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Creation of Manga Characters

Faces and heads II

A course by Andrea Jen , Comic Artist and Illustrator

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About the video: Faces and heads II

Overview

“Second part of the lesson.”

In this video lesson Andrea Jen addresses the topic: Faces and heads 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

“FACES AND HEADS Now that you know these three types of eyes, I'm going to continue working on the other eye. This is one of the advantages of having a light board. Taking up the sheet to see if it is symmetrical or not. Now, for the outline of the face, I start to outline it and soften those edges that were created by the guides, for example, the chin. The edges that you see below end in a point, and we don't want that in the character. Then it is a question of rounding the chin. For the neck, also try to soften those features and try not to make it too straight, that is, give the neck that...”

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Course summary for: Creation of Manga Characters

Level: Beginner
99% positive reviews (1612)
56549 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".