Goodbye Twitter & Hello English.
TL;DR
Since 1999, I`ve created illistration,novel,comic…and my characters. and I become a friend that creaters in internet. Now, I write comic and illustration, but I think my creater style must be change with environments.
This Post is writing my furture that create comic and illustration and I will face each other my creativity.
Place that publish works
Lately, I've been thinking what twitter was no longer in place as for publish my creativ works, that is illust, comic, and so on. For the first reason is twitter timeline algorithm and fav feature that very inequality, and those depend on follower count with user followers. Another reason, That a Non-Japanese person purchased my comic book in the event.
On the other hand Twitter is very important social networking tool that communication my creater friend and my fans, Those are very irreplaceable.They gave me courage for continue to create illustration and comic, That's why sad to know that my comic and illustration is unseen my followers timeline.
Doing for my creative work furture
Though, It's wrong to my style that illust and comic publish depended to twitter timeline algorithm. On the other hand I don't want to be people who draw comic as a job. That' why My friend that want to be draw comic as a job and I have trouble understanding each other when we talk sometimes. It is very very sad to that, but I can't be helped.
There two things I want to do through my creative work. The first is expression as a comic and illustration what my imaginary world and characters.The second reason is what large number people to be seen my works. I'd thought twitter is best tool to achieve the objectives, but It dosen't appear so now. In addithion to that, I don't want to make a career out of drawing comic and illustration, I must search things that about my comic and illustration publish place and method to seen large number people.
I 'd took about that things last few month in my bed. so I'd got a two nice idea .
write english that my comic
It will be write english that character dialog and representing sound effect.
The reason why, It is that Non-Japanese person purchased my comic book. That meen, He skimmed through read my comic, even if that just 1 page. I asked to him that 'That's book is wrote japanese, Do you understand japanese language?', his answer is ' I understand Japanese a little, no problem. Can I buy one?'. I was shocked(in the good way) that my comic is demanded to Non-Japanese person.
After a short time, I've started study english. That goal is of course to write comic by english. if possible, Non-Japanese person purchased my comic can saw my comic by english version in website.
Though I can't speak english and don't have vocabulary, even more my understanding of grammar is also quite questionable. Those are fatal point to write comic by english.
But I'm not give up.
change place to publish
In Twitter, Other people can see my work is depends on the algorithm that Inequality and the follower count. That mean, twitter user that have a lot of follower is displayed my timeline, but my tweet(and works)is displayed a few count. It is also, Twitter implemented timeline display score, that score point minus by 'block from other people','mute from other people',and ‘did twitter do with shadow ban for your account’.
A little while ago, I ran a community for creator by draw comic and illustration. Of course I had to take responsibility for statement made by others, I notice and be blocked twitter when attention to others. Community owner is very hard work. I lost many friend of creator, I was blocked and muted in twitter by people with quit the community. As a result My Twitter score is very lowerd. That mean, My Tweet was disappeared in followers timeline.
I'm tired to Twitter human relation is closely related that view count of comic and illustration.
So I must search place other that twitter to my comic and illustration publish. I have a multiple candidates. Pixiv, Niconico Seiga, and Bluesky,
Comic publish Place for Japanese is best Pixiv and Niconico, but I can't think any of publish place for Non-Japanese persons.
If there's one thing I know Bluesky. but that is very small and newborn, don't have hashtag and don't search other tweet. Bluesky is expectation to the future.But that is good feature implemented and be good product. I am excited about Bluesky's future.
The other day, I join discord server that ran by creator. Owner name is Edo, He works abroad animator & illustrator, He made me feel welcome. I consult him that comic publish space for illustrator ,I want to ask the question him that web service for publish comic.
Finaly
The way I chose to do that I selected is diffrent from many people around and something their will ever understanding, That I feel very scary.It dose not make money and dose not add to my livelihood. On the other hand That is give me aspiration and courage, and the desire to live tomorrow.
Therefore Twiter, You should be a little nicer to me, too.
I suppose it's a bit too early for a gimlet, and you?