MANGA: Hikaru no Go, Ares, W-Juliet, Immortal Rain
ANIME: Naruto, Gundam Wing, Gundam 00, Avatar, Initial D
MANGAKA: CLAMP, Emura, Kaori Yuki
BOOK: Enders Game
WRITER: Orson Scott Card
SONG: Don't have a fav
I'm an University student majoring in Finance, I'll [hopefully] be graduating in December 2010. I love manga, and spend a lot of my free time drawing or
watching anime. I love the stories
I draw and if it brings joy and laughter to one other person in this world, then I'll say mission accomplished.
NON-MANGA-RELATED:
1. Would you rather be a cannonball or a drag queen/king?
I'm not round enough to be a cannonball, so the other one.
2. How old are you?
June 1987, do the math. (As of writing, I'm 21)
3. What's the funniest thing that has ever happened to you?
I have no idea.
4. On a scale of 1-10 with 1 being the craziest and 10 being the calmest, where would you go?
10, I'd go to Japan. 1, to my parents house.
5. If you could be anyone, who would you be?
Myself, but a few years younger.
6. Where did you get the idea for the username you are currently using?
It’s my real name… or very close to it. I have been using it forever. Go ahead, google it, I'm very googlable… XD
7. How close would you say you are on achieving your goals?
No where near it. I'm a big dreamer, there just isn't enough time (or energy on my part) to do all that I want.
8. Name your favourite commercial.
All the MasterCard "priceless" commercials.
9. What would be one phrase that identifies you?
Crazy Kid.
10. If you could have any super power you want, what would it be?
Flight/Levitation
11. What is your lucky number? Do you consider 13 unlucky?
28. Not particularly, I'm Asian. I consider 4 unlucky.
12. Name a few pet peeves.
Please, please, please fold your maps the right way. *twitch*
13. If you can rename yourself, what would it be?
Er, I'd make my real name Yuy Ren… I mean, it is, but that's not how its spelled.
14. Do you believe that a 4th grader and a teacher can fall in love and get engaged in real life?
Not a big fan of Card Captor Sakura… But… realistically? No. 4th graders are too fickle, they're not going to wait around 'til they can get married. In fact, normal humans are too fickle
for that.
15. Do you think Inuyasha should continue? Do you even watch Inuyasha?
I stopped at episode 64. No, I don't think Inuyasha should continue, how many times can you lose your shards to Naraku before it gets repetitive?
16. If given the opportunity, would Satoshi kiss Daisuke on the lips?
Hm… in the series? No, it would mess with the story too much. In fanart and doujins? Yes please. Oh… I misread the question… it said "Would" and not "should". In that case, no,
Satoshi's personality would never allow him to do that, even if he had feelings for Daisuke (which I doubt).
17. Would you press a button that would give you 50000 dollars at the expense of the death of someone you don't know?
No. I'd get nightmares.
18. Do you think the guy who plays Harry Potter is too macho to play him?
Didn't see the movies.
19. Assuming you had a baby, would you name it Shamalamadingdong, or Michael Jackson?
Michael Jackson.
20. Roses are red, violets are blue. I was murdered, was it by you?
o.O Who wrote these questions? -___________________-;;
No it wasn't. Murder would give me nightmares.
MANGA RELATED:
1. What are some great tips you can share about drawing?
Patience is a virtue. Practice, practice, practice and you’ll get better. There's no magic in art, the more you do it, the better you get. I still have a long ways to go before I can call
myself good at it.
2. When did you first start to draw manga?
"Duh!!" is my first one… I drew character sketches of countless of other projects from the past, but nothing got off the ground.
3. Name the greatest influence on your manga.
Tokyo Crazy Paradise.
4. Has DREAM been helpful to you in any way?
I think the concept of DREAM is awesome. It is a really nice community and a great way to motivate one to continue drawing.
5. What was the first manga you ever bought for yourself?
Dragonball Volume 05
6. Name the pens you use for drawing manga and how you use them. If you ink digitally, name the sizes and types of brushes you use and how you use them.
I draw on regular letter sized paper. Then, because I'm lazy, I ink on tracing paper so I don't have to erase anything. I use a black liquid pen, its like ball point, except the contents are
not oil based, I believe. I buy them in bulk at Grand and Toy.
7. How long does it take you to do one page from planning to toning and lettering?
Way too long. I usually plan out a whole chapter, then draw them, then ink, then tone them in batch, so it's hard to gauge the time. But I'd say 1.5-2 hours.
8. What is the average length of your mangas?
Since Duh!! Is my first and only project, and it's really really long, I have no idea. I anticipate Duh!! to be at least 4 to 6 180 page volumes.
9. After this manga, what type of manga would you like to draw next?
I've got a whole repertoire of projects waiting to be drawn. The next one will likely be an action/adventure based story as opposed to romance/comedy of "Duh!!".
10. What inspired you to draw manga?
All the manga I've read inspired me. I want to be able to tell stories too. I think I do it better with pictures than with words.
11. When did you first start to draw manga?
I started drawing manga, or at least the style, about 7 years ago. Grade 9-ish.
12. Who do you say gave you the most support while drawing manga?
Myself. My friends and family don't really know (or care) for my little projects. But that’s because I have many weird hobbies (I'm also a juggler and currently learning to ride the unicycle)
13. Do you want to draw manga as a living?
I would most likely starve to death. So no. I will continue to do it as a hobby. If it goes anywhere, great, if not, that's ok.
14. Do you prefer traditional or computerized when it comes to coloring?
Computerized. I have never tried traditional toning.
15. Have you ever tried to promote your manga in any way? Name some please.
I have a DrunkDuck account buried somewhere (which needs updating) and I think I have a TokyoPop account too (which also needs updating). Haven't been big on the promotion
part, I gotta get good first, I figure.
16. Was there ever a period of time where you completely stopped drawing manga for any reason?
Sure there has. I have been doodling and coming up with ideas of manga for the past 7 years. Only started drawing recently. Post Secondary Education puts a damper on things.
17. Do you usually know the ending of your manga before you begin? Do you enjoy knowing/not knowing the ending?
For "Duh!!" I know the ending. What I don't know is the many details in the middle. I usually come up with an ending fairly early on, but sometimes, as you're working on it, your work
starts developing a life of its own and it doesn't always go towards your ending. I enjoy knowing that there's a target to hit, but if I miss, then I guess I'll make that my new target
when the time comes.
18. Out of all your series, which one do you feel closest to? Please describe it in a few sentences.
Well, I've got a couple projects that I want to work on. Duh!! is the closest because the story took me years to write, and it was an effort by my friends and I back in high school.
Duh!! contains a lot of elements of my life and that of my co-collaborators of the story, so it strikes closest to home. The character Yuy Ren in the manga is someone I wish
I could be, while at the same time, he has a lot of my characteristics.
19. Have you ever done a doujinshi? Which series was it based on?
Did a two pager on Gundam Wing before.
20. Which of your characters do you like the most?
I love all the characters. But I think my favorite is Brent (who is he and why is he not in the character profile? Because he's not that major, and comes in much much later in the
story :P).
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