Learn the craft with the founder of Empty Cel LLC
Written by Ross Locksley on 02 Sep 2025
Clip Studio Paint will be hosting a 1 hour webinar on Retro Anime Characters - Construction to Completion with Clip Studio Paint, part 1" free of charge on September 4th at 6pm GMT.
The presenter is David Liu (aka D.SLOOGS) , a prolific artist who has contributed to projects from Dotemu, SNK, Sega, Capcom, Koei Tecmo, Limited Run Games, Tribute Games, UDON, and EVO. He also teh creator of his own original IP, Space Maria. Check out his work over on X.
David will walk you through his complete creative process for rerto-inspired anime characters - from rough layouts to cleanup line art and cel-shading in a two part workshop. There will also be a Q&A after the presentation.
If you're interested in attending, you can sign up on the Clip Studio Paint form here. Good luck artists!
I'll just leave you with a recent favourite from the great man here...
Morrigan x Spidey by D.SLOOGS
Ross founded the UK Anime Network waaay back in 1995 and works in and around the anime world in his spare time. You can read his more personal articles on UKA's sister site, The Anime Independent.
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