How to Draw Manga Volume 5 4889960813, 9784889960815

Citation preview

.lll lll ' ' rr 7' ll3 l,,l'll 0023 01402 EASTERN REGIO}TAL LIBRARIES

l\.rrLrlW

Developing $houjo Manga Techniques

!

, ,t ,:i.l;i

:,.t.1

THE SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF SHOUJOMRNGR TECHNIOUTS

I.'

Vol.l : Compiling Characters Chapter 1 Drawing the

Face

Chapter 2 How to Draw Bodies Chapter 3 Drawing Characters ISBN4-88996-042-2

Vol.2: Compiling Techniques Chapter 1 Background Management Basics Chapter 2 Tone Techniques Chapter 3 Expressing Light and Shadows I 5BN4-88996-044-9

Vol.3: Compiling Application and Practice Chapter 1 How to Draw lnteriors and Exteriors Chapter 2 How to Draw Machines Chapter 3 How to Create a Short Story MANGA lsB N4-88996-04s-7

Vol.4: Dressing Your Characters in Casual Wear Chapter 1 Underwear andT-shirts Chapter 2 Sweatshirts and Skirts Chapter 3 Jackets and Jeans lsBN4-88996-046-5

Special: Colored Original Drawing (Copic Sketch Pen) Chapter 1 Copic Sketch Pen Chapter 2 Copic Airbrushing System Chapter 3 Try Using Different Painting Materials with Markers lsBN4-88996-047-3

Distributed by

JAPAN PUBLICATIONS TRADING CO., LTD. 1 -2-1 , Sarugaku-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 1 Ol -0064 Japan Phone: B1 -3-3292-37 51 Fax: B1 -3-3292-041 A E-mail: jpt@lptco,co.jp

.5-_

r0ryaRry volffte lllanga Techniques Shouio Devetoping

m t

Il0lfT0 Dmffi flfffifi by

]}r

tutu SIS

S@@

fuiUrt

@

fl

W

]lffiG

IbCqfU Shoujo MangaTechniques lilga Ecrnierm

of

SEiry

b tu Stlty of Man ga Techniques

@qlt @ flgm &il[dta Rffiring Co., Ltd. tunlilirfr ilrlWry @t-$IaPublishing Co., Ltd.

fhfiffi

edE-th

Emrr m nfrtrstEd in 2002 qruilffiu h. tlr_

by

ffi tr"llh *dmart, tr fie Study of Shoujo Manga Techniques: run tu@ ffio t(Lldo, Ryo Kagami ffimrm Kaoru Kajiwara flIElmEIc qf Studio Pinewood lnc. IiLrymm Hideyuki Amemura ISIE

tuutlilme,

ffiffi

Yasuo lmai

t(ffimrtmlm

Shinichi lshioka

EffirdlffffiIlr,ffit

Shinichi lshioka

E{ffirmmulttttlttim

Jffir'dlltitumffir f,rymmrnryury

rdhr [qFd

cudinator:

Lingua frdnca, lnc. ([email protected]) Motofumi Nakanishi (Graphic-sha Publishing Co., Ltd.) Kumiko Sakamoto (Graphic-sha Publishing Co., Ltd.)

fifl]riluilfimilmild' lu [mililm*,dMm[umm. rffiM]lqlMrnflm "

nlt trtrE HlIi]ation may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means mrc.to*d" ildrlding photocopying, recording, taping, or information storage and

(hrr

riltsn

pefrnission of the publisher.

ffilltdlillltilffiliumnmumturtu ilffiinrs in this book were screen tone and llh|llilmmmtllllluMEffiG rGrE il rriuEn on T00 manga paper.

nffirumm Jrhmfrm!ruifrMfrrilm

IME h*

]ffiflrf,ri$lmwillfuipdtn

1fi. mryo,

mem*u

Iffiilflmm qffiffimile,@S,51 Fe Gffihf,ilrymmMilmlr]ill

mMilffiMffirtitf,[@lu,Igr

ffi&mffitmmr

,u[Em

I 01 -0064

+81 (0)3-3292-041 0

lC tone manufactured by Letraset.

Table of Gontents

1x: >r. +

-r', Tt I :,:r:, .::.:

:-=::

Seer irom a Vailety of Angles/Balance Between Head and Neck/Let's try giving characters expressions!/How to Draw Hair

xF furglesl-et's give characters movement!

of Common Mistakes

Lines 3 How to Draw Parallel Lines and Flashes (Converging

Lines)

..........77

Special Effects Used in Girls' Comics 1/Appeal of Characters/Something only possible in a girls' comic! Demands made 0n the

coy!/Psychological Characterization

Special Effects Used in Girls' Comics 2

Choose a subject (genre)!/Example of Romance Comic/Hints for Siories/How to Make the Story Development lnteresting/Element of Surprise .

lAttracting the Reader)/Growth and Development ofthe Heroine/Special Effects Used in Girls' Comics 3

Shapter 4 How to Create Manga

Manuscripts.....................

..........112

Writing a PloVStoryboarding/lnner Margin and Bleeding/Speech Balloons and Letter Size/How to Draw a Two-Page Spread/Borders, Speech Balloons, and Drawn Letters/Frame Allocation/Picture Composition/Shift of Scenery/Page Turningishot Types,A/antage Point and Angle in Scenes

with Characters/CutBack/How to Attach Tracing Paper/Title Page/Basic Tools/Example of

Pen Work

3

t-

v\1

Chqpfer

I

FlowbDrqw

Do not think of the face as being flat. Think of it as a rounded sphere as you draw. The eyes, nose, mouth, eyebrows, ears, and other parts all have their proper positions, so be careful,

The position of the eye is about in the middle.

Position of Ears

Good

[*l"arle

t!-.

be -

L

female Front Side

Not good

ffi-m Draw outline.

The lenqth ot lhe face ie aboul lhe same ae thaL of the handl

When you acLually

draw lhe face, be7in by drawinq f,he outlinel

:-Pay attention to ffie balance between the ears, nose, and neckl

-

--e s

:pposrte cheekbone

-rrf,Cefl bY

the

nOSe.

The

eyebrows

TA{ ,

I

-,)

arenot\/ visible. (

\ I

?I ;i::i[l /"1 \ Iffi,il\

I

Neither the' eyelashes nor

the nose is visible.

The nose is slightly visible.

lsn't the neck line attached to the base of the ear?

At this angle The angle of the nose the nose is

is

not

visible.

The mouth position.

wrong!

Face in Profile

Line around eyebrow

Do not make the nose and chin too pointy!

The upper lip sticks out a little more than the lower lip.

Line under nose

Balance Between Head and Neck Length of Neck

The neck is too

thin.

The neck is too thick.

The neck doesn't bend his farl

Looking Back

Her neck is

to the point of being scary! Not good

Looking Up

YAAHH

The neck bone protrudes slightly.

i T

-/ [fl

This is about the limit (requires bending backwards).

Looking Down

This angle is impossible to attain without bending the back.

\

t/1

The size of the eyes and the position of the nose are wrong

Not good

on the face marked with X.

qq$ffirs The far eye is smaller.

,'kt"

-/

Some ways to check to see if a drawing is distofted are to look at it in a mirror, look at it upside down, and asking a friend or other third pafty to look at it.

@ .

'.f

?(e the eyes of children

:l

j the eyes and

. -- rk

about the difference in :r1e structure between fat

.

cheeks are

:-l

thin people. --e amount of hair :ioreases with age.

-- :'e case of elderly

low.

Draw the face a little lower than the center

Middle-aged woman

line.

There are more

wrinkles.

"."acters, do not just add 'r(les to a young face!

The shoulder line is also lower. Neck muscle Elderly woman

Middle-aged man

Let's try giving characters expressions! Facial expressions differ depending on height of the eyebrows, the size of the eyes, and how the mouth is opened. Having a hand near the face will make the face more expressive.

Smile

It's so funny there are