I've uploaded 5 new pages onto my website --> DA- The missing ring- Update
So far, Haru goes school to finish off his late studies and finished early. He was picked as a target of the passing boy.(Aliet) As he leaves, he comes across him in a park and checks on his strange behaviour making sure he's alright when he suddenly collapses. Haru got injected by Aliet with a small poison that knocked him out. It was necessary for Aliet since he's in need for some money although he swore to pay it back to him.
I've been asking my friends about the mood and facial expressions that would be appropriate for each of the scenes so I uploaded the comic the an arts website called 'DeviantArt' and got some hints on how tochange characters facial expressions. I'm not used to drawing manga or cartoon characters so drawing faces is one of my weaknesses. A good suggestion I received was to use guidelines and start the drawing from a stickman which is something that I already started to do, but received clues on how to position each body part to which I've used references from the tutorial website I mentioned earlier. From that site and advice friends gave me, I managed to mix the two together and somewhat comprehend that into my own style of drawing manga. It is not much easier for me to draw the same character several times and make him look just like the other version. I'm currently working on a profile for each of the characters in my manga to show a clear understanding of their looks, style and personality.
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
Wednesday, 11 January 2012
Death Note- The missing name
I uploaded 8 fresh pages of mycomid Death Note the missing name.( Link to my comic )
What I did first is a simple sketch of the characters and objects. I then slowly went over the lines with a finliner to get a solid shape. I scanned eachpage seperately and got them up onto my computer. I used an art program called 'GimPhoto' and edited the pages. I usedot togoover the test and bucket fill all the dark areas. I also used an air brush tool to do the shadows and and hair for the characters.
As I was drawing the characters, I looked at some totorials from this site (MangaDrawing Tutorials)
I started with drawing a imple stickman and tried to get the bodyposture next. I drew small circles at each of the bends inthe posture like the elbow, shoulder, knee etc. I have then worked my way around to get the clothing and hairstyles. I find t the hardest to draw the hair and the facial expressions. It requires lots of presition and accuracy. A small mistake can lead up to making the face express something else.
After finishing the characters, I started on the background which actually was very easy as all you need to draw is building and indoor envoronments. I didn't need any tutorials for that.
Other than that, thats pretty much all I've been doing so far. I'll get more pages up soon and will try to draw my characters with more detail.
What I did first is a simple sketch of the characters and objects. I then slowly went over the lines with a finliner to get a solid shape. I scanned eachpage seperately and got them up onto my computer. I used an art program called 'GimPhoto' and edited the pages. I usedot togoover the test and bucket fill all the dark areas. I also used an air brush tool to do the shadows and and hair for the characters.
As I was drawing the characters, I looked at some totorials from this site (MangaDrawing Tutorials)
I started with drawing a imple stickman and tried to get the bodyposture next. I drew small circles at each of the bends inthe posture like the elbow, shoulder, knee etc. I have then worked my way around to get the clothing and hairstyles. I find t the hardest to draw the hair and the facial expressions. It requires lots of presition and accuracy. A small mistake can lead up to making the face express something else.
After finishing the characters, I started on the background which actually was very easy as all you need to draw is building and indoor envoronments. I didn't need any tutorials for that.
Other than that, thats pretty much all I've been doing so far. I'll get more pages up soon and will try to draw my characters with more detail.
Death Note- The missing name (Comic)
For my project, I decided to start my own side story to pice of manga called Death Note. My sidestory named "The missing name" is a story happening at the same time as the actual manga.
The series Death Note centers around a high school student named Light Yagami who discovers a supernatural notebook that allows him to kill anyone by writing the victim's name while picturing his or her face. The plot follows his attempts to become God by creating a New World cleansed of evil, using the book; the complex conflict between himself and all those who try to stop him.
What I decided to do is a sidestory of what ishappening at a different place at that current time. The comic will be created using panels in black and white. I've never done a comic before, but I know several of my friends and manga artists that do comics of their own so I'll be taking advice from them.
My story is set in England in year 2002. My story is about a teenage boy named Aliet, who posseses the eyes of a shnigami (Death God) whichallow him to see other people's names and life span when he looks at them. He wants to know why he has such an unusual power. Currently he doesn't have any knowledge that Gods of death exist and he thinks of his eye power to be a curse.
In the late December 2002, he decides to escape his school for gifted children in Winchester (Wammy's house) as he thinks of it as a boring place and no longer wants to maintain there. He leaves his only friend Near and leads to seek something interesting and perhaps find out aabout his eye power.
During the same night, a Death note is dropped into the human world. It is picked up by another young teenager named Haru. He doesn't believe in any of the rules within the note. Such to be "The human whose name is written inthis note shall die". Haru thinks of it as a prank and decides to use the notebook as a regular book.
That is all for the sum-up of how my story starts. I will also bring in a brief of another comic I'm currently working on, but that willhave to wait until I catch up with the first one.
The series Death Note centers around a high school student named Light Yagami who discovers a supernatural notebook that allows him to kill anyone by writing the victim's name while picturing his or her face. The plot follows his attempts to become God by creating a New World cleansed of evil, using the book; the complex conflict between himself and all those who try to stop him.
What I decided to do is a sidestory of what ishappening at a different place at that current time. The comic will be created using panels in black and white. I've never done a comic before, but I know several of my friends and manga artists that do comics of their own so I'll be taking advice from them.
My story is set in England in year 2002. My story is about a teenage boy named Aliet, who posseses the eyes of a shnigami (Death God) whichallow him to see other people's names and life span when he looks at them. He wants to know why he has such an unusual power. Currently he doesn't have any knowledge that Gods of death exist and he thinks of his eye power to be a curse.
In the late December 2002, he decides to escape his school for gifted children in Winchester (Wammy's house) as he thinks of it as a boring place and no longer wants to maintain there. He leaves his only friend Near and leads to seek something interesting and perhaps find out aabout his eye power.
During the same night, a Death note is dropped into the human world. It is picked up by another young teenager named Haru. He doesn't believe in any of the rules within the note. Such to be "The human whose name is written inthis note shall die". Haru thinks of it as a prank and decides to use the notebook as a regular book.
That is all for the sum-up of how my story starts. I will also bring in a brief of another comic I'm currently working on, but that willhave to wait until I catch up with the first one.
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