Manga Draft

What Manga Draft is

Manga Draft is a free browser-based vector design tool for building manga storyboard layouts, comic frames, webtoon storyboards, and multi-page comic volumes. You can start from layout presets, edit panels, place artwork, adjust borders and lettering, reorder pages, and export the result. Its panel editor supports adaptive or isolated divider dragging, diagonal cuts, spacing gutters, and responsive layout alignment. You can add dot mesh, crosshatch, or action speedline screentones, with controls for transparency.

For lettering, Manga Draft offers speech, thought, and shout balloons, selectable font styles, and movable tails. Illustrations can be uploaded or dragged into panels, then adjusted for zoom, rotation, and offset. Exports include high-DPI PNG sheets, scalable SVGs, and a project packaged as a single ZIP book; the Free plan lists PNG and SVG exports. FLUXCADE says uploaded artwork remains in memory for the session and is not saved to a server or database. The maker says users own their creations and may use them for any purpose. Manga Draft is in active alpha, so the maker warns of possible instability, visual glitches, and temporary outages. FLUXCADE also uses anonymized usage analytics and displays Google AdSense ads that may use cookies for advertising.

Who it suits

Manga Draft suits comic and manga creators who want to arrange panels, artwork, screentones, and lettering in a browser. Its multi-page workflow and PNG, SVG, and ZIP exports are relevant to people creating storyboards, comic frames, or volumes.

Limits

The Free plan lists PNG and SVG exports. The service is in active alpha, with possible instability, visual glitches, and temporary outages.

Getting started

1. Visit https://www.fluxcade.com/apps/manga-draft in a browser.
2. Choose a layout preset.
3. Edit panels and add or drag illustrations into them.
4. Adjust artwork, borders, screentones, and lettering.
5. Reorder pages and export as PNG, SVG, or a ZIP book.
6. Contact [email protected] with questions.

Verdict

Choose Manga Draft if you want a free browser tool for arranging comic panels, artwork, screentones, and lettering. Look elsewhere if active-alpha instability or temporary outages would disrupt your workflow.