The Art of Manga: Drawing Unique Characters
Head in Different Positions
A course by Natalia Batista , Manga Artist and illustrator
About the video: Head in Different Positions
Overview
“I will now teach you how to use the manga facial and hair design you have created to make the character into a three-dimensional form that can be rotated and posed in different angles and still look the same. I will also talk about the importance of following the guidelines and proportions in order to place each element of the face and the head in the correct position no matter what angle the head is in. This is an essential skill for a manga artist to master, as it opens up the possible poses and angles in which you can draw your character.”
In this video lesson Natalia Batista addresses the topic: Head in Different Positions, 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
“Head in Different Positions In this lesson, I will show you how important are the guidelines, and to place everything on the right spot in the face. We will draw faces pointing upwards in an angle in a side profile, because drawing the face pointing upwards straight to the front looks a bit boring. It lacks a good composition. Of course, you can learn that, but it's better to put the face in a bit of an angle to the side, to give more depth to the face. I'll start with a circle like always. Like I showed you before when I did the semi profile, the middle line is curved when you put it in a ...”
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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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