Manga

[Doodad]

Referring to Moth's cool cartoony creation http://www.photoshopgurus.com/forum/...p?topic=7531.0 I thought taking a dab at Manga/Japanese comic book art would be "fun".

Look at http://www.howtodrawmanga.com/tutorial.html for some tips on how to go about it. It's a good exercise for pen tools and vector shaping and also to maybe to expose those who've not really looked at this type of work before. It's quite bold and stylish - and then after doing the line art, you can proceed to do some colouring. FUN!

Here my amateurish little attempt (certainly not of the quality or diversity of Moth's composition) to get us going:

[ronmatt]

OK! I'm goin' for it. This will be a whole new thing for me so I've got to give it a shot. (couple of days?)

[ronmatt]

although, this is more 'american' in style, it does have some 'manga' attributes. I'm working on a full body now, then a scene

[Doodad]

Very cool ronmatt. Looks like manga grunge clay-mation fusion! Quite edgy.

[ronmatt]

Edgy? is that good? Here's a body to go with the head.

[p?tr?]

Cool! Looks like he could jump out of the screen and start break dancin' or something.

[Doodad]

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/edgy
edgy
adj. edgier, edgiest
1. Nervous or irritable: The performers were edgy as they waited for the show to begin.
2. Having a sharp or biting edge: an edgy wit.
3. Daring, provocative, or trend-setting: an exhibition of edgy photographs; an edgy menu.

I was using it in context of #3. So I guess that's good . Though I should be careful calling "images" edgy, as people might feel you're criticizing them for some hard edges or something.

Good "attitude" pose there with the body added.

Anyhow, I had another go. Not terribly exciting I'm afraid!

[ronmatt]

another step, I think I'm starting to get the hang of this style (????) Initial scanned sketch included.
I enhanced the lines with Xara Extreme then colorized in PS. Still amatuerish but I'm on the way