Two links for students to read.

I just want to post these two links to two stories that I've posted on other social media this past week that I think are worth reviewing.

Nina Matusmoto, artist of the Del Rey graphic novel series Yokaiden, writes about working at a major publisher and some of the difficulties or working in a particular visual style. In this case, a style heavily influenced by Japanese comics. It's an interesting article by a very talented cartoonist. She asks a lot of questions that even she hasn't answered yet herself but it's something that anyone aiming for a particular style should ask themselves.

EDIT; Nina has since taken this post down.

The other story is one that really spoke a lot to me. Sean Michael Robinson, at the Hooded Utilitarian blog, talks about teaching art to high school students only interested in drawing manga. As someone who was a high school student only interested in drawing in a manga style and making comics not to mention a teacher who will have these students on a college level, I got a lot out of it. There are a lot of fantastic points made in this article that both students and teachers can take away from it.