Having just introduced Model Behaviour recently to you, I thought I will also interview the webmanga author, Jin Sun Oh, as well.
You can read more about her at her webcomic site here.
And one female friend of mine liked this webmanga after reading it, so do support Model Behaviour if this webmanga suits to your liking.
Take note that the following interview is unedited, and enjoy yourselves here:
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1. Please tell us briefly about yourself: your name, which country you are staying in, some facts and figures, and how you became a webmanga artist.
My name is Jin Sun Oh. l live in the U.K. with my husband and our son. I am from Seoul, South Korea where I worked as an animator and a manga (manwha) artist. I decided to become a webmanga artist because I wanted to continue my original passion which is creating a manga for especially female manga fans.
2. What is your webmanga, Model Behaviour, about?
It’s about a man named Jack who works as a fashion magazine editor. He works with lots of beautiful women and is enjoying his life by simply being a womanizer but he kind of senses that he is somehow lost in life. It is basically his love story.
3. How did Model Behaviour come about, and/or what inspired you to begin Model Behaviour?
The story line was originally created more than 10 years ago when I was doodling around with ideas for my own project. I wanted to create something glamorous.
4. What do you hope to achieve through your webmanga. Model Behaviour?
I hope that I will be able to finish the story and would love to publish it. It would be great to see it on actual paper.
5. Any hints about how you are going to develop the story further?
There will be more characters appearing, especially Jack’s family and the readers will learn more about Jack’s inner side.
6. Your webmanga seems to be a little suggestive and mature in nature. Is this intended?
Yes, it was intended. Normally I don’t draw a male as a main character in my stories but in this case I thought it has to be… I felt it was necessary to show mature scenes to add more grown up elements to the whole story. Model Behaviour was created for young adult readers (not for younger teenagers).
7. Please tell us briefly how you prepare your webmanga for weekly updates.
I do all of my drawings by hand except for screentones which is done with photoshop.
8. What is the greatest challenge of being a webmanga artist for you?
It will be not missing the updates… I’ve got my hands full already as a full time mom. Sometimes I feel like I’m not even allowed to be sick. Hopefully when my little boy goes to school things will get easier.
9. What is the greatest sense of achievement of being a webmanga artist for you?
Being able to connect with readers, and being able to continue to do so. It’s a very long journey and hopefully that my manga is worthy enough for my readers to go through together till the end.
10. Any final words for our readers and aspiring webcomic artists?
There are always pros and cons in doing a webcomic. One of the good things is that you have total freedom of creating whatever you like to create and you can easily connect with readers directly. But it is a big commitment. Updating a comic regularly for a long time isn’t easy and readers can be easily bored if you miss an update. However if you are enjoying what you are doing and have creative ideas, why not? Go for it!
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