Team
Trainers you will actually meet
We list experience accurately: independent projects, anthologies, editorial support, and years in classrooms.
Core faculty
Yuki Tanaka
Lead illustration instructor
Yuki began as a self-taught artist before studying traditional drawing. She emphasizes repeatable warm-ups and reference discipline so beginners build confidence without copying stock poses blindly.
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Kenji Mori
Story & structure instructor
Kenji translates editorial feedback into teachable patterns: when a scene feels fast, when dialogue competes with art, and when a layout fights reading order.
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Aiko Sato
Foundations instructor
Aiko focuses on learners who feel intimidated by blank pages. Lessons use short timed drills and low-stakes exercises before longer assignments.
Full bio ↓Lead illustration instructor
Yuki Tanaka
Independent manga projects, anthology shorts, and twelve years teaching figure drawing and comic finishing in Tokyo community programs.
“If your line economy improves, everything else gets easier—so we train the hand first.”
Yuki began as a self-taught artist before studying traditional drawing. She emphasizes repeatable warm-ups and reference discipline so beginners build confidence without copying stock poses blindly.
Teaching style
Demonstrations are slow and narrated; you receive markups on your pages with one primary focus per assignment so practice stays manageable.
Credentials & context
- ·Figure drawing · community arts centers (2013–present)
- ·Short fiction · independent anthology credits
- ·Guest workshops · bilingual teen manga programs
Focus areas
- Character drawing
- Inking
- Page polish
- Print preparation
Story & structure instructor
Kenji Mori
Editorial support for small presses, script notes for web serials, and workshop facilitation for non-native Japanese creators working in English or bilingual formats.
“Readers forgive rough art before they forgive confusing sequence—clarity is kindness.”
Kenji translates editorial feedback into teachable patterns: when a scene feels fast, when dialogue competes with art, and when a layout fights reading order.
Teaching style
Expect marked-up thumbnails and rewrite suggestions tied to reader comprehension, not subjective taste alone.
Credentials & context
- ·Script consultation · small-press titles (NDA-covered where applicable)
- ·Panel critique facilitator · online serial cohorts
- ·Editorial training · narrative non-fiction programs
Focus areas
- Story structure
- Panel flow
- Dialogue trimming
- Revision memos
Foundations instructor
Aiko Sato
Art school prep courses, public library manga programs, and corporate team-building sketch workshops.
“Small finished pages beat giant unfinished ones—we build the habit of completion.”
Aiko focuses on learners who feel intimidated by blank pages. Lessons use short timed drills and low-stakes exercises before longer assignments.
Teaching style
Patient pacing with checklists; celebrates small wins while keeping standards clear for when you are ready to level up.
Credentials & context
- ·Youth arts · Tokyo metropolitan library series
- ·Foundations curriculum designer · adult beginner track
- ·Corporate creativity labs · sketch icebreakers
Focus areas
- Basics
- Composition
- Practice routines
- Beginner confidence
Studio gallery
Representative environment imagery—swap filenames in lib/content/gallery.ts when you shoot your own space.
