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The Cubester
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About
FORUM NAME: The CubesterLOCATION: 732, New Jersey
CONTACT: cubester710@yahoo.com
Smackjeeves: cubester710
DeviantArt: (none)
Tokyopop: (none)
Favourites
MANGA: Case Closed, Maison IkkokuANIMEBasically same as above
MANGAKA: Gosho Aoyama, Rinko Ueda
BOOK: Don't really have one.
WRITER: Same as above
SONG: Classic rock is the best. We play some pretty good stuff at work, right now the song in my head is Look at Me(When I Rock Wichoo) by Black Kids.
Interview
1. What are some great tips you can share about drawing?
Practice. When I was younger I copied drawings and then eventually I could create my own characters.
2. When did you first start to draw manga?
Who knows? 4th grade maybe? It wasn't anything serious. I only started drawing seriously when I joined Smackjeeves, which was last year(2008)
3. Name the greatest influence on your manga.
Hmm…Well I like to write about real life. For instance in my most recent comic, Cobalt Blue Skies, the setting is at the Jersey Shore, which is where I grew up. So I'd say that experiences and events in my own life are a big influence.
4. Has DREAM been helpful to you in any way?
Yes! I'm happy that I was accepted, now more people will have a chance to read my stories.
5. What was the first manga you ever bought for yourself?
Wow. That one's hard... I think it was Zoids: Chaotic Century.
6. Name the pens you use for drawing manga and how you use them. If you ink digitally, name the sizes and types of brushes you use and how you use them.
I basically just use Sharpies and any kind of thin black pen I can find.
7. How long does it take you to do one page from planning to toning and lettering?
It takes anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour to draw/ink the page, and then the process of scanning and editing in Paint.NET takes like half an hour.
8. What is the average length of your mangas?
Well, I've never actually finished one. :) The longest I've ever gotten to is 4 chapters, and that's nowhere near finished.
9. After this manga, what type of manga would you like to draw next?
Don't know, but it'll take place in the past. Maybe the 1950s or 60s.
10. What inspired you to draw manga?
I guess just reading manga in general.
11. When did you first start to draw manga?
See question #2.
12. Who do you say gave you the most support while drawing manga?
My friends. They always wanted to know what happened next :)
13. Do you want to draw manga as a living?
No, I'm going to work as a computer science teacher. It would be pretty cool to actually get something published though, maybe as a side job during the summer when there's no school.
14. Do you prefer traditional or computerized when it comes to coloring?
I prefer to use colored pencils and markers. I only use the computer for erasing mistakes, toning, and lettering.
15. Have you ever tried to promote your manga in any way? Name some please.
I use Smackjeeves, but other than that, just letting my friends read it.
16. Was there ever a period of time where you completely stopped drawing manga for any reason?
I always liked to draw, but the first time I tried to draw an actual comic was in 2004(I think), but every time I had an idea for a story I always thought of a better one a few days later.
17. Do you usually know the ending of your manga before you begin? Do you enjoy knowing/not knowing the ending?
For Cobalt Blue Skies I pretty much know the ending, but I have no idea how I'm going to end my other series, Retro Café. I think it's going to be interesting, since I have no idea where it's going.
18. Out of all your series, which one do you feel closest to? Please describe it in a few sentences.
Definitely Cobalt Blue Skies, since it takes place where I grew up. Basically it's just the experiences of the main character and her very strange friend throughout college.
19. Have you ever done a doujinshi? Which series was it based on?
Nope.
20. Which of your characters do you like the most?
Nate Colucci, from Retro Café. He’s actually from the 1970s, but he accidentally ends up in the present day. It's a lot of fun to draw him confused from all the things we think are normal, but didn't exist in the 1970s.
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