The Manga Me

How to draw Matt Patt from Game Theory

2013-12-03T06:56:00.003+00:00

Here is a quick tutorial on how to draw Matt Pat from Game Theory. This is a continuation of my previous post so with out further delay here is the tutorial.

I will be using photoshop for the quick sketch and illustrator for the line art and colours.

Fist I start off with doing a quick sketch in light blue. Light blue is just about visible but will not get on the way when I ink the piece (using dark colours can make it more difficult when moving on to the final line art as I find it tends to look similar to black ink.

Next I create the line art. In illustrator I use the blob brush tool (cmd + B) and just draw the outlines on the quick sketch. The quick sketch is then removed as I no longer need it.

With the line art complete I then proceed to adding the colours. There are several ways of doing this in illustrator but I use the blob brush tool.

Now it is just the shadows.

Finally I add the background and we are done.

Once again I must encourage you to check out the game theory channel. If you are a fan of video games you will love some of the information and theories.

Game Theory fan art

2013-12-01T18:59:00.001+00:00

I watch a lot of videos on youtube. Currently one of my favourite channels is the Game Theory channel hosted by Mat Pat. Anyway being the geek I am I wanted to show my appreciation for the show by creating some art.

For all those interested in the show here is one of the videos. Enjoy.

Hands study

2013-07-03T08:36:00.001+01:00

Fully rendered manga hands. Took me about 2 or 3 hours to do all 8.

Sketchbook work

2013-06-29T18:32:00.001+01:00

More quick sketchbook work. Figures and hands seem to be improving. Not much more to say, just got to keep going.

Pose study

2013-06-25T19:08:00.001+01:00

Quick posemaniac pose. Some difficult foreshortening. Also trying to get into the habit of drawing hands (still weak at drawing hands)

Quick sketches

2013-06-25T17:26:00.001+01:00

So I am on holiday at the moment so here are some very quick sketches. Currently working on a big project but more on that when I get back home.

Testing out some new toys

2013-06-14T20:31:00.000+01:00

So the other day I descovered the blob paint brush and the live paint tool in adobe illustrator. Well I found I really like those tools and they have sped me up no end. Here is the result of a quick pose I drew.

The finish is really nice but I still need a bit more extra practice. I should have the weekend free so I will play around more then.

manga art work

2013-06-12T19:10:00.000+01:00

Quick sketch finished today. Took about a day.

Getting more comforatble with shading. I need to start working on more interesting designs, oh and hands that face toward you XD.

Singer Sargent study final

2013-06-11T07:14:00.002+01:00

Well I am calling this finished for now. Learnt alot from this study and am ready to move on to more personal studies.

John Singer Sargent study part 3

2013-05-30T18:53:00.000+01:00

Moved on to the face now. Still a long way to go but atleast the colours aren't as muddy as I thought they would be.

Learning alot about my work flow through this study. I honestly did not think I would get this far. Must continue. If I can grasp this then I will have made a huge step forward.

John Singer Sargent study part 2

2013-05-30T08:41:00.003+01:00

Blocked out some basic shades. Kind of pleased in the direction this is going. Need to add darker shades the the skin but at very least we have somewhat of a 3d form developing.

John Singer Sargent Study

2013-05-29T08:52:00.001+01:00

A good artist friend of mine improved his skills by trying to copy specific classic artists. Unfortunately I can only remember one of the artists he studied from (John Singer Sargent) but nether the less I figured that the rest of today (or maybe the week) would be focused on one of his paintings.

This pieces is going to be one of his self portraits. Not really looking forward to his other studies but if it helps me become a stronger artists I will have a go.

I have begun by laying down the base colours and blending the background. No vector shapes were used in the making of this image. To see the original source visit wikipidia an type in John Singer Sargent.

quick sketch

2013-05-28T23:25:00.002+01:00

Just a quick sketch. Wanted to try shading and just wanted to mess around.

1 hour manga pose studies

2013-05-28T18:54:00.000+01:00

Some quick studies from posemaniacs. Trying to get anatomy correct along with shading. The rough time taken on the set was around 1 hour. Quick gestures were done in around 1 minute followed by line art then colour. I am pleased with the effect but still got a long way to go.

Perspective is still a bit of a bugger so I may focus on that tonight.

Anyway here is the image

Quick sketches

2013-05-28T09:19:00.002+01:00

Just some quick sketches.

I need to work on getting neater with my colours :(

Fashion Sketch

2013-05-13T18:13:00.000+01:00

This image took me about a day. I needed to practice clothing so I went to next.co.uk and draw one of the models. This was done in photoshop so no vector lines which is out of my comfort zone.

Redesign in the works

2013-02-24T20:05:00.002+00:00

Greetings all.
We are currently in the middle of a major redesign of this site. You may have noticed the we have a new mascot now. Well here she is.

We will also be working on revamping our google plus page along with a refocusing on featuring both my work and hihglighting manga and anime news from around the web.

On a final note we now have a sponsor in ArtFreck so help support their art book shop here. http://astore.amazon.co.uk/artfreck-21?_encoding=UTF8&node=1

Face Plane Studies

2012-12-17T12:53:00.002+00:00

I wanted to work on understanding shading. One of my main problems was 3D forms so I done some quick planes studies to enhance my understanding.

This also helped me with my tablet control.

More work will come very soon.

Other news

I am reworking artfreck to something really exciting. I should have it finished in the new year.

Quick Manga Skin Shading

2012-12-10T05:36:00.002+00:00

I wanted to test different skin tones and how they effect the look of an image. I quickly mocked up 4 faces and blocked in colours. Here are the results.

Manga Me Facebook Competition Winner!

2012-12-03T17:54:00.005+00:00

Well the Facebook competition was a great success. We had 59 people submit photos to the competition. In the end 1 winner was chosen. Stephen Holman.

Anyway as promised I have spent the last 4 days working on his image and I am pleased with the final picture.

And here is the original image.

Here are the WIPs. (works in progress)

First the rough sketch. Just to give me an idea where everything is.

Next, darker lines are added.

Line art is neatened ready for the colouring.

Base colours are added.

More red is added to the skin and then shadeing soft shading is added.

Background is blocked in then slightly blurred to make Stephen pop out more.

Legs quick draw session

2012-11-13T09:52:00.001+00:00

I was up till late last night on posemaniacs and I made a discovery. I am not confident with drawing legs. Naturally this is a problem that I intend to fix so I decided to go back to the loomis studies and really work on legs.

Hope to get more done tonight.

Samurai Jack Fan Art.

2012-11-12T09:02:00.004+00:00

Imagine FX are holding their Monthly art contest. The brief of the contest is "Kids TV Grown Up" I picked a show that was very close to my heart, Samurai Jack.

For those of you who don't know Samurai Jack was about a samurai who fought an evil wizard. When the final blow was about to be struck the evil wizard (Aku) created a rip in time and flung the samurai into the future. I think the opening explains all you need to know.

This show was like nothing I had ever seen before. The story was extremely well written but the thing that has always stuck in my mind was how experimental it was. The art direction was simply -->
genius but one seen will stick with me as a reminder of what and animated show can do that live action cannot. This is the reason I still watch cartoons.

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The scene left so much of an impact on my and I do think that in a subconscious level it influenced my decision on becoming an illustrator. This is what Samurai Jack was about.

I am so glad that IFX made me relive this precious memory.

So here is my work. I wanted to keep with the vector like style because that was one of the things that gave the show its charm. Along the way I changed the thumbnail, as the composition was not strong enough. The idea was that Jack would be an old man yet his foe would remain very young.

Ideas complete I continued to illustrator. The next part was kind of new to me. Normally I would create the line art here but the thing with Samurai Jack was line art was barely used. The way the characters stood out was through high contrasting backgrounds. This eliminated the need for black lines. -->

The only time I would use lines was if the contrast on its own was not great enough. Examples of this are the chin line and the knee and sleeve of his Gi.

Next I added the facial features. I also added liver spots, wrinkles and grey hair. The moustache was added to aid the composition.

Next I worked on his sword. I wanted to make a small modification with the blade. I gave it a wavy 2 tone look to create an interesting shape. Detail was added to the handle of the sword.

Next I redraw Aku in photoshop to get his expression of pain. I then import that layer into illustrator before working on his outline. I moved his form to emphasize the composition. -->

Next with the drawing of Aku's face I set to work on the details. Most vibrant colours will contrast and stand out against a white background. I also create his flaming eyebrows, beard and I fill in the loser half of his body. Just a simple black for this.

I import this to photoshop and get to work on the finishing touches. The gradient backdrop has noise added to it and I also add shards of Aku's body being flung.

I am really pleased with how this turned out. Much different to my usual work process. I still have a long way to go but this is feels like one of my strongest pieces. I feel more confident with colours now.

I will be working on studies very soon.

Just thought I would post the 2 smaller versions that I will on IFX.

Posemaniac Studies

2012-11-05T08:21:00.001+00:00

Yet more quick Posemaniac studis. This will more than likly go on for a bit whilst I finish off a competition piece. I will upload the Competition piece with walthrough when complete.

Posemaniac studies

2012-10-29T08:45:00.001+00:00

More posemainac studies.

Loomis, Bridgman and Posemaniacs Studies

2012-10-24T17:30:00.000+01:00

I am currently on holiday. This update is just some quick studies over one night. Studies were taken from Loomis, Bridgman and Posemaniacs.
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