IllustrationFriday.com-Brave

This week's topic for IllustrationFriday is Brave. This first thing that popped into my head was this. The sketch and inks were once again rendered in Manga Studio Debut 4, while the colors were all rendered in Photoshop CS4. I decided to use a variable stroke pen tip in Manga Studio to try something a little different. I have to say that I loved the feel that it gave the illustration. I have always used technical pens and have double stoked my lines in order to give them weight. In addition to changing up how I would normally ink, I decided to render my colors with a watercolor feel using multiple layers and various levels of opacity. Overall, I am pretty happy with the way that it turned out.

Any day I can draw for fun is a GREAT day.

IllustrationFriday.com - Perspective

This week's topic on IllustrationFriday.com is "Perspective". Now I could have gone with a nice play on the word and not gone with the litteral definition (especially in terms of art), but I just purchased Manga Studio Debut 4 and I was itching to try it out, and what comes to mind when I think of Manga? You guessed it- ROBOTS. So I started sketching and one thing led to another and we have my submission. The sketch and inks were all done in Manga Studio Debut 4, the colors were rendered in Corel Painter 11, and special effects were done in Photoshop CS4.

I have to say that Manga Studio performs VERY well, especially in the case of cartoon or comic book art. I am not saying that the other apps do not work as well, on the contrary, all the apps work well and compliment each oher. One app may not handle as well as the others under certain circumstances. At $40, Manga Studio Debut 4 is practically a STEAL. If you use any of the Wacom Cintiq tablets, add this to your illustration collection today.