Tone

Tones: Black and white manga art that isn't done digitally are shaded with plastic adhesive sheets called "screen tones." These sheets are laid on top of the original art and then cut out to fit the artwork. Manga University students like to train with our tone-kits, which contain a set of four sheets, a knife and cutting mat. The workbooks contain several liscence-free background pictures drawn by professional Japanese artists that anyone can use in their manga. Each background comes in both toned and un-toned, so you can practice adding tone on it yourself, or add different tones to suit your scene!