{"id":707,"date":"2021-08-27T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/?p=707"},"modified":"2026-09-04T15:03:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T06:03:25","slug":"the-making-of-not-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/the-making-of-not-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"The Making of &#8220;Not Alone&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Waypoints officially launched this month with the posting of our first manga <a href=\"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/project\/not-alone-episode-1\/\">\"Not Alone.\"\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today let's take a look behind the scenes at the making of this comic, which was illustrated by Robin A. White. First, here's a look at the character design process...<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Not-Alone-characters01-rotated-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Not-Alone-characters01\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Not-Alone-characters01-rotated-1.jpg 525w, https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Not-Alone-characters01-rotated-1-480x640.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 525px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-710\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_1\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Not-Alone-characters02-rotated-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Not-Alone-characters02\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Not-Alone-characters02-rotated-1.jpg 525w, https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Not-Alone-characters02-rotated-1-480x640.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 525px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-711\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_2\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Not-Alone-characters04-rotated-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Not-Alone-characters04\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Not-Alone-characters04-rotated-1.jpg 525w, https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Not-Alone-characters04-rotated-1-480x640.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 525px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-712\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_3\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Not-Alone-characters08.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Not-Alone-characters08\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Not-Alone-characters08.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Not-Alone-characters08-480x322.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 700px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-713\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_5  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_4\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Not-Alone-characters05.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Not-Alone-characters05\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Not-Alone-characters05.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Not-Alone-characters05-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 700px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-714\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_6  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_5\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Not-Alone-characters07.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Not-Alone-characters07\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Not-Alone-characters07.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Not-Alone-characters07-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 700px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-715\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_7  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_6\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"1034\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Not-Alone-characters06.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Not-Alone-characters06\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Not-Alone-characters06.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Not-Alone-characters06-480x709.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 700px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-716\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_8  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>The main character hasn't changed much at all since Robin's early designs, but if you look at these images and compare them to the final manga pages, you'll see the other characters have changed quite a bit.<\/p>\n<p>Next, here's a look at Robin's process of figuring out the story visually -- first, with some thumbnail sketches all on one page, then by laying out the two-page spreads in larger sketches.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_5  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_9  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_7\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Not-Alone-layouts01-rotated-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Not-Alone-layouts01\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Not-Alone-layouts01-rotated-1.jpg 525w, https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Not-Alone-layouts01-rotated-1-480x640.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 525px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-717\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_10  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_8\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"933\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Not-Alone-layouts02.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Not-Alone-layouts02\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Not-Alone-layouts02.jpg 933w, https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Not-Alone-layouts02-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 933px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-718\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_6  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_11  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_2  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>After these analogue sketches, Robin went digital, and did the finished art in an app called ProCreate on the iPad Pro. After this, the art was sent to his computer, where it was lettered and finished in Clip Studio Paint, a popular program among cartoonists.<\/p>\n<p>So that's how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/project\/not-alone-episode-1\/\">\"Not Alone\"<\/a> came together. If you haven't read it already, please do check it out!<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[28,23,27,29],"class_list":["post-707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manga","tag-making-of","tag-manga","tag-process","tag-robin-a-white"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=707"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3656,"href":"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707\/revisions\/3656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}