Sonia Leong

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Sonia Leong (born May 7, 1982) is a freelance Manga artist, illustrator, & member of Sweatdrop Studios, who took 2nd place in the first Rising Stars of Manga United Kingdom & Ireland Competition.

1 Biography
2 Bibliography
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Biography

Leong was born in Malaysia and lived in Thailand between 1989 till 2000 . She then attended Warwick University, Economics and Politics BSc (Hons) from 2000 to 2003, and currently resides in Cambridge, UK, and is in regular attendance of UK anime conventions, representing Sweatdrop Studios.

Past activities include classical singer/soloist, rock band vocals, Shakespearean roles & President of the Warwick University Fencing Club.

Within Sweatdrop, her titles include 'Once Upon a Time', 'Cyborg Butterfly', 'Murder on the Dancefloor' for Sweatdrop's first perfect bound anthology, 'Sugardrops' (2004) and 'Return to Chennezar' for the Sweatdrop anthology 'Pink is for Girls'.

Her other competition achievements include 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).^[1] Her work has appeared in Popcorn, a British movie directed by Darren Paul Fisher, starring Jack Ryder (EastEnders) and Jodie Albert (Hollyoaks).

Leong has also contributed to a recent Wacom campaign which has appeared in major German magazines such as Animania which used her official art to promote the wildly successful 'Pimp My Character' contest featured in the German publication Animania^[2]; her work also featured on the Wacom website^[3] in an article promoting the use of Wacom in the creation of manga. She is also one of the Head Contributors to Draw Manga Sweatdrop Studios from New Holland Publishers (UK) Ltd^[4]; has participated in the conceptual art and design of the Collectable card game Herocard Cyberspace from Tablestar Games^[5]; worked on an adaptation of William Shakespeare's 'Romeo & Juliet' for Self Made Hero^[6]; is currently the Art Director for the 'Aya.Takeo' webcomic^[7]; and has illustrated a series of children's books for Franklin Watts Ltd. as well as 'Manga Life', a series of self help books for Infinite Ideas^[8] that will be published from April 2008.

[edit] Bibliography

Sugardrops (multiple artists; July 2004, ISBN 1-905038-00-3)
"Cyborg Butterfly" (in MangaQuake #2, 2006)^[9]
Pink is for Girls (multiple artists; October 2006, ISBN 978-1-905038-07-7)
Draw Manga Sweatdrop Studios (October 2006, ISBN 1-84537-416-9)
Romeo and Juliet (Manga Shakespeare Collection, Self Made Hero, January 2007, ISBN 0-9552856-0-7)
Death or Glory (I Hero, October 2007, ISBN 0-74967-664-7)
Viking Blood (I Hero, October 2007, ISBN 0-74967-665-5)
Gorgon's Cave (I Hero, October 2007, ISBN 0-74967-666-3)
Code Mission (I Hero, October 2007, ISBN 0-74967-667-1)
Be Creative (Manga Life, April 2008, ISBN 978-1-905940-77-6)
Find True Love (Manga Life, April 2008, ISBN 978-1-905940-78-3)
Beauty Secrets for Babes (Manga Life, ISBN 978-1-905940-79-0)
Sort Out Your Money (Manga Life, ISBN 978-1-905940-80-6)