Manga Hair

It's important to realize that bangs come out of the hairline. When you visualize or even sketch out the hair line as I have above, the hair will all be uniform and look real.

Make sure that the hair isn't stuck to the skull by giving it some volume (unless your OC has a shaved head). Just a little bit will do- the more cartoony a character, the more volume.

Besides those two basic rules, hair variations have no limits! Here are a few common ones in my style. Instead of illustrating each strand, I organize the hair into 'clumps' that are much easier to tackle.

Remember to mind the HAIRLINE and VOLUME, and to divide the hair into sections. Have at it! here are a a few of my chibi girl characters- notice how there's more volume in a chibi's hair vz. Manga character- and yet they all have noticeable hair sections and a consistent hairline.

January Sketches

Last months works of art... Or art that needs work :`)

 "You Greatness is not what you have, it's what you give." When I feel I have nothing to give, I give a smile. :) I love the My Neighbor Totoro movie! As vital to my childhood story as mud puddles and my first 'I know how to read' books.

New Character! Her look is almost exactly that of Jairshon (Totally stole my own oc), but she's a Technopath superhero! Working on a project with friends to make the Windows applications into a superhero team like the avengers.

Little Riding riding hood illustration I did just for funsies :3

 ^^Me from my webtoon 'not so generic' with my friend Noviden. Her Webtoon is 'Fellow Thoughts'. These are both miniature watercolors- and honestly, I can count the number of times my watercolors turned out alright on one hand- but I love these!

Here my webtoon me, Beckah, from my webtoon is standing in for myself. My birthday was last month! Turned 17 this year! My birthday happens to be on America's National Opposite day. :`)

It's #FANbruary on Twitter! (Follow me, @JustBeckah) For fanbruary, us artists draw our the artists we look up to, or our friends.  Picolo, Senjitoons, Sofiarts- all are great artists. More to come! :D

More Chibi Poses

Here are two sheets of Chibi poses. Chibis are a staple of all manga and are a lot of fun to draw, but a great deal of manga artists just draw them standing around in the same 'cutsie' pose they learned to draw them in. They don't branch out. I make comics with them, so  I need all kinds of positions. Here are some ranging from hands stand, to proposal, to shushing, to holding a baby.
I hope these two sheets will give you an idea of how to change your stationary chibi's into active heroes; to make you go beyond what I've drawn here and draw some of your own poses. :)

December Sketches, last of 2017

 It comes as no surprise that I received new blick markers and sketchbooks for Christmas!

I've been drawing chibis so long, that drawing this regular manga character was a major challenge, especially the legs. The best artist practices all things that they want to become better in!

The four above are OCs of mine, of which Aiden and Rhonda appear frequently throughout this year's posts.

This last one is the OC I drew for a friend from Nanowrimo, a great artist herself. Check out her instagram at SketchCalamity.

Merry Christmas Chibis and ANNOUNCEMENT!!

Merry Christmas to all my friends and family!! I love art, and I'm so proud each time to post and show you all what I've done, and help others of you create your own manga art. Hearing from you makes my day, every day!

It's been a wonderful year, and you were all a part of it

 Thank you for comments, likes on face book, follows, and subscribing to my webtoon!

 Here's a snow ball

... and a cup of hot chocolate to make up for it. :`)

also, I have a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!

My friend Joseph from the webtoon 'Presley' is setting up a live event in honor of Presley's and 

Not-So-Generic's one year anniversary. It will happen on the 20th of January, and be linked here and on my webtoon for my followers there.

Joseph, his artist brother Wesley, and I will be streaming live art, sharing tips, and talking about ourselves and our art like the narcissists we are. :`) I would love to have you there!!

JANUARY 20, 2018!

Again, Merry Christmas!