoke weed and have sex how awesome of a mango artist I am!
>>3069868
Tbh, if you're talented enough to make a successful western manga, you'll get invited to cons and have easy access to weebgirl girl pussy due to status. That is... if you're attractive.
Chasing a fruitful career is a much better use of your time than smoking weed and chasing pussy tho, that's for sure.
And, worst comes to worst, hone your talents, disregard bitches, get rich, and pay for hookers.
£150 will get you a girl like this for a night:
http://www.admiralescorts.com/london-escorts.php
Why would you waste your life and energy trying to get some average bitch who's gonna waste your time and money when you can easily bust a nut on a much hotter girl and get back to work to keep building your career?
I mean, let's be honest, if you're born in our generation, there is literally NO benefit to getting married, and girls have been so "empowered" by feminism and Tinder culture they're just gonna cheat on you anyway, so why even bother to seriously dating anyone?
I'm being serious. Disregard bitches, chase your dreams, build your career, get rich, pay for hookers.
Don't waste your time smoking weed, getting into pointless relationships, and being AVERAGE. Be above average. Be the BEST you can be. Life's too short to waste on pointless crap.
>>3069273
Sycra is way better at making comics than this blackmango faggot
>>3070276
>>3070279
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>>3070282
Sycra makes comics now?
>>3070276
literally who?
>>3070452
Me nigga