Manga Artists' Guild

A division of the SHS Manga Club* that focuses its attention on members who love to draw in the manga style as much as read it. This blog serves as an art gallery where artists can display their work and other artists, as well as non-artists, can comment and critique. *SHS Manga Club's Blog/Homepage: http://shsmanga.blogspot.com/

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

One Piece of Art

Hey, everyone! Okay, here's an update:


From now on, the Otaku of the Month quiz will be optional, because I got the feeling some of you weren't into it. Also, we have one new piece of art!

I'm fairly sure the artist of this was named Jonell. This is a replication of the cover from an issue of The Green Lantern Corps, and what an incredible likeness! The day I got it, I left it out on my desk, and I can't tell you how many people commented on how good it was. The quality is incredible, and I look forward to seeing more pieces from this artist.

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Sunday, November 22, 2009

New Month, New Anime!

Hey everyone! El Presidente here.

So, it seems as though not everyone is into the Otaku of the Month quiz, which I didn't anticipate, but oh, well. I don't think that far ahead. So, now, if you don't want to take it, you don't have to. But guys, seriously, sharing answers is cheating.

We've got xxxHoLic now! (Pronouced "Holic") It's probably the best anime so far, and we'll probably start quizzing on it, since it's popular already and bound to become more so once you've seen the anime. I know some of you can't make it to the lunch meetings, and for that, I'm sorry, but no one's made any sort of effort to come talk to me and work out an after school one or something like that. If you want it to happen, you have to work it out with me. I don't know what days are good for you. Same with the art class. I'm not psychic, guys, you gotta help me out.

Also, the lack of concept art for the banner is appalling. The lack of art overall is sickening. I've only gotten one piece so far! Come on, guys, I thought I had some artists this year.

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Wednesday, November 4, 2009

WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE!

Hiyo! Guess what?! I'm your new president! So what I'm going to be doing is merging the art blog with the general blog. I'll be sure you know what posts go with what part of the blog. Anyway, welcome back to Manga Club, 2009-2010! Sorry it's kind of late-- I've had some issues getting time to do my various internet chores, but maybe if I got some freakin' art we'd have more posts! *hint hint*

Okay, some quick announcements.

I've had very little feedback on when the art class should actually take place, so I'm going to have two sessions: I'm going to have a lot of open days now, so the after school one will be (guess what) after school! On Club Day, and additional Wednesdays if needed or requested. During school will probably be on Thursday during A Lunch if this doesn't conflict for anyone. Let me know if you need extra days. Would anyone have a problem with the price to take the class being $2? You can bring non-Manga Club members to the class as well.

BRING ART FOR ME, DANGIT.

We're screening "Spiral" this month, and it's pretty funny, so if your dues are in, hit the Computer Lab every Wednesday, A Lunch. If anyone's interested, we can play it during Novice Manga Drawing Class, which will now be abbreviated as NMDC. Rawr. Acronyms for the win.

AAAAART FOR THE BLOOOOG.

I may be starting a contest once I get some art up.

Speaking of Contests, OTAKU OF THE MONTH


ANDREW C.
Congratulations!
K. That's all. Talk to you guys at the meetings.

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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Art Gallery! Again!

Howdy, folks!




It's been a while, but I wanted to submit one more entry before the end of the year. Before we look at our loverly art, I have something I'd like to bring up. An issue, if you will.




Over a period of time while I was absent, I recieved a series of disturbing comments from an anonymous commenter. Though the perpetrator was caught and repremanded, I have to make some changes to avoid a repeat.I had originally allowed anonymous comments so that people from our school didn't have to get an account to post. Now I have to block anonymous comments. Sorry, guys.



Also, I've made it a rule now that I can't post any art that does not belong to the person who gave it to me. Sorry again!




Anyway, on to the art!










This one is mine. The character's name is Rhem, and I plan to use this picture as the cover of my book, once it gets published. Whoot! Also, thanks to Haley C. for her help with the shading.


This is Louramihi, a painting I did. You should really fullview this one. I put a lot of work into the detail.




And this is the partner picture to Louramihi, a painting of her mean cousin, Liuk'Naha. By the way, they're aliens. That's why they're so pale.




This is a work by Haley C. Her name is Vivian and she's a character that is based on the story of the Inheritance Series. Y'know. Eragon? Anyway, you should definitely fullview this one, too. It's absolutely beautiful with it's intricate detail on the dragon egg and the tattoos.





This is by Cas. It's an interesting concept sketch of a wolf with lots of injuries and markings. It makes you want to know the story, doesn't it?






This is a picture by Haley C. that she called "Pretty Dress" on deviantArt. I believe she said this picture was a happy mistake and that originally she was going in a completely different direction. I don't know about her, but I loved the way it turned out and am extremely pleased to have it on my page. I love the bodice and armlets on the dress.





This is another one from Cas. This one, not unlike the last, raises many questions. Where is the boy up top standing? Why does the girl have a knife? How do they know eachother? Why don't I have awesome shoes like that? We may never know. I do know, however, that the detail on the hair is great and the font is really cool.










This is a collaborative drawing between Haley C. and myself. She is a supervillainess-gone-superheroine named Nightmare. She is Gotham's best fighter but also it's worst theif. I did the lines on Nightmare and Haley did the colors and the background. Aren't her little bats adorable?








This is a picture of the Con Man from DeathNote by Nicole J. She is a new artist to the blog, but unfortunatly is graduating, so this is all we get. T-T Anyway, isn't this awesome? There's so much detail on the hair and face.

And this is another work of Nicole J.'s called "Back Off!" It's a simple yet expressive piece with a nice sound effect to bring it home. Also, it makes me think of old Batman comics, and everyone knows that Batman is made of win.
Well, that's it for the year, I guess. If you want to email me pictures over the summer, I'll post those, and I'll continue to post my own work, as well as the work of those I happen to see over the summer. Keep in touch!
Also, I'd just like to mention that I'll be President next year. I'm going to open a news blog so that everyone knows what will be going on. I have yet to ask her, but I'd like Rita, my Vice President, to help me with that.
Anyway, enjoy your summer, everyone! See you next fall!











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Thursday, December 18, 2008

The Meeting+ Some art

RAWR!



I've got many loverly new pieces for you. Since being presented at the Manga Club meeting the other day, I have a feeling we're going to get plenty of publicity now. Now, if you're looking for the music tutorial, it's in the post below. Have a look if you like, but for now, humor me a moment so I can talk about the meeting on Wednesday.


Wednesday's Manga Club meeting was anything but boring. After Haley of Anime Freeker gave a demo of how to change one's blog template (using my blog, actually. Isn't it spiffy?) I was asked to give a presentation of how one puts music on one's blog, the tutorial to which is on my blog now. I also was asked a few questions about the Guild! Yay! Hopefully I'll have new art on the way soon. As an added bonus, while I was explaining the rules of what you can post, I got a few laughs out of the otakus in the corner when I used the word "hentai" to describe what you can't post. Hahaha. Pervs. Then today, we watched Ghost Hunt, which was funny, but nothing special. Claymore was better.


Okay, artsy time! Enjoy!







This is a very stylize pen-and-ink sketch of the main ad picture for an anime series called Black Blood Brothers done by Andrew M. He changed the character's hair and hat and gave him facial hair. It's different, but cool in its own respects. VERY different from the cutesy stuff we've seen so far, yeah? Also, hooray for another new artist joining the fold! Hopefully Haley will join us as well soon...





This is a drawing by Rita H. It appears to depict Tohru Honda from the series Fruits Basket a.k.a "Furuba". Tohru's the main character for those of you who don't know. This is a pretty simple pencil sketch, but it has a delicate look to it.


Now I shall introduce you to Celery. He's a simply ADORABLE kitty-cat drawn by Rita H. Rita claims this was nothing but a fluke, but she's got talent. The thick lines and simplistic form give it a very childish, "chibi" look. The lines, I also noticed, are accented, which makes it look more freeform and loose.




Now you shall have to humor another of my drawings. I was only going to put up the artwork of others on this post, but it was requested that I post this as well because I actually had patience enough to do *drumroll please* A BACKGROUND! Whoot. And it's got one-point perspective. Amazing! I can't believe I actually sat still long enough to do all this. I so lazy sometimes.
Aaaaaaaaaanyway, that's all for today! Hope you enjoyed the artwork! Please leave comments!
If you have art you'd like to submit, please come and talk to me. You can also probably ask Ashley L., Haley C., or Kasey S. to deliver things to me. I can be found in the Library A Lunch and in the cafeteria B Lunch. Also, during fourth block on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, I have no class, so I'm typically in the library.
By the way, HAPPY HOLIDAYS, EVERYONE!





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More on the Music

Okay, those of you who were at the meeting the other day are aware that I was asked to put a step-by-step tutorial of how to put music on one's blog via Project Playlist on my page. So, now I shall do so.


~First, you will need to go to http://www.playlist.com and set up an account. The option to do so will be at the top right-hand corner of the page. It'll say "SIGN UP!". The site will walk you through the creation of the account.


~Next, type the names of the songs you want in the searchbar. The site will search for you and give you two buttons next to each result: a play symbol and a plus sign. The play symbol will allow you to preview the song, which I HIGHLY recommend you do. Some of the songs are corrupt files, low quality, or the wrong song altogether. Then, when you're sure you want it, press the plus sign. That'll add the song to your new playlist.


~When you're done getting songs, click "My Account" at the top of the page.


~On that page, scroll down until you see "My Playlists". Underneath your playlist names, it'll give you several options. Click the middle one, which is "post".


~When you click that, it'll give you options A through E of which type of code you want. The first four are for specific sites, so there's no use in that. Click option E.


~It'll ask you which of your playlists you want to post. If you put more than one playlist on a single account, this is important. Click on the playlist name.


~Here the site gives you a nice sample. Configure your options on this page. You can choose to Autostart, which means the playlist automatically starts playing from the beginning as soon as someone opens your page. You can also make it shuffle randomly, if you like. Then, pick your color. Make it pretty.


~Click "get code!"


~On this page, you will find your code. Cut or Copy this code.


~Now open up Blogger and go to layout. Add a gadget. The gadget you will pick is "HTML/JavaScript". In the big open space, paste the code that Playlist gave you. Save that, and it'll appear on the blog with your other gadgets.


~Congratulations! Your blog plays music! Remember, Manga Club members, this is a school function, so make sure your lyrics in your songs are school appropriate.

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Thursday, December 11, 2008

MUZIX YAY!

As you may have noticed, I made a little update to my gadgets. I picked out some anime music, because what's an art gallery without tunes? These are the themes of various anime's. I've decided to provide a tracklist.
~"D-technoLife" by UVERworld (Bleach)
~"Blaze", I don't know the artist (Tsubasa: Resovoir Chronicles)
~"Haruka Kanata" by Asian Kung-Fu Generation (Naruto)
~"Parade" by Chaba (Naruto)
~"Ichirin no Hana" by HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR (Bleach )
~"Sakura Kiss", artist unknown (Ouran High School Host Club)
~"The World" by Nightmare (Death Note)
~"Ready, Steady, GO!" by L'Arc en~Ciel (Fullmetal Alchemist)
~"Caramelldansen" by Caramell (the theme song of all anime fans everywhere)
~"UNDO" by Cool Joke (Fullmetal Alchemist)
~"Alumina" by Nightmare (Death Note)
~"Whats up people" by Maximum the Horomone (Death Note)
If you know of any others you'd like on this page, comment and tell me their names, artists if possible, and what anime they're from. And please, no theme from Pokemon or that terrible 4Kids dub of One Piece. Let's keep it classy, folks.

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