Today's episode is inking a scene.
I'm going to ink this image with fineliners.
Traditionally, a lot of people use nib pens with ink.
But when I started drawing manga style
all that traditional, very traditional, material is quite expensive and I need to use something more accessible.
Also I like that the Fineliner has got more stiff line.
The important thing is just to do it carefully
but at the same time, I don't want to lose the dynamics of the line as well.
It's kind of difficult to talk while inking because I almost stop breathing.
So the hair around the face is a kind of framework which is good to start with because
it sets what you have to fit inside of it.
I'm extremely careful when I'm adding eyes because it gives a life to the character.
Eyes are also very important to give a facial expression to the character.
When you are drawing hair it's same as when you're drawing the body, think about section by section.
I have to kind of go back and forth
to face, hair and then costume around the neck because it's all overlapping each other.
And now, I'll give me at little ear.
You have to be really careful not to smudge the line you've already done.
some parts you need to draw really quickly in one go
to not kill the dynamics of the line.
Because this character is wearing heavily woven kind of material
I don't add too many creases because if you add too many creases the material
it looks like the material of the costume looks like a elastic or something or too soft.
So you have to think about what kind of material your character is wearing
and change what kind of line you're using.
Now I need to start adding a little bit of background, going back to the character
background, going back to character that kind of thing.
When you are inking for the line using a ruler,
I recommend to flip the ruler
because there is a little gap here so I recommend you to you that side not
like straight side when you're drawing the line.
Inking is actually fun, erm, not fun
it is relaxing to compare with making a storyboard or thinking
about script or story because when I'm making stories, scripting and then doing
a storyboarding. I cannot listen to any music especially the one with the lyrics.
I cannot listen to that kind of music
but when I'm inking I don't have to worry about that much so I can listen to
the music enjoying and then just the challenging my skill every time. So it's cool.
Okay.
Then go back to the body.
I will double check if the hands are really okay.
Spending time on hands I think it's because
the eyes show the emotion maybe most but Hands is close second.
So, the character's hands shows what kind of character that person is
I think it's always good to pay attention to when you are drawing hands.
And I think it's quite good idea to draw hands not on one go like this
but separate it with joint to joint.
If you draw hands in one go it quite often your character's hand looks like
wearing rubber gloves or something.
The tail.
Because it is a fluffy tail I'll keep this short stroke roughness.
Okay, so most of the part was inked for the character. So I will add the background.
So you need a lot of patience to do the background.
So there are some great manga artists whose background work is absolutely beautiful
and I really, really respect those people.
My style is quite, people say, flat.
It's kind of a clear line with almost flat colouring.
I like that clean cut line of that wood cut print of the Ukiyo-e style
so I love the association with that kind of idea but I also like modern things as well obviously.
So yeah it's a mixture of things I get inspired from.
So the line drawing part is almost done
so before going to adding detail I will erase a little bit of this blue area because it's slightly distracting me.
Many people I think after they finish inking scan the images and then
the rest of the part they gonna do it digitally so you don't have to worry
about too much erasing those through blue initial sketching but just for the sake
of me, easy to look at, I erase a little bit.
I think you should use erasers not like this
but more short stroking you know kind of way, almost like tapping.
And wipe.
Because there is a moon and then suppose the inside of the house is dark
so I'm thinking about the light source is here going from backward from
the back of the character. So think about where the shadow will be.
You don't have to draw hair streak all over but concentrating on where the big flow is.
Okay, so I'm adding the black black area.
Only add the darkest area of the colour over the area and the section
and maybe just add a few lines to indicate that this section,
in this case, this...thing is dark in colour
Before I even start drawing I think about this character's hair is black colour
or character wearing dark coloured trousers or that kind of thing.
Again, when I'm working at home, I do this kind of thing digitally.
I quite like just not put all over black but I give a little bit of
texture like here, here, here.
So I use this technique on sky, night skies.
I'll reshape the moon with black and maybe a little bit of
texture on here and also if I'm doing a digital Iwill scan it and then
give a tone here and maybe inside of this character and around here to make
sure that moon is shining behind him and there is a shadow and probably his only
his eyes are shining that kind of effect.
Hey thanks for watching! Next Thursday, yes, we have another one for you this one
is Obada-San. He's going to take us into a journey about how to translate
manga into Arabic in particular Captain Tsubasa. So Thursday, BM Channel, be there.