Shojo Beat

Viz Media has been my primary manga source for the past four years, surpassing my fondness for Tokyopop because of one factor, Shojo Beat. I was hooked from the moment I laid eyes on the preview edition and subscribed the very next day. Before this point, I was never able to get into shojo manga because of the lack of variety and the inability to relate with their characters. Shojo Beat has brought the variety and relatable characters that I crave and I thank you for that. As a loyal consumer I have bought every last Shojo Beat magazine, and from Absolute Boyfriend to Yurara I have read, own or have owned 95% of all Shojo Beat titles, mainly because of the magazine. I have also branched out into owning other Viz titles, because Viz has brought me something I really enjoy. No amount of Shonen Jump can fill the void that Shojo Beat leaves in its wake. Shojo Beat was my friend, and you’ve killed it. Thanks.

Anna Checks In

Everything Anna was down a few day due to switching to a new host. But thankfully is back up. Been reaching my goals for everything anna these last few days of the month. I really amaze myself sometimes.

Reading list:

Bizenghast vol. 4
Peach Fuzz vol. 3
+Anima vol. 1
+Anima vol. 2

See you next month!

Anna checks in..

Hey! Anna here. Once again writing between classes, so, unfortunately I have to keep this short.

Everything Anna’s new layout is finished (yay!) except for two minor details (boo…) one of which being passing validation.  Anyone who has coded seriously knows what a pain in the rear the validator is. Forget one little closing tag and then it says you have 23 errors or it says you have 2 errors and when you fix those, it suddenly comes up with 49 errors. Sometimes the program generates its own errors, especially in regards to nested tables and meta tags. Such a picky thing… *insert pouty lip here*

Some totally sweet triumphs of mine over the past week…

I created over 20 text pixels
Pixeled my very first Anna128 (portfolio webcomic) pixel
Created my first ASP page
Learned some new tricks with Photoshop
My Life Drawing figures no longer look like genderless blobs
I am getting better with foreshortening and proportions
Read a lot of manga
Found the greatest drawing technique book ever!

Anna’s Recent Reads

• La Corda d’Oro vol. 1
• La Corda d’Oro vol. 2
• La Corda d’Oro vol. 3
• La Corda d’Oro vol. 5
• Metamo Kiss vol. 3
• Megatokyo vol. 5
• W Juliet vol. 13
• Strawberry Marshmallow vol. 1
• Case Closed vol. 15
• Ouran High School Host Club vol. 9
• Case Closed vol. 16
• Case Closed vol. 17
• Bleach vol. 2 Bleach vol. 3
• Bleach vol. 4
• Shojo Beat (November Issue)
• Style School vol. 1
• Japanese Sound FX
• Draw Manga: Honing your style

Drawing Book Highlight

Style School

 

The greatest drawing technique book ever! They go over tips and techniques for using:

• Copic Markers
• Photoshop
• Water Colors
• Acrylics
• Colored Inks
• 2D & 3D Software
• Technical Pens

And they have a whole bunch of reader submitted artwork for you to glean ideas from. It’s fantastic!  Check it out now!

 

 

Manga Highlight

After you get past the fairy, La Corda d’Oro is actually quite interesting.

Thanks for reading!

Anna

Anna checks in… October 8, 2007

Hey! Anna here. Once again writing between classes, so, unfortunately I have to keep this short.

Everything Anna’s new layout is finished (yay!) except for two minor details (boo…) one of which being passing validation. Anyone who has coded seriously knows what a pain in the rear the validator is. Forget one little closing tag and then it says you have 23 errors. Or… it says you have 2 errors and when you fix those, it suddenly comes up with 49 errors. Sometimes the program generates its own errors, especially in regards to nested tables and meta tags. Such a picky thing… *insert pouty lip here*

Some totally sweet triumphs of mine over the past week…

I created over 20 text pixels
Pixeled my very first Anna128 (portfolio webcomic) pixel
Created my first ASP page
Learned some new tricks with Photoshop
My Life Drawing figures no longer look like genderless blobs
I am getting better with foreshortening and proportions
Read a lot of manga
Found the greatest drawing technique book ever!

Anna’s Recent Reads:

• La Corda d’Oro vol. 1
• La Corda d’Oro vol. 2
• La Corda d’Oro vol. 3
• La Corda d’Oro vol. 5
• Metamo Kiss vol. 3
• Megatokyo vol. 5
• W Juliet vol. 13
• Strawberry Marshmallow vol. 1
• Case Closed vol. 15
• Ouran High School Host Club vol. 9
• Case Closed vol. 16
• Case Closed vol. 17
• Bleach vol. 2 Bleach vol. 3
• Bleach vol. 4
• Shojo Beat (November Issue)
• Style School vol. 1
• Japanese Sound FX
• Draw Manga: Honing your style

Drawing Book Highlight

Style School

The greatest drawing technique book ever! They go over tips and techniques for using:

• Copic Markers
• Photoshop
• Water Colors
• Acrylics
• Colored Inks
• 2D & 3D Software
• Technical Pens

And they have a whole bunch of reader submitted artwork for you to glean ideas from. It’s fantastic! Check it out now!

Manga Highlight

After you get past the fairy, La Corda d’Oro is actually quite interesting.

Thanks for reading!

~Anna San

ACI: June 11, 2007

Hello all!

Today is just one of those lazy summer days, doing nothing but working on the multitude of projects that I have started.

So far today I have done the following:

• Sketched out three more pages for MegaBLAST!!!
  (a comedy about a nine year old boy who dares to diss his sister’s manga)
• Finished the character list for my new manga project Round Girl
  (a shojo story about an overweight girl who becomes the manager for the boys basketball team)
• Sketched out a filler page for 18th Summer
  (a shojo story about a girl who pursues a guy only for his outward appearance)

Hope I can keep up this pace!

~Anna San♥