[merylsilverburg]

Originally Posted by kupoartist

Like Rei, I love your Shoujo Manga page My fave frames (manga is read from the top right to the bottom left, right? ^^) have to be the fifth and sixth... The materials in the fifth are great, and Aunt Lizzy is wonderfully drawn! In the sixth, It really looks like they are hugging, so you've posed it all perfectly.

Omg, that hug...I actually didn't even look at anything...so I didn't know whether it looked right or not...I just did it out of my head. But...ah, I'm so relieved it looks alright.

Originally Posted by kupoartist

Your backgrounds aren't exactly dense IMO (not many objects or things going on, though the wall in the fifth frame looks great).

Oh dear...I may have to redo the fifth frame then. -_-;;; That pattern actually isn't a wall...it's supposed to be just...how do I explain it? Okay, you know how in shoujo manga, when a female is finally presented/revealed, there's like, flowers and sparkles and stuff like that? Well, my Photoshop didn't have any pattern like that (or any that I liked), so I did this type of plate pattern and just filled it. Ack, I didn't realized it looked like a wall. @_@;;; But I'm glad you said something!

Originally Posted by kupoartist

Perhaps they don't need to be in these frames (I mean, the first is blank because Mia's thoughts are what are important, and the sixth is blank because the hug is all we actually need to see), but interesting backgrounds are important nonetheless (and probably really difficult to draw... like, you'd probably have to draw the settings of the London mansion and the New York skyline, or else you get no feel of where the characters are...).

Oh yes, I know this. I was planning on doing more background art later on in the story (like the airport when she arrives in New York and the apartment she's staying in, etc.) but right now, she's inside the house, so I didn't do much background. I know I need to improve a lot on backgrounds, but thanks for the tips. ^_^

Originally Posted by kupoartist

-your art is better than that in some comics I read on a regular basis ^^

No way! Are you serious? That's the biggest compliment I've ever gotten in my entire life. It makes me feel so relieved though...you don't know how much I criticize myself whenever I draw...it drives my sister crazy, hehe. But, I'm so happy that my drawings actually look okay enough for you to say that! Thank you so much, I'm so happy, you really made my day! ^____^