Esophia Graphics Wiki

# **Welcome to the Esophia Graphics Wiki!**

## About Us

Esophia Graphics is a unofficial, Comic Production Company created by Jerome Walter. It is a one man sole proprietorship with hopes of hiring a team once the budget increases to an sufficient amount. Currently we operate out of a Home Studio organized into different rooms which have different functions that attribute to the production process. Due to financial restrictions we currently have 1 room which for now is called the Production room where all stages of the creation process is enacted. But more rooms are to be added once the ball really gets rolling and true success is started to be grasped. This company hopes to produce one series with either a single epic that ends leading into a another chapter that will never be seen or a three epic series that will have a conclusion to be experienced. As of now I am currently going with the former but that is always subject to change. The specific name of series we look to produce is designated as, Ferumi no Sengoku("Fermi's Warring States"). This story falls under the genre of Occult-Crime Fi, making it a fascinating epic about supernatural crime and science. Specifically it focuses on a connection between Esotericism, National Security, and Fermi's Paradox. The intended market for this comic will be primarily Seinen which is geared toward young adult men between the ages of 18 and 40, but is still open to everyone who wishes to read. The reason even why I want to pursue this series is because of passion and inspiration. To be clear, I was inspired to make through the culmination of my favorite stories that I experienced throughout my life until now. I wanted to give the same hope and enjoyment I enjoyed in these series to others in their life. I was able to find so many things I love and appreciate through the art of storytelling whether that be through books, shows, or movies. It gave me inspiration to find and pursue things for myself and want to do things for others. I want to write a story that others can enjoy while they are not working or not busy with something they dont wanna do. I want to treasure their leisure time because in a world like this, leasureness is truly a treasure to be worshipped. Its were we can truly be ourselves and when our expression come out. What I mean is that I not only want this project to be "work" but I also want it to be "fun", making it a leisure I want to work on for the rest of my life. Because when things are found as "fun" and not as "work", Passion is able to exist. And I want my passion to bleed through this story and give people something to truly enjoy for what they like, because at one time I was a audience member too, and I still am till this day.

## Our Mission

*Esophia Graphics aspires to:*

* To perfect the Rule of Cool
* To provide true enjoyment for people during their treasure Leisure time
* To ensure a safe and and efficient comic production environment

## Our Team

### Writer - Jerome Walter

As of write now I produce the story myself but I have wishful hopes of assembling a crew to divide the labour of production because I only use 3-D modeling for my incompetence in drawing, and I want to make a comic in the most purest way I can, so I will need a crew who can do the things I cant. I am currently 23 years old and in my last semester of college. I have hopes of going to graduate school to attain the right credentials and then hope to attain the right registration in order to pursue my secondary goal of becoming a Combat Sports Trainer. And I doubt that will happen, but even though I wish to pursue this comic for the rest of my life if I am able to and then work on the former on the side or when I'm done with the story. It may seem as a dumb decision to pursue this but I feel I can contribute more to people and society by this way instead of the other. So I plan on working harder on this than anything I have my life before to create something that will give people joy for years to come. I'm just wishing I can do things right and not let a potential audience down.

## Production

### Ferumi no Sengoku

#### News

> *Our Pilot Issue is intended to release* August 6, 2024 *if all goes according to schedule. After that all sequential issues will be releases on a monthly basis on the same day of the previous release, unless announced otherwise.*
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## Production Tools

### Ibis Paint X

ibis Paint X is a popular and versatile drawing app I use to draw the plot of the comic

### Magic Poser

Magic Poser is a app I use for posing characters because I wouldn't wish my drawings upon the eyes of my worst enemy

### 3d Warehouse

3D Warehouse is a website of searchable, pre-made 3D models that I use to design the settings within the story

### Sketchup

SketchUp is a powerful 3D design and communication app that allows for me to view and orient the 3D models attained from 3-Warehouse in the best way to be placed within the comic

## Production Schedule

> \*Disclaimer: This is just a brief overview of the production process and does not go in-depth. But to also note, due to life constraints with work and school, until this gets proper traction, the art may be deemed unprofessional but I hope to still get this type of story across so I can one day succeed and get a crew to produce professional art along with it.
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### Scriptboarding

This is the first step in the comicmaking process is where I script a issue for its designated volume by laying out the panels and encapsulating the events within them so it can used as a guide to produce the illustration for it in the later steps. I dont draw what happens I instead write out what happens in either brief or detailed descriptions along with corresponding dialogues of characters if necessary.

### Designing

After the event descriptions for each panel throughout all 42 pages of the comic have been written, I will then design and/or model the necessary characters, settings, and items detailed throughout the script using Magic Poser, 3D-Warehouse, and SketchUp

### Tracing

The third step is when I place each design and trace over a sketch of it in its corresponding panel

### Lining

I then clean it up by inking the actual sketch using a digital stylus to produce a finer tracing

### Shading

After that, if I think I know what I am doing, I will shade the Image or just leave it be.

### Lettering

And for the 6th step in the overall comicmaking process, I will then add the appropriate letting to each panel so the audience can see and also read what's going on when necessary

### Revision

After I letter the issue, I will revise it and make sure its sufficient enough to be read by a potential audience.

### Distribution

#### Exportation

For the second to last step, I save it and download the files to then be transferred to a Digital Publishing Site

#### Release

I upload the finished Issue to the Publishing Site so it can now be available to read by whoever wishes