I am in the process of writing graphic noiz manga 3 and illustrating the pages. The books is about Shiro the famous bestselling scifi author of the Fissure series and Noiz the indie manga artist who is working on the Fissure manga project. The two characters are loosely based on real people, one of them a person who has been around me and meant a lot to me for a long time. But although I fell in love with this…..
graphic noiz 3 Subjects and Progress So work has started on graphic noiz manga 3 and we have finished lineart from chapter 1 and are onto chapter 2 now which explores Noiz as being a hafu. Noiz is half Japanese and half Native American and Black. He struggles with his identity because he has tanned skin and curly hair and does not look Japanese. He grew up in America and visited Japan a few times when he was young. Chapter…..
Natsukoarts: Welcome to the Puppy Love and Hidden Relationship in Yaoi panel. This is Natsukoarts Design Studio and we will be hosting this event. We will be talking to Natsuya Uesugi this morning and discussing this topic. I hope you will stick around for the next hour for the discussion. Lets start with an introduction Natsuya Uesugi: Thanks for having me. I am author and illustrator of the graphic noiz series, which is a yaoi novella series and manga about…..
On Valentines Day (14 February 2018) at 3PM MST the www.grydscaen.com blog will be hosting the online panel sponsored by Natsukoarts Design Studio featuring Natsuya Uesugi and talking about 一の初恋 or Ichiban Hatsukoi/Puppy Love in Yaoi. The discussion will focus on the relationship between Shiro and Noiz in the graphic noiz story and discuss the hidden dynamics for creating a realistic gay relationship between characters in yaoi manga. The panel will focus on relationships and writing a soft yaoi story,…..
Shiro and Noiz lounging on a lazy afternoon from graphic noiz manga 3 What are you working on? We will be starting work on graphic noiz manga 3 after the December 7 publication of graphic noiz manga 2. graphic noiz manga 3 planning will start in January and tells the story of book 4 in the graphic noiz novella series. Book 4 is really dynamic and shows the growing drama and chaos that surrounds Shiro Ijima, the writer and his…..
We are happy to announce the upcoming release of the new second manga in the graphic noiz series. The 98 page manga features Shiro Ijima, the bestselling writer and Noiz, the amateur manga artist as they continue working on the artwork and script to create the Fissure manga based on Shiro’s scifi Fissure series. The story is as much about making manga as it is about the relationship between Shiro and Noiz. The cover features Shiro in the white shirt being…..
Welcome again to the Making Manga series. Today we talk about writing dialogue and toning pages. I have been writing dialogue for the past two days as I draw. I am currently working on the last 8 pages of graphic noiz 2: the manga. I am almost done. I still have the following steps left to complete in the process: finish artwork for 8 pages finish toning the first 48 pages in part 1 ink the last 48 pages in part…..
So I guess this is a cover reveal of sorts as we get ready to work on the manuscript for graphic noiz 5. graphic noiz 4 was just released last week and is available in ebook and paperback on Amazon. With the antics in volume 4, Shiro Ijima, the writer and Noiz, the amateur manga artist went through a trial that seriously had an impact on their relationship. With the climax of volume 4, we once again see Shiro who…..
Welcome to the Making Manga series I wanted to talk a little about the process of doing lineart for your manga. I took a break illustrating graphic noiz manga 2 to write a novel in the series and now I am in the process of getting back to drawing. I have 62 pages of lineart completed for the 96 page manga and I promised myself today that I would start drawing again. I wanted to talk about a subject that…..
Cover Reveal and Teaser I am so happy to reveal the cover to graphic noiz 4, the fourth book in the graphic noiz yaoi novella series. This cover features the amateur manga artist Noiz being persuaded by the bestselling author Shiro Ijima to escape the social trappings of New York City with him and come to Scarsdale to visit his childhood home on vacation for a week. graphic noiz 4 is a full length novel, unlike the other books in…..