As diva, I had a very tall, extravagant lady like Naomi Campbell in mind. The feathers are pompous and the pearls stand for luxury. In contrast to her wide stole, I drew a long, slim satin dress.
Originally, a cigarette on a long holder was intended for her right hand, but this was a problem, because the book also will be published in USA, where people are very sensitive about bad examples. So I replaced the cigarette by a perfume flacon. None of them smell well. ^^;;

"50 MANGA BABES to draw and paint" is an English How-to-draw book displaying fifty artworks of different women in manga style together with step-by-step illustrations, detailed descriptions and drawing tips.

I had the wonderful commission to draw fifteen of this "babes" (see the right column). I had to comply with this criteria: drawn in manga style, female chara, view of the whole body, related to a topic/character type, no background.

This book is great and I can recommend it to all learning to draw in manga style. It's available at Amazon.

DRAWING MEDIA:
Outlines: black + sanguine Copic Multi-Liner 0,05 mm
Medium: Copic Ciao, opaque white ink
Paper: satined color copy paper; A3 (29,7 x 42 cm); 120g/m²
Time: 7 h

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Read my manga online: gottgauss.viviane.ch