The Art of Manga: Drawing Unique Characters
Your Character’s Personality
A course by Natalia Batista , Manga Artist and illustrator
About the video: Your Character’s Personality
Overview
“Now, we will be writing down what we know about our characters! This is the lesson where you really get to know who they are, what they like and dislike and what they value in life. A great manga character is not just a cool hair design or awesome pose. It is most of all the character’s personality that hooks the reader. You will learn how to give your character that kind of personality and how to make them multifaceted and dynamic.”
In this video lesson Natalia Batista addresses the topic: Your Character’s Personality, 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
“So now we'll start writing down the information about your character. A cool character is not just a pose or a movement or a cool hair design. Is all about the design of the personality. That's where you actually make a character stand out and feel like a real human. The first thing is to think about relatability. Many manga creators think that just because you give the character a lot of personality, it might make them too complex. That can be true, but it's not about complexity. It's more about how you create empathy for the character. All characters should be dynamic and multifaceted, no...”
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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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