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
4 Comments
Keyon Jones 01 Jan 2009
amazing workMaría Paz Fernández 29 Sep 2008
why does she have to wear fur to be elegant?... is pretty but that question pop in my head.. :pSharon Gonzalez 20 Sep 2008
VERY INCREDIBLE WORK, VIVIANE. WOW.Emily Reed 20 Sep 2008
Radiant! exquisite!