HOW I MADE THE COVER ILLUSTRATION (1)
Added 2018-12-26 15:57:35 +0000 UTCHere is the memo of how I drew the cover illustration of new manga.
1) First of all. A very rough sketch. I drew a rough image of what I wanted to draw. The black color line is the initial idea. Then, changed it to the blue line. I wanted to add some movement there.
2) Those arms were the difficult parts in this illustration. I was having a hard time to grasp the entire image checking the balance.
3) I drew again and again the hip and the arms.
4) I started to add some details. However, still I couldn't make up my mind where those arms should go.
5) Finally, I was getting there. I added more details.
6) I changed his expression. Also I modified the size of his head. In the ordinary manga for straight, I'm sure I don't have to worry about the size of head. However, this is the manga for gay. In gay manga, how one's body look sexually attractive is really important. Up to stage 5, the size was quite natural. It's almost like the view from 35mm camera lens but I needed to change it to add more sexual magnetism. To find the balance to distinguish unnaturalness and attractiveness is always a hard part in gay illustration.
7) As I've almost decided the entire composition, I started cross hatching the shadow of the body. I'd adopted this style couple of years ago because I wanted to add some retro, old style manga feeling in my drawing. Though I couldn't figure out how to draw it effectively for a while, this year, I'd finally found out the fact that this is simply the same way as I used to draw pencil sketch in my art-school days. I really loved pencil sketch (yes, still I do). That was my favorite. I'm sure this style will be the one what Ichikawa style would be.
To be continued.
