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Let's see if I know how to do a Preview....*edit* No, I don't know how to do a preview T__T...so here's the original...
Okay! This is Half of the Tutorial! Steps 1-5 are, to me, the easiest. They are the Drawing and Inking Part of making a Doujin ^_^
There is a lot of information packed in here--so if you have questions, don't hesitate to ask!
One of the BIG things that I just touched upon is Printing. Size and Scale are VERY important if you plan on Printing this out. Also, the Folding Paper to make a booklet is the way your Doujin will read, putting the staples in the very middle (top) Page.
When you print it out, of course you're not going to print them in page order! Page 1 should be printed with the Last Page on the same page! Get it? Page 2 with 2nd to last page, so on and so on. The middle pages will be next to each other and that's where you staple. Also, don't forget to take into account a Nice Cover Page! ^_^
Here you can see my process, my Rough Sketches are REALLY rough, I then make changes or add more detail when penciling in the second time on my official paper, then add finishing touches when I Ink.
Hope this helps to anyone wanting to make a Doujin ^_^
Here's Part 2: [link]
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It helped me a lot...thanks for doing this
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No prob! Glad this was helpfull
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hey how would you print the doujinshi, like have it stapled in the middle like a real book? like have it back and front and stuff.....
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yes, I've actually been thinking about doing more tutorials about printing.
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please do, i wanna try make a doujin before the next kon
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nice instuctions i'll definitely keep these tips in mind
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glad I could help ^_^
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dnt have photoshop D: .. btw..great tutorial
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this is incredibly helpful! thanks for making it!
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I have Been searching for a long time THX!
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no prob, hope it helps ^_^
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Do you know any programs that could help me do it on the comp. ? (Please make sure it's a Mac useable too...)
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SAI is good for mac and it has non-tablet support too
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sorry, I'm not too familiar with mac, but I do all my editing on photoshop and I know that's available on a mac.
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how do you make a good storyline of the doujinshi? I want to make another but I ran out of ideas!!!!!!!! T T
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when you blow it up doesn't it become bigger becasue you folded a paper in half and then drew on each half two different pages so won't the thing not be as big as your final sheet? sorry if i don't make sense.
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I'm not sure I understand what you're asking but I'll explain: When you draw the sketches on the folded sheet each page is about 5.5" x 8.5" When you make copies, you press the enlarge button so that the page will now fill an 8.5" x 11" page (I think it's 129%) OR an 11" x 17" page (that's 200%)
The reason you want to blow it up to ink is that the final product will look better if drawn bigger and then shrink it back down for viewing.
To be honest the whole re-sizing thing has a whole slew of crazy math involved if you have any more questions let me know.
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.... yeah sorry for confusing you its just that i never blew a pic up before
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say whats the purpose of the light table i mite work on a hellsing ceras victoria doujin and just wondering oh and also if i jsut use a program like manga studio sould i do ok
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I'm new with Manga Studio, I haven't yet graduated from this "homemade" technique to the professional level on Manga Studio. But I think, from what I learned so far from Manga Studio, is that you make everything in that program -- the sketches, panels, balloons, inking, tones...everything. So I guess you won't need a light box then
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haha nice ya i havnt even bothered using it yet at all i mostly draw all stuff by hand and with me moving and all i was wondering wether or not i sould get rid of my glass table because of wht i saw in the tutorial ter it also looked kinda fun but owell
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the first part kinda got me off course of resizing the picture and stuff...
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Oh, well, if you work on a larger scale you can draw more details. That is if you also want it to fit in a tiny booklet. if it's just for internets you can draw it whatever size you see fit. If you have any more questions let me know.
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okay thanks i will have a question soon because i will use it to make a doujin..
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this is really going to help me a lot! tnx! =3
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SOOOO HELPFUL!
I'm making a doujinshi right now, and this'll help a lot
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Glad I could help! Good Luck!
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What was your doujin about?
Do you still have prints on it?
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The Doujin was a Naruto one [link]
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Aww, no prints?
Even tho' I am not into Naruto, I will take *any* doujinshi (that is non-hentai, non-heavy yaoi, I can handle it if it's *really* light XD).
I shall support you!
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Yeah, I don't think I can sell a Fan Doujin due to copyrights it would have to be original...
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I think the rules of thumb are:
-no making profits
-no more than 100 hard copies sold
-only sold at conventions
I have actually seen a couple English Doujin Circles that sell their Doujin (ZAP-Zelda Anthology Project, Fresh Baked, to name a few 
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That's good to know! That should get me motivated to make some more Doujins
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You also might wanna contact those Doujin Circles (maybe they have some more tips about keeping it legal and safe
I am gonna watch you now 0.0
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holy shite on a stick! this is helping me so much, thanks!
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really helpful
thank you so much for doing this!
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This is an excellent tutorial! So informative-thank you very much for sharing!
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damm you light box why are you so expensive...>.<...anyways great tutorial..thanks..^^
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