Manga Comics for Beginners: From Concept to Creation
Steel Nib Inking, Speed Lines, and Sound Effects
A course by Natalia Batista , Manga Artist and illustrator
About the video: Steel Nib Inking, Speed Lines, and Sound Effects
Overview
“First, you'll need to practise steel nib inking: the traditional manga inking technique. In this lesson, I will establish the important dos and don’ts when using nibs. I will then progress to inking effects, like speed lines and cross-hatching. To finish, I will talk about sound effects: how they are used and designed in a way that suits the emotion of the scene.”
In this video lesson Natalia Batista addresses the topic: Steel Nib Inking, Speed Lines, and Sound Effects, 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
“Steel Nib Inking, Speed Lines and Sound Effects Before we ink the manga page, we need to practice steel nib inking. I'll show you inking techniques that you can do with your manga. For this lesson, it's good if you have the materials that I told you about in the tools and materials lesson. I will show how to use them correctly and also how you take care of them. First, I'll show why it's important that you ink your manga. When you make a manga, you'll probably want to publish it, maybe in a book format. To be able to do that, you need to have them in high quality. That is why inking is very...”
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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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