face up

I am still trying to find the right digital tools to make pictures- so I decided to try photoshop again after using sketchbook pro for a bit- I noted the coloring and shading are way more harsh than sketchbook pro- so you need to be aware of the brush setting- and more flexibility with blending modes... but I can use similar process on different layers and I tend to use color more readily in photoshop and better use of masks.. well like always,  I like faces- so here is a small face render in photoshop

fan favorite after Convention

I went to Youmacon, an Anime/manga convention featured in Downtown Detroit, Michigan (Oct 31-Nov 3. )  I was asked to come in and talk about storytelling for comics during an Imaginos Studios Panel.  Even though I was raised off of cartoons, and western comics, I watched my fair share of Starblazers, Battle of the Planets, and cartoons from Rankin and Bass- (i.e.) Anime as well.  So even though I may not fit snugly into the costume crowd of Cosplay, I can really feel for the new generation that were raise from anime and knew about it. Cartoons in the day were repackaged so we did not know they were anime... anyhoo... Here is a tribute image to an anime that I am a fan of-Cowboy Bebop.   Consequently, Shinichirō Watanabe the director of Cowboy Bebop is a fan of western culture and music. That may be why I can relate more to his ova series, Cowboy Bebop and Samarai Champloo.  So here is my shaky attempt to simulate the style made popular by character designer  Toshihiro Kawamoto: