Mam: Memoirs Of An Aspiring Mangaka

When what I want and what I want are in conflict.

Do you have faith in yourself?

I want to push every panel, every sentence, every chapter of my manga to the next level.

If I were to die today...what would I do?

I would die trying to make a single art piece perfect.

I have trouble keeping criticism out

What aspect of manga do you want to master?

The "failures" are awesome.

A big part of the way I built my self esteem was by appreciating my weaknesses for what I have a feeling they are.

Sacrifice and Fear: both tools available to me on this journey as a mangaka

My ambitions are not JUST professional.

The smallest details can be real freaking enriching to world building and storytelling.

To know for sure if my comic, design, or whatever worked, I have to put it out.

I want things as an artist, hell my entire lifestyle is predicated on what I want. And I want them now...but-

Do I have the talent to design characters? Do you have the talent to pull off the thing you're trying to do as an artist? ...What do you think?

It's lonely and hard working as an artist and mangaka...but we got this!!

I'm a writer and I have things to say. But sometimes the message, and the rationale behind a story, starts to overtake it's enjoyment and entertainment quality... .

Anger, sadness, and depression are NOT my favorite emotions.

Today I've made faster decisions than anytime in the recent past, and that's for a reason.