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Sonia Leong (born 7 May 1982) is a freelance comic artist, illustrator and member of Sweatdrop Studios, who took 2nd place in the first Rising Stars of Manga United Kingdom & Ireland Competition. ==Biography== Leong was born in Malaysia and lived in Thailand from 1989 to 2000. She then attended University of Warwick, Economics and Politics BSc (Hons) from 2000 to 2003, and currently resides in Cambridge, UK, regularly attending UK anime conventions, representing Sweatdrop Studios. Her works with Sweatdrop include 'Once Upon a Time...'; 'Cyborg Butterfly'; 'Satan's Amazon'; 'Murder on the Dancefloor' for the 'Sugardrops' anthology; 'Return to Chenezzar' for 'Pink is for Girls'; 'Model Behaviour' for 'Drop Dead Monstrous'; 'Hero' for 'Talking to Strangers'; 'The Snow Queen' for 'Telling Tales', and 'Love Stuffing'. Leong is the Art Director for the 'Aya.Takeo' webcomic;〔(About Aya.Takeo )〕 commissioned by Prentice Associates and now published by Sweatdrop Studios across three volumes. Her competition achievements include 2nd place Winner in the first Tokyopop Rising Stars of Manga United Kingdom & Ireland Competition; Winner in NEO Magazine's 2005 Manga Competition and being Joint Judge for the Character Design category of the International Manga and Anime Festival (IMAF).〔(IMAF Homepage )〕 She illustrated an adaptation of William Shakespeare's 'Romeo & Juliet' for Self Made Hero〔http://www.selfmadehero.com/manga_shakespeare/manga_shakespeare.html〕 which has since been listed in the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) '2008 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers' and 'Best Books for Young Adults 2008'. She produced a short Manga comic called 'Aygo Manga: Adventure One'〔http://blog.toyota.co.uk/aygo-into-battle-download-aygo-manga-here#.VFfSNvl9H3A〕 as part of Toyota GB PLC's promotional campaign for the 2014 model of their Toyota Aygo car. Leong collaborated on Wacom's Manga campaign which appeared in major German magazines using her art to promote the wildly successful 'Pimp My Character' contest featured in the German publication Animania;〔(AnimaniA – Anime und Manga )〕 her work also featured on the Wacom website〔(Wacom Manga )〕 in an article promoting the use of Wacom in the creation of manga. She authored 'Draw Manga: Complete Skills' (Search Press)〔(Draw Manga Complete Skills )〕 and '101 Top Tips from Professional Manga Artists' (Ilex).〔(101 Top Tips from Professional Manga Artists )〕 She was the Head Contributor to 'Draw Manga' by Sweatdrop Studios from New Holland Publishers (UK) Ltd〔(New Holland Publishers: Draw Manga )〕 and headed the conceptual art and design of the Collectable card game 'Herocard Cyberspace' from Tablestar Games.〔http://www.tablestargames.com/artists.html〕 Her work appears in several instructional art books such as '500 Manga Characters' by Sweatdrop Studios from Ilex;〔(500 Manga Characters )〕 'Drawing Manga'〔(Drawing Manga by Selina Dean )〕 by Selina Dean; 'Manga Clip Art'〔(Manga Clip Art )〕 by Hayden Scott-Baron,'50 Manga Babes to Draw and Paint' by Chi Hang Li.〔(50 Manga Babes )〕 and 'Super Cute Chibis to Draw and Paint' by Joanna Zhou. She contributed a chapter towards 'Tori Amos' Comic Book Tattoo' a 480-page anthology published by Image Comics. She also illustrated a chapter for Tokyopop's 'DOMO: The Manga', an anthology starring the popular Japanese television mascot Domo. She illustrated the 'Manga Life' series of self-help books for Infinite Ideas.〔(Manga Life from Infinite Ideas )〕 Her work has appeared in 'Popcorn', a British movie directed by Darren Paul Fisher, starring Jack Ryder (EastEnders) and Jodie Albert (Hollyoaks). Her illustrations were also used on the set of Channel 4's award-winning British sitcom 'The IT Crowd' in series 3. Leong's work in children's publishing includes illustrating the choose-your-own-adventure style 'I, Hero' series by Steve Skidmore and Steve Barrow (The Two Steves) for Hachette; the 'Girls FC' series by Helena Pielichaty for Walker Books; and 'Ninja: First Mission' by Chris Bradford of Young Samurai fame. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sonia Leong」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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