What I do

Drawing RevengeSarah LintagSummary What do I do?How it beganOld DrawingsIt wasnt easyDigital ArtStep by Step What do I do? Style: Japanese cartoon widely known as manga.Create my own characters.Write my stories.

It startedWhen neighbors wanted to have an art contest. Between me and two other girls.I drew a picture of Olive Oyl from Popeye with her dress pinned.The other girls drew Sailor Moon characters.Was not cool.

After all that messI practiced on my own.I wanted to be better than those girls. Began drawing as a hobby instead of having a hidden agenda (like revenge).Thought I was the bomb at drawing.

I was not the bomb at drawing.

Not dated, but before 2005

2005-2006

2007-2008

2009-2010

2011-2012It wasnt easy.Some drawings took days; others took hours.I wasnt taught how to draw. I winged everything.Researched numerous times, and practiced even more. Started to get seriousMangaka () A Japanese term for someone who draws comics or manga for a living.Also considered being a writer.Found digital art through DeviantArt.Reputation of manga in the art world.Painful discovery of programming.

Digital Art

More recent digital artBut how do I do it?Whenever I draw, I always have music on.This song is called Light Dance by Akira Kosemura. Heres a step by step just to show that it isnt so hard. Or is it? I hate coloring.

Step 1: SketchStep 2: Line art

Step 4: Base color and Composition

Step 5: Background base

Step 6: Started shading

Step 7: Edited some colors

Step 8: Started working on BG

Step 9: Clouds

Step 10: Final touches

Finished!Thanks for listening!