Anime/Manga DiD Sketch; Paper & Pencil & Photoshop COLOR.

A boorish rogue has kidnapped Natsumi on her way back from school en route to the cafe! Not only is she securely tied and gagged with a piece of tape, but he took off Natsumi's socks and shoes, and then produces a feather! Eek!!!

Natsumi Mizuki's design is cute, and unlike many Anime characters, she doesn't have any special powers or alien abilities, etc, except that she really gets serious with Ping Pong. However, this is the last time I will ever use her in any of my various works, sketch or color.

Anyway:

Natsumi Mizuki: I've had a few chances to draw her before from my gallery, so I had a bit of an advantage. I had many ideas, but the first thing that popped into my mind was some tickle torture, but yet I didn't want to show it. Just implying it is definitely distress. I didn't do anything special for her attire, and kept it with the Anime, but I did attempt to do soft-shading for the first time (this was completed a while ago) and I think it came out, well, ok. Maybe I should have CG shaded this instead.

Scene: I had a cool reference for the couch, and I wanted to show some Natsumi personal items, but the rest of the background just came to me as I was sketching. I don't need to go into detail on some of the cheesy things I added, since they speak for themselves One thing I really did want to do right was show the correct perspective for just the perps' hand, and then holding a feather that looked realistic. I had a good reference for the feather, and I think it looks pretty good.

I think this came out pretty nice overall, and I am proud I was able to accomplish it. Enjoy!

Comments if you please!

- JC