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Creation of Manga Characters

Bodies and archetypes II

A course by Andrea Jen , Comic Artist and Illustrator

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Audio: Spanish, English

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About the video: Bodies and archetypes II

Overview

“Second part of the lesson.”

In this video lesson Andrea Jen addresses the topic: Bodies and archetypes II, 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

“BODIES AND ARCHETYPES Now we have the same seven and a half heads guide, I'm going to draw the same figure with the same proportions, but in profile. We can draw with a ruler or freehand. Now it is a matter of drawing each of the parts and in their respective profile view. I always start drawing the skull with a circular shape, slightly elongated, because the skull in profile is a little longer. I drew this line as an axis, it is not necessarily the spine. It is an axis to help me draw the figure in the correct place. For the ears, I keep the same proportions. If I did it at this height, th...”

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Course summary for: Creation of Manga Characters

Level: Beginner
99% positive reviews (1612)
56550 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".