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A scene from MIKI FALLS: AUTUMN. The series was published in black and white, but I used Photoshop to tint this image, just for fun.
“Toast in Mouth, Late for School.” I had a lot of fun illustrating this classic trope for my book MANGA ART. Do you know of any manga or anime that include such a scene?
History repeating? Here's a comparison of panels in THE DRAWING LESSON and THE COMIC BOOK LESSON, showing how I deliberately recreated this moment in the earlier story. My next YouTube video, this Friday, will give you an extended look inside the new book, in stores July 26th!
One of my illustrations from THE ENORMOUS EGG, the classic 1956 chapter book by Oliver Butterworth. In the background you can see that I put a sign on a building reading "Butterworth & Co."
Sneak peek from THE COMIC BOOK LESSON (in stores July 26th!); I could explain what's going on in this scene, but I think I'll just let it be the weird little moment that it is. 😄 This Friday's video will include an unboxing of the actual book!
A study of Chise from "Saikano," the manga series by Shin Takahashi. Do you ever do careful studies of artwork you admire?
An illustration from THE ULTIMATE BOOK Of DRAWING HANDS; the final chapter is devoted to common everyday hand poses.
An illustration from MANGA ART. I created this back when I was first learning how to make manga-style artwork, and it's still a personal favorite.
A sneak peek from THE COMIC BOOK LESSON (in stores July 5). I needed cover art for a manga series created by one of the characters in the story, so I came up with "Electric Angel Nurse Mizuki." It was fun designing both the character & the logo for this imaginary series.😁
This week's Patreon Patron Spotlight is on Maximilian Schütz, on Instagram at: https://t.co/LkZo37Xnkd It features fantastic artwork like you see here. I love that he draws during his lunch breaks at work-- a really great idea! Go check out his gallery and give him a follow. :)