whew how sweet! A manga thread on nairaland! Whew, so much nice work here. Thank you Gamine for statting the thread (AND FOR BREAKING THE BARRIER, NOT ALL GOOD MANGA ARTISTS ARE GUYS!) In fact MOST successful manga artists are women! (at least in Asia, ) Ever hear of CLAMP Studios, all women!. But I stray from da topic,
want to congratulate so many nice works I see here (love Naija Boy). There is a nice free drawing and animation prog you can d/l at serif, search serif/DrawPlus. There are two, the 6.0 costs about $10 but the 4.0 is free and has plenty to work with. Those of you who are serious about your manga also check out newtype.com. That's the manga/animation industry's world's largest magazine (and they DO publish unknowns and you can submit by email so you don't lose your original. I had the good fortune to get published in April 2006 issue, I will upload the scan soon as my scanner speaks to me again so you can see it.) And yeah, I'm not only female, I'm over 40 and still drawing manga like a maniac. CHEERS!

@ Kemji,
At the risk of being fried the moment I arrive on scene I have to add my two cents worth. Your character isn't all that flawed. First, in almost EVERY MANGA in Asia, there is at least one "gender-challenged" character, so the lipstick is an option. Yes there are both Chinese and Japanese elements in his sword and clothing (and for those of you who don't think a woman can know about samurai weapons guess again, I am a student of Kendo, "The way of the Sword", that's SAMURAI swordplay the OLD FASHIONED WAY, plus I collect swords, knives, and just about anything sharp that can be thrown, LOL). But that dichotomy of style is cool too, the lead character in Samurai Champloo is a scruffy samurai that looks more like he's break dancing or doing caporeira than traditional swordplay, and his clothes are whatever he happened across that was clean. So while some valid criticisms were made, you don't necessarily have to change your character. Oddballs work, especially in manga. As for his name, well, you have a LOT going on there meaning-wise. "hei" in Japanese means "army", but yoshi, that's just a turtle from the Mario Bros. games. If it had been Heihachi, then it would either mean "adopted child of the army" or "army of chopsticks" depending which you want to go with (my guess would be the adopted child thing, though if you are keeping the oddball aspect, the chopsticks could work too, lol). Mitserugi is a sword STYLE (as per Kenshin), Ken literally means sword, mitserugi means pretty close to abandoning or forsaking (as in Kenshin's forsaking the style that kills and embracing the reverse-blade sword) Lou is def a Chinese surname. If you want to be consistant in the Japanese vein, at least with your name, my advice is google a Japanese dictionary that gives both English and Roman-ji (that's phonetic spelling of what the Japanese characters say, how to say the word). Then you get both the sound you want AND the meaning too.
Anata wa shukufuku o inoru desu, (that's "I ask Divine Blessings for you")

Mrs Cool T. lol

that is sooo awesome, ur lightyears ahead of me!

finally a mentor!!!.lol

it was so nice to see ur post

it has given me a new boost of energy to keep my drawing on

ive applied for my masters at academy of art san francisco, cn u giv me the
name of any good art n graphics school.

thank u soooooo much )

Gamine:


ive applied for my masters at academy of art san francisco, cn u giv me the
name of any good art n graphics school.

Vancouver film school

lol.

We were just pulling Kemji's legs. He has the patience of a saint and we were trying to see if we could get him worked up by badmouthing his obviously pretty cool character. Of course he didn't take the bait!

He's different from most artists- he's good natured and doesnt take criticisms to heart!



Mrs. T:

On translations, Isn't Yoshi a common japanese name? I thought the turtles from the mario games were called koopas? And doesnt Mitsurigi mean honorable sword or something, There's at least one character called Mitsurugi in soul blade. Kenshin's sword style was 'hiten mitsurugi ryu or 'soaring heaven honorable sword school' wasn't it? And is there really a connection between mitsurugi and the way of repentance? Afterall, there are other hiten mitsurugi ryu practitioners that kill without qualms (seijiro hiko anyone), and I do understand that the ama kakeru ryu no hirameki was originally supposed to be unavailable to people with Kenshin's self-deprecating philosophy? , meh, too much anime,

aack

this manga talk is explosive!!!

i checked out vancouver, imnottoo keen on canadian schools tho

Which one is Vancouver? Just buy a few books on how to write comics and start practicing.
Practice makes perfect, especially in art. You of all people should know this already. Vancouver ko.

;d

Seun, i never knew you can react like this.
what did vancouver do to you?

lol


Dont mind that Seun

i wonder who told him i only want to do comics!!!

Gamine:

i checked out vancouver, imnottoo keen on canadian schools tho

Seun:

Which one is Vancouver? Just buy a few books on how to write comics and start practicing.
Practice makes perfect, especially in art. You of all people should know this already. Vancouver ko.

adjain:

Seun, i never knew you can react like this.
what did vancouver do to you?

you guys are quite funny,

NSNA

my comment wasnt funny ok.

Canada holds no pleasure for me.

lol. . .

whuts funny about this thread!!

whuts funny about this thread!!

Your dry jokes

zPixel:

Your dry jokes

Gamine has black belt in Taekwando and 'Chow Pow'. . . get ready to receive your first butt whuppin' from a beautiful girl. . .

ha ha heh he heh

Grafikdon there was no need stating the obvious

i can assure that at dis moment he has been dealt with

Gamine:

ha ha heh he heh

Grafikdon there was no need stating the obvious

i can assure that at this moment he has been dealt with

No wonder my homeboy Pixel vanished into thin air. . . those mango sized bumps on his head (as a result of butt/head whuppin') gotta take a while to heal. . .

lol

Hi all, just back from the NYSC prison called "Orientation Camp" Which features 3 weeks of gruelling hardcore live gaming activities which puts you fully into the heat of the action with live Soldiers snapping at your heels and poor facilities which looks like something out of "Black Hawk Down". Anyways, we survived as usual and we're back to the good life.

Thanks Cool Mrs T. for all the helpful manga advice, you really have put years into it.

Kudos to Gamine for starting the thread in the first instance.

To the rest of the gurus, keep it up!

Cheers

wow!!! not been on this thread for ages now. . .howzit goin all?

I'm not rily into animation. I draw portraits. I'll post 1 soon.
Any tips though on animation?

any naruto fan art out there?

You guys are really talented. Your drawings are spectacular, keep up the good work . _{I wish I could draw}

grafikdon, i must say that i find your work amazing and i 'd like to meet you some how.you can send me a text on 08062789511. i am also a art person although studying computer sc in school. i ll be expecting your message

from scanned drawing to "inking" in coreldraw, to coloring and shading in photoshop

Artboy

fine fine

i need a scanner in my life o
its hindering me progress

Artboy:

from scanned drawing to "inking" in coreldraw, to coloring and shading in photoshop

I've gotta try that sometime too.

Good job!

Cheers

Here's another one, tried to get the "comic book" effect (but didn't quite cut it), and yes I know he's faceless!

law breaker you again ur making me feel like have been playing for the past few years (which i have)
anyway see wat i did
painted by me and drawn by some guy on the net

justbones:

law breaker you again your making me feel like have been playing for the past few years (which i have)
anyway see what i did
painted by me and drawn by some guy on the net

Oga Justbones,
I need tips O! Tell me how you do your thing. For starters, I've downloaded Adobe Photoshop CS2.

Cheers

@justbones: wicked coloring! its pretty close to digital painting. I've always wanted to do som'n like that. keep it up.