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WEBTOON Advanced
Drama Genre Secrets by Author Kim Yong-hwa

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Hello

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I’m Kim Yong-hwa, a webtoon author

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I have published and serialized various print comics

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like Sunflower Pretty Boy, Ghetto Machine, and Che Guevara

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Additionally, I have created webtoons such as Masterpiece, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Why Did You Come to Goblin Hill?

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Flowers Bloom Again, Poco Allegretto

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and the second installment of Why Did You Come to Goblin Hill? (Hae-soo's Chapter)

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These are some of the webtoons I have released

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This session is dedicated to sharing my personal webtoon know-how

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When I reflected on what unique insights I could provide

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I realized that many of the lessons I’ve learned

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might resonate with fellow creators

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who also navigate the grueling daily life

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of a webtoon artist

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The webtoon creation process

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is often devoid of leeway and riddled with challenges

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Depending on the approach and perspective you choose

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your results will vary

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These outcomes eventually shape your creative environment

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and within that framework, you’ll have to produce and deliver

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at least one episode every week

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This is the life of a webtoon artist

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What about you?

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Are you ready to embrace this path and profession

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the one you’ve chosen out of passion or interest

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happily?

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Here are the five key points of the webtoon creation process

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I’d like to share

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1. Build a body tailored to your purpose

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2. Experience maximum capacity as early as possible

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3. Discover your unique genre and art style

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4. Understand your identity

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5. Find a way to make things work when they don’t

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Webtoon Creation Know-How 1

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I began creating comics

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at age 20

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after deeply contemplating what I truly loved

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During middle school, I filled pages of notebooks

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with over 100-page comics

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that my classmates would pass around

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However, in high school, I set different life goals and left comics behind

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I wanted to earn money quickly, so I obtained a technical license

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and began working as an apprentice earlier than most

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Although I excelled in my job and even received rapid promotions

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after 2 years of working

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I frequently felt an inexplicable emptiness

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Eventually, I realized that this dissatisfaction stemmed

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from not pursuing what I genuinely loved

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which made my heart ache

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This is how I found comics

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When I decided to return to drawing

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after four years of high school and working life

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my hand muscles were no longer accustomed to drawing

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and regaining my skills took considerable time

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Like any art genre

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creating comics requires repeated training

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to develop specialized brain and muscle functions

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As a comic artist

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your brain and even the small muscles in your fingers

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need to evolve for the purpose of storytelling and illustrating

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You must train yourself

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to achieve this

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Building a body tailored to your creative goals

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This is the first

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and most important step

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This involves developing the physical ability

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to draw and create

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what you envision, which is the most important

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The rest of the process after developing the physical ability

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are simply details

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that one will have to face once they begin their creative activity

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Without this foundational ability

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no matter how much you learn or hear about advanced techniques

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your skills will remain superficial

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and fail to truly integrate with your work

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I was fortunate enough to learn this first point

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from my teacher

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Among domestic authors

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I admired the works of Heo Young-Man the most

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Fortunately, after entering the world of comics

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I became an apprentice to Heo Young-Man

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Have you ever felt the miraculous joy

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of achieving something you wished for?

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When I met my teacher

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and was accepted as his apprentice

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I felt as if I was part of the universe and destiny for the first time

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That’s how happy I was

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Separate from that joy, the daily life of being a staff as an apprentice

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was the hardest thing I had ever experienced

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It was a system designed to create the maximum output

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in the most minimal conditions

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At that time, my teacher serialized works in a daily sports newspaper

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weekly magazine, a bi-weekly magazine

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and a monthly magazine

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In total, 250 to 300 pages were completed every month

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by my teacher and four or five assistants

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I often thought, "If I studied this hard"

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"I could have gotten into Seoul National University"

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Later, I lost weight, my stamina dropped

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I barely managed to meet deadlines, and thought to myself, why aren't I collapsing?

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In dramas, people usually pass out after this kind of overwork

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I would think this while seeing

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blood dripping from my nose and hair falling out in the sink every morning

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Thanks to that experience, my threshold for maximum effort was elevated

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I learned what to do, when to do it, and how to do it

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and I developed a sense for determining what was needed to achieve it

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This is the second focal point I want to share

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Experience the maximum at the earliest possible stage

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All of you chose this work because you love it

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Although each person has a different reason

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the fact that you chose the profession of webtoon creator

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means you love comics and webtoons

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It’s not just about enjoying and reading them

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you wanted to create and draw stories

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becoming a comic or webtoon artist

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If you want to sustain this job

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doing what you love, for a long time

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there’s only one way

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You have to be good at it

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You have to enjoy doing it, and be good at it

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Seeing yourself fail to do what you love well

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is heartbreaking

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It’s frustrating

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When you face your shortcomings

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in finishing a cut

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or completing the scale of a story

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it can make you incredibly annoyed and sad

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However, the standard for being "good"

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is highly personal, making it ambiguous

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and even impossible to measure

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Only you can know if you are good or not

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If you feel enjoyment while doing it, that means you are good at it by your own standards

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If others share in that enjoyment

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it means others also see it as good

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So, keep working hard and having fun

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The standard for being good is subjective

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and that’s because comics as a medium

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are not mathematical or technical functions

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It is because they are an artistic medium

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Comics combine writing and drawing

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to deliver stories through images

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Writing is divided into genres

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and drawings are divided into art styles

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The number of genres and art styles

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determines the number of criteria for being good

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Even within the same genre or similar art style

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each artist develops their unique style

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which further diversifies the standards for being good

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Thus, the deeper you go

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the harder it becomes to determine

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what is good or bad

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There is one simple rule, though

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Anyone can tell

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when something is poorly done, lacking, or basic

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This brings me to the third focal point

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Find your own genre and art style

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During this process, fundamental skills

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are the basic prerequisite

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How do you find your genre and style?

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Start by asking yourself what works you have liked

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What works did you enjoy

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and want to emulate as a child?

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Didn’t they inspire you to dream?

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Start there

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Also, think about the stories you want to convey

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If you create works in the style of what you admire and want to emulate

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are you worried they’ll look like copies?

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Don’t worry

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Just start writing

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Make a storyboard

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Try to go beyond five episodes

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If that’s hard, even three episodes will do

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If you find it fun while writing, don’t stop

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Follow the protagonist to the end of the story

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Let your imagination run its course

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Eventually, you’ll realize

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that the works you admired

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and the ones you’re writing

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may seem similar but are inherently different

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Why?

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Because you are a different author

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Your upbringing and thoughts are different

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When you write extensively

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your unique identity will naturally emerge

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For good things to surface

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you need to feed yourself with good inputs

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Output comes from input

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In this sense, your environment is essentially yourself

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What you see, eat, and do

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these things shape who you are

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This is the fourth focal point

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Understand your personal identity

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Once you understand your identity

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you will focus on the inputs that are necessary for you

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You’ll differentiate between what’s useful and what’s wasteful

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You’ll discern between meaningful

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and non-meaningful inputs

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To gather the inputs you need

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even the hardest books will become interesting to read

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You’ll strive to explore deeper and more diverse knowledge

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You’ll realize you need time for self-improvement

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and that time is limited and insufficient

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You’ll naturally seek ways to focus

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on what you love effectively

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Once this happens, everything will fall into place

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and you’ll become someone who works well without needing external motivation

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You’ll develop a core identity

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and this core will become a non-negotiable part of your life

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This is what forms individuality

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From this point on, all the techniques for writing and drawing

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are merely supplementary tools

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for enhancing the details of your work

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Learn, absorb

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and discard what doesn’t become your own

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Even just browsing webtoon platforms shows

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how many diverse genres and art styles exist

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Planting your own work in this webtoon forest

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is likely the dream of everyone attending this lecture

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A few years ago

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I used to tell students to always keep up with trends

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The reason was that following trends

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requires consistently exploring

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a certain number of works

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But my perspective has changed slightly now

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There are already too many works to explore

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even just to find those that match your taste

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Focus more on the works you love and are drawn to

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If you can understand your identity

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and manage your inputs accordingly

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you don’t need to force yourself to consume

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non-preferred works just to track trends

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Focus on what you want and what appeals to you

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This is crucial because

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everyone has their favorite style

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When you tell a story with the style you love

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you’ll imagine scenes more vividly

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and your characters will become more dimensional

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Even if you’re physically tired while working

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because the process itself is fulfilling

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you’ll feel less exhausted

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Webtoon Creation Know-How 2

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When I was preparing for my debut

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I wanted to be special

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so I challenged myself to a domain that others did not attempt

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At that time, that domain was the horror genre

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I read novels by Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe

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and Maupassant

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and immersed myself in horror movies

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The work I prepared, however

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did not pass the editor's desk

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the horror genre tends to be generally unappealing

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Despite this lack of appeal

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I needed to make the genre likable enough for serialization

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but my capabilities were insufficient

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As a result, I mixed the horror genre with black comedy

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and created a series of short anthologies

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Coincidentally, a call for submissions for production support

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was announced by the Seoul Animation Center

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so I submitted the manuscript I had prepared

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Fortunately, I received the grand prize

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and even had the privilege of attending the Angoulême International Comics Festival in France

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When something doesn't work, find the breakthrough point

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This is the fifth focal point

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I want to share

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If you’re not enjoying writing or drawing

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the reason is simple

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You’re not practicing enough

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Write more, draw more

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Look for and read more entertaining and interesting works

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Focus your time and materials

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on the parts you want to excel at

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and the areas you wish to improve

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This might be the only way

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After that, I left the horror genre behind

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It was an ambitious challenge in a genre

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that didn’t align with my personal disposition

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It drained my spirit and made my daily life unenjoyable

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In the nature of the genre, someone always had to die

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and for the plot to progress, someone else constantly had to die

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The genre required impactful portrayals of death

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and the process leading to it

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so I had to repeatedly imagine and wrestle with those ideas

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While I achieved some success with the anthology series

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by wrapping them in the guise of black comedy

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I decided not to work on horror projects for a while

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I wanted to live a happier life

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That’s why I intentionally created a slice-of-life gag comic

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This is how the work Sunflower Handsome Boy was born

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a 20-something neighborhood loafer still maturing into adulthood

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Gi-Param and his local friends Melang and Dorothy's

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everyday life with a mix of fantasy

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It’s a sitcom comedy about these three friends

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The humor in this work stemmed from

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how playful and joking the characters could be

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which determined the fun

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of each episode

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Creating it was the least stressful

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and most enjoyable experience for me

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During this time, digital tools were just beginning to be used in comics

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I drew using a lower-tier Wacom Graphire tablet

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rather than an Intuos

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and used Photoshop for my work

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Technologically, it was still an early stage

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for digital comics

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I didn’t create my illustrations using traditional pen-and-paper techniques

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instead, I used felt-tip pens and drew them almost like doodles

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I didn’t use rulers for any lines and relied entirely on freehand

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The freer and more playful the drawings, the better they suited this genre

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Most importantly, the more liberated the artist feels while drawing

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the more readers resonate with that freedom

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It was a work that consistently ranked first on the site where it was serialized

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Even after the serialization site shut down

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the comic moved to a major comic magazine

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and continued its run

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I wanted to create grand, dramatic works

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like those of my mentor, Heo Young-Man

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However, even as Heo Young-Man’s apprentice

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I needed to create a unique art style of my own

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distinct from my mentor’s

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The editorial department commented

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that my work still carried too much of Heo Young-Man’s stylistic influence

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Although I loved that style and had learned it as his apprentice

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I had to abandon those elements

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to establish myself as an independent creator

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When I ended my apprenticeship after about four years and struck out on my own

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I realized I had returned to square one

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I needed to reinvent myself, starting with my character designs

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I practiced drawing longer and more slender proportions

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and worked to align my style with current trends

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The key to a distinct character design is the eyes

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Drawing eyes well makes a character stand out

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I worked hard to move beyond the style I had learned

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and transform it into a more refined art style

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I didn’t insist on solely writing my original works

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I also collaborated with writers

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The work Masterpiece, which used traditional Korean rice wine as its theme

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was one of my collaborations

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It was a project planned by a publisher

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and I participated as the artist for Masterpiece

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Since it was already being created

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I suggested publishing it as a web serial for promotional purposes

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At that time, the “Manhwa in the World” section on the Daum portal

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was leading the way in web comics

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Back then, there was no early access revenue system

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so the royalties were negligible, but since the publisher covered production costs

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the web serialization royalties were like pocket money

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For promotional purposes, I proposed and advocated for serialization

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I even directly pitched the serialization to the portal myself

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and this is how I began web serialization as a black-and-white comic artist

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Thanks to this, I naturally transitioned from a traditional comic artist

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to a web serialization artist

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Now, while web-novel-based “novel comics”

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form a significant portion of the webtoon genre

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original works also thrive through collaborations with writers

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If you have the opportunity, I recommend trying a collaborative project

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The digital environment has become the default for comic creation

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I also needed to switch to a full-color digital workflow

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream was an original story

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created in full color with two assistants

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The two assistants worked alongside me

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collaborating on the digital full-color process

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The story begins with a boy, left alone by his single mother at the age of six

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who is sent to live with his great-aunt in the countryside

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One day, while wandering in the back hills, he encounters a mysterious girl

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who follows him and begins living at his great-aunt’s house

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Meanwhile, the great-aunt’s daughter, who had been living alone in Seoul

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suddenly returns to the countryside, adding to the great-aunt’s burdens

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The great-aunt also takes care of her elderly mother-in-law, who is frail and suffers from dementia

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She is the quintessential “supermother” character, a hallmark of the “mother fantasy” genre

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The work was filled with warm, heartfelt characters and episodes

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making it a popular healing piece in the genre of restorative works

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I believe I also chose an ending scene

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that fit the story perfectly

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream had the honor

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of being featured on stage at a youth music concert by the Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra

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Under the direction of conductor Sung Si-Hyun

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the orchestra performed From the New World by Dvořák

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while live drawings were created

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In the first part of the concert, visuals from the work were displayed on a screen

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in sync with Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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I believe I may be the only webtoon artist in the world

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to have performed alongside

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such a grand-scale orchestra

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Even now, thinking about the grandeur and power of the Gyeonggi Philharmonic stage

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my heart races as I recall the experience of live drawing

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This was still before the advent of the “preview revenue system,”

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and my royalties were too low

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to support two assistants without taking on additional freelance work

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Moreover, when a serialized work ended

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there would be a gap before launching the next project, resulting in a loss of income

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To cover this income gap

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I had no choice but to continue freelance work

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The Production Support Contest held by the Korea Manhwa Contents Agency

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was an important opportunity that helped me withstand such gaps

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Poco Allegretto was a work created after winning the contest

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and it was based on the Bucheon Philharmonic Orchestra

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The orchestra actively cooperated during production

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providing valuable insights

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and I had the privilege of interviewing the renowned conductor Im Won-Jung

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During the production of my earlier work Masterpiece, which focused on traditional Korean rice wine

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I put a lot of effort in research

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I realized the importance of research as well

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This emphasis on research

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stems from observing my mentor, Heo Young-Man

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as he developed Sikgaek (The Grand Chef)

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Extensive research often provided

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the main dramatic episodes of the story

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while even minor details

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enhanced realism and depth

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There is a significant difference between

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creating with knowledge

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and guessing without understanding

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For my next work, I pitched three proposals to the platform

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The one I wanted to create the most was a story centered on the theme of home-cooked meals

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However, the platform chose the proposal

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that I had hastily written last

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It was a short idea

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inspired by my 10-year-old son

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and the family dog, Dalnim, in the countryside

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This is how Why Did You Come to Goblin Hill? began

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As the term "webtoon" gained recognition

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the growth of Naver Webtoon continued to accelerate

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Following the success of the paid platform Lezhin Comics

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numerous webtoon platforms began to emerge

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I had the opportunity to join the launch

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of the Comico platform as an opening creator

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While continuing my existing serialization on Daum Webtoon

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I experimented with a slightly provocative story for Comico

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That’s all it was

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This is how that work came to be

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The art style was freehand

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with pastel-toned watercolor colors lightly applied

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The story begins with a father who discovers that his beloved 17-year-old daughter

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whom he treasures like his own

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is not actually his biological child

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Juggling two weekly serializations

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was a literal exchange of lifespan for work

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Without maintaining regular routines

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for stamina and health recovery

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it was impossible to sustain such work

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While the production director wished for the series to continue

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I decided to conclude it at an appropriate point

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During the serialization of Why Did You Come to Goblin Hill? on Daum Webtoon

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I eventually transitioned to working alone mid-series

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This was because the income from serialization

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was insufficient to support my assistants

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Since the work was nearing its end anyway

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I resolved to complete it on my own

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It ended up taking three years to finish

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and during that time, I single-handedly handled

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the writing, illustrations, and coloring, meeting weekly deadlines

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Naturally, I often felt the work’s quality

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was lacking each week

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Although I could have done better

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economic realities dictated otherwise

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One must accept and overcome such realities

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After six years and over 250 episodes

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the series concluded with an ending that satisfied its readers

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for which I was deeply grateful

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As a webtoon creator

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this was the longest project I had ever completed

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The platform asked why I insisted on ending the series

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but the story had naturally reached its conclusion

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and I needed to plan a new, profitable project

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Platforms prefer works with strong dramatic elements

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as such works drive more reader engagement

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and generate higher revenues

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particularly through secondary licensing and adaptations

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In line with this direction

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I planned the work Dr. Pine’s Day

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This is the story of a soul collector

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who retrieves the spirits of those whose lives have ended

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living in a small rented room

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connected to a pipeline

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that sends souls somewhere

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in the universe

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Re-imagining the Grim Reaper concept

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the protagonist drives a delivery truck

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and resides in a small rental apartment

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this is how I set the main character

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None of the people around the protagonist

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remember anything about him

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He is a solitary figure who exists in the world

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but does not truly exist

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The story begins when he meets a woman

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in the neighboring district

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who does the same job as him

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Dr. Pine’s Day has reached 92 episodes and is currently on hiatus

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As Why Did You Come to Goblin Hill? was adapted into an animation

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a second season had to be serialized for promotional purposes

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Currently, on Daum Webtoon, now Kakao Webtoon

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each creator can only serialize one work at a time

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To serialize the second season of Why Did You Come to Goblin Hill?

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Dr. Pine’s Day had to be put on hiatus

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The second season of Why Did You Come to Goblin Hill?

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was developed with the theme of darkness and the abyss

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Since the first season had been loved as a bright and cheerful adventure story

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I wanted the second season to be a darker and more violent story

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I aimed for more provocative content

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in hopes of generating higher revenue

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From the mid-stages of Dr. Pine’s Day

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I worked on other jobs simultaneously

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allocating that income to hire staff

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for coloring and backgrounds

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For the second season of Why Did You Come to Goblin Hill?, specifically the Hae-Soo edition

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I managed to maintain a team up to the middle of the series

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However, I eventually had to stop my side jobs

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and began working alone to meet deadlines

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This was because the income from the series was still insufficient to hire a team

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The reality is that unless a work generates significant revenue after launch

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it’s difficult to afford external assistance

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Studio-style full-color production is very time-intensive

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The fact that it takes a lot of time

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means it requires a substantial workforce

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You need capable team members for each part of the production

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and the costs must be fully covered by the revenue

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Bright colors and special effects

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fully utilize the unique strengths

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of mobile screens' light

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This allows for animation-like visual perfection

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in every frame

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The weekly workload for a single creator

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is simply too immense to handle alone

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Fortunately, the digitization of the work environment

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has made it possible for individual creators

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to meet weekly deadlines for original works

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Without tools like

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liquid crystal tablets and Clip Studio

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the golden age of webtoons might never have come so easily

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Digital-era comics have evolved into webtoons

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a form perfectly suited to the times

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Ironically

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traditional hand-drawn black-and-white works done on manuscript paper with pens

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are now appreciated for their unique individuality

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The available genres range from personal slice-of-life stories

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to hyper-realistic works with intricate details

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as well as 19+ romance

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All possible genres are available

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Every week, a significant number of works

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are updated on platforms

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Top-tier works

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consistently generate millions in revenue

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What do you think it takes to create a work

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that ranks among the top and earns millions?

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What kind of work are you preparing?

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What kind of work do you dream of creating?

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Which creator is your role model?

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What kind of creator do you want to become?

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The most important thing is to choose what you truly want to do

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and what you are most confident in

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Even if a particular concept seems more likely to succeed or make money

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if it doesn’t align with you personally

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it will be difficult to deliver genuine emotion and enjoyment to readers

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Understand whether you have the ability

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to cleverly execute a formula for success

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If you do, and you feel drawn to it, give it a try

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If it works, that’s great

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If it doesn’t, at the very least you will improve your skills

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The knowledge and techniques needed for research, directing

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and tools are covered in uploaded lectures

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by many outstanding creators

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Feel free to refer to them

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What you need is

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 a sincere desire to do the work

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a resilient mindset and stamina

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and effective time management

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I wish you success in building an enjoyable career as a webtoon creator

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Ultimately, I believe the most important question to ask yourself is

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What kind of person do you want to become?

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you need to answer this question for yourself

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Then, become an author that create works

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 that align with that answer

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Thank you

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Webtoon Creation Know-How 1
Build a body suited to your purpose
Repetitively train your brain and muscles
If you don't build the foundation, you can't internalize the details even if you learn them

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Experience extreme situations as early as possible
Do what you love and do it well with joy
Find your genre and style
Ask yourself what works you’ve loved
Think about the story you want to tell

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Follow the protagonist driving the story and work through it until the end
Identify your own identity
Focus on what you want and what draws you in

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Webtoon Creation Know-How 2

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The Effects of Research:
Helps create central episodes for your drama
Enhances realism and detail in your work

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Essential Qualities for Webtoon Creators:
A strong desire to work on your craft
Resilient mental and physical stamina
Time management skills