TheOneWithBear

Read the Manhua | Sunshine Through the Willow Tree Read the manhua chapters

You can read the first full volume of my manhua Sunshine Through the Willow Tree here!
www.theonewithbear.com/sttwt-read

The last time the warlord was drawn in my comic was a full year ago. Crazy how time flies. So happy to draw him again.

It's stunning!

Read the Manhua | Sunshine Through the Willow Tree Read the manhua chapters

Read the first full volume here!
www.theonewithbear.com/sttwt-read

Liu Wen-Yun from my manhua Sunshine Through the Willow Tree

Liu Ge-Yi from my manhua Sunshine Through the Willow Tree

Liu Yue-Juan from my manhua Sunshine Through the Willow Tree

English logo of my manhua Sunshine Through the Willow Tree

Newsletter will drop on Sep.01!
It'll contain
- Sneak peak of Volume 2
- Character design trivia
- Plans for physical Volume 1
- BTS for pages in Volume 1
Sign up for free in my bio

Had the honor of being a part of Rebelle 8 BETA group. Here are some experimental sketches I did with the new bristle brushes from Rebelle 8 Pro.

Can't believe this painting was made in 2022. Since then, 6 practice chapters and 1 full book of my manhua have been made.
3 years, much has changed.
I'm waiting for Rebelle 8 to come out so I can utilize the new engine for the new painting on streams. Currently using Rebelle 7 to do underpainting.

Sketches of characters from my manhua Sunshine Through the Willow Tree.
#art

Haha it's good to see you!!

I really enjoy Rebelle. It's been such a blessing to use it for asset creations. This set is created with 8B Color Pencil Brush on CP22 Cold Press Typography Pape, currently my favorite paper.
Very excited for Rebelle 8!
(Featuring characters from my manhua Sunshine Through the Willow Tree)

Amazing!!

Thank you so much Rus!!

A Human warlord's fast rise in power rattles the world ruled by five Demi-Gods, pulling a blacksmith and his mysterious companion in the heart of chaos.

Read the first volume of Sunshine Through the Willow Tree on my website! Link in bio.

Read the Manhua | Sunshine Through the Willow Tree Read the manhua chapters

STtWT is a long series, it's taken me a lot of time to get here and I intend to go as far as I can. Thank you to everyone who's supported me along the way. I'm very fortunate to have you in my life 🌸
www.theonewithbear.com/sttwt-read

🎉IT IS LIVE🎉
Full 1st volume of Sunshine Through the Willow Tree is free to read on my website (link in bio or below) along with all of the practice chapters that came before.
It is available in both Eng and Trad.Chinese 繁體中文, depending on the selected site language.

It's really hard to combat depression from social media. I'm glad I got into comic way later on life. I feel like I'd give up so much faster had I been younger and less mature coping with the negativity I feel from posting on these platforms.

They look so great!!!

Yeees. I'm honestly glad I got into making the comic when I'm older. I feel like I would've been far more easily discouraged had I been younger.

Aw I'm glad you've found it back! It's not an easy path to walk at all and I'm not sure how long I can last. But at the end of the day, it's better to have given it a go than not. 🙏

SFX in Eng has been an experience. Huge thanks to my editor for the help, my community for feedback, and my friend Jasko for gathering a bunch of manga translation samples for me to reference.
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Sunshine Through the Willow Tree will be available to read soon, estimating early July! 🌤️ Stay tuned.

I'm honored omg 🥹

Haha honestly it was never a question for me. I grew up with manga, so there was only ever one option, even if color is definitely more popular now if you aren't Japanese 😂

Thank you so much! <3

Done with paneling the second book. 204 pages, not too far off the estimate.
Still on schedule to start the second book in early-mid July 🥳

Cover art (front and back) for the first volume of my manhua Sunshine Through the Willow Tree.
I think it's hilarious how this was intended to be just a sketch... then I decided to just ROLL WITH IT.

Software: Rebelle 7 Pro
8B Color Pencil on CP22 Cold Press Typography Paper

Your work is just so stunning and hauntingly beautiful!!

Funny how some scenes written a year or 2 ago, I'd think they were must-haves. Then when I draw it out, it feels out of place and gets crossed out completely 😅
(the red parts were all of the changes made)

That's it for now! Hopefully that explains my odd process 😂

Before I start drawing pages of a scene, I also review the paneling choices of the sequence and rework it as needed.
Every stage hopefully improves the story a little bit.

(/con.)

Drawing them out gives me new ideas, and shows me where I can add personality and worldbuilding details
without being overly expository.
Paneling serves as an editing process on top of editing the scripts themselves.
(/con.)

A large portion of my story has been structured and written fully. I've written up to Act09, and the 1st book only covers up to the beginning of Act02.
While I visualize these scripts, I often need to shrink, expand or even rewrite an entire scene.
(/con.)

Paneling the book at once allows me to visualize the pacing and knowing how many pages a scene needs. It lets me spot repetitive details and flow of action.
I'd then compile these thumbnails in CSP EX in book form, so I can read through it all before I begin.
(/con.)