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 Designer’s 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