Fanmanga - Dragon Ball New Age

[DragonBalllKaiHD]

I've always been fascinated by your art in DBNA. It's great, plus your story is pretty good. Can I make a suggestion though? I notice your tendency to make one's nose big, like one on 4th panel in your current update in which it has Gogeta staring at Rigor. If you could adjust to making nose broader much like higher budget episode art in DBZ or DBGT, like you did on 5th panel, that'd be awesome. As always keep up great work!

[Malik_DBNA]

I've always been fascinated by your art in DBNA. It's great, plus your story is pretty good. Can I make a suggestion though? I notice your tendency to make one's nose big, like one on 4th panel in your current update in which it has Gogeta staring at Rigor. If you could adjust to making nose broader much like higher budget episode art in DBZ or DBZ, like you did on 5th panel, that'd be awesome. As always keep up great work!

Thanks for the compliments as far as the nose thing, during the pencilling process, I pay a lot of attention to facial details. I frequently have to redraw eyes and such to get the proportions right. When I draw smaller or broader noses, they don't seem right. I use the current DBZ animation style for visual reference when drawing the faces, but my own eyes and mind can't do those small noses, except on kids and girls.

Nice. I'm glad to be seeing how unlike other fan manga artists, you're putting so much effort into making your manga the best it can be, including things like Battle of Gods and just including other new things.

Thank you. If I was never printing DBNA, I might have left the art and stuff as is. But for my own eyes, personality, and morals, I wouldn't feel comfortable having people pay money for the art and story as it used to be. If my fans and future readers are going to purchase my books, I want the art and story to have consistency and be the absolute best that I possibly can offer, because that's what you deserve.

[coola]

I also wanted to thank you for such hard work, i really enjoy your manga, and i also like, how you answer literally every question you are asked Thank you very much for your hard work

[Malik_DBNA]

I also wanted to thank you for such hard work, i really enjoy your manga, and i also like, how you answer literally every question you are asked Thank you very much for your hard work

Thanks So often I find artists ignoring questions from the people that make them who they are. I don't want that to be me. Positive or negative, I try to answer everybody

[DragonBalllKaiHD]

Well, like I said, if you could draw the nose like one in the fifth panel stated above with consistency, then it'll be perfect.

[Malik_DBNA]

[DragonBalllKaiHD]

Awesome pages! Any update on young Vegeta verus Rigor chapters?

[Malik_DBNA]

Awesome pages! Any update on young Vegeta verus Rigor chapters?

The next History of Rigor Chapter will be worked on after the revamps to Chapter 14

[dbzfan7]

I'm a little baffled as to why the revamps are taking over the main story line. I think it'd be way better to conclude the Aladjinn stuff and then do the revamps, instead of putting it on hold for a story that was already told. It's nice to see the improvements, but it just means we have to wait a long time before the new story is concluded.

[Malik_DBNA]

I'm a little baffled as to why the revamps are taking over the main story line. I think it'd be way better to conclude the Aladjinn stuff and then do the revamps, instead of putting it on hold for a story that was already told. It's nice to see the improvements, but it just means we have to wait a long time before the new story is concluded.

The big answer is because of printing. I refuse to print Volumes of DBNA with my past artwork, which is sub par to my current standard. There were also some visual and story issues that needed to be addressed and fixed. It was just a hassle to jump back and forth from the main story to the revamps and such, so I decided to break from the main story and revamp, all the while fine-tuning the main story's progression and scripting

[dbzfan7]

I'm a little baffled as to why the revamps are taking over the main story line. I think it'd be way better to conclude the Aladjinn stuff and then do the revamps, instead of putting it on hold for a story that was already told. It's nice to see the improvements, but it just means we have to wait a long time before the new story is concluded.

The big answer is because of printing. I refuse to print Volumes of DBNA with my past artwork, which is sub par to my current standard. There were also some visual and story issues that needed to be addressed and fixed. It was just a hassle to jump back and forth from the main story to the revamps and such, so I decided to break from the main story and revamp, all the while fine-tuning the main story's progression and scripting

Ah ok I see. Though while the artwork is really good, it's kinda of a drag as we know what's going to happen and how it'll happen unless there's some changes. I still say Rigor surviving Gogeta's attack is bullshit considering the multifold power difference once Rigor lost his power. Though at least newcomers have something to look forward to.

[Pantalones]

One thing i always wondered, from what i understand, Namekian that seperate into Kami and Piccolo, was Dragon Clansmen, and he was supposed to be incredibly strong, but Dende was Dragon Clansmen, and he wasn't warrior, maybe there are seperate branches of Dragon Clansmen too?

Eh, I would think it's not so much that Dende is a different type of Dragon Clan Namekian from the others, and more like how Krillin, Mr. Satan, Uub, and random-bystander-#965876 are all "regular" humans despite having drastically varied power levels. To random bystander Mr. Satan's strength seems amazing, but next to Krillin it's nothing, and Uub is a freak exception who gets into the millions without ever seriously training and has potential reaching levels that even a SSj3 can only barely match, just because he was reincarnated from someone who had that level of power before.

Along the same lines--some Namekians would be complete non-fighters, others would be "strong-ish but not real warriors," still others would be FAR stronger, and then there'd be some weird freak exceptions with abnormally high power (or abnormally high potential power, at least.) I think the major difference with warrior-types compared to Dragon Clan is whether their special abilities naturally lean toward combat (stretchy arms, blasts, antenna beams, etc.) or weird magical stuff (healing, object creation, power unlocking, etc.), and possibly their rate of aging (Piccolo seemed to grow up into adult size much faster than Dende even though they both started out as runts, for example) making warrior-types get a fully-developed, better-suited-for-combat body much quicker than Dragon Clan types do. Not just "warriors have higher power levels" (though in the case of weak/average individuals that would generally be true too) but more to do with what kind of abilities they're capable of or better at.

[TheDevilsCorpse]

I think the major difference with warrior-types compared to Dragon Clan is whether their special abilities naturally lean toward combat (stretchy arms, blasts, antenna beams, etc.) or weird magical stuff (healing, object creation, power unlocking, etc.)

Would just like to note that apparently the ability to stretch their arms and grow in size like Piccolo displays is actually a Demon Clan skill according to the Daizenshu. Though there is a lot of stuff, especially video games, that don't follow this. So, just trivia... xD

[ChahikoDBZ]

A thought that just came to my mind is shouldn't Tarble be canon to Dragon Ball New Age if Battle of Gods is? Since Tarble was mentioned in the movie?

[Cetra]

Rigor was made before Tarble was known so Malik does not want another brother of Vegeta. It is possible but I think it seems to odd for Malik with two unknown brothers.

[sangofe]

I'm a little baffled as to why the revamps are taking over the main story line. I think it'd be way better to conclude the Aladjinn stuff and then do the revamps, instead of putting it on hold for a story that was already told. It's nice to see the improvements, but it just means we have to wait a long time before the new story is concluded.

I'd prefer to not have to wait for new material as well, but hey, it's his manga (fanfic) and he does what he wants. I'll read this later in life anyway as I totally dig it.

[Malik_DBNA]

A thought that just came to my mind is shouldn't Tarble be canon to Dragon Ball New Age if Battle of Gods is? Since Tarble was mentioned in the movie?

With DBNA, I have the philosophy "Everything, except the manga, can be changed". This includes minor things like Tarble being mentioned in Battle of Gods. Like Cetra said, I created Rigor long before Tarble was ever a thing, and his impact on the universe is so minuscule that it's easy to write him out.

Also, this does take place in an alternate timeline, so you can kinda look at Rigor as the alternate timeline version of Tarble if you wanted to.

[ChahikoDBZ]

A thought that just came to my mind is shouldn't Tarble be canon to Dragon Ball New Age if Battle of Gods is? Since Tarble was mentioned in the movie?

With DBNA, I have the philosophy "Everything, except the manga, can be changed". This includes minor things like Tarble being mentioned in Battle of Gods. Like Cetra said, I created Rigor long before Tarble was ever a thing, and his impact on the universe is so minuscule that it's easy to write him out.

Also, this does take place in an alternate timeline, so you can kinda look at Rigor as the alternate timeline version of Tarble if you wanted to.

Oh I see! Thanks for clearing that up.

[Malik_DBNA]

[TheDevilsCorpse]

I know it seems like I only come in here to nitpick or answer a question someone may have about general DB material while reading your comic, but I am following along. Not so much for the story, but I at least like seeing good quality DB art. So I thought I'd point out a minor gripe I had about this set of updates (it may have been in previous ones too and I just didn't pay attention though).

So, you have Rigor and Gogeta both with the "eyeliner". When they get hit and close their eyes though, it disappears. Now, I'm not sure if this was an intentional thing (which would seem odd) or just an oversight, but I just thought I'd point out that that's not how it's suppose to work. Here's an example from GT, in case you wanted to fix it in the future:



Other than that, keep up the good work.