What are the steps to drawing a Professional Manga?
For more detailed drawings and finer lines we suggest that you draw first in a bigger size and then reduce afterwards. We likewise suggest that preliminary drawings be done in pencil. Afterwards, inking begins with COPIC Multiliners SP in about 0.1 or 0.3 mm line width. Go back with a slightly heavier pen (0.5 mm) and thicken any lines you need to. Use a brush last to finish accenting and darkening areas. Once you’ve finished inking, photocopy your work! Then you can go in and use the screen tones preferably on your copy. Screen tones are a see-through sticker that you cut to add precise shading, effects, and backgrounds to your work. A black & white photocopier will pick these designs up nicely, where pencil shading, markers, or watercolors wouldn’t show up as smooth. Then photocopy your work again. This is your finished black & white for Manga purposes. If you want to colour your image, don’t colour your original, colour only copies! For the nicest coloring surface, make your copies
