Digital Art Masters: Volume 2

THE MANGA CHRIST

BY SIKU

CONCEPT

I was commissioned by Hodder and Stoughton book publishers to develop a Manga graphic novel adaptation of the New and Old Testament Bible. I also had to do four covers for four different versions of the project. Here, we have some character development for the first of the four covers (Fig.01a).

I needed to develop Manga hero archetypes. The first was Jesus. This was only an initial first step. Fig.01 b–d are cover ...