Special Guest: DestinyBlue

DestinyBlue is a full time anime artist who travels all over the UK exhibiting, teaching, and drawing. She has run numerous workshops on drawing manga, including demonstration videos for Kuretake UK Kurecolour Markers, and BBC Blast. Recently she has also expanded her range from art prints to handmade bath goodies, scented candles and flavoured lip balms - all branded with her trademark cute characters.

With Eirtakon being her 40th event since starting professionally over a year ago, DestinyBlue is storming her way into the frame across the convention circuit in the UK and Ireland. Organising Artists Alleys, designing promotional artwork and chibi-fying people. She recently exhibited at Europe's biggest anime event, Japan Expo in Paris, so Europe will almost certainly be next.

For more info on DestinyBlue, click through to her deviantArt page: destinyblue.deviantart.com

Saturday

How to Draw Anime

1.30pm in Panel Room 2
This workshop starts from the basics of constructing an anime character before going into more complex tips and techniques used by the pros. It teaches the importance of using guidlines as a base for getting the features placed correctly, how to draw and shade consistently good anime eyes and how to make sure you get those body proportions right. It's a draw along workshop so hopefully you'll go home with a piece of art you can be proud of!

Sunday

How to Draw Chibis

4pm in Panel Room 2
Chibis are the adorable big headed big eyed miniature characters that are often seen in anime. This draw along workshop goes through step by step the techniques of how construct your own squidgable chibis. It teaches the different styles and proportions you can give your chibis and which ones give the maximum cuteness factor, it also covers how to chibis are perfect for displaying strong and amusing emotions. Come along if you want to learn how to chibi-fy your favourite anime character or even yourself!