Everyone has had this fantasy, I'm sure.

I'm glad this series is coming to print, and being the GN letterer, Kiyoshi is the hardest manga I've worked on! But I like how things end when I complete the first Vol. lettering! A big shoutout to @lettererbrendo.bsky.social for the wonderful on the Simuls!

I really want input from other industry peeps, so please share. If I use your response in my video, you can be anon if you want! I realize this is sensitive/risky to talk about publicly. 1. are you burnt out? 2. how do you combat burnout? 3. what systemic changes would reduce burnout?

Hey all. I am still on the hunt for freelance work in Japanese to English translation, translation review, English editing and proofreading, or almost any localization-parallel role that can be done remote from Germany. I specialize in creative writing localization. Please share with your circle!

lol please help destroy this company - uninstall all that crap, friends #CancelParty

#리노 #LeeKnow #LeeMinho #StrayKids

schizophrenia and bipolar, too. a lot of people in my support groups are afraid

Work is getting worse by the day and any accommodations have been stonewalled, leaving me to lose wages due to being disabled. Support continues to be called for, and I don’t need much: I just need to be able to afford groceries.

can anyone spare some funds to get just $100 bucks for my friend for rent? 🙏💛

small update: car bill due before rent bc of the way the weekend falls (rent won't process until at least monday) so i paid that one first. i can't go without a car, so it had to be done. now i need to make up the rest for rent. anything is helpful.

It’s free comic book day, so get out there and visit your local comic book shop. Stores around the world will have lots of great free books for you to pick up. Be sure to actually buy something from them to support them too 👍

movie was great as was the people!!!

seeing salt of the earth tonight at a theatre for a local fundraiser and may day learnings :)) heard this movie bounce around in convo over the years and been wanting to watch it. yay!

This is the most detailed 3D rendering of a eukaryotic cell to date, obtained using X-ray, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and cryo-electron microscopy datasets. 🔬🧪

congrats to @mizuhokaeru.bsky.social for getting Magical Girl Dandelion licensed in France!!!!!!!!!!!! how exciting for French speakers!!!!!!!! 🌼🖤

MAJOR UPDATE for all INDESIGN USERS. Adobe has screwed us again. If you are using the latest version (any 21.x), indesign will automatically generate AI alt text for ALL IMAGES. Instructions to change your defaults in the screenshot and linked here: helpx.adobe.com/indesign/usi...

i watched Pluto a few months ago randomly, can confirm it was pretty cool! the ending kinda lost me a bit but overall i likes the stories it shared a lot

this piece is still for sale at a discounted price in my ko-fi shop (link in thread)! shares extremely appreciated!!

my buddy is looking for some support atm if anyone can spare a couple bucks!! he's a local friend of mine tryna get by. big thanks if you can spread some love!

they're making beautiful people with interesting hobbies work 40 hours a week

"ChatGPT said..." "CoPilot thinks..." STFU. Not they didn't. No they don't. These tools are not people. They don't talk. They don't think. You're interacting with a fancy illusion. Move accordingly.

for "rom coms" yeah right!!!!! ew ew ew ew ew ew EW!!!!!!!!!!!!! freak shit!!!!!!!!!! can never convince me otherwise!!!!!!!!

taking a few sketch commissions for may completion! single character, sfw or nsfw. fun pinups to the front of the line, but i'll do other stuff too. shares extremely appreciated!! details⤵️

boosting 💛💛

See y'all next Saturday ✨ nif.cartoonist.coop/event/automa...

WORKERS AT MAGIC THE GATHERING ARE UNIONIZING!! Please join me in signing this petition to ask that Wizards voluntarily recognize the union and reshare to spread the word! actionnetwork.org/forms/uwotcl...

my childhood in manga form that i unfortunately must have

hi guys, my friend in iran and her family are struggling with money again due to all the bs happening rn. if you have anything to spare, please share some love! they need some funds for groceries and to continue having internet access. i send all donations directly to them!!! www.paypal.me/FinnArt

whoa

I lettered this! Akari is stunning, and Kohinata's mark-making is unmatched. Such a love letter to art and the impact i can have on one's life and the bonds it can forge It's debuting at TCAF (coincidentally, I'll be there tabling too!), and I can't wait to hold it in my hands!

i read the last volume of dress up darling :((( sad to see it go but it was really sweet :(((((((

BUG EGO IS OUT!!!!!! this is my most time-consuming, most difficult series i have ever worked on. i put SOOOO many hours into making these pages look similar to what the authors intended, and i am hugely proud of it tbh. i learned (and still learn) so much working on Bug Ego!! please check it out!!

Reality has rules. Break them at your own risk 🪲 Read a free preview of Bug Ego, Vol. 1: https://bit.ly/4rNcw6z

BUG EGO IS OUT!!!!!! this is my most time-consuming, most difficult series i have ever worked on. i put SOOOO many hours into making these pages look similar to what the authors intended, and i am hugely proud of it tbh. i learned (and still learn) so much working on Bug Ego!! please check it out!!

moving day!!!!

The problem with the manga industry is not that it takes too long to make manga, it's that companies want to treat manga like a fast food order and pump out as much of it as quickly as possible and it has trained people to not be okay with waiting while mangaka work themselves to death.

Real talk, 10 years ago, I didn't even know lettering was a job (and an artform), let alone how important good lettering is in comics. Lettering is one of those aspects of localization that is easy to forget about if it's good, but bad lettering can completely ruin your immersion.

A bunch of artists will lose work, the flow and immersion for the reader is ruined, the mangaka's vision is butchered...and they'll probably raise the price on consumers anyway. but at least a corporation made more money 😀

typesetting (only one part of lettering) is not just "put in text". you need to know what looks good and stupid AI does not know that! and every attempt at this has always been something ugly as hell, disrespectful af, that someone in my position has to clean up!! wasting everyone's time and money!!

COMMUNITY IS AWESOME 😭💛

BOOK IS DONE I NEED A HOME COOKED MEAL AND A NAP

localizers are artists. letterers are artists. translators are artists. the dehumanization of localizers by this industry is shameful.

“GlobalComix’s AI translation copilot delivers 85–90% cost savings compared to industry-standard manual translation.” These AI tools will always rely on underpaid freelancers doing three jobs for a fraction of the wage of one. They’re merely a justification for not paying people.

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Free Manga! Now that I have your attention, have you filled out the Manga Mavericks Books + Podcast Survey? Also, that wasn't *just* a reference. By filling this survey out, you'll be entered for the chance to win a freebie! buff.ly/RzSblxn #MangaMavericksBooks

feel like i'm running a marathon this week trying to finish this book before my big move on saturday, and still having to pack in between, and other irl stuff........... i still won't be able to really take a break until next tuesday at the earliest........ .~.

new volume new dwoom

With 23 years of continuous work as a letterer, and over 30 years of print/production experience, I’m now unable to find any new lettering work in comics. Please keep me in mind when staffing your creator-owned projects and please consider requesting me on your WFH projects 🙏

I'm one of those trans women. I worked ground ops for Artemis I. I am torn between celebrating the success of my friends and peers and grieving how my dream of working for NASA was shattered by hateful assholes in Tallahassee