How To Create A One Shot Manga (From Start To Finish!)

A one shot manga is a comic book published as a single, standalone issue, with a self-contained story that is not a part of any ongoing series or miniseries. One shot manga are usually written for contests, or for serialization in manga magazines, and are sometimes later developed into full length manga series. One shots are normally 60 pages or less. However, in some one shot manga competitions such as Medibang's shounen manga contest, the limit is 50 pages. In today's video, I am going through all the details on how you can create your very own one shot manga from start to finish, with details to help you every step of the way. I hope you enjoy this video, and it helps with your manga creations! 😁
Manga (also called tankoubon in Japan) come in a variety of sizes, the most common sizes being 5.04″ x 7.17″ or 5.83″ x 8.2″. However, when Japanese manga is republished in the US, it is given more of a standard printing size of 5 inches x 7.5 inches.
Manga pages are commonly drawn on B4 Deleter comic paper, which have measurements written on them. The measurements are there to help the artist know where to draw, and where the pages might get cut off in printing. If you don't want to buy B4 comic paper, here is a free size template for drawing professional manga paper size on A4 paper: http://www.mediafire.com/folder/tkv3s...
(If you want to make this work for A3 paper, multiply each measurement by 1.414)

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ONE SHOT MANGA CONTESTS:
Silent Manga Audition SMA - https://www.manga-audition.com/
Medibang Jumps Universal Contest (Also known as Jump Tezuka)- https://medibang.com/contest/jumpuniv...
International Manga School Contest - https://www.clipstudio.net/promotion/...
Kitakyushu Manga Competition - https://kitakyushu-mangataisho.com/en/


CONTENTS:
0:00 Intro
1:11 What Is A One Shot Manga?
2:08 Technical Details
5:03 Step 1- Choose Medium & Supplies
5:20 Digital Supplies
6:18 Digital Programs
6:37 Traditional Supplies
9:04 Step 2- Brainstorm
12:49 Step 3- Write Your Plot In A Single Sentence
13:16 Step 4- Write A Basic Plan
13:40 Step 5 - Design Your Characters
15:33 Step 6- Choose The Main Problem
16:05 Step 7- Choose The Main Message
18:20 Step 8- Choose The Narrator & POV
19:11 Step 9- Write The Beginning
20:18 Step 10- Write A Basic Script
21:53 Step 11- Break Script Into Pages
22:26 Step 12- Sketch The Storyboards
23:26 Step 13- Prepare Panels
24:53 Step 14- Ink The Pages
26:09 Step 15- Finalize The Pages
27:08 Step 16- Design The Cover
28:18 Step 17- Prepare For Publishing
29:52 Step 18- Publish Your One Shot



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