Exclusively from Antarctic Press comes this latest addition to the top-selling How to Draw Manga series -- a supersized book of all-new instructional material on one of the most vital aspects of manga: toning! This definitive source will show aspiring artists the secrets, skills, and techniques of manga pros for bringing line art to life; making characters charismatic and landscapes lush! Artists will surely want to tone their manga muscles with Toning Techniques Revealed! And now those artists can take their toning into the digital dimension with this special CD-ROM edition! With digital versions of all the pages; practice images; official, ready-to-use Antarctic Press screentone files; and more, this is the tutorial for tackling toning!
Ben Dunn is an American comic book artist. Although born in Taiwan, he grew up in Kentucky, Taiwan and San Antonio, Texas. It was in Taiwan that he was first exposed to Japanese manga. In 1984 he founded Antarctic Press, an American comic book company specializing in Manga-style titles. In 2003, he sold Antarctic to start his own development company, Sentai Studios.
Dunn was also one of the primary artists involved in the short-lived Marvel Mangaverse project.