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[kirabook]

Hello guys. I've been working on something that MIGHT be coming out this year? It's a Naruto rewrite, but technically not. In fact, it can be considered a work of it's own despite using some characters and concepts from the series of Naruto.

 

This real story starts when the main character is about 19 years old and he moves back to his home town to attend the well-known university there while also passively searching for his parent's identities. (though he was raised by his god-father who he considered his grandpa and lovingly calls gramps)

 

That's all I want to say as I don't want to spoil anything, but below I'll start posting bits and pieces of information. This is going to be a webcomic and it'll have its own reading site and everything. So, I'll update peoples when that happens too. I'm not sold on what I'll name this yet, hence I'll just call it "Project: Rewrite" here. If you have any questions, let me know~

 

Locations:

Coming soon~

 

Characters:

Hinoyama Natsuo

 natsuo3.png   44.67KB   1 downloads

 

Hanazono Sakine

 sakineconcept1s.png   48.16KB   2 downloads

 

More coming soon~

 

 

5 Great Demons:

Akane

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Lesser Demons:

Coming soon~

[Advaith]

Great.

 

I'm so thankful that we have people like u kirabook with us.

 

Characters looks great 

 

Ur story will be a success and well known.

 

I wish u all the best kirabook.

[LuckyChi7]

Hmm that sounds really interesting can't wait to read it. 

[Moon_Girl]

I'm really interested! Keep it up! I can't wait to see it!

[Anthony]

ara, ara (hit me up if you need any help)

[Nar123]

Seems interesting! Keep us informed about it, please

Edited by Nar123, 21 February 2016 - 04:43 AM.

[Konoha'sCrimsonFox]

Awesome. I knew someone out there would do a comic Naruto rewrite. Glad I'm not the only NS author out their there that is doing something like a Naruto rewrite. I wish you good luck, Kira.

Edited by Konoha'sCrimsonFox, 24 February 2016 - 12:04 PM.

[Luna]

Oooo definitely going to read this

[kirabook]

More preliminary character designs that might change over time. (Sorry, I'm too lazy to resize these to a reasonable post size) Some characters have names, but I won't say what they are till it's their time in the story. Any character names I give away is purely because they're introduced in the first few chapters.

 

Again, although there's a lot of Naruto themes and obvious character influences.. some characters are gonna look a lot different. But I'm sure you can guess who is who without me telling you.

 

???

 

 

Akamatsu Kei

 

Fujiwara Isami (renamed)

 

 

 

???

Edited by kirabook, 20 March 2016 - 02:42 AM.

[Advaith]

Looks great kira.

 

Go forward u have my full support.

[Konoha'sCrimsonFox]

Yeah. Kira does have a chance to become successful as One did with his One-punch webcomic that became so popular that it got an anime and manga adaption. 

[kirabook]

When you read comics (manga), professional or not, what quality are you looking for? Take the image above for example, would you read an entire series that looks like that? (a little more cleaned up of course with proper text and boxes) Or the image below:

Are these images of reasonable quality (again, with properly drawn boxes and text)? Or do you prefer reading more cleaned up crisp series? I do want to reach a lot of people, but I also want to be able to finish this series in a reasonable amount of time (less than 10 years). Overexerting myself and trying to accomplish a style that I am incapable of or unnatural to me will slow down this project.

Discuss please!

[tricksie]

You know, I really love the sketchy look. Cleaned up, of course, is nice. But I like the feeling that it is really a creation of a single author, rather than a comic that is written and edited, cleaned up, inked and colored, and passed through many hands before a reader ever sees it. 

 

The sketchy, more informal look doesn't take away from the manga, to me. Instead it adds movement to the story and characters, and lets me see a little into what the artist was thinking when they were sketching. 

 

And yeah...it lets the artist move through the story quicker when they don't have to stop and meticulously clean every single panel! So that's a great plus! And it will definitely make your work stand on its own. No comparisons that you are trying to duplicate Naruto's style, or any other manga/comic. It will look like your own work. Go sketchy - I love it!

[Konoha'sCrimsonFox]

When you read comics (manga), professional or not, what quality are you looking for? Take the image above for example, would you read an entire series that looks like that? (a little more cleaned up of course with proper text and boxes) Or the image below:

Are these images of reasonable quality (again, with properly drawn boxes and text)? Or do you prefer reading more cleaned up crisp series? I do want to reach a lot of people, but I also want to be able to finish this series in a reasonable amount of time (less than 10 years). Overexerting myself and trying to accomplish a style that I am incapable of or unnatural to me will slow down this project.

Discuss please!

 

For quality, the plot and story is top priority over art (comics) and writing styles (books/novels) for no matter if its professional or not.

 

I think most important is write/draw in your comfort zone and don't get too stress out about your work not being top notch professional and focus more on the plot, characters and your universe. You have higher chances of reaching a vast audience  and even have professional comic artist stumble upon your work, begging for your work. Here's a prime example according to my previous post.

 

One-Punch Man Webcomic by One (Original)

 

 

Redrawn by Murata (Manga)

 

 

I think you will do just great. But I do highly recommend just for a precaution to be prepare for a possible flames a backlash from Naruto pro-enders no matter if it happens or not. I hope you don't cave in because of that. 

[Advaith]

I love the sketches.Great work

 

I say what tricksie and konoha said.

 

You know, I really love the sketchy look. Cleaned up, of course, is nice. But I like the feeling that it is really a creation of a single author, rather than a comic that is written and edited, cleaned up, inked and colored, and passed through many hands before a reader ever sees it. 

 

The sketchy, more informal look doesn't take away from the manga, to me. Instead it adds movement to the story and characters, and lets me see a little into what the artist was thinking when they were sketching. 

 

And yeah...it lets the artist move through the story quicker when they don't have to stop and meticulously clean every single panel! So that's a great plus! And it will definitely make your work stand on its own. No comparisons that you are trying to duplicate Naruto's style, or any other manga/comic. It will look like your own work. Go sketchy - I love it!

this

 

 

For quality, the plot and story is top priority over art (comics) and writing styles (books/novels) for no matter if its professional or not.

 

I think most important is write/draw in your comfort zone and don't get too stress out about your work not being top notch professional and focus more on the plot, characters and your universe. You have higher chances of reaching a vast audience  and even have professional comic artist stumble upon your work, begging for your work. Here's a prime example according to my previous post.

 

One-Punch Man Webcomic by One (Original)

 

 

Redrawn by Murata (Manga)

 

 

I think you will do just great. But I do highly recommend just for a precaution to be prepare for a possible flames a backlash from Naruto pro-enders no matter if it happens or not. I hope you don't cave in because of that. 

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Edited by Advaith, 03 March 2016 - 03:42 PM.

[kirabook]

Some new concept art, and a few I got commissioned to help me with visualization

 

http://kirabook.devi...abook-596424050

 

 

On another note, this is the style I'm aiming for when the comic releases. (not just rough drafts like I showed before, but what I actually do want them to look like) So I ask one more time, just to make sureeeee, would you read an entire web series in this style?

[Konoha'sCrimsonFox]

If its in your comfort zone and won't delay you from publishing your chapters.

[kirabook]

[Konoha'sCrimsonFox]

Are teaming up with kaleia?

[kirabook]

I have small updates for this, mostly cause everything is under wraps.

 

- The plot is coming along very nicely. More and more this is moving away from its origins in Naruto. I can now say it's more of a compilation of all my favorite things.

 

- I've decided on the programs I'll be using to develop and show off this project. It's nowhere near ready to show off yet.

 

Here is a peek at what I'm aiming for in terms of... uh... style? design? Format? XD Whichever word is appropriate