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in detailI'm a professional comic artist and illustrator specialising in Anime/Manga style. My first graphic novel was Manga Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet (SelfMadeHero). Awards include 2008 Young Adult Library Services Association Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Reader, Best Books for Young Adults for Romeo and Juliet ; Winner in Tokyopop's UK Rising Stars of Manga competition (2005/06) and Winner in NEO Magazine's 2005 Manga Competition. I designed the Catgirl mascot for Wacom-Europe's Manga campaign. My art features in the British film, Popcorn (2007)and on the set of Channel 4's popular sitcom The IT Crowd. I contributed "Siren" to the 2009 Eisner-award winning Comic Book Tattoo (Image Comics), Tales inspired by the musician Tori Amos. I illustrated the Manga Life series of self-help comic books (Infinite Ideas) Find True Love and Be Creative. I recently illustrated the covers of the Girls FC series (Walker Books). I also drew "Life is Just a Game" for Domo: The Manga (Tokyopop/Big Tent). I've been involved in many instructional art books - I was Lead Artist for the book Draw Manga (New Holland) by Sweatdrop Studios, a leading UK comic collaborative and independent publisher. My most recent works with Sweatdrop include Once Upon a Time, Love Stuffing vol.1 and AyaTakeo vol.1, a full-colour comic originally published online. I've exhibited artwork at: Kyoto International Manga Museum, London County Hall, London Cartoon Museum, Japanese Embassy in London, Manchester URBIS Centre, The Hub (Northampton). I've provided product demonstrations on behalf of Copic, Letraset and Wacom. View my biography for a summary of my publications. |
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Experience:
I've been a full-time freelance illustrator since 2005. Prior to that I had several years' experience of illustration and graphic design part-time and in my former role working for an educational charity in contracts/marketing.
Clients and associates:
Artists & Illustrators Magazine, Authors Abroad, Axis Publishing, Channel 4, COMiCA, Copic, Families in Buisness Magazine, Hachette's Childrens Books, Harper-Collins, Ilex Publishing, Image Comics, Infinite Ideas, International Manga and Anime Festival (IMAF), Letraset, London MCM Expo, New Holland Publishers, NEO Magazine, Peters Bookselling, Popcorn (2007, British film), Promethean, Quarto Publishing, SelfMadeHero/MetroMedia, Tablestar Games LLC, Tokyopop, Victoria & Albert Museum, Wacom, Walker Books, Wolff-Olins
Products:
Comics/graphic novels, illustration, branding/mascots, website graphics, character design, concept art, portraits, covers, how-to-draw publications/tutorials, workshops, presentations, product demonstration
Mediums/Software:
Pencils, colour pencils, pen and ink, screentone, watercolours, colour markers (Copic, Letraset, Deleter), Adobe Photoshop CS, Adobe Illustrator CS2, Deleter Comicworks, Corel Painter, OpenCanvas
Fees:
They depend very much on the subject matter, size of the project, how much time it will take, materials used and final usage/rights. Please email me for a quotation. I accept payments via paypal, UK cheques, bank transfers.
press
For promotional pictures of me and scans of newspaper/magazine articles from 2005-2010, please visit this Flickr set.
Links to press articles published online:
2010~04 Independent on Sunday: On the Agenda
2010~02 London Evening Standard: R&J used for Promethean photo
2009~03 Animetion: Artist Interview, Sonia Leong
2009~03 Animetion: Cosplay Interview, Sonia Leong
2007~09 Comipress: Infinite Ideas and Sweatdrop Studios Pioneer Self-help Manga!
2007~07 Comics Bits Online: Fyredrake Sonia Leong
2007~06 Comics Bulletin: Sonia Leong Takes Romeo and Juliet to Tokyo
2007~06 Comixtalk: Dream Weavers: Sonia Leong and Lloyd Prentice of Aya.Takeo
2007~01 BBC Radio Cambridgeshire: Manga Hamlet by the Bard?
Images and website are copyright © Sonia Leong 2003-2008 unless otherwise stated
Don't use my images without permission. Hotlinking is not allowed