Clarity #3

I can't recall what this manga (or "manwhah"?) is called ('Veil'? I think?) but I love this author's line theory. I don't know if they use traditional tools or if they just have a digital pen brush with a certain degree of "bleed"--either way their lines are so crisp and so deliberate and expressive that they radiate character. For the occlusion under her neck, I just outlined the shadows with Kyle #1 , to simulate a core shadow and then toggled my pressured sensitivity when I blocked out the space. For the hat I did, basically, the same technique, adding a core shadow and, with the eraser tool in my Kyle brush set, a modest bounce light. As for the general line art, I started with the general outline, with Kyle #1 at 15, and then swiped in the finer interior details with the same brush at 10 with pressure sensitivity switched on. Nothing tricky.

This artist, because of the amount of bleed in their initial pen strokes (or brush?) they tend to tapper their strokes, connecting two fat spots of ink with a fine line; but they're skilled, so they capitalize on the bleed typically by using their fat spots to represent minor points of occlusion in their clothing folds. As an aside, I think this artist was inspired formatively by Monkey Punch of 'Lupin' fame, their style is very reminiscent of his, but, they could be inspired by original New Yorker cartoonist that supposedly inspired MP. That's just speculation, though. My money's on them being inspired by bandes dessinées, Franco-Belgian comics.

The lighting is kept beautifully simple, and solid colors are juxtaposed against solid black; which mmmakes me suspect that they are using a digital medium. I absolutely will study their lighting techniques, and very soon.