Thanks @snakker! If it wasn't obvious already, I love all these exagerated styles from manga, anime and comics. Lots of fun to work with.
Lucky me, had some time to make some progress over the weekend!
Term 4
3 of 10 character studies!
And when thinking of anatomy and muscles, there is hardly a better subject than Dark shine from one punch man! For all his appearances, it was actually hard to find a pic of him at full body.
Reference:
![](https://d1s0ws440m13mk.cloudfront.net/original/4X/4/e/4/4e4f018cc9fd00d12c7c5b99d467b25033a453f0.png)
Study:
![](https://d1s0ws440m13mk.cloudfront.net/original/4X/c/1/8/c18b0c5f94a95b837fecb8b28e5aa2bd28abf3c0.png)
I tried to change rendering to something a bit more interesting, and make him a bit more menacing. Also tried to give him a bit more of that shine he is known for in the manga. It was a lot of fun to work on this one actually, it was like doing a standard muscles exercice. Though if i'm honest, due to the pose it was just matter of working on one side, mirroring it and then adjusting a few things to get the pose to work.
I guess I really like working with anatomy, which is why I end up doing some fanservicy work lately. I mean, Dark shine is not as fanservicy as much as he is exagerated (unless you're into big bulging muscles, to each their own), but still.
Manga
One more page done! pg 4 of 14 from chap 31!
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1) Got some interesting feedfack in the discord. It seems people reading comics online tend to do so on mobiles or portables, so I need to start making sure things are more readable in those devices. "Clarity over artistry" I always say. For starters, I'm lowering opacity on shadows, and high contrast shadows on low scale seem to get a bit weird and distracting. I can't really change lettering for this chapter, but I'll have to look into that as well for future drafts. In general I just need to start taking this into consideration.
2) I'm considering moving to the high contrast ink style manga traditionally uses, as it seems it's more readable in different mediums. I do enjoy the various grayscales style I'm using though. And we'll also see how other hostings or printing works, so I'll see how I adapt things moving forward. Quite a bit to think about.
3) For this page specifically, I really liked how Sari is all serious, thinking all this points to discuss with Iris. Very deep in thought about talking with Iris about Seki (hence the zoom on her face), only to have Iris casually break the ice with the same topic. I just thought it was funny xD.
4) Trying to be subtle on how Iris shows emotions, a bit of conflict as she speaks. Maybe it's a bit too obvious. Regardless, I think it clearly paints the picture of how the whole situations is also challenging for her.
5) Gota love those exagerated Manga expressions. They're a lot of fun to work with. Sari is getting some serious face workout this chapter.
That's all for now, it's almost 2 am over here. Need to get some shut eye to work tomorrow.
Thanks for stopping by! Have a great week! Cheers!