Shiho Miyano "Sherry"

Character of Detective Conan (c)Gosho Aoyama

I was experimenting with different kinds of techniques using PaintTool SAI, also trying to improve my line art. It's not much; the drawing isn't good either but I'm slowly getting a hang on using SAI and the tools.

Here are useful SAI tutorial videos:
Coloring


Line Art

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Detective Conan "Realization" pg5 [doujin]

Here's page 5 of my Detective Conan "Realization" doujinshi. Read previous pages here.

The line art is different now because I drew all the characters with SAI. First, I started with drawing the panels in Manga Studio and then added the background. This way I know where to place my characters. In SAI, I sketched and drew them and deleted the background layer where the characters are positioned. Back in Manga Studio, I added shadows and the speak bubbles. Then in Photoshop I added the text and SFX.

It's a very inconvenient order, but I'm still trying to figure out which techniques work best. (°~°')


Detective Conan (c)Gosho Aoyama
Plot by me

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Detective Conan "Realization" pg4 [doujin]

Here's page 4 of my doujinshi "Realization". ^^ I drew this mainly on Paint Tool SAI, added screentones on Manga Studio, and then added the text with Photoshop. Since I forgot to add the speak bubbles on Manga Studio, I belatedly did that on Photoshop. That's why it looks kinda comic-y and not manga-ish. Sucks! :/

Read previous chapters here.

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Ayumi Yoshida

I drew and colored this with Paint Tool SAI. I just realized that there are a couple tiny flaws in my coloring. UGH! Never mind that. Also, I can't draw skirts and ties well, but I was only focusing on coloring.

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Shinichi Kudo and Ai Haibara

So yeah, I did my first colored manga page on Paint Tool SAI. It took me ages to finish this and I'm still not 100% happy but anyway...
If you're looking for SFX in Japanese, you can find them on The Jaded Network. It's a great site, I can only recommend it. ^^

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