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Manga Tutorials for 2016

by Ben November 27, 2015 in Art Talk 0 comments tags: #arttalk, #artwork, #mangaart, #project, book

comic panel monster food

For those that don't know, I'm currently working on a new How-to-Draw Tutorial book relating to manga and character art. 113 pages down with another 15 to get done by the end of the year!

My first book 'The Art of Drawing Manga' came out 12 years ago and I still get people come up to me or message to say how much it helped them when they were starting along their artistic journey. Even though back in 2003 I didn't feel I was at an artistic level to be teaching how to draw, I always hoped that it might at least inspire a few beginners to give it a go and I could provide a few words of wisdom and tips and I'd picked up along the way. I'm glad it could help so many :)

For 2016 I'd like 'The Artist's Guide to Drawing Manga' (TAGTDM) to help a new generation of fans learn some useful techniques to create their own manga inspired artwork. Unlike with Youtube tutorials or tutorial web pages in general, my latest book provides the opportunity to detach from the internet and take some time to read through a dedicated resource housing several key learning guides or chapters all in a single package. TAGTDM allows users to either flick through, dip into, or follow from start to finish.

While researching parts of the book via the internet I found a lot of free manga art content online, some of it totally awesome! Although there's also a far more poor quality information which isn't very concise, well written or explained, and so much is scattered throughout the web at different locations. I might find a great tutorial on how to draw a manga eye, but then might need to spend a fair while looking for a tutorial which shows how create a full manga page, then more time finding tips on how to ink or colour my work digitally, or answers certain questions I might have. Web tutorials are often given by different artists who have different approaches to their work, making things confusing for newbies. And they may not have the time to be particularly concise, or have their words copy-edited by someone else. Along with my near 30 years of love for games, comics and animation, I'd expect that if any beginner were to follow TAGTDM from start to finish they'd definitely level up and increase their skills and knowledge. I'd imaging even artists with some experience would be able to gain a few insights also.

Even if people already own a how-to-draw book, or 10, a fresh reminder of how it can be done or reading a different professional artist's take on it can always help :)

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Birmingham Comiccon 2015

by Ben November 23, 2015 in Art Talk 0 comments tags: #arttalk, #artwork, #mangaart, artist, comiccon, event

Comiccon Artist

Recently finished a 2 day comic con stint at the NEC. People stopping by at my table and taking an interest in my work is always very much appreciated. It was interesting to see what artworks fans were interested in- with 20+ different prints, there weren't many that didn't get either a positive comment or purchased, so not sure how I might better cater for shoppers in the future. For now I'll just continue offering as much variety as I can :) A good experience sampling both this and the London Con last month, and expect to attend some more shows in 2016.

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Drawing manga characters…

by Ben November 20, 2015 in Art, Art Talk 0 comments tags: #animeart #howtodraw, #artwork, anime, book

Scifi Anime Character comp

Photoshop character composite featuring artwork from my next How-To guide currently in progress. The book will give readers the chance to draw their own versions in 10 simple steps. As these will be from the 'How to draw figures' section, I deliberately gave them figure-hugging outfits to help make things a little easier to understand without baggy clothing or too many drapes and folds interfering with the body shape. Use Digital Manga if you'd like to learn in-depth Photoshop techniques for achieving the same colour results :)

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Birmingham MCM Expo 2015

by Ben November 19, 2015 in Art Talk 0 comments tags: art, comiccon, event

Comic con artists pic

I'll be attending MCM Comic Con in Birmingham on 21st-22nd of November. Second time having a table in the Comic Village and looking forward to it :) I'll be selling original art prints and copies of my book Digital Manga. It'll be interesting to see how the smaller 2 day event compares with London's 3-dayer last month.

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Art Dump: Old Filtered 2

by Ben November 16, 2015 in Art, Instagram 0 comments tags: #animeart, #artwork, #mangaart, #oldart

Here's another selection of some of my older manga, game or anime inspired artworks (originally posted on my Instagram and cropped). Let me know if you have a favourite out of these :)

Check out Art Dump #1 for more.

[gallery type="rectangular" size="medium" link="file" ids="2760,2761,2762,2764,2763,2765,2766,2759,2768"]

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Art Dump: Old Filtered

by Ben November 12, 2015 in Art, Instagram 0 comments tags: #animeart, #artwork, #mangaart, #oldart

Here's another selection of some of my older manga, game or anime inspired artworks (originally posted on my Instagram and cropped). Let me know if you have a favourite out of these :)

[gallery size="medium" link="file" type="rectangular" ids="2776,2775,2774,2773,2772,2771,2770,2769,2767"]

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