Methods are very individualized and vary also by medium. Check out the "Manben" videos: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x65w5fu http://www.dailymotion.com/vid

Methods are very individualized and vary also by medium. Check out the "Manben" videos: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x65w5fu http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x65w5fu It is eye-opening, even among fellow manga artists, to see how different sometimes their processes are. Some may start with a definite sketch, others may go straight to ink with only the barest suggestion of a layout. Sometimes they struggle with expressions and may whiteout and re-ink (up to seven times in one of the videos.) Some artists start inking with the eyes, some may start with an outline of the face. And so on.