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Sonia Leong: Manga Artist

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A Spell of Scarlet: a fantasy light novel with black/white artwork, published with Sweatdrop Studios. The second book of The Chronicles Of Ciel series, all written and illustrated by me. You can buy a signed copy and its accompanying art book "The Spectrum Of Scarlet" from my shop.

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Britain's Best Young Artist 2022: I was the Guest Judge on episode 9 about Comics and Cartoons of the CBBC series hosted by Ricky Wilson (Kaiser Chiefs) and Vick Hope (Radio 1). You can watch the series on the BBC website.

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A Brush With Magic: a fantasy light novel with black/white illustrations, published with Sweatdrop Studios. The first book of The Chronicles Of Ciel series, all written and illustrated by me. You can buy a signed copy and its accompanying art book "The Colours Of Magic" from my shop.

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Once Upon A Time: 160pg contemporary drama Manga graphic novel published with Sweatdrop Studios. Written and illustrated by me. You can buy a signed copy from my shop.

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Find True Love: one of the Manga Life series of self help books with Infinite Ideas (the other book is Be Creative). I created Manga comic strips matching the advice given in short tips.

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Telling Tales: a Manga anthology about fairytales published with Sweatdrop Studios. I contributed the chapter "The Snow Queen". You can buy this from the Sweatdrop website.

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Doctor Who The Women Who Lived: An anthology of stories and illustrations about the women of Doctor Who with BBC Books. I illustrated several pieces for the book, including the Thirteenth Doctor, Clara Oswald, Idris the TARDIS and Romana II. Buy the book from my Bookshop.org or buy signed prints of my illustrations from my shop.

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Beginning Manga: Part of the Illustration Studio series of books with Walter Foster publishing, I authored and illustrated this drawing guide book with easy instructions and templates.

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Preen by Thornton Bregazzi S/S 20 collection: I designed the Manga mascot character image used throughout this fashion label's Spring/Summer 2020 collection.

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The Complete Beginner's Guide To Drawing Manga ~ 101 Tips For Becoming A Manga Artist: Published with Ilex Press, this is an updated edition of 101 Top Tips from Professional Manga Artists where I was the lead author/artist working with a team of other artists to produce this drawing guide.

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Great Lives Marie Curie: Written by Agnieszka Biskup, I illustrated this full colour graphic novel biography about the famous scientist. Published with B.E.S. Buy a signed copy from my shop.

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The Graphic Canon vol.3: Edited by Russ Kick and published by Seven Stories Press, this series of anthologies made the New York Times bestselling list. I contributed an adaptation of "Reginald" by Saki. Buy the book from my Bookshop.org.

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Love Stuffing vol.1: a black/white Manga, the first of high school romantic comedy series I wrote and illustrated based off a concept by Stereoblind, published with Sweatdrop Studios.

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Assassin's Creed Awakening: I was a cover artist for this series of comics published by Titan Comics. You can buy a signed print of this art from my shop.

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BBC Sport Olympic Coverage: I was filmed creating a portrait of taekwondo athelete Jade Jones, broadcast on BBC2 before the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Watch it on the BBC Sport website.

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Catalyst: This full colour anthology was the result of SelfMadeHero's Graphic Anthology Programme to nurture diverse voices in comic publishing. I contributed the chapter "Just Like Me". I was also a mentor on the programme.

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The Graphic Canon of Crime and Mystery vol.2: Edited by Russ Kick and published by Seven Stories Press. I contributed the chapter "The Case Of The Wild Cat Prince, A Justice Bao Mystery". Buy the book from my Bookshop.org.

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The Search For Catbug: published by VIZ Media and from the Bravest Warriors cartoon series by Pendleton Ward, this is a colourful seek-and-find book. I contributed one of the spreads.

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Manga Made Easy: a Manga drawing guidebook by Helen McCarthy. I contributed several chapters of writing/illustrations.

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Manga Makeovers / Manga Your World: published with Search Press and B.E.S, I authored and illustrated this drawing guide book which focuses on how to take inspiration from real life to create Manga drawings in different styles.

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Draw Manga ~ Complete Skills: I authored and illustrated this comprehensive drawing guide book with 28 teaching videos. It's been very popular worldwide with many foreign language editions. You can buy a signed copy from my shop.

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Drawing Manga Heroines and Heroes: Part of the Illustration Studio series of books with Walter Foster publishing, I authored and illustrated this easy-to-follow drawing guide book with a focus on character design.

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Shimmering Drop: As part of Sweatdrop Studio's 20th anniversary, this is part of a double anthology showcasing works from members, past and present, with many exclusives. I contributed an extract from "A Brush With Magic" and inked/coloured the cover art. You can buy this from the Sweatdrop website.

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Toyota Aygo Manga: I created a short Manga as part of Toyota GB's promotional campaign for the Aygo. Download it from the Toyota UK Blog.

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DOMO The Manga: A full colour TokyoPop anthology about the popular Japanese NHK broadcasting mascot Domo-kun. I contributed the artwork for the chapter "Life Is Just A Game".

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Comic Book Tattoo Tales Inspired By Tori Amos: a massive full colour anthology with comics inspired by the musician's songs, introduced by Neil Gaiman. Stephanie Leong and I contributed "Siren". Buy the book from my Bookshop.org.

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Girls FC series by Helena Pielichaty: I illustrated the covers and some interior illustrations for this series of 10 childrens books about girls football/soccer.

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Manga Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet: my award-winning debut Manga graphic novel adaptation of the famous tragedy, in almost every school library around the world in many different languages! Published with SelfMadeHero. You can buy a signed copy from my shop.

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Toyota GT86 x Initial D Concept: The famous drift-racing series which featured the AE86 inspired the GT86. I was commissioned to create a series of backdrops putting the new model into the world of Initial D. Read more about it on the Toyota UK blog and buy signed prints from my shop.

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Colouring Heaven Magazine Manga Fantasy Special December 2022: I was the artist for this issue with 40 illustrations for you to colour in. Buy it from the Colouring Heaven website.

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Assassin's Creed Awakening: I was a cover artist for this series of comics published by Titan Comics. You can buy a signed print of this art from my shop.

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BBC Bitesize Daily: This educational series covers many subjects for children of all ages. I was asked to film a segment on drawing cute chibi characters.

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I, Hero ~ Alien Raid: One of a series of choose-your-own-adventure books written by Steve Barrow and Steve Skidmore. I illustrated the covers and interiors for 12 books.

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Ninja Assassin: a trilogy of childrens books by Chris Bradford. I illustrated the covers and black/white interiors. Buy the books from my Bookshop.org.

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Swords, Ships and Suplexes: A Sweatdrop Studios anthology for younger readers all about different adventures. I contributed the chapter "All For Fun". You can buy this from the Sweatdrop website.

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Flowers: A black comedy first shown on UK Channel 4 and streamed on SeeSo, starring Olivia Coleman, Julian Barratt, Sophia Di Martino, Daniel Rigby and Will Sharpe, who plays Shun, a Japanese illustrator. I was the actual artist behind all of his Manga style drawings which appeared throughout both 12-episode seasons. You can currently watch it on Netflix.

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Doctor Who Lockdown Diaries: This book of short stories was produced for the charity Children In Need during the 2020 pandemic, featuring works by well-known writers. I contributed one of the key interior artworks of the Thirteenth Doctor. Buy the book from my Bookshop.org or buy a signed print of my art from my shop.

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Norman: I was a cover artist for this series of horror comics published by Titan Comics.

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Drop Dead Monstrous: A Sweatdrop Studios anthology themed around Monsters, literal and figurative! I contributed the chapter "Model Behaviour". You can buy this from the Sweatdrop website.

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TokyoPop's Rising Stars of Manga, UK and Ireland vol.1: I was one of the first winners of this Manga competition in 2005 with my entry, "Fatal Connection".

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