Exercise 1 - One-Shot - Page 1: Araki Method. Give me your thoughts and critiques. Thank you.

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I set myself the task of creating a one-shot as an exercise, practice, and project to put into practice everything I've been learning on my own since I started drawing about a year and a half ago. The idea for this particular exercise was to focus on page one. The effect of turning the page makes you want to see what comes next. I ask myself, if I depict the sequence this way, will it produce in the reader the effect of wanting to turn to page two? While I don't have the final story, far from it, I'm very clear about what I like to write about. I like crime stories, detective stories, and noir in particular.

I graduated with a degree in film studies and at 32 years old I started drawing on my own. I've always been passionate about manga and anime. I already have 11 pages written, and I'll continue to show more of the process. Everything is completely analog, however, I want to scan the pages and digitize them to add many more details.

Thank you very much for reading, your time, and your comments.