Manga Comics for Beginners: From Concept to Creation
Writing Your Script 2
A course by Natalia Batista , Manga Artist and illustrator
About the video: Writing Your Script 2
Overview
“Let's add the final touches to the script!”
In this video lesson Natalia Batista addresses the topic: Writing Your Script 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Manga Comics for Beginners: From Concept to Creation. Learn how to write and create a manga comic from scratch using professional techniques used by Japanese artists for storytelling and character design.
Partial transcription of the video
“Writing Your Script Now you have your script written down, let's divide it into panels so it's easier for you to make a manga out of it. First, set the scene with an environmental shot or two. This shows the reader where the story takes place. Write "Panel 1" before the first panel. I will divide this into two panels. That way, I can establish the time first and then the place. Next up, I'm going to show what's happening. I would like to divide this one into an animation. First, maybe seeing Aske sleeping. Then, the shadow of Hilda comes up, kind of casts on top of him and then he wakes up....”
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Course summary for: Manga Comics for Beginners: From Concept to Creation
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Clip Studio Paint -
Areas
Comic, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Ink Illustration, Manga, Narrative, Storyboard, Traditional illustration

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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