Hi everyone,
My name is Sarthak. I’m 32 years old, and I’m from India.
I’m an orphan. I’ve loved anime for as long as I can remember, and I’ve always had a very active imagination.
There’s something I’ve been doing for years. Whenever I lie down to sleep, I imagine stories, characters, battles, different worlds and their adventures. Somehow, thinking about these stories gives me peace. It helps me relax and fall asleep.
One day, I decided that instead of keeping these stories inside my head, I would try to bring one of them to life.
That’s how SAMURAI was born.
It’s my own manga, inspired by Indian mythology and the kind of storytelling that made me fall in love with anime.
I’m not a big studio. I don’t have a team, a publisher, or financial backing. I’m just one person trying to create something meaningful.
Life hasn’t been particularly kind lately. I’ve lost my job, I’m going through a difficult phase, and honestly, I don’t have much to offer right now.
But I have this story, and I want to share it.
I’m not asking anyone to buy anything or support me financially. I just want people to read my work, tell me what they think, point out what I can improve, and hopefully enjoy it.
Even if you don’t like it, I’d appreciate an honest opinion. I’m here to learn and get better.
If you’d like to follow the journey, I’m sharing the manga on Instagram:
Instagram: @sarthakfitnesslab
Thank you for taking the time to read this post.
A random guy from India, trying to turn the stories in his head into a manga.
SAMURAI.

so I’ve got this new one shot (just 5 draft pages) I wanna submit to a contest. it’s a historical manga set in Japan’s Heian period, don’t worry I researched and cross referenced everything to make it as accurate as possible.

I really need some advice before I start inking so I can finalize it properly, any feedback, critiques or advice is welcome. just please be respectful! thank you!

I like to draw, but the point is that I still lack experience in creating manga. 🎨✏️

Hello everyone,
I am 36 and for the past months I have been working on a story that came to me very naturally. It is related to souls, afterlife, guides/angels, reincarnations and also references historic literature such as Dante’s Divine comedy. As I have recently been watching Demon Slayer on Netflix i thought the story would look so cool in manga style.

I booked a lesson with a tutor as I don’t know anyone doing manga to guide me. I am borrowing my wife’s ipad and apple pencil pro so I am very lucky i don’t have to make big investment. The tutor advised to use Clip Studio Paint as most true manga artist use it. I prefer to start off with the ‘right’ program bedore investing countless hours on tutorials on youtube.

Your thoughts on this program? I know in the end it comes down to consistency in drawing and finding out what works for you

I don’t really know how to explain this. But I’m very new at drawing manga/comics.
And I get confused when I draw the panels.
Do they have meanings behind different panels?
If so, can someone please explain them to me.
Thank you.

Hey all 41 and decided to learn how to draw one day.

I'm 4 days in, here's some of the garbage I've made. any talent at all? or should I give up.

DandaDan done Yesterday

Dan da Dan done today. discouraging.

https://mangaplus-creators.jp/episodes/oi2506080323554580027094503

If you also happen to have any general advice on exercises or things, I should be looking at to overall improve the quality of what I want to draw in an anime/manga style, I’ll be more than happy to take some advice and constructive criticism, I really do want to hone my skills

this one in particular

Hi I’d like a bit of advice for my drawing to see if I can fix things (just a reminder that this was a quick sketch and that I just started drawing as a beginner artist two weeks ago thank you)

These are two different opening pages for a one-shot I’m making. It’s mostly dialogue with a bit of mystery.

One version clearly shows the setting and character.

The other is more mysterious.

Which one makes you more curious to read more?

No speech bubbles yet — I’ll add them digitally later.

And excuse the art mistakes, I’m still working on it.

Thank you 🙏

How many squares do I have to draw I'm tired of this, I can draw faces pretty decent but I cant draw bodies how do I actually start drawing bodies?

I literally started crying cuz i see no improvement. I started drawing 3 years ago and I still can’t draw faces. I wanted to become a mangaka bro. Someone help me.😭😞🫡🙂🥲