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Thumbnail I drew for my podcast interview with Jax Cottrell from Noir Caeser Entertainment! Had a lot of fun drawing them in homage to the cover art of their new manga, Hanakotoba! - http://all-comic.com/2020/manga-mavericks-ep-141-noir-caeser-hanakotoba-w-jax-cottrell/ #manga #mangamavericks #noircaesar #hanakotoba #fanart https://www.instagram.com/p/CJjN5KzDBES/?igshid=1h7230maib8ur

Aight so BOOM. “There are times when you can’t walk away, that’s the only time I think you should FIGHT!” -Darius. . . . Here is an animation I did for @noircaesar ’s XOGENASYS official release. All animation/editing done by yours truly! Managed to get @childish_gamzeno (Zeno Robinson. Most notably known for the voice of Cyborg in Young Justice) the actual voice of Darius Smith for this. Music by Japanese Artist @teddyloidspace (Teddyloid. You may have heard his music in the MeMeMe music video with Daoko) SFX and additional music by the one and only @illbrown_ XOGENASYS vol. 1 is officially available for purchase. Link in bio! #nikolasdraperivey #noircaesar #xogenasys #manga #comics #anime #blackanime #blackmanga #sakuga #xogenasysteaser #complex #hypebeast #teddyloid #illbrown #zenorobinson #johnnyobryant #netflix #hulu #crunchyroll #funimation https://www.instagram.com/p/B1Hzqm_BEvJ/?igshid=sh3u8ar70j21

Thank you for those that bought @noircaesar’s XOGENASYS and are currently reading it. Figured I’d show you guys what some of the pages look like now that everything’s been printed. The entire book is about 301+ pages. Can’t show the whole book because I don’t want to spoil the ending. Took a long time to get right, but I’m happy that the story is resonating with people. Drawing manga is not easy. It’s not just “drawing cool pin ups”. There are certain beats you gotta hit and you really gotta think about what you’re drawing on the page and what’s the most effective way to get the story across. You have to mature. It’s a humbling process for sure. It will definitely test you and tell you about yourself. There were times where I wanted to quit. A lot of personal struggles that I had to overcome while drawing this. So when I look at this book, I see it a bit differently than others might. For me, I was fighting just as Darius was. I couldn’t stand Darius in the beginning, but the more I worked on it, the more pain I put on him and the more I invested in the story, the more he grew on me. My job as the artist and co-writer was to bring as much life and depth to it as possible and to bring out the best in Johnny’s (@jobryant3 )vision. Anyway, if you haven’t picked it up you can get on Amazon. Link in bio. Mkay. Getting back to work! Thanks again for the support and please look forward to my upcoming new projects! 🙏🏾 Music by @teddyloidspace. LINK🔥IN🔥BIO #xogenasys #anime #blackanime #noircaesar #artistoninstagram #manga #comics #afro #complex #hypebeast https://www.instagram.com/p/B1mJfCQFhzE/?igshid=as5p677y8ei8

The World Is Cruel. #nikolasdraperivey #artistsoninstagram #xogenasys #manga #comics #noircaesar #kbash #blackanime #xogenasysanime #soon #new https://www.instagram.com/p/BqZIDPGnfCp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=19beu8akng22w

It’s almost over, kid. Color test before I do art for the last chapter. This is not the chapter art for the last chapter. Just an experiment. #xogenasys #nikolasdraperivey #noircaesar #artistsoninstagram #manga #comics #wip #myphonewasbeingweirdsoihadtoreupload https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp3BEPJHwVu/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=h3xj21fv487j

Don’t let this world break you..... (WIP) #nikolasdraperivey #xogenasys #manga #comics #wip #noircaesar #noircaesarentertainment https://www.instagram.com/p/BqEfAi1Hhnw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=o5h8wueyp0i3

“It ain’t about how hard you’re hit, it’s about how much you can get hit and keep moving forward....” -Rocky Balboa. Get up, Darius. #nikolasdraperivey #noircaesar #xogenasys #manga #comics #wip #heroesofcolor #pencils https://www.instagram.com/p/BpFkOwOHj3Z/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=5ysd54zjq7at