Thursday 6 June 2013

How to look 35 years-old

Last night, the following is one of the topic came up during me & David Balndy's manga workshop.
"How to draw 35 year-old character?"

One of the pupils Dominic told us that the colour contrast of the face would be one of the key elements of aging look: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0057985

What I think was there should be 3 more elements (see the image for an example) :

1 - Rounder the cheek lines younger she looks
2 - Smaller nose, mouth & shoulders, but bigger eyes & ears for a baby-face effect
3 - Bonier the face older she looks

35 years-old is a tricky age to visualise well, the character should'nt look too young like teenager, but not too old!
I normally combine above method to control the look of character's age.

Wednesday 5 June 2013

Tonight at Brighton...

From 6pm onwards, Inko & David Blandy will serve you a Manga workshop at Phoenix Gallery in Brighton!
I will give away too many tips on Manga creations in this workshop.
Of cause this is also a good introduction & experience for Manga beginners! Booking available online.

It's £10 for 3 hours workshop - at White room in Phoenix Gallery, Brighton.

If you have questions on using specific materials (paints, thick markers, fine black markers, digital tools, etc...) this is a chance to know how you apply those onto your comic creations.

Or if you would like to try a certain style of drawing manga characters - such as Chibi, Samurai actions period drama, Yaoi, Yuri, personifications, etc.., now is the chance!

http://www.phoenixbrighton.org/events/manga-comic-book-drawing-new-with-david-blandy-and-inko-june-2013/