Manga Comics for Beginners: From Concept to Creation
Drawing Backgrounds 1
A course by Natalia Batista , Manga Artist and illustrator
About the video: Drawing Backgrounds 1
Overview
“With the foreground done, it's time to move on to the background. A manga story is all about the characters! But without a believable setting, the whole story feels empty and unfinished. Bad backgrounds destroy the narrative flow; great backgrounds give the right ambiance and pull the reader into the story. In this lesson, I will show you how to draw backgrounds from reference photos. Then, how to create your own using basic perspective rules.”
In this video lesson Natalia Batista addresses the topic: Drawing Backgrounds 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
“Manga is all about the characters. but the setting and the backgrounds is important to make the whole story believable. If you draw bad backgrounds, they are noticed and you break the narrative flow. But if you're good at drawing backgrounds, they're just there, and they create a great ambience for the story. In this lesson, I will show you how to draw backgrounds from just details to perspective and also talk about photos and references. In the end, I hope to have inspired you to create more interesting backgrounds and not be scared of drawing backgrounds in your comics. The basics of back...”
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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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