Nyxnine

Sorry, just curious, was this drawn by you and other members of AF? They're all very unique. Kae's expression is fun, and the tone difference with understanding light and shadows look good Red's is also nice, but needs more work on line difference, or contrast in colors so it pops more.

That's pretty cool, what happens though when you want to use the softer side of the shaved down lead. Is there a way to prevent it from turning? I've never heard of this before. It sounds awesome for doing line work, but maybe harder for shading.

Color theory becomes really important for artists who want to delve into use of colors (people who do advertising and design), BUT, like everyone says manga's don't really use colors inside your actual panels (unless its a special addition, cover, or inlays usually the cost of time would make that specific manga pretty expensive). Generally you would use tones/screentones/overlays and you can definitely take on your own personal style (sharper lines, contrasting weight difference when it comes to more dynamic pictures). Also, if you DID want to add color to your work, you could just choose one highlighting color - no shades or highlights. For example if you were writing a horror story you could throw in red as a bold pop to important scenes. Most of the time, if you are actually working in the comic industry you would take on one role within the whole comic making process. For example, if you work for DC comics, you could take on the role of just doing the inking of an image. Then it would get sent to a colorist and then it would get sent to a typographer to do lettering. (This is for big ongoing comic stories). However, if you did your own comic online like mentioned @Ryan Dave Jimenez , your work really could be overlooked because of the lack of color....even if the story is well made. I personally think that solely depends on the format the comic takes as this isn't always the case - strip comics reading from top to bottom in a line... unless the work is dynamic, would be not as interesting as colored work. Anyways, please don't give up dreams to become a comic artist. Being able to do color would be an asset but not a requirement. As mentioned, you could always hire someone to color for you, OR find a friend you could collaborate with.

Oh fun, I suck at Guitar Hero but always enjoy it nonetheless. Ahh you're more into sports games. I've played COD but I feel like I'm going cross-eyed everytime lol, FPS in general. I like to play games like League of legends, Final Fantasy, Borderlands. I'm more of a PC player though.

I'm not as cool as you XD what does pfp mean? Profile pic? LMAO I feels old now. IF SO - thank you I was playing around with tablet for settings haha Is there a decent amount of Canadians on here?

My favorite cosplay so far has been as Luka Megurine from Vocaloids Magnet. I love having pink hair and tend to gravitate to those characters haha I didn't fully make my cos but ended up thrifting and altering most of it. The headphones I purchased online and they were pretty cheap. That being said it was my second time ever doing it and it made me confident enough to want to try again and improve. (Plus the con I go to is super positive when it comes to cosplayers new or old). I also got to meet Yuu Asakawa that day ^^; I'm a bad con go-er. I don't pay attention to events as much as I should. So I was very excited hahah.

Welcome to the forums. I'm new as well so I can't give you any real suggestions. Butttt, its cool you like to game. What do you play? ^^

Thanks Ohiotaku, I'll check out those threads...and yeah, I'm now wishing I had looked into posting better. I see some people had galleries LOL I feel like I spammed with my work. I assumed it would categories it together. That's cool that they do competitions though I started getting back into anime once more shows started popping up on Netflix and Amazon hahah at that point I ended up logging into crunchyroll again. The new art styles are so clean. Any who, thanks again for the welcome ^^v

I love drawing physically and then making edits on the computer. HOWEVER, I used my friends ipad pro and I must say....I really want one. Its so natural. He uses procreate. I hope to get the same natural fluidity I have drawing by hand someday replicated on my tablet. Currently I use a Huion tablet with Krita. I would love to draw/see on screen though its still to unnatural for me. I feel more creative with a pencil and paper - like reading a physical book over an ebook.

Hi, I'm new to the forums. I used to frequent another anime forum back in the day, however, their user frequency has gone down quite a lot over the years. It's been a long time since I've been on a forum. Thought it would be neat to meet new people, find out whats happening in the anime/manga scene and see how this site is. I love anime and manga, video games, drawing, and writing, and music. Sooo, I suppose, any topics/threads anyone would recommend for me to check out? Thanks Nyx