Without color, manga artists need additional elements to embellish their art, and these kinds of details can be really effective in black-and-white comics. Many shoujo manga comics are in black and white, owing to the fact that these comics can be pumped out quickly and cheaply. See how beautiful the Pentagon and Star Fill bubbles look with color? Adorbs. Then, she added some washes of pretty-in-pink color. Michelle Li in the SketchBook office drew this gorgeous shoujo girl for us in black and white, which is traditional and expected. Flowers are a very prominent motif in shoujo (especially cherry blossoms). Think Sailor Moon, first loves who need to be kissed, promises that need to be kept, and cute boys who need to be figured out. Think girls daydreaming with sparkles everywhere. The story lines and art style is more romantic. Shoujo manga is often exploring and celebrating the innocent beauty of girls and young love, so it’s not usually laced with overt sexual themes like some manga can be (e.g., hentai). Shoujo girls will often have long, flowing hair. In shoujo manga you’ll definitely see the big, expressive eyes that are a hallmark of manga generally. This new brush set is based on a particular type of manga that has a lot of these kinds of effects: shoujo. Shoujo is basically “comics for girls.” It’s a particular style that’s aimed squarely at pre-teens who are in that awkward late-middle-school-aged time of figuring out just what kind of person they might be someday. This time around, we’re going with a manga inspired set of brushes for adding all kinds of dreamy and beautiful atmosphere to your drawings. Every Monday, we give out a free brush set to SketchBook Pro users, and we’re following up last week’s very well-received Korean Storybook Art Brush Set with another exploration of an art style with Asian roots.
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