I started using alcohol markers about 20 years ago, as I found the vibrant colours and smooth look I could achieve with them matched well with my style. A lot of Japanese manga artists have used ...

His passion: drawing manga, the Japanese-style comic books that are soon to be in a store near you. For this, Yamamoto gave up a regular 9-to-5 office job as a graphic artist.

YP reporter Kelly Ho tries her hand at manga-style drawing. ... You can find a lot of frames in a manga in which the artist zooms in on the characters’ eyes or mouths to reveal their inner thoughts.

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Kyoto Animation is one of Japan’s most famous anime studios. Besides its shows, the studio is famous for another thing: large eyes. This piece ...