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Creation of Manga Characters

Importance of the characters and how to create them

A course by Andrea Jen , Comic Artist and Illustrator

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56,543 students

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About the video: Importance of the characters and how to create them

Overview

“To create good characters and a great manga there are key points to keep in mind. I will review my personal experience in creating characters for comics and manga.”

In this video lesson Andrea Jen addresses the topic: Importance of the characters and how to create them, 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

“CHARACTERS Now that you know about the history of manga, I am going to explain in this lesson the importance of the characters and how to create them. I'm always asked what is more important, creating the story or creating the character. In this case it is much more important to create the concept. What do I mean by "concept"? I mean the idea that you are going to develop on the manga. For example, it may be an idea about self-improvement, fears, or you can work on healthy competition, or rivalry... That would be the idea or the concept. Once we have the idea or concept, we move on to the t...”

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Course summary for: Creation of Manga Characters

Level: Beginner
99% positive reviews (1611)
56543 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".