Creation of Manga Characters
Introduction to manga I
A course by Andrea Jen , Comic Artist and Illustrator
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About the video: Introduction to manga I
Overview
“In this lesson I will briefly tell you the origin of the manga, who were the outstanding artists and how it has marked Japanese society. We will see why manga characters are popular and appreciated both in Japan and in the rest of the world. ”
In this video lesson Andrea Jen addresses the topic: Introduction to manga I, 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
“INTRODUCTION TO MANGA Now that you know about my works and influences, we are going to move on to this new theory unit. In this lesson I will explain the origin of manga. Who were the main artists and how it influenced Japanese society. Manga arose thanks to two precedents. One was the paintings that were made on paper scrolls, which were landscape illustrations and were quite long. They measured approximately nine to twenty-five meters. They were paintings that represented everyday people, but represented in animal forms. As you can see in the image, we have some figures of a toad or a fro...”
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Course summary for: Creation of Manga Characters
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Character Design, Comic, Manga, Traditional illustration
Andrea Jen
A course by Andrea Jen
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".
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