“Kimi ni XOXO” is so far the most challenging manga I’ve ever worked on in terms of image editing. Here’s an example of the mess that lies before me and Sephyna: Raw: White Level: First Leveling: After cleaning out the text and typesetting:Cleaning out the text took forever because I had to redraw parts of the image. This step took about 2-hours… Final:I reduced the image to its final size and added various filters to smooth of the print artifacts and to give the page it’s final look and feel. I also did a little editing of the English, and, … Continue reading Preparing "Kimi ni XOXO" is a Pain in the Butt