new project!

My friends and I are working on a possible miniature anthology for an upcoming anime convention! I'm really excited about this. I've never been a part of anything like it before and I think we have a good team. I'm getting really enthusiastic, that I was looking into a program called "manga studio". Its not just for manga, but its for standard comics too. It'll be a huge time saver making templates, and I heard that the brush and toning tools might even be better than Photoshop! I need to see this before I can believe it.

here's some concept sketches:


I honestly do want to stay away from the anime style though and really develop my own. I think I'm getting there?