it is me, naiki

What I love about "Blue Period" is that... Despite being a manga that focuses on art and artists, it never once glorifies or fetishizes the suffering they go through. Yamaguchi-sensei might have not touched upon that topic on itself yet, but I like how Yatora, Maki, Yotasuke, all of them, were just struggling.

There's always a common consensus within creators (me and my friends aren't excluded in this) that we wanted to make something out of our struggles or trauma or else it would mean we went through all of that for nothing. And more often than we'd like to admit, creating from that fuel was comfort zone, and when we don't feel like we're suffering while we create, it meant that we were doing something wrong.

Something 'Blue Period' always emphasize was 'having fun'. And it wasn't always just "don't think and have fun with it", it's an encouragement for us to enjoy creating, with genuine passion, without covering that enjoyment with thousands layer of irony or self-deprecating humour. It helped me embrace my love for art and creating so, so much, and I'm so grateful for that.

Hello everyone! after a couple of months of work on this beast of a thing, the first draft of my promised writeup on understanding composition is finally ready! This badboy is almost 15,000 words, and over 150 pages long. In these images, you can see a couple of examples of the kind of subject matter I’ll be covering, but it’s very comprehensive. 

This is currently available on my Patreon starting at just $2!

I think what I offer is a pretty unique take on composition, and it’s geared to be understood without a lot of consideration for the more finnicky technical elements of drawing, so if that’s part of art you have trouble with you might find some answers in my approach. Using my own art and examples from various disciplines and eras, I break down how to understand why a composition does - or doesn’t - work, all building to a toolset that lets you have control over your own compositions with precision and intent. 

A sincere thank you to anyone who takes the time to look at it, and at the end of the day, always remember one fundamental rule of art:

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