The Art of Manga: Drawing Unique Characters
Influences
A course by Natalia Batista , Manga Artist and illustrator
About the video: Influences
Overview
“Now, I will tell you about my influences. There are four manga artists that, in different ways, inspired me to start creating my own manga characters or to develop my style and techniques. Throughout my development as a manga artist, these four creators have made a mark on me and given me a clearer vision of what kind of manga I would like to make.”
In this video lesson Natalia Batista addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: The Art of Manga: Drawing Unique Characters. Learn how to create a manga character from scratch and reach your visual storytelling potential by exploring original drawing techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences Now, I want to tell you about some of my influences. These are four artists, all working in Japan, but I want to tell you how they inspire me with their work how their creations, their manga art styles, and especially their character designs, makes me want to make more manga characters. They are all influences that are quite new for me, that I found in recent years, but they are still very much artists that I admire and who make me want to push and develop my style, which is very important as an artist. They all happen to be historical mangas as well, which is something that insp...”
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Course summary for: The Art of Manga: Drawing Unique Characters
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Category
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Areas
Character Design, Drawing, Ink Illustration, Manga, Pencil Drawing
Natalia Batista
A course by Natalia Batista
Natalia Batista is a Swedish manga artist and illustrator with over 15 years of experience. Her passion for the Japanese art started as a child watching Sailor Moon with her sister. Soon, she joined a local manga club, and after graduating from high school, she attended a comic art school. While working for a Swedish magazine as a comic artist, she illustrated the comic Lova, about a young girl who wanted to be a singer in a band.
Since then, she has illustrated and published a number of manga pieces that are centered on female characters who are fighting for their rights. She is the artist and storyteller behind Sword Princess Amaltea and Mjau!, which have been published and printed throughout Europe and the United States. Natalia has also been featured in the German magazine Tokyopop for her comic Ein Lied für Elise.
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