June 2008
Intermediate to advanced
256 pages
5h 12m
English
Traditional manga is printed in strict black and white on paper that’s not the highest quality in the world. Not only are you working without color, you’re often working without shades of grey. That means everything needs to be toned or shaded in black and white in order to provide contrast and definition to the panel. Toning and shading are interchangeable terms; we use both words throughout the chapter to mean the same thing.
While in the past you may have had to cut out tones from a toning sheet and paste it on the drawing, those days are long gone. Computer-based shading is now the manga standard, and Manga Studio ...
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