Hrmm...should I or should I not?...hm, might as well.
I started drawing manga about five years ago, and I started out with the help of a book called The Art of Drawing Manga by Ben Krefta. Then I kinda went off on my own style from there, but that book's sort of my basis.
As for the coloring...well, that's not my work, as I said above. I can't color to save my life. Eve--who's the admin of the Legacy Guild (check out SotE affiliations)--offered to color it in for me so I could use it as an avatar there.