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It summarizes his role as author and lead illustrator of The Celestial Zone, highlights key milestones including awards and international publication across Chinese and English editions, and describes the storyline set in China’s Warring States era. It also outlines his production process for creating digital and full-colour manga.","BEHIND THE PASSIONBEHIND THE PASSION  \nText LAVINIA NG  \nIllustrations WEEIAN BENG  \nMANGA  \nCREATOR  \nOFTHE  \nCELESTIAL  \nZONE  \nFrom a young age,  \nmanga(Japanese  \ncomics)creator  \nWee Tian Beng has  \nalways loved reading  \ncomics.Even when he  \nentered the advertising  \nworld,he stilldrew  \ncomics part-time.  \nEVENTUALLY,his work was spoted by a Taiwanese publisher and in 1993,he lefthis adyertising job and drew comics full-time.  \nTian Beng clearly enjoyswhat he does.\"I doesnt sem to be work for me,\"he said.\"In fact,I have fun everyday I don't have t send my work up for aproval by bosses.1draw whatever I like.I guess I'm lucky in that sense.\"  \nComics have always held a certain attraction for him.\"For me,it's easier to digestand understand than books.Besides,the pictures are gorgeous.\"  \nTian Beng is the author and lead illustrator of the period epic comic series TheCelestal Zone.His other works include the science fiction-based Dream Allegory.Escapist Choice,Astronautics,The New Frontier,The Adventures of Wisely and theReturn of the Condor Heroes.  \nIn 1993,with his Astronautics comics,Tian Beng became the first full-time Singaporeanmanga artist to break into the Taiwanese and Hong Kong manga markets.  \nIn 1994,Tian Beng was invited to portray the novels of famous  \nwriters like Ni Kuang and Jing Yong through manga with The  \nAdventures of Wisely and The Return of the Condor Heroes  \nrespectively.  \nIn 1997,he received \"The Asian Comics Prestigious Award\"in  \nSeoul,South Korea,at the Asian Comics Conference for the Re-  \nturn of the Condor Heroes.  \nIn 1997,Tian Beng began his most important work in his  \nmanga artist career by creating The Celestial Zone series and  \nother supplementary works.With this work,editions in both  \nChinese and English were published and distributed to various  \nplaces including Europe,the US,Canada and Australia.  \nTHE COMIC SERIES HAS MAINTAINED ITS POPULARITY AMONG READERS BECAUSE0F ITS ENGAGING STORYLINE SET DURINGTHE WARRING STATES ERA IN CHINA.DURINGTHATPERIOD,IT WAS ATIME OF MAYHEM WROUGHT BY RIVAL DUKESINTHEIR STRUGGLE FORPOWER.INA REALM KNOWN ASTHE CELESTIAL ZONE,THERE LIVED TWO GROUPS OF PEOPLEWITH EXTRAORDINARY SKILLS,ONE GOODAND ONE EVIL.FEEDING UPONTHE CHAOS,THE EVILREALM GRADUALLY GREW IN STRENGTH AND WREAKED HAVOC ON EARTH.A GROUPOF UPRIGHTYOUTHS EMERGED FROMTHE CELESTIALZONE AND SOUGHTTO WIPEOUTTHE PREVAILING EVIL.  \nIn2001,he started his own company,TCZ Studio.  \nIn 2003,Tian Beng published a pioneering work in the field  \nof digital manga with the first local full-colour series manga  \nThe Celestial Zone II,with a total number of 40 volumes.In  \nthe same year,he was also invited to be a guest speaker by the  \nShanghai Pearl Tower's First International Manga Art Festival.  \nIn 2005,he was invited for Sichuan Televisions Sichuan  \nTelevision and Animation Festival for a speaking engagement as  \nwell as an exhibition of about 100 artworks by Tian Beng at the  \nManga Masters Centre.  \nIn April 2006,the French edition of Tian Bengs manga The  \nCelestial Zone was released in Paris,France.This September  \nwould see the launch of the Spanish edition.  \nTian Beng is not resting on his laurels.By the end of this  \nyear,he will be launching The Celestial Zone Mobile Games,  \nfollowed by The Celestial Zone 21 Mobile Comics,wallpaper  \nand mobile games in China and Europe.TCZ Studios will also  \nhave its own WAP site that allows users to download these  \ncontents with their handphones.Currently,talks are underway  \nwith various animation companies,both local and overseas,for  \nthe possibility of creating a Celestial Zone animation.Ato  \n# PRODUCTION PROCESS\n\nTian Beng explained how he would go about creating manga.He first  \nsets the theme and determines how many years the storyseries would  \nrun.Aftersetting a basic beginning and concusion to the story,he  \nfills in the details such asacharacter's weaknesses and strengths.The  \ndialogues and screen layout come next.The artworkis then pas","cbCaicLi9J7TvAOr","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicLi9J7TvAOr","pdf",2620825,1,"English","en",105,"# Production Process","[{\"question\":\"Wee Tian Beng为什么会从广告行业转向全职漫画创作？\",\"answer\":\"1993年他的作品被台湾出版方发现后，他离开广告工作，全职投入漫画创作。采访中提到他每天都能做自己喜欢的事，不需要向上司审批。\"},{\"question\":\"The Celestial Zone的故事背景是什么？\",\"answer\":\"故事发生在中国战国时期。混乱中邪恶领域逐渐强大并在现实世界制造灾祸，正义青年从天上领域出发，试图消灭邪恶。\"},{\"question\":\"Tian Beng在漫画创作中如何安排生产流程？\",\"answer\":\"他先确定主题并规划故事跨度，然后补充人物弱点与优势、设计对白与分镜布局。接着由其他插画师完成上墨细节、背景由背景画师完成，随后由图形与上色团队分工上色，最后进行页面检查与版面编排。\"}]","BEHIND THE PASSION - 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