At what age did you start drawing manga?

InCreDiBLeRice · 17-02-2002, 08:23 PM

Hi, ppl, I just got a light-bulb moment, and I want to post before the idea flies away

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I know from some of you how old you are, but not really when you got started, and how long it took you to get whereever you are now ^_^.

It'd be nice if y'all could reply on this thread answering these two questions:

At what age did you start drawing manga?
How old are you now? (eg.: how long have you been drawing manga until now?)

To answer these two questions about myself:

I started drawing manga when I was 15 and a half.
I'm now 16 years and 8 months old, and recently, about two months ago, I started drawing like mad, carrying my materials everywhere I go, drawing everyday (hit me plz, I wasn't as serious with manga when I was 15 compared to now).

Arigatou, minna-san!

Yasei Chi · 17-02-2002, 08:25 PM

Does it have to be just manga? I don't draw manga, but I do draw, and my characters look like they could end up in manga.... ::shrug:: Just asking.

InCreDiBLeRice · 17-02-2002, 08:26 PM

Hehe, sorry, I forgot all about that

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It doesn't necessarily have to be manga

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Skulk · 17-02-2002, 08:30 PM

well i've been drawing for lets see... hmmm..... 4 days now

and im 15.. so not 4 very long

17-02-2002, 09:20 PM

i've been drawing since i was a wee little one... but i have been sketching anime/manga since i was.....*counts on her finger*.....around 14 years of age.

i'm now 16 and i still need lots o' improvement...

Yasei Chi · 17-02-2002, 09:40 PM

Well, in that case, I've been drawing for a good 7 or 8 years now. I started in about 6th grade, at age 12, just doodling in margins. I seriously started working to improve my art at age 13 or 14, and I'm 19 now (20 in May)

Ekaterini · 17-02-2002, 11:52 PM

Hm, well, I've been drawing all my life, but I didnt' start drawing anime/manga until last year when I saw Escaflowne for the first time. I was 16. That was a year and four months ago, so now I'm 17 and a half.

animeiris · 18-02-2002, 12:59 AM

Lets see. I first fell into anime with robotech then was drawn in when i saw evangelion. Then i stared drawing after that being 15. Now 18, so 3yrs.

kuchibeni · 18-02-2002, 02:44 AM

About 4 years ago, I did one or two drawings, but I don't think I really got into drawing very much until about 3 years ago - mid-to-late '99. ^___^

MS06JZaku · 18-02-2002, 04:34 AM

I never really tried because I usually suck at drawing anime stuff. I don't think my first real attempts were after I was out of High school, other than that it's a rarity that I do anime actually. But I guess you can say I've been drawing anime for about 2-3 years. This is just another evolution of my drawing styles... Eventhough I say I suck at drawing things like anime, so think I do well. It's all in the eye of the beholder I guess?

hfrsgjsdfhjksghjksg · 18-02-2002, 08:30 AM

hmm i started drawing last year but was discouraged when my drawings cam out all lets just say crappy. especially when your posting next to the likes of bean and Nair and stuff. oh yeah i 15 1st of feb baby. and started drawing as soon as i joined AB

GdsAkuma · 18-02-2002, 11:45 AM

*bwink* well...** does doujinshi count as manga? ^_^;; I do more doujinshi than manga 'cause my 4 circles are demanding....~_~ anyhoo, I joined my first DJ circle at 12, first manga projecty at 13, first actual doujinshi at 12 **; an' I'm 14 now....^^; anime hasn't been a part of my life for very long...just since...11? @@; Sailormoon influence....;_;

Uzi · 18-02-2002, 12:00 PM

I have been drawing for a long time now, I think for about 8 years(I'm 15), and 4 years I had my own, realistic style of drawing (mostly) girl, before that I made comic thingies, and now since 6 months or something(since the summer) manga.. but I like manga sooo much more, because it's both comic and realistic..

Yasei Chi · 18-02-2002, 07:28 PM

Well, I've been drawing Disneyesque as long as I've been drawing, and working on a slightly more realistic style that whole time as well. I've only been into anime for about a year, maybe less, and still don't draw true anime/manga style. I have some anime elements in my art, like the hairstyles, but it's mostly more realistic than anime. ::shrug::

Project Akira · 18-02-2002, 07:36 PM

I started making comics around the age of ten and rather poorly I might add. Now I am almost 20 and still making comics (still rather poorly as well ^_^)