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Post by Mark Crilley on Jul 14, 2007 16:37:25 GMT -5
Hi Tom, Thanks for the questions, and sorry for the delayed reply! "Could you briefly explain what you've done besides Miki Falls, like have you done other manga? Picture books? Novels?" You can see a pretty complete list of my published works here: www.markcrilley.com/childrensbookscomics.htmlThe lion's share of my career so far has been devoted to Akiko comics and children's books. If you like Miki Falls I'd be honored if you checked out the Akiko comic book series; if you like it there are 53 issue's worth of material waiting for you to discover! ^_^ "Since I usually do comic books, I am finding it difficult to limit myself to just one picture per page, since with comics you can show multiple images for a single action, but with a picture book you're more limited. Any advice on cutting down the visuals?" I can't advise on picture books since I've never had one published! I'll say, though, that I've seen quite a lot of "multiple images" pages in picture books, so it's not something you have to totally give up, I wouldn't think. "Any advice on controlling you Micron / watercolors (also hard for me) would be awesome." You're too kind; actually I don't think my inking skills are all that great, but I'd just say do your best to alternate between tight lines and loose lines. It's all just years of practice in the end, sad to say. For watercolors, use smooth illustration board to avoid the buckling of most papers, and don't try to go back into an area you've done more than once or twice; things get messy otherwise. Hope this helps! Mark |
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Post by seeker on Jul 14, 2007 20:00:59 GMT -5
Tom - not that I'm an artist, but I do have a couple of picture books...
You'd really need to talk to Matthew Armstrong, who drew "The Blacksmith's Gift", but as we talked, the main issue of "one picture per page" was the concept of theme and pivotal instances.
The written story told the details; the pictures were meant to highlight those details - so it became important to insure that the one panel picture that was used highlighted the current theme of the story. And it needed to be pivotal - it needed to scream 'this is where we are in the story'.
Now, that said, if you REALLY mean 'picture book' - i.e. one for non-readers where the pictures are what tells the story (yeah - caldecott stuff) - then all I can say is - take what I just said and put it on steroids. Make sure that the theme and pivotal action of that picture simply scream that section of the story - so much so that when you move to the next picture, you simply move to the next section of the story.
I hope that makes some sense.
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Post by stevenc on Jul 16, 2007 20:02:28 GMT -5
Hi Mark its your biggest You Tube fan  I hope joining this fourm will help me learn some new stuff and add to my skill level of drawing. I'm new at this so I need all the help I can get. Thank you for all your help thus far!!! |
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Post by kei on Jul 17, 2007 8:01:11 GMT -5
your newest manga, miki falls, sounds really interesting. I was thinking of creating my own manga. I have one question: do you write out the story and then draw the manga, or do you do that all together?
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Post by Mark Crilley on Jul 18, 2007 4:35:54 GMT -5
A lot of people start with a finished script and then do the art. I start with just an outline then write a scene at a time, going from story to art and back again. I try as best I can to have both the writing and art evolve simultaneously. mark your newest manga, miki falls, sounds really interesting. I was thinking of creating my own manga. I have one question: do you write out the story and then draw the manga, or do you do that all together? |
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Post by hoges on Jul 23, 2007 5:03:25 GMT -5
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Post by Mark Crilley on Jul 23, 2007 5:45:37 GMT -5
Hey Sarah,
Wow, thanks for linking to your art: It's fantastic!! You are very, very talented. It's some of the best I've seen. The second one is Miki, right? I love it!! If you don't mind I'd like to put it on my website; let me know if that's okay....
Thanks again!
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Post by hoges on Jul 24, 2007 4:45:26 GMT -5
oh wow:D thank you so so much. That makes me feel so happy haha. Yes, the second one is of miki, i suppose i made a few subtle changes but yes it very much based on her (sorry i forget to mention that earlier). The first being somewhat based on the "cardcaptors" series, not sure if you have heard of that but there is some very pretty manga in it. Wow, yes i would be honoured for you to put it on your site  that's fantastic!! wow you are my idol  hehe i love the way you draw manga, and the life in your characters eyes. it's inspiring. thankyou. hopefully i can put some more pictures up and show them to you. thanks again  sarah |
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Post by hoges on Jul 26, 2007 4:56:56 GMT -5
hey mark, just letting u know that thanks to your positive response i had the courage to see my art teacher about my work and told him what you said. He now wants me to try and get my own comic going and publish it, which he said is something he would only recommend to year 12's, which is great. It is unlikely thought i will begin in the near future because i still need to develope my skills. He also said that he wants me to skip ahead and do year 11 art next year where as the grade i am in would be doing year 10. What a confidence booster this has been!! i intend to put more manga up soon, hopefully something finished looking. Let me know if there are any certain subjects or pathways that may help me become a manga artist or something along those lines i can't wait to see my picture on your page all the best sarah |
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Post by Mark Crilley on Jul 26, 2007 14:58:17 GMT -5
Hey Sarah, thanks for sharing that! And congratulations, that's really wonderful that your teacher recognizes your talent and is encouraging. Well, it's only natural, really, because your work really is exceptional. Please keep me posted as things progress! I'll put your Miki drawing on my website this coming Monday. mark hey mark, just letting u know that thanks to your positive response i had the courage to see my art teacher about my work and told him what you said. He now wants me to try and get my own comic going and publish it, which he said is something he would only recommend to year 12's, which is great. It is unlikely thought i will begin in the near future because i still need to develope my skills. He also said that he wants me to skip ahead and do year 11 art next year where as the grade i am in would be doing year 10. What a confidence booster this has been!! i intend to put more manga up soon, hopefully something finished looking. Let me know if there are any certain subjects or pathways that may help me become a manga artist or something along those lines i can't wait to see my picture on your page all the best sarah |
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Post by crystalchan on Aug 4, 2007 13:13:59 GMT -5
Hi Mark! I hope you will be able to see this, since you have become so popular now! I just wanted to say that I really enjoy your youtube videos and I support you all the way in your art and manga production. What I enjoy most about your videos is that you are SO down to earth and you respond so respectfully towards your fans. You are a real, flesh and blood person, which is very refreshing. Most artists seem to shrug off their fans, but you never seem to busy to awknowledge and entertain questions from fans like me. PLEASE, stay this way . You seem very versatile when it comes to different types of art. How did you develop such a talent? |
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Post by Mark Crilley on Aug 4, 2007 16:15:52 GMT -5
Wow, Crystal-chan, thanks for the kind words! Well, I dare not shrug off anyone who supports my work; they are, after all, the people who really make my job possible. I think any creative person who treats his own readers with anything but respect does so at his/her peril. Plus, it's just the right thing to do! And thanks for your suggest about a video on drawing hair. I'll definitely be doing that sometime soon. --mark Hi Mark! I hope you will be able to see this, since you have become so popular now! I just wanted to say that I really enjoy your youtube videos and I support you all the way in your art and manga production. What I enjoy most about your videos is that you are SO down to earth and you respond so respectfully towards your fans. You are a real, flesh and blood person, which is very refreshing. Most artists seem to shrug off their fans, but you never seem to busy to awknowledge and entertain questions from fans like me. PLEASE, stay this way . You seem very versatile when it comes to different types of art. How did you develop such a talent? |
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Post by hoges on Aug 8, 2007 5:33:19 GMT -5
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Post by tsukihikari on Aug 12, 2007 16:41:57 GMT -5
Er...Mr. Crilley? Hi, You might not remember me...but on myspace- I put up a few of my manga drawings, and also had a character named Miki... :} Anyway...I had a few questions. I want to start my own manga...And I know I still have a lot of experience to gain before I can begin...because my art is still not so good...But, I was wondering, how do you begin your manga business? The whole publishing and everything? Do you need an editor and other people? If so, how? And, where can I buy manga supplies from? If you have time, please reply... Thank you so much for taking your time to read this! |
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Post by Mark Crilley on Aug 13, 2007 4:58:58 GMT -5
Hi Tsukihikari, i've been getting so many questions on this topic i'm going to do a Youtube vid on 'how i got my start in comics'. sometime within the next couple weeks i'm thinking. thanks! --mark Er...Mr. Crilley? Hi, You might not remember me...but on myspace- I put up a few of my manga drawings, and also had a character named Miki... :} Anyway...I had a few questions. I want to start my own manga...And I know I still have a lot of experience to gain before I can begin...because my art is still not so good...But, I was wondering, how do you begin your manga business? The whole publishing and everything? Do you need an editor and other people? If so, how? And, where can I buy manga supplies from? If you have time, please reply... Thank you so much for taking your time to read this! |
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Post by hinoraito on Aug 13, 2007 14:53:03 GMT -5
Hello there, I have first found you on Youtube a couple of weeks ago and thought it would be nice to register to the forum and see what's going on. Boy there's a lot of people on here. *scratches head* Is there any regulars? I'll have to go around the forum see what's going on. I -love- when the artists are available like this. It's fun to be able to interact with the author.. makes me appreciate the artwork on a more personal level . I hope you can keep up with us on the forum lol |
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Post by colindc on Aug 27, 2007 10:57:27 GMT -5
Hello! I read two of the Akiko comics back in junior and loved them. This got me interested in manga, and now I'm minoring in japanese (no major at my university). So Akiko has been the largest determining factor in the course of my life (not sure if this is an exxageration  ) I had completely forgotten about Akiko until I saw the Sprubly Islands novel at a used bookstore (so now I have a spuckler poster), and now I hear about Miki Falls! That's going to be my next internet purchase; as soon as I'm not broke). Hope I didn't sound like too much of a fanboy |
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Post by cheese on Sept 2, 2007 12:50:07 GMT -5
What size of paper do you use,do you use the whole entire paper for 1 page??
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Post by Mark Crilley on Sept 4, 2007 4:27:00 GMT -5
For Miki Falls I fit two pages on a single 11" x 14" sheet of paper. This is pretty small, really; I'm sure manga artists in Japan work much larger. What size of paper do you use,do you use the whole entire paper for 1 page?? |
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Post by tiarivera on Oct 4, 2007 8:59:09 GMT -5
I sent this email to you before I came to your website I'm sure you've gotten this before and I hope you never tire of hearing it My son found your books somehow. I may have even run across it myself and given it to him to read I can't remember. But I first let him read the graphic novel and then gave him the novel to read. He LOVES your books and I have been SEARCHING for books that he would enjoy. I've started reading your books so that we are able to have meaningful conversations about them and I am able to ask better questions to test his comprehension of what he has read. The books are perfectly on his level. They are action packed without TOO much narration which we have encountered before and unfortunately bores him to death. I love that the graphic novels are slightly different than the novels and we can use that to compare and contrast them which is yet ANOTHER wonderful thing about your books. But you'd better believe that we will own the entire Akiko collection so that when his brothers are old enough to read they will also be reading these books. It has helped him to be able to see the story when he's reading the novel something he's had trouble doing. My hope is that this will carry on to other books that he reads. Now whoever writes the Avatar graphic novels needs to do the same with their books! You're great, you're wonderful and I'm glad that you wrote these wonderful books! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! A reader for life, Tia Rivera and Marcos Soto PS I've always been an avid reader so having a child who wasn't was definitely a difficult thing to get my head around and figure out how to solve! Luckily we found you! |
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Post by Mark Crilley on Oct 4, 2007 16:04:15 GMT -5
Thanks so much for your message, Tia! I greatly appreciate you getting in touch; what a pleasure it is to hear about the way the Akiko comics and novels have connected with your son Marcos. Readers of juvenile fiction are considerably less likely than comics fans to get in touch by e-mail, so I've had a sense of sending novels "out into the void" with the Akiko series, especially with the last few books int he series; so as you can imagine it's very gratifying to hear from someone like you and to know that the books have really hit home with the readers they were written for (or at least one such reader, at any rate!) Thanks again, Tia. The tenth Akiko book ("Akiko and the Missing Misp") will be out in the fall of 2008; I hope Marcos will enjoy it. Mark I sent this email to you before I came to your website I'm sure you've gotten this before and I hope you never tire of hearing it My son found your books somehow. I may have even run across it myself and given it to him to read I can't remember. But I first let him read the graphic novel and then gave him the novel to read. He LOVES your books and I have been SEARCHING for books that he would enjoy. I've started reading your books so that we are able to have meaningful conversations about them and I am able to ask better questions to test his comprehension of what he has read. The books are perfectly on his level. They are action packed without TOO much narration which we have encountered before and unfortunately bores him to death. I love that the graphic novels are slightly different than the novels and we can use that to compare and contrast them which is yet ANOTHER wonderful thing about your books. But you'd better believe that we will own the entire Akiko collection so that when his brothers are old enough to read they will also be reading these books. It has helped him to be able to see the story when he's reading the novel something he's had trouble doing. My hope is that this will carry on to other books that he reads. Now whoever writes the Avatar graphic novels needs to do the same with their books! You're great, you're wonderful and I'm glad that you wrote these wonderful books! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! A reader for life, Tia Rivera and Marcos Soto PS I've always been an avid reader so having a child who wasn't was definitely a difficult thing to get my head around and figure out how to solve! Luckily we found you! |
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Post by tssd on Oct 4, 2007 17:15:41 GMT -5
Hey Mark
I love your Billy Clikk series are you thinking of making another book in the series
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Post by Mark Crilley on Oct 5, 2007 5:25:49 GMT -5
Hi Tssd, thx for the post. Sadly I don't think there will be any more Billy Clikk books. The readers who like that series really like it, but there just aren't enough of them.  mark Hey Mark I love your Billy Clikk series are you thinking of making another book in the series |
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Post by goldenkakashi on Oct 5, 2007 21:49:17 GMT -5
Hey Mark! I've seen your videos on Youtube and you are awesome! ;D, Unfortunately (If I spelt that correctly) I cannot buy your comics Because I do not live in the USA and my parents refuse to order them  , I suck at my drawings. I'm trying to learn how to draw because I have some great ideas but their seal in my head and I want to let them out in an well drawn way, I have a (continuous){If thats spelt correctly also} story that Im working on named The Prince of Rebels So I'll post that when I get the time. And once again I AM SORRY I CAN'T READ YOUR BOOKS (I really would like to but I just can't) Your Great Fan, Akeen Mckinnon |
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Post by RoxyHana on Oct 9, 2007 15:55:47 GMT -5
Hiiiiii!!! i`ve been watching all your video-tutorials,i love the way you draw really n_n!! hope i can show you some of my drawings some day,great job se yaa!!!!! ;D
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Post by goldenkakashi on Oct 10, 2007 16:41:50 GMT -5
Hey Mark! I've seen your videos on Youtube and you are awesome! , Unfortunately (If I spelt that correctly) I cannot buy your comics Because I do not live in the USA and my parents refuse to order them , I suck at my drawings. I'm trying to learn how to draw because I have some great ideas but their seal in my head and I want to let them out in an well drawn way, I have a (continuous){If thats spelt correctly also} story that Im working on named The Prince of Rebels So I'll post that when I get the time. And once again I AM SORRY I CAN'T READ YOUR BOOKS (I really would like to but I just can't)
Your Great Fan,
Akeen Mckinnon
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Post by goldenkakashi on Oct 10, 2007 16:42:39 GMT -5
OOPPPSS!!! My bad!! I posted twice... >.>;
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Post by Mark Crilley on Oct 17, 2007 8:36:09 GMT -5
Hey Akeen, thanks for your post! And please don't worry about not being able to find my books; trust me, even here in the USA they can be hard to get hold of! Hey Mark! I've seen your videos on Youtube and you are awesome! , Unfortunately (If I spelt that correctly) I cannot buy your comics Because I do not live in the USA and my parents refuse to order them , I suck at my drawings. I'm trying to learn how to draw because I have some great ideas but their seal in my head and I want to let them out in an well drawn way, I have a (continuous){If thats spelt correctly also} story that Im working on named The Prince of Rebels So I'll post that when I get the time. And once again I AM SORRY I CAN'T READ YOUR BOOKS (I really would like to but I just can't) Your Great Fan, Akeen Mckinnon |
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Post by seeker on Oct 31, 2007 10:48:21 GMT -5
Hey mark - just saw you online here, so thought I'd say hey!
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Post by aaronic1992 on Dec 8, 2007 5:30:29 GMT -5
Hey Mark,
I may be new to your work unlike Erika and carol, but I love your work just as much. Here in "the big island" called Australia it is very hard to find your books. So I have been on all your sites getting as much info as I can.
I always use your work on deviantart and youtube as reference for my own work. Keep it up! I may only be 15 but without artists like you I would have struggled with the basics.
I have noticed that you are one of the only Manga artists to post tutorials on the net. It really helps, Thanks.
I hope to find your work here in the near future. But for now i'll keep practicing. Keep up the great work. You have made it on to my wall of the world's best manga artists.
Bye for now,
Aaron -Kazu-
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I hope joining this fourm will help me learn some new stuff and add to my skill level of drawing. I'm new at this so I need all the help I can get. Thank you for all your help thus far!!! 
hehe i love the way you draw manga, and the life in your characters eyes. it's inspiring. thankyou. hopefully i can put some more pictures up and show them to you.
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, I suck at my drawings. I'm trying to learn how to draw because I have some great ideas but their seal in my head and I want to let them out in an well drawn way, I have a (continuous){If thats spelt correctly also} story that Im working on named The Prince of Rebels So I'll post that when I get the time. And once again I AM SORRY I CAN'T READ YOUR BOOKS (I really would like to but I just can't)