JamJamCat

17 Jul 2012

Manga industury is dying, we need someone create new business model

Youtube friend "TheMistaBuck" comment on my Youtube video... this topic is interesting... so I pasted in my blog.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wLnqk7dGH8

TheMistaBuck's Comment:

I wish there was still manga magazines in the US (like the ones at 04:21 ). Every magazine either got cancelled, or became digital-only magazines. For example, There was a English version of "Weekly Shonen Jump", but Viz (the US publisher) stopped with print manga, and went to digital only publishing. I really hope that one day, Manga magazines will make a comeback in the US :(

My Comments:

TheMistaBuck.

You are right !!! I'm totally agree with you! Same thing happening in Japan too. Many manga magazines disappeared, or became digital-only. For me, I would rather read a manga on paper than on screen. I rather pay to buy a real thing (paper manga) in real world, than pay to read virtual paper on screen.

Many publisher believe digital is the solution to save Manga. But I think. digital is only a tools, it's not the solution.

Manga industury is dying, not because of how it made(paper or digital , color or B&W) We need someone create new business model, provide a platform like AKB48 group.

Music industury is dying too, but the best-selling albums are AKB48(SKE,MNB)'s songs.

Maybe we need to promote manga artister more, and links many media to manga. And pay back to artister, give artister more oppuntity to do more event, etc...drawing performance. Or cooperation with other industory. Design character for soft drink or candy products.

And... also give artister in different age more chance to work... instead of "Use new teenage author/artister only" and "Use And Throw Away".

Maybe....oneday I can create a compny to buid this platform.

15 Jul 2012

"Last Supper" window glass ART in Roppongi, Tokyo.

"Last Supper" window glass ART.
In some restaurant at Roppongi Tokyo.

30 Jun 2012

My manga [Lucky Toy Club]

Dear Friends, I have just uploaded my original manga on my website
http://www.jamjamcat.com/
Please check it out and let me know what you think . (=^▽^=)>

私の漫画をWEBに公開しました。http://www.jamjamcat.com/
ぜひ読んでください！よろしく(=^▽^=)>

19 Jun 2012

Inking video for new Illustration

Dear Friends, I have just uploaded a new video on youtube. Please enjoy.

4 Jun 2012

My Dip Pen (Part-2) pen holders

I used those 3 kinds of pen holders
(Please see the photo below)

They are really confortable for holding and duriable.

Don't buy those mutiple nibs holder.
(Eg: One pen holder for both G-pen and Maru nib)
They are not duriable. I have broken many pen holder like that.

Some tips for pen holder:
(1)Once the nib is installed, keep it on pen holder.
Don't pull off nib and reinstall every time you ink.
If you using 3 kinds of nibs , then just buy 3 pen holders.

(2) Alway get an extra pen holder just in case.
Yes, every things will break someday.... you never know when...

(3)Good tip for selecting pen holder.
Test is it can hold the pen nib stable, and do not shake.
Well... you just have to buy alot and try alot.
Else you can just buy same things as I did.

By the way, I have already created some inking DVD, and already released on my website.
http://www.jamjamcat.com/

(Inking with traditional dip pen. G-pen & Maru-pen & Saji-pen !!!)
Those 8 DVDs are Non-Cut! Real Speed inking video!!

You can see every motions & every strokes & every details in real drawing speed.
"A picture is worth than thousand words" = "A video is worth than million words"
Watching a video is better then reading many books with still pictures.
Inking is motions, movements. Better learn it by watching motions.
It can help you to improve your inking skill.
Please check it out.(=^▽^=)
http://www.jamjamcat.com/

JamJamCat Inking DVD Vols.01