Creating Urban Manga Characters
Silhouettes and composition
A course by Nemupan , Illustrator
About the video: Silhouettes and composition
Overview
“In this lesson, we will look at the basic types of composition to enhance your work. We will learn how silhouettes help to read your character and some rules of photographic composition that will help you create compositions that match what you want to communicate.”
In this video lesson Nemupan addresses the topic: Silhouettes and composition, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creating Urban Manga Characters . Learn to design manga characters with a focus on street style fashion, composition, and the use of references..
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, we will learn about the tools that will help us compose and pose our characters so that they obtain greater visual strength. These are the silhouettes and composition. If we follow the line that good character design implies clarity, You have to take into account the silhouette of the character. When you convert your sun character drawing to a black shadow, This is a silhouette. By taking into account the silhouette of your character, we have to ask ourselves Does the character read clearly? Can you understand the pose or what he is doing? Here we have three famous people as...”
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Course summary for: Creating Urban Manga Characters
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop, Procreate -
Areas
Character Design, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Manga, Traditional illustration
Nemupan
A course by Nemupan
Florencia Namur, known in the art world as Nemupan, is a Chilean illustrator whose work is deeply inspired by Japanese culture, anime, and video games.
Her career as a freelance illustrator has led her to collaborate with renowned brands such as Intel, XP-Pen, WIU, and Vapor 95. She also participates and works at international anime conventions like Anime Expo and Anime New York City, where her original designs have captured the attention of a global audience.
With a focus on characters that blend modern aesthetics with visual narratives, Nemu continues to explore new forms of expression through her art, always maintaining a close dialogue with her followers and the online creative community.
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