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)
>> PENS (DIP, PEN)
WHERE 2 DRAW Dip Pens (check your local craft store- look for
inking or drafting nibs, not calligraphy)
>> IRL: EVERYWHERE! Japanese Nibs: Tachikawa G Nib, Zebra Nib
>> ONLINE >> PENS(BRUSHES & OTHERS)
Paint Chats - Nikos, Tegaki-e, Oekaki Boards
(I have one up at http://www.squidsalad.net/oekaki), Pentel Pocket Brush Pen, Sumi Brushes,
MangaBullet, Deviantart, Cgsociety.org, Conceptart.org Bamboo Sketching Pens
INKING MATERIAL >> MULTILINER PENS
RECOMMENDATIONS Sakura Pens, Copic Multiliners

>> PAPER >> ADDITIONAL

Borden & Riley Bleed Proof Paris Paper,
Rice Paper, Bristol Board, Manga Paper
>> INK
Sumi Ink, India Ink, Higgins Eternal Ink
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