The Art of Manga: Drawing Unique Characters
Character Sheet 3
A course by Natalia Batista , Manga Artist and illustrator
About the video: Character Sheet 3
Overview
“It's now time to finish our character sheet by inking the facial expressions we sketched before. Remember that creating a character sheet is pretty much like drawing your character in the full body from a front view, side view and from the back. By making the character just stand straight, it is easier to make the details proportional and easier to copy when drawing the character again later on.”
In this video lesson Natalia Batista addresses the topic: Character Sheet 3, 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
“Character Sheet I'm done with the full body. As you could see, several times I changed the shape of things. Like the shoe, and the legs got wider. It's all right. When you ink, you can be more creative and experiment. Let's continue with the face, this portrait picture. I finished the portrait. Now I'm going to finish these small figures, to have a complete character sheet. I'm finished inking. Now I will erase the graphic lines that I drew. Since you used green leads, you don't need to erase anything. When you scan in black and white, the green leads will not show. You will only see the in...”
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Course summary for: The Art of Manga: Drawing Unique Characters
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Category
Illustration -
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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