Quick manga test

So there was this challenge on one of the forum I am a member of. It was to replicate an image so I thought I would give it a go. Another great learning experience. Found several weak areas such as hair and eyes. It did not help that I have been suffering from a nasty cold.

Here is the link http://forums.mangaraiders.com/index.php/topic,1631.0.html
And here is my image.

I feel I have improved on my shading and general anatomy. As stated before I need to work on my faces and hair.

The next project should be a tutorial on how to draw faces!

Some bleach fan art

Wanted to quickly study anime shading. I think this took too long to be honest but I learnt what I needed to so yeah good study session. May do a tutorial soon if I can find the time.

Just for legal sake, I do not own bleach or any of the characters, etc please support the official release yada yada yada.

Manga pose

Decided to do a quick break down of how I work this morning. Keep in mind this sketch is for study purposes only so my line art is not as tight as I could make it. Normally I would take it into a program like illustrator to get neat lines.

So I logged on to posemaniacs for a quick random drawing.

This took about 20 minutes (probably not even that). after completing this piece I decided to do a very quick mock up of how I would go about drawing the upper body.

First step.

I quickly mark up a gesture line (red) and then add rough guides as to where the head and torso are.

Second step.

Using the knowledge I have learnt from months of studying proportions I sketch in the details.

Finally I ink the drawing with a hard black brush at 100% opacity. 

This was a fun warm up exercises which may become my daily routine.

Some manga goodness

So I have been very busy these past few days. I managed to get one request from a friend done which I am proud of. I also managed to get a picture of Tobuscus done which I hope to send to him very soon. I have noticed I have improved alot since I last posted. Everything is starting to click. May start a massive project soon. I have 2 in mind but I do feel I still need abit more practise.

I think my next goal is to get some portraits done to boost my profile abit. Also I need to get my damn facebook page up and running (and redesign this site)

Anyway here are the images.

First my request. She sent me her picture and I drew it. Learnt alot from it so thanks.

Reluctant to call this a speed painting but it was quick. I would say around 3 hours (half the time of the previous image)

Extremely quick speed painting. This was done with ref from posemaniacs.com I think I am getting to grips with lighting. Great warm up exercises.

In other news I have been looking at some manga comics. I look forward to getting to that level XD

Summoner

So I am currently working on a new piece at the moment inspired by a competition. Probably not going to finish it in time to enter the comp. I am at the thumbnail part at the moment. I want to rework the pose but the general idea is there.

I quickly applied some values just to see if the image would work the way I hope. Quiet pleased with the general direction but there is alot of work that needs doing. Background needs alot of direction.

More stylised approach.

Greetings all and welcome to the new blog.
It is all change with a new design (currently in progress), new focus (learning to draw in a manga style) and a new blog title.
Over the next few months you will see many changes in the design of this site so expect to see new things added and moved about.

Well anyway lets get back to the blog.
I was feeling abit rusty in my figure drawing so these next few sketches are more of a warm up for later projects. I drew the figures as I would normally then I tried changing how I managed the lines. Trying to go for a more simplistic stylised approach. I think my lack of knowlage in human muscle structure prevented me from going wild with the stylisation. Still this was a very useful excersize.

Back again.

So I am back from my hiatus. The magazine has been finished and I will have a link up very soon.

Anyway back to the drawings. I was recently challenged by a friend er mortal foe to produce a finished piece. The thing about me is I have been studying because I lacked confidence to produce finished works. The studying has payed off but I still have a long way to go.

This project has seen me useing a reference. I used a combo of illustrator and photoshop. On a side note I have missed blogging. It is nice to finally be back. Expect lots of spam updates from me soon.

Anyway here is the work process.
I have went from line art to colour to prvent this post getting too long.

Ref used: http://browse.deviantart.com/resources/stockart/model/#/d4vmx6i