Once upon a time, a batch of us decided to redraw the first book of Detective Conan page by page into a Zine. And it was good.
Once upon a closer time, another batch decided to do the same with the first book of Magic Kaito. And it was good.
Why, then, not take the magic a little further still? Why not stroll around Tumblr and beyond, see how many of you like the idea of doing it with some real pillars of Shonen and Shoujo? 2026 has a whole bunch of Big anniversaries coming up, one after another...
So if this summer you think you'd like to put your pen and tablet to a certain boy's first Transmutation... a certain Pharaoh's first Shadow Games... a certain Princess's first Moontiara... and many, many more...
Just click on this interest form and make your vote heard! Enough artists interested in any of these (or a series of your own choosing!) and we'll take the effort to launch its very own Redraw zine!
Soo first of all I loovee your art it just captivates me everytime I see it and I canāt look away!All the little details and just everything really looks amazing!! šāØ I can imagine how much work and effort goes into them, it really shows by how good they are!
So I was wondering if you have any tips on how to draw your charakter engage with the world around them and how to draw backrounds in general bc thatās somerhing I reaaally struggle with, but you pull it of amazingly it always looks soo good so I was hoping if you have any tips or trick, but ofc if you donāt have the time you donāt have to answer! š«¶
Anyways have a great day/ night and enjoy yourself!
Thank you so much!!! I think one of the main parts of drawing characters in a background/environment is actually starting with the intention/idea of where and what you want them to be! also never be afraid to use references backgrounds!!!! More below (long ramble sorry) ā¬ļø
Iām gonna do a little case study on my own art bc I think that might be helpful. As I said before, I think a lot of the times we may have an idea of what we want our characters to be doing but donāt really think about where or why they would be. I really like drawing backgrounds so most of the time Iām the opposite and have to figure out what my guys should be doing there which is lowk why so much of my art is just ppl standing around in various places š anyways onto the study
Since this was a gift, there were prompts already given and I chose smth abt legend and fable dealing with daily royal life. So from there I started thinking abt what I like seeing in their dynamic and then sorta decided I like seeing legend be an annoying sibling to fable and to include royal duties I thought maybe theyād have to do paperwork together and legend would complain abt that! From there I kinda figured well if the theyāre doing paperwork I guess it should be in an office/desk area and should be regal and nice. I wanted to draw them sitting, so I found this reference:
I feel like it has a nice royal castle-ish vibe so I cropped it to the table area and then put legend and fable there doing their paperwork
I draw a rough sketch first just to get posing down and layout and then move onto lineart/cleaned sketch. Sometimes I just roughly trace the ref for the rough layout and figure out the details later bc Iām lazy š¤·āāļø Then colors which I mainly bs my way thru and use curves a bunch to adjust it to smth I like better
I like coloring the background first and then the characters and doing the characters in a lower opacity brush so they blend more into the bg and it looks cohesive. Again adjustment layers are goated for this.
Then I render everything and adjust colors and curves more and Iām done!
Iāve been drawing backgrounds for a long time so Iāve got a lot of practice! Doing studies also really helps me improve. Hopefully this was helpful and not just a long incoherent ramble
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