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! 8}

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