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Created on 2004-09-21 05:16:04 (#4604016), last updated 2009-11-13
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Basic Info| Name: | Brooke |
|---|---|
| Birthdate: | 1983-11-02 |
| Location: | 葛飾区, 東京, Japan |
| Website: | My DA Art Gallery |
BioI've been living in Japan for five years now working on becoming a professional manga-ka, that is, someone who makes a living drawing comics. My own work will be getting published for the first time in Shounen Magazine this fall, which is very exciting. I've done work previously as an assistant for Gaku ~Minna No Yama~ by Shinichi Ishizuka, which is a successful manga catering to "salarymen", and for a freelance "ero-manga" manga-ka for a very short while (I got fired :D). I graduated from the Nippon Designer Gakuin in 2008 with a degree in (what else?) manga, but before that I spent a year and a half at SCAD in Savannah, GA (who at that time did not support people who wanted to draw in manga-style). My story "Samurai Rodeo" will be my first original story to be published in Japan by a major publisher.
And just because there is some confusion, let me just say; if you are working as an ASSISTANT on a manga (even if it's a very popular manga), that doesn't make you a MANGA-KA. That makes you an ASSISTANT. I have been doing manga in some form in Japan for four years now, and even I am not calling myself a manga-ka just yet. Being an assistant is still great and whatever, but you're not a manga-ka. That's like if I were a lighting technician working on a movie changing out bulbs and whatever and then telling my family "Hey Mom, I make movies. I'm a film maker!"
I also dabble in music, but that is becoming more and more just a hobby. I read manga (but I am NOT an anime fan), I hate maids (they have over-saturated anime, which might be why I hate it now), and I like to cook and play games on my DS (Pokemon Soul Silver = love).
I don't think I really talk much about my adventures in Japan anymore, since you tend to get used to the place after 16 months of it, but every once in a while I get into something, so if you find that interesting, check out my journal. I also sometimes post my somewhat mediocre art (I'm working on it) and writings, and occasionally a photo or two.
That's me in a very large nutshell. Originally from Oklahoma. Woo, go Pokes!
And just because there is some confusion, let me just say; if you are working as an ASSISTANT on a manga (even if it's a very popular manga), that doesn't make you a MANGA-KA. That makes you an ASSISTANT. I have been doing manga in some form in Japan for four years now, and even I am not calling myself a manga-ka just yet. Being an assistant is still great and whatever, but you're not a manga-ka. That's like if I were a lighting technician working on a movie changing out bulbs and whatever and then telling my family "Hey Mom, I make movies. I'm a film maker!"
I also dabble in music, but that is becoming more and more just a hobby. I read manga (but I am NOT an anime fan), I hate maids (they have over-saturated anime, which might be why I hate it now), and I like to cook and play games on my DS (Pokemon Soul Silver = love).
I don't think I really talk much about my adventures in Japan anymore, since you tend to get used to the place after 16 months of it, but every once in a while I get into something, so if you find that interesting, check out my journal. I also sometimes post my somewhat mediocre art (I'm working on it) and writings, and occasionally a photo or two.
That's me in a very large nutshell. Originally from Oklahoma. Woo, go Pokes!
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