

Ron Kaulfersch, creator of “Van Von Hunter” said, “Manga Studio has given me the chance to experiment and refine my manga toning techniques without having to invest the time, expense and effort of working with traditional hand-applied screen tones.” Beginning this summer, 30 newspapers in the US and Canada will be begin a TOKYOPOP manga series titled, “Van Von Hunter”, which is created with Manga Studio.

TOKYOPOP manga is now appearing in the Sunday comic section of many major US and international newspapers such as the LA Times, the Detroit News and the Vancouver Sun. Two versions of the software are available Manga Studio DEBUT, for the aspiring artist or hobbyist and Manga Studio EX for those that require expert tools and professional results in one software package. Manga Studio was originally created in Japan as ComicStudio and has become the #1 selling manga software in Japan and worldwide.

Once the manga or comic artwork is completed, it can be printed from any computer, sent to a service bureau for publishing, formatted for the Web or exported for coloring. Some of the features included in Manga Studio 3.0 are the software’s large selection of screen tones, single-click special effects, drag and drop tools, word balloons and floating palettes. e frontier is partnering with TOKYOPOP, the #1 publisher of manga in the U.S, to release Manga Studio 3.0 in the United States. Manga Studio contains everything needed to create high-quality, manga-style comics without the use of other graphic software. E frontier announces the release of Manga Studio 3.0, a manga and comic book creation software program designed for aspiring and professional artists. This article originally appeared in ImagineFX, the world's best-selling magazine for digital artists. A trip full of learning, discovering, creating and of course, mistakes as well. My social media platforms are a journal of my artistic journey. And unless I upload the drawing online it’s likely that I'll come back to it and waste more time. These steps are: adding a little more Color or Glow Dodge (like the bokeh lights you can see in the picture adding a Color Balance Layer and adding a signature. What helps me to walk away from the drawing (when I'm unable to grasp that I don't need to create a masterpiece every time I draw) is my list of things I can do to help close the chapter. Am I finished? Should I add more? Does it look good? Can it look better?

Often I'll blast through the entire illustration process, then sit in front of the canvas adding and deleting layers for hours, only to end up exactly where I started.
