Out of boredom, I checked Tokyo Ghoul chapter 133 just flipping pages, not reading actually, and then I look at backgrounds of the pages. Forest, trees, buildings, city and some facilities. I wondered. Do authors use pictures of real life places and Photoshop them, so they blend with fictional characters? Or do they draw places?
They draw them lol. Some mangeka are very good at drawing detailed/realistic backgrounds, and in some cases mangeka will have assistant artists dedicated to drawing specific aspects of each chapter (such as backgrounds) to ensure each chapter releases on time while keeping a consistent high-quality chapter.
They draw them lol. Some mangeka are very good at drawing detailed/realistic backgrounds, and in some cases mangeka will have assistant artists dedicated to drawing specific aspects of each chapter (such as backgrounds) to ensure each chapter releases on time while keeping a consistent high-quality chapter.
Out of boredom, I checked Tokyo Ghoul chapter 133 just flipping pages, not reading actually, and then I look at backgrounds of the pages. Forest, trees, buildings, city and some facilities. I wondered. Do authors use pictures of real life places and Photoshop them, so they blend with fictional characters? Or do they draw places?
Many a times mangkas seem to pick backgrounds pages from real places, many copy/draw it, some trace it... ( even characters maybe traced..) so PS may also be used sometimes.. who knows.
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I read on some sites that Male models are from June 1998 issue of Mr. High Fashion, a mens’ fashion magazine, while the Hunter x Hunter images are from volume 11.
Many a times mangkas seem to pick backgrounds pages from real places, many draw it, some trace it... (e.g. In case of Togashi- even characters maybe traced..
I guess so many things would be taken into consideration. How good is a plot to serve good sales so the publisher will give the author all the help he/she needs such as advanced items, assistant and time for the most part.
Yeah it's indeed incredibly impressive. Some other things to consider are if the manga is monthly or weekly, if the mangeka uses assistants, and how much patterns are utilized. For example, for the image you linked, I would assume the manga is monthly (if it was weekly, then that's just beyond amazing) but also if you look at the leaves in the bottom left panel you can see that they're actually just duplicated patterns—they still look great, but just a little industry trick to look for
The top manga artists sometimes leave the backgrounds to assistants instead. That's not true for Parasyte, however. Here's an interview with the writer:
–Could you explain step-by-step what kind of work process you go through to create a single chapter?
Iwaaki: I start by jotting down the scenario in my notebook, and then I rewrite a cleaner version of it that my editor will be able to read. Next I draw out the panels and work out how many pages it’ll take, and then I lightly draw in the outline of the characters and the speech bubbles in pencil. At this point I’m writing out the dialogue for the third time, so that’s pretty much settled at that point. From there I start drawing and then inking, which I do by going from the first page to the last page drawing the thick lines on the characters (mostly their outlines) and the speech bubbles, then putting my pen down and penciling in the dialogue. I fax that to the editorial department, and then I continue on doing all the thin linework for every page, and then the solid black parts for every page. This part of the work where I’m drawing the characters is something I can do for the first thirteen hours or so after waking up, but as it gets close to bedtime my hand becomes less reliable, so I’ll stop working on the characters for that day and start drawing the backgrounds that don’t involve much thinking about. After all the characters are drawn I do all the other backgrounds, erase the pencil underneath the pen, and stick on the screentone. That’s about it, although technically there are other tiny things I’m leaving out.
Personally, I've already been impressed by the art in Homunculus. EVERY page is filled with such defined art! I'll use the very first 3 images I find on Google as an example:
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I guess only the first one showed much background, but it's still awesome imo
I guess so many things would be taken into consideration. How good is a plot to serve good sales so the publisher will give the author all the help he/she needs such as advanced items, assistant and time for the most part.
Yeah. Some know how to tell a story but can't draw that well; some can be a good artists but may not have an actual story to make the cut no matter how well they can translate words in the art, till they are given an script to follow.
It's not unheard of for artists to just put in edited real life photos (that's what I assume many of these manga where the art is totally different level from the characters do) but it's also common to trace images which is often left to the assistants so to give the mangaka more time.
The top manga artists sometimes leave the backgrounds to assistants instead. That's not true for Parasyte, however. Here's an interview with the writer:
–Could you explain step-by-step what kind of work process you go through to create a single chapter?
Iwaaki: I start by jotting down the scenario in my notebook, and then I rewrite a cleaner version of it that my editor will be able to read. Next I draw out the panels and work out how many pages it’ll take, and then I lightly draw in the outline of the characters and the speech bubbles in pencil. At this point I’m writing out the dialogue for the third time, so that’s pretty much settled at that point. From there I start drawing and then inking, which I do by going from the first page to the last page drawing the thick lines on the characters (mostly their outlines) and the speech bubbles, then putting my pen down and penciling in the dialogue. I fax that to the editorial department, and then I continue on doing all the thin linework for every page, and then the solid black parts for every page. This part of the work where I’m drawing the characters is something I can do for the first thirteen hours or so after waking up, but as it gets close to bedtime my hand becomes less reliable, so I’ll stop working on the characters for that day and start drawing the backgrounds that don’t involve much thinking about. After all the characters are drawn I do all the other backgrounds, erase the pencil underneath the pen, and stick on the screentone. That’s about it, although technically there are other tiny things I’m leaving out.
Personally, I've already been impressed by the art in Homunculus. EVERY page is filled with such defined art! I'll use the very first 3 images I find on Google as an example:
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I guess only the first one showed much background, but it's still awesome imo
