Chocolate with Pepper - Manga cover

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Hello everyone!!
I’m the artist of this comic, and you can call me Chikitta.
I’m not a professional artist, nor have I studied art, but I have always loved to draw.
I’ve always wanted to create a comic/manga, but I never had good ideas for it. So I used the story of a soap opera that I like watching and decided to turn it into a comic in my drawing style.
Drawings things I’ve never drawn before (backgrounds, houses, expressions and poses, etc) is a challenge for me, but I’ve learned more skills with different drawing programs; in short, even though this is a challenge, it’s a new experience and it has been quite fun so far.
I hope to continue improving my techniques and styles as I create more pages.
I hope you enjoy it and have fun reading it!
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ATTENTION:
- I’m only the artist of this; the story is based on a Brazilian soap opera by Walcyr Carrasco-
- This manga is not done with lucrative purpose, this isn't for sale,do not use without permission, do not copy, do not steal, etc.
-Do not make discouraging comments, for example, criticize the way I interpret the story or drawing the characters - I will make some modifications and i'm not a profissional
-Anyone who knows the story can not tell spoilers!
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Here is a short introduction to the story:

"Chocolate with pepper"
Genre: Comedy, Romance

Part 1: The story takes place in the 1920s in a lovely small town called Ventura, in Brazil. Its economic growth depends on a local chocolate factory called “Bombom”, which is very famous for its chocolate.
Ana Francisca is a beautiful young girl, but she is from a poor family.
She hides her beauty with big glasses, old hairstyle, and outdated clothing. She lost her parents not too long ago and moved to Ventura to live with her other family members.
In that family, there are her Grandma Carmen, Uncle Margarido, Cousins Marcia and Timothy, and Dalia, who was accepted into the family.
Ana helps out at home until she is accepted a job to work as a janitor at the Chocolate Factory after school. There she meets Ludovico, the factory owner who pretends to be one of the workers at the factory. Ludovico returns to Ventura to investigate his greedy sister Jezebel, who lives like a queen after taking over the factory.
While Ana’s in Ventura, she falls in love with Danilo, the town’s flirt who has dated almost every girl in town. However, his main love interest is the beautiful girl, Olga. Although he says he’ll never fall in love, will that possibly change after meeting Ana Francisca?
Part 2: I’ll put up the rest of the summary after I finish the first part. ^^
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.CREDITS:.

-History by: Walcyr Carrasco
-Art by:
-English translation by:
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-Some friends who also contributed some tips, reviews or opinions:


. Used Brushes:.
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(If I forgot someone, please tell)

- I'm doing this traditional and digital (photoshop CS5 and tablet)
- Every week I'll put new pages! XD
Chocolate with pepper is also now on Smack Jeeves: www.smackjeeves.com/comicprofi…
Well ... I guess I have not forgotten anything