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Creation of Manga Characters

Presentation

A course by Andrea Jen , Comic Artist and Illustrator

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About the video: Presentation

Overview

“In this lesson I will tell you who I am and we will see what my work as a manga creator is like. ”

In this video lesson Andrea Jen addresses the topic: Presentation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creation of Manga Characters. Learn to design and illustrate Japanese comic characters from the idea to its technical sheet.

Partial transcription of the video

“PRESENTATION Hello, welcome to this Manga Character Creation course. My name is Andrea Jen and I am a manga creator and illustrator. As a girl, I always liked Japanese drawings. At that time we did not get the comics. So I used to watch anime. One of the first influences I had was the "Sailor Moon" series, by author Naoko Takeuchi. It was from there that seeing those huge eyes and that aestheticism so characteristic of anime series, I decided I really wanted to become a manga creator. I copied everything I saw on TV. It was always trial and error, it was a self-taught process. Years went by...”

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Course summary for: Creation of Manga Characters

Level: Beginner
99% positive reviews (1612)
56546 students
4 units
18 lessons (2h 36m)
14 downloads

Category
Illustration
Software
Adobe Photoshop
Areas
Character Design, Comic, Manga, Traditional illustration

Andrea Jen

A course by Andrea Jen

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Comic Artist and Illustrator

Andrea Jen is an Argentinian manga creator and illustrator born in 1987. From a very young age she has been a fan of Japanese drawings, which led her to become a manga author.

In 2015 she published his first work: El Delirio de Ani, a 184-page manga, through the Ivrea Argentina publishing house. In 2016, she won the Silent Manga Audition contest with his Smiling Blossom comic and traveled to Fukushima (Japan) to promote the manga among children in the area.

Her most recent work consists of a series of watercolor illustrations for his illustrated book, from free illustrations to characters from his manga "El caminante de los sueños".