Posts Tagged ‘drawing’

Daily Drawing: Manga Girl (Looking Down Angle)

OK, looks like I missed this last angle of the face position. The Downward Look:

Manga Girl Down View

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Flying Cthulhu Robot Monster

So I’m taking a walk through the desert last night. It’s warm. Most nights are a bit on the warm side in Albuquerque during the summer. I like this. It brings out the insects. Wherever you go, the air is thick with the chirps of cicadas and the ground is swarming with beetles, ants and all kinds of other things I can’t identify.

The sun sinks away, leaving behind a sunset that lasts for hours. I swear, it’s almost midnight and the sky is still a little blue.

Now, I’m looking at the moon, which is unusually bright tonight, when this thing comes swirling out of a gap of light that just sort of appears in the middle of the sky. I’m not sure if it’s a robot or a suit of armor for some kind of intergalactic octopus but it comes up toward me, followed by a little hovering ball that keeps bleeping and flashing little fuzzy plasma lit signals.

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This is when the big one speaks in a deep gargled metallic tone, telling me that Cthulu’s army is being manufactured in a nearby layer of this space-fabric-thingy and that I should prepare for the oncoming horde that will enslave all of my kind. I don’t reply right away–more like I just stare at it–which seems to cause confusion amongst my visitors. While the robot monster is looking back and forth between me and it’s little floaty ball friend, I make the loudest cicada call I can muster.

The desert rises up like a tidal wave and descends.

You can hear them, but until you see the swarms of desert insects combine into Optimus Megabug, you have no freaking clue how many are really out there. The exposed tentacles dangling below the hovering robot armor go first, chewed away and replaced by countless flapping wings. Flames spew out of the exhaust-pipe-looking-things on the robot’s shoulders. I don’t think they are supposed to do that. The little flying ball is totally losing it’s shit. It’s zipping around, apparently weaponless. Must just be a scout or something. It zooms back toward the horizon and vanishes into a wisp of light that peels back the sky. I don’t know if it’s going to warn the others not to come or fetch reinforcements but it’s gone now.

With the octopus beast eaten, all that remains is the robot shell. It’s a pretty cool piece of machinery so I cover it up in the sand, marking the position for later retrieval. Bring it on Cthulhu. Send your beasts. We’ve got insects.

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Manga Girl – Up View

Ok, this is the last angle that the book (Manga for the Beginner) shows as essential views:

Mang a Girl - Up View - Ink
Manga Girl - Up Angle - Pencil

I also had time during my lunch break to make a super quick sketch version, which I find helpful for digesting the practice:

Manga Girl Quick Sketch

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Manga Girl 3/4 View

Another view of the girl. This time from a 3/4 view, which is supposedly the most attractive view:

Manga Girl 3/4 View - Ink

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“Manga for the Beginner”: Manga Girl Profile

Continuing with yesterday’s drawing of a Manga Girl. Today is the profile view. After today, I’m not going to keep posting the full breakdown of steps I take since I don’t want to undermine the greatness of Christopher Hart’s “Manga for the Beginner”–even though I’m posting more broken down steps than the book does ^_^

Even still, I wanted to present a few details that are left out of the book and that I feel are really important (but I won’t republish all the great hints and tips that are throughout the book :). Again, reverse order:

Manga Girl Profile – Step 6 – Final Ink:
At this stage, I went over my 0.1 Sakura Micron pen with a 0.2–just to darken up a few places.
Manga Girl Profile - Step 6 - Final Ink

Manga Girl Profile – Step 5 – Time to Erase:
Unlike the examples in the book, I’ve left most of my original pencil in place up to this point (even the ruler guidelines and temporary structural marks). The inking here is done with a 0.1 Sakura Pigma Micron pen.
Manga Girl Profile - Step 5 - Time to Erase

Manga Girl Profile – Step 4 – Starting Ink:
I just wanted to point out where I begin inking–the flower is the frontmost object, so I figured that was a good place to start. Then the Eye and the rest of the face, followed by working into the hair.
Manga Girl Profile - Step 4 - Starting Ink

Manga Girl Profile – Step 3 – Final Pencil (HB):
Here I switch to an HB grade pencil for a little bit darker touch.
Manga Girl Profile - Step 3 - Final Pencil (HB)

Manga Girl Profile – Step 2 – Hair
Manga Girl Profile - Step 2 - Hair

Manga Girl Profile – Step 1 – Form (2H):
I like to start my drawings these days with a 2H. It’s light and a little hard (but not nearly as hard as the 6H that I used to start with). I’ve been working my way up as I become more confident in the lines I’m creating–but everyone likes to start with a different grade–some even like to start with heavier grades.
Manga Girl Profile - Step 1 - Form (2H)

I’ll probably continue to take pictures of the steps as I draw them and I might upload them to my flickr account here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/atomantic/

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Daily Drawing: Manga Girl

I picked up a copy of Christopher Hart’s “Manga for the Beginner”, which has a ton of great info and step by step guides for drawing manga. I’m just starting it–so here’s my take on the first lesson. I took pictures of it along the way, breaking it into a few more steps than the book had. I’ve arranged it in reverse so you can see the final product first :)

Step 7 – Ink:
Anime Girl - Step 7 - Ink

Step 6 – Final Pencil:
Anime Girl - Step 6 - Final Pencil

Step 5 – Detail:
Anime Girl - Step 5

Step 4 – Hair:
Anime Girl - Step 4

Step 3 – Eye Detail + Nose, Mouth:
Anime Girl - Step 3

Step 2 – Eye Position and Relation:
Anime Girl - Step 2

Step 1 – Basic Form:
Anime Girl - Step 1

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Daily Drawing: Strange Seed

I found this strange seed tonight at the playground. Ilya was digging up the sand, filling up a pail to make a cake and she uncovered this thing. So I took it home and sketched it a bit–and then played with it a bit too :)

Daily Drawing: Strange Seed

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Tezuka Boy + Misc Sketches

Well, it’s been one of those weekends. Yesterday, I had a totally short lunch (yes I work on Saturdays–but I get Monday’s off)–so I just drew a few random sketches. Today, I did a quick Tezuka character–though I don’t know the characters name:

Daily Doodle: quick random bits
Tetzuka Study

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