HOW TO DRAW CHIBI : PEN x INK

WITH ANII AKA TSUBASA-NO-KAMI OF SINGED CAT STUDIOS/SQUIDSALAD.NET FAME

RECOMMENDED READING
>> CHIBI READING

- How to Draw Manga: Sketching Manga Style: #2 Logical Proportions

- MANGA MOODS: 40 Faces + 80 Phrases by Saori Takarai
- Books by Christopher Hart (Manga for the Beginner: Chibis,
Manga Mania Chibi & Furry Characters)

>> PEN & INK

- How to Pen & Ink: The Manga Start-up Guide

- How to Draw Manga Volume 2 Compiling Techniques
Comickers Magazine

ONLINE TUTORIAL RESOURCES

Youtube.com / Livestream / Deviantart / Tumblr

REFERENCE FOR POSES

I have a folder of chibi reference favorites & tutorials on my DA
at http://www.tsubasa-no-kami.deviantart.com/favourites/
http://www.posemaniacs.com
http://www.pixelovely.com/gesture/index.php
Anime Paper for scans
Look up resin figure websites/BJD (ball jointed dolls)
Ask your friends to sit or hop or whatnot for you

DIGITAL PROGRAMS
Open Canvas, SAI, Adobe Photoshop,
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Flash, Corel painter

ONLINE RESOURCES
Many brushes & textures are available on Deviantart.com
http://www.cgtextures.com & http://www.sxc.hu

SUPPLIES ONLINE
dickblick.com (for most everything)
jetpens.com (for pens)
deleter.com (for manga paper)
copicsmarkers.com (for copics)

WHERE 2 DRAW
>> IRL: EVERYWHERE!
>> ONLINE

Paint Chats - Nikos, Tegaki-e, Oekaki Boards

(I have one up at http://www.squidsalad.net/oekaki),
MangaBullet, Deviantart, Cgsociety.org, Conceptart.org

INKING MATERIAL
RECOMMENDATIONS
>> PAPER

Borden & Riley Bleed Proof Paris Paper,

Rice Paper, Bristol Board, Manga Paper

>> INK

Sumi Ink, India Ink, Higgins Eternal Ink

>> PENS (DIP, PEN)

Dip Pens (check your local craft store- look for

inking or drafting nibs, not calligraphy)
Japanese Nibs: Tachikawa G Nib, Zebra Nib

>> PENS(BRUSHES & OTHERS)

Pentel Pocket Brush Pen, Sumi Brushes,

Bamboo Sketching Pens

>> MULTILINER PENS

Sakura Pens, Copic Multiliners

>> ADDITIONAL

Windsor Newton Designers Gauche (Permanent

White), sponges, rubber stamps, manga tones,
Lightbox, pencils and erasers, mechanical pencils
w/blue lead, French curves, ruler, white-out or
correction fluid, airbrush, paper towels