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3 Tips to Achieve Smooth and Cute Colors Using Gradients and Water! - Behold the Power of Water-Based Markers!

Fri, 20 Nov 2020 17:00:00 +0900

Remember those beautiful colors you used to find on the first page of your favorite shoujo manga when you were little? Do you ever feel like recreating that mesmerizing, almost-translucent look when drawing your own pretty characters, and yet have trouble achieving the same result because you're entirely self-taught or because you don't understand how to use the tools needed?

Our teacher for the day will be Kawana. She's a creator who's also very popular on Instagram and who will demonstrate how to draw illustrations using markers, colored pencils, and other familiar-but-difficult-to-master painting tools. She also has many overseas fans and her easy-to-follow explanations (from things like magazine features and lectures at real-life events) are very well received.

In this article, we'll be using Tombow's ABT graphic markers to introduce some techniques that tend to trip up beginners, such as how to create gradients and shades, tips on how to avoid colors bleeding, and how to draw highlights to enhance texture, focusing on skin, hair, and clothing.

If you want to take your analog painting skills to the next level, or if you're just unsure of how to choose the right tools, this is definitely a read for you!

A popular mangaka introduces their dream job! - Working 3 Hours Per Day!?

Thu, 17 Oct 2019 12:00:00 +0900

Following the previous article where we sat with Nakani and Pui, we will get into a deeper talk with Nakani, the mangaka selling millions of yen worth of content. We will ask them about how they work and about their technique.

What are these downloadable doujinshi? We asked an author and an editor! - Money Coming in at the Speed of Sound?

Sun, 13 Oct 2019 12:00:00 +0900

Free Icons You Can Use With Social Media

Fri, 28 Oct 2016 17:00:00 +0900

One of the major parts of social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook and pixiv is the square icon on your profile. A perfect selfie would be great too, but there are many against putting their own faces on the internet. In cases like that, why not use an icon of an illustration of one of your favorite characters! For the people out there like this, pixiv has a collection of free icons you can use.

*When using an icon, do remember to read the caption of the work.

Delicious Scent That Whiffs Through the Screen♪ Recipes!

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 17:00:00 +0900

Introducing illustrations so delicious, you’d immediately grow hungry! Today we feature illustrations in the theme of cooking recipes. There recipe-themed illustrations feature not only cooking itself but also accompanying text and colorful details. The featured explanations and ingredients are carefully described; just by looking at these works you will want to try your hand at making them! Illustrations of perfected cuisine look ever so delicious and will make you feel like you’re starving even before making them.

Presenting recipe-themed illustrations you’d have to make. Enjoy!