Manga Comics for Beginners: From Concept to Creation
Sketching a Page or Spread 1
A course by Natalia Batista , Manga Artist and illustrator
About the video: Sketching a Page or Spread 1
Overview
“Let's start drawing the manga pages! In this lesson, I will show you how to transfer your storyboard to your actual manga pages. You will learn about rules related to margins and layout to make your pages look authentic. With the tools I presented in Unit 2, I will show you how to sketch out your story and what tricks you can use to speed up the process.”
In this video lesson Natalia Batista addresses the topic: Sketching a Page or Spread 1, 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
“This is where you start making your manga pages. So I'm gonna start talking a little bit about the materials again and how to actually use these manga pages. and what all these lines mean. In this lesson, you will learn how to sketch your manga pages the best way. I will show you step by step what things in the panel you should start with and how to actually bring the whole thing together without making too many details in this step. As you will have to ink the pages later on, Don't make too many details in this step, because you'll just have to do it twice. The first step before we start d...”
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Course summary for: Manga Comics for Beginners: From Concept to Creation
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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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