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Lin Yuan has professional drawing skills, which is why he is also great in creating manga, a branch of painting. He just needs to learn digital drawing to create a manga version of âKing of the Netâ.
Just so you knowâ¦
Before getting published as a novel, âKing of the Netâ was originally made as a manga by Chu Kuang!
If the manga becomes famous, not only Lin Yuanâs reputation in painting would skyrocket, Chu Kuang would also benefit from it as the original author. For instance, he might gain a bigger fanbase?
After all, some people prefer to read manga over novels, and vice versa.
This is an undeveloped territory with much potential!
This brainwave incidentally came from an innocent chit-chat between Chu Kuang and Fish during a tribe get-together.
The more Lin Yuan thought about it, the more interesting it sounded.
Anything related to the copyright of âKing of the Netâ belongs to him, so he can draw freely without the permission of Silver Blue Books.
And publishing manga online is a common practice.
Having made up his mindâ¦
Lin Yuan started making plans right away.
He bought a bunch of digital drawing tutorial books online. With the memory pill and professional drawing skills, he believed that learning a new skill wouldnât be too difficult.
Howeverâ¦
In the future, he would still need to work with the System on creating manga, âKing of the Netâ would just be a quick fixâalbeit undoubtedly a considerable saver for Lin.
But this meant that the launch of âGhost Blows Out the Lightâ would have to be postponed.
It definitely couldnât be launched in April.
Yet a delay of a month or so wasnât a big deal to Lin. His mission to help Chu Kuang reach a billion fans had a one-year deadlineâwhich was plenty of time for Lin Yuan to get creative with his approach.
At this momentâ¦
Lin Yuan received a message from Zhong Yu, âGOAT seems to have gone back to school. Why hasnât he shown up at our painting club? Many people want to sign up for his tutoringâ¦â
Indeedâ¦
Although Lin Yuan returned to school as normal once the Qin Art term began, he hadnât visited the painting club in a while.
There were probably quite a few students accumulated.
But after thinking about it, with his plate full of manga,juggling writing, worrying about the movie, and simply not having much free time, Lin replied, âIâm busy at the moment, Iâll get back to you.â
Zhong Yu replied, âAlright.â
A thought suddenly struck Lin Yuan.
Perhaps in the future he could take Zhong Yu on as an apprentice. Zhong Yuâs painting skills were quite good and he seemed to have some talentâ¦
But that was for the future.
Lin Yuanâs current apprenticeship task was music composition. Since Xue Liang had finished his training, he should start looking for a new apprentice.
âSo many things to doâ¦ân/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Lin Yuan mused. He figured that soon he would have to rely on the Systemâs energy potion. Between the several roles he had to play, he found it increasingly difficult to maintain a proper time-management schedule without the help of the energy potionâ
The Energy Potion wouldnât harm his body.
No wonder the System provided so many special items.
Seems like it expected him to obediently foot all the bills in the end.
Fortunately, all the money spent was donated by the System, which was a consolation to Lin.
Just focus on one thing at a time.
Once ordered, online purchases are typically delivered quickly. Lin Yuan ordered the books in the evening, and they arrived the next day.
Just back from his daily courses, with books in hand, he headed straight for his bedroom.
After taking a memory pill, Lin Yuan started to read.
He started with a book titled âBeginnerâs Guide to Digital Drawingâ, reading rapidly with efficiency.
âI need a digital drawing boardâ¦â
âMy drawing skills are not a problemâ¦â
âColoring? Isnât it just like mixing paint, the difference being that I donât have to mix it myself, but just select it with a mouse from the color libraryâ¦â
It took him only ten minutes to finish one book.
But those ten minutes were fruitful for Lin Yuan.
To master one is to master everything.
He had professional-level drawing skills.
So, while reading the book, Lin Yuan realized that turning the comic into a webcomic was not as complicated as he had imagined. All he needed to do was to familiarize himself with the drawing tools and understand the basic rulesâ¦
With a basic understanding, Lin Yuan continued reading.
âSo, I can get an assistant?â
âIn manga, many scenes need technical operation rather than creative thinking, so they donât necessarily need to be done by the main creators. The main creators are mainly responsible for the storyboard creation process, and the following tasks could be delegated. This can not only save the creatorâs energy, but also train newcomersâ¦â
I need an assistant.
This was Lin Yuanâs first thought after learning the role of an assistant.
For instance, in the creation of buildings and other aspects irrelevant to the main storyline, he could delegate to an assistant, saving himself lots of time and concentrating on the storyboard.
The story was simple, as the original was âKing of the Netâ.
However, creating a manga is tough work, otherwise serialization would not be so slow.
Unlike writing a novel where typing on a keyboard suffices, one must take the time to carefully draw each line for a manga. Itâs impossible to accelerate the process unless resorting to special tools.
But using tools consistently would be cost-prohibitive. Having an assistant, on the other hand, is a much cheaper option.
As for who to serve as his assistantâ¦
With such a large drawing club, he felt it wouldnât be difficult to find someone interested in creating a manga.
In fact, a portion of students in the Fine Arts Department at Qin Art chose to become manga artists as their post-graduation goal.
With that in mind,
Lin Yuan spent a long time reading until he got the call for dinner from downstairs, and grudgingly paused his reading.
The reason he was grudging was that the time effect of the memory pill lasts one hour.
If he didnât fully utilize the one hour, it would be a waste.
However, everything has pros and cons.
Because of the time he spent procrastinating, Lin Yuan found out that by the time he sat down to dinner, his sister and younger sister had eaten all the meat. All thatâs left were vegetables.
His sister joking said, âHereâs a strip of meat left.â
Lin Yuan:ââ¦â
Of course, his mother cooked the dishes.
His mother is a busybody. Although she lived in a mansion now, she would keep herself busy every day with chores such as cleaning or cooking.
âEat more vegetables,â his mother said seriously.
Feeling even more helpless, Lin Yuan could only hungrily eat his rice, occasionally picking up some vegetables to eat.
Just then,
His sister, Lin Xuan, suddenly asked, âDo you know Chu Kuang?â
Lin Yuan was taken aback, âWhy do you ask?â
Lin Xuan eyed him suspiciously, âDonât tell me you donât surf the internet. Didnât you both follow each other on the tribe? You only followed Chu Kuang on your Fish account, and Chu Kuang only followed you.â
âThatâs because Chu Kuangâ¦â
As Lin Yuan was about to explain,
His sister abruptly interrupted, âAlso likes to eat egg yolks?â
PS: Thanks to [Bao Shao 88] for becoming the ninth Alliance Hierarch of this book! I will repay all the debts next month, including all the updates owed, and the minimum guarantee is still three chapters per day. So, it will likely return to the daily ten thousand words rhythm next month. After some of the Qi Continent cut down, this book went through a low period. Polluted White has been adjusting status, only until these last two days have I gradually felt it come back.. Thank all of you for your understanding during this time!