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Hello there, just wanted to share some wisdom as I was recently asked how I do some of my effects in Manga Studio. 

This is not a set-in-stone technique, nor is there a right or wrong way to make stylized smoke. Just passing on what I know!

basic structure of human body

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Sorry if someone has already asked this but can you show us a colouring tutorial please?

ya take a babi

color da babi

make a fuckin uhhh multiply/shade layer then u take ur fuckin sai marker brush

pick a shading color or something

cel shade that motherfucker

but be messy with it, literally just go fucking ham, dont be too precise and don’t make it look so clean

ysee that residue there? yea man, it looks really messy but it also kinda looks like a painting right

make a screen/luminosity layer on top of the multiply layer

then ya pick a lighting color

then u do the same thing as earlier

bam you got,,, a child

this is the simple n easy way i do it, i got more complicated ways but hewe u go

OH YEAH HERE’S MY PEN SETTINGS

I know I asked this before but honestly i’m desperate, how do you draw folds? I understand pressure points and everything but I still can’t draw them. T^T

ACK! So sorry! Anyway. Tbh it’s a bit hard? But not to the point where you’ll get super frustrated. That’s why I didn’t emphasize this. Also it’s hard to explain but here are the rules I gathered: 

- Remember direction. Observe real clothes and understand the type of objects that will push or pull the cloth.

- practice on random lines/ziggy zags and make them the fabric. After you make random shapes or lines, give them the folds. Limit the folds! Large fabric and small objects, MORE folds. Small fabric and large objects, LESS folds. Equal, only NECESSARY folds. 

- The type of the fabric will always also limit your drawing of folds.

- KNOW YOUR OBJECTS. BE PATIENT. Don’t just copy references of folds all the time. Try to understand the objects first that will affect the clothe and make folds. So in any angle you’ll make folds you don’t need to worry. But do lots of observing. There’s so much pictures in Google that’s easier to determine folds. Good luck! 

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Ey yo!! Kathy, do you have tips to learn to draw faster? I know artists have a unique pace but it's pretty embarrasing that it takes me a week to draw something small n simple.. I want to be a cool artist that posts at least once every 2 or 3 days ;;

as you practice drawing more, and learn more art stuff (like anatomy, composition, gestures, coloring, shading, etc), you’ll get faster since you won’t spend as much time on every single step. eventually, you’ll figure out what works and what doesn’t, and you’ll be able to use that knowledge with future drawings. tbh i’ve always been a pretty fast sketcher, but i guess something that i always do is that i keep my sketches extremely vague and loose looking, and i finalize and draw in details along the way. my final drawings sometimes change really drastically from my initial sketches, but that’s because i’m not afraid to adjust my drawings as i line more. here’s an example of my progress to give an idea of how i draw

also goals are always something you’ve just gotta work up to! everyone has their own pace with drawing, and their own pace with learning. it’s hard not to compare yourself with everyone around you, but you just gotta do you, you feel me?