The Art of Manga: Drawing Unique Characters
Basic Facial Proportions 2
A course by Natalia Batista, Manga Artist and illustrator
About the video: Basic Facial Proportions 2
Overview
“Let's keep drawing our character. In this lesson, I also show how to change the proportions depending on age, gender, build and personality of the character. That way, you will be able to make your own characters exactly like you envision them.”
In this video lesson Natalia Batista addresses the topic: Basic Facial Proportions 2, 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
“When you draw the neck, place the pen in the middle of the eye and just move it downwards towards the shin. And this is where you can place your neck. This is the standard size of the neck. So if the character is very young, you can make it dinner! If the character is very muscular, you can make it broader. I'm going to make it a little bit thinner. because my character is quite young. I think it's like a, 15 or 14 year old character. This is where I place the neck of the character. And the neck is straight and then in the bottom I can just bend it a little bit and I have the shoulder. And ...”
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Course summary for: The Art of Manga: Drawing Unique Characters
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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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