I have finally gotten around to completing this! Line art has been completed in Manga Studio and colouring in Photoshop CS4 with my Wacom tablet. I’ve lost count on how many hours I’ve spent on this, over 20 lol. Hopefully with more practice I’ll be able to cut this down.

Alto is one of the main characters from a popular Japanese Anime series, Macross Frontier.

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I have completed more of the shading on this character now. Still a bit to go but it’s getting there slowly.

Agh, I’ve spent hours on the hair last night. I can’t get the shading to reflect the direction of light, granted what I’ve done so far is incomplete. It might look a bit better once highlights are added…I can only hope. Anyone with advice, I would be happy to hear it lol!

I have started the colouring process in Photoshop for this. I have since read some really good tutorials on different ways to colour manga though so I might redo this. Not sure yet.

Another work in progress, I’ve spent a few hours on this tonight. A lot more to go with the shading and detail, I want to add a cyborg type shoulder on her left, not sure if I’ll be able to pull it off but I’ll give it a go. Still learning a lot about Photoshop hence why my images are still at the n00b level.

Line art done in Manga Studio. I also need to work out how to smooth the lines further, they’re a bit rough in some areas. If anyone has any suggestions on how to do this in Photoshop, please let me know!

I have almost completed the lineart for this drawing. Need to rub out a few lines and correct a few others then I’ll move on to colouring this in Photoshop CS to complete my second image using my graphic tablet and Mac.

I’m working on another lineart image which I will colour once completed. Image is of Alto from Macross Frontier.

Finally finished this fan art drawing of Matsumoto from Bleach. My first full attempt at lineart in Manga Studio and colouring done in Photoshop CS4. I’m such a noob at this, I’ve spent several hours completing this. Proportions aren’t correct and the lineart is a little tacky but I’m happy for my first completed attempt.

I have so many work in progress drawings, need to finish them off. I have finally completed the only horse drawing I was working on. Muscle tone and the eye isn’t quite right, the shading probably needs to blend a little more too but I’m still happy with it. Feel free to comment.

I’ve recently become fascinated with the simplicity of Chibi characters (AKA super-deformed). The characters take the form of small people or are child like in appearance and are often portrayed as cute and humorous and reveal enormous emotion. The height of a Chibi is typically a 1:3 or 1:2 head to body ratio where as manga characters can be 1:8 head to body ratio.

Other important characteristics are the eyes which should be large and most Chibi’s don’t have noses. It’s important to keep it simple and use as few lines as possible to portray the character, Chibi’s are not meant to be as detailed as Manga.