The art work today is from Fruits Basket. It's really unlike me to like touching family dramas, but I love this manga because it gives me quite some food for thought :)
Today, I tried a bit of outline sketching to bring about a systematic way to actually recreate a manga. The point here is that we often jump to the last step, that is, drawing the main characters. I figured this isn't the right way to do it, even if we are simply copying the art. Scaling the figures, positioning them, and shading them appropriately is very important. This can only be done accurately if we create some outline sketches, and play along with them for a while.
My drawing today isn't very good, but then again I'm not very good at drawing more than two people in a scene, since I tend to get distracted by the presence of any third party. And as a result (you will notice this later), I have completely destroyed Sohma Yuki's character.
Firstly, I draw some weird figure outlines, like here -
Then comes the drawing, dark outlining and detailing, carefully avoiding facial features which need to be drawn with an extremely light colored pencil. (Yes, I've skipped quite a few steps)
The eyes and nose should set in with the correct proportion.
Followed by, some colors! I'm just testing the waters here, and I usually like starting from the right. =) The medium is a 6-color pencil (water soluble) set. It's really simple :P
And finally we are done! This looks exactly like random fan art, thanks to the many inaccuracies my inexperienced hands have cast upon this pretty scene. No thanks to the damaged Yuki-kun (guy at the left) for looking like an old man. #hurtconfidence :P
Okay, so a little bit, as promised, about today's art work. The picture depicts one of my favorite anime artist's primary creations, Natsuki Takaya's Fruits Basket. In this picture, the characters present are (from left) Sohma Yuki, Honda Tohru and Sohma Kyou. This scene is really precious to me, because it doesn't happen in the manga. It is actually a cover for Chapter 10 of the series.
Yuki and Kyou aren't really the best of friends, and seeing them smiling together in one frame is impractical. But I love the friendship between the two Sohmas and Tohru, because it is reminiscent of the friendship I have in college. It's truly an unbeatable bond, albeit being quite unrealistic. I mean, one overly virtuous girl meeting two impossibly hot guys, what are the freaking odds?!?!
Anyways, I'm really happy I could do one colored art work - now I'm looking forward to buying a 24-color pencil set to actually work a few more wonders.
Also people, please read this manga. It's one of the most heartwarming (and heart-wrenching ) reads. You can find it at >>> Fruits Basket @ Mangareader
Today, I tried a bit of outline sketching to bring about a systematic way to actually recreate a manga. The point here is that we often jump to the last step, that is, drawing the main characters. I figured this isn't the right way to do it, even if we are simply copying the art. Scaling the figures, positioning them, and shading them appropriately is very important. This can only be done accurately if we create some outline sketches, and play along with them for a while.
My drawing today isn't very good, but then again I'm not very good at drawing more than two people in a scene, since I tend to get distracted by the presence of any third party. And as a result (you will notice this later), I have completely destroyed Sohma Yuki's character.
Firstly, I draw some weird figure outlines, like here -
Then comes the drawing, dark outlining and detailing, carefully avoiding facial features which need to be drawn with an extremely light colored pencil. (Yes, I've skipped quite a few steps)
The eyes and nose should set in with the correct proportion.
Followed by, some colors! I'm just testing the waters here, and I usually like starting from the right. =) The medium is a 6-color pencil (water soluble) set. It's really simple :P
And finally we are done! This looks exactly like random fan art, thanks to the many inaccuracies my inexperienced hands have cast upon this pretty scene. No thanks to the damaged Yuki-kun (guy at the left) for looking like an old man. #hurtconfidence :P
Okay, so a little bit, as promised, about today's art work. The picture depicts one of my favorite anime artist's primary creations, Natsuki Takaya's Fruits Basket. In this picture, the characters present are (from left) Sohma Yuki, Honda Tohru and Sohma Kyou. This scene is really precious to me, because it doesn't happen in the manga. It is actually a cover for Chapter 10 of the series.
Yuki and Kyou aren't really the best of friends, and seeing them smiling together in one frame is impractical. But I love the friendship between the two Sohmas and Tohru, because it is reminiscent of the friendship I have in college. It's truly an unbeatable bond, albeit being quite unrealistic. I mean, one overly virtuous girl meeting two impossibly hot guys, what are the freaking odds?!?!
Anyways, I'm really happy I could do one colored art work - now I'm looking forward to buying a 24-color pencil set to actually work a few more wonders.
Also people, please read this manga. It's one of the most heartwarming (and heart-wrenching ) reads. You can find it at >>> Fruits Basket @ Mangareader
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