Manga and anime has been a large influence for me for a long time. I read my first manga when I was 13 and I was immeditaley hooked. Unlike western comics, a lot of manga and anime takes on a more cheerful, wacky tone and mixes that with lots of fast paced action.
Anime is one of the reasons I started to develop my own series. I originally wanted to format it as a comic but later decided to create it as a script instead.
Anime has had such an impact on my life because it helped me to make friends, to find an art style which I liked drawing in because of the use of shading (in manga), as well as vibrant colours (in anime)
Comic have also been a large influence for me. The first comic I ever read was ‘Batman: Death of the Family’ by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo. Capullo’s style has since became a staple for DC.
His style became a big inspiration for me very quickly. His use of textures and colours started to make me think about how scenes can create an immersive experience.
Capullo’s cityscapes have been a big help for me in being able to create my own versions of a bustling metropolis
Greg normally works with a lot of greys, blues and greens. Greg’s use of colour has became a large inspiration because it has helped me how to learn to use colours to create gritty landscapes.
Capullo’s Batman logo has been a large inspiration for me as well because it helped me to learn how to use colours that match with the character and how to adapt your character’s brand into a logo.