Same character in different manga styles
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Sindar
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alakazam said:Someone took the time to draw the same character in various manga styles. Check it out. I think it is pretty cool. Which style do you like the most?
I hate to say it, but I think the artist could have done a better job with styles imitation
The pictures should have been b/w, that would have made a big difference. He mostly concentrated on eyes, while some manga styles are more about face form, chin and mouse (like Naruto manga). Also it says that it is an OC, but I just see a bunch of blond girls, don't see any features that define her as "the character" and make me see that it is the same girl drawn in different styles.The artist is definitely talented though, I just don't think it was his best shot.
Many of the characters look extremely similar to already existing characters in the respective anime Universe....For example, the One Piece OC looks like Robin with white skin color and blonde hair, and so on.....
alakazam said:
There's a difference....It's not like the artist has used a similar drawing style, he has literally ripped off characters from the respective anime Universes.......
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A) For me it is clear there is care regarding face shape including chin, nose and mouths as well as the hair and the shading style. Compare for example Ranma and Soul Eater and contrast them with her own style. They show key differences. The fact that I could recognise many of them before even reading the name makes me think it was a good job to capture the style.Sindar said:
The problem I find is that there is not a consistency in the personality conveyed by her stare. In some depiction she uses the big eyes while in others she is drawn with the icy adult eyes. Still, I thinks he just chose the iconic ones.
B) Dude. here you're looking at a few tress instead the whole forest. Sure, she could have shown us her OC with her usual gear but she isn instead shown with a singlet because the focus is not on her character traits as much as in how the style varies to translate her into different series. The black and white would be a nice touch but I think it capture well the manga covers so no big beef from me in that regard.
Ultimately it was made for fun and exploration and I think , for what it is, a simple drawing exercise it was pretty cool what was achieved.
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alakazam said:
May be the facial features or any scars.
By the way, I like that username color and the special treatment you are getting.
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Sindar
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Yeah, good point about Ranma and Soul Eater =) My bad ^^/
But that is the point, he did choose the iconic images from the manga he tried to imitate. Looking at those pictures I think the artist could have drawn any character for any of those manga, preserving original style and all. At least it seems he has this kind of skill. But there is a difference between drawing a character from Soul Eater and making your character looking like it could have appeared on Soul Eater pages. And that is basically the point of what I said. It would have been nice of the artist made a character with features that can be used to identify it regardless of style the character is drawn in.
Still, don't take it as if I am not satisfied with the work or something =) Those pictures clearly display the artist's talent and potential. Sometimes I just like to pick on small details, especially if the work is done well and is worth discussing.
I think character design for Lina Inverse from Slayers is a good example. You can find her drawn in at least 3 different manga styles, in original light novel illustrations, in 2 distinctly different animation styles in TV series (and even more if you count subtle differences). She has a few different types of outfits, but sometimes she is drawn in some random clothes. And she is almost always easily recognizable. I think it is because of combination of her hair band, earrings, facial features (pointy chin, big eyes with lines under them), hair style and color.
In general I think it all depends on how many details you are willing to give to your character. If it is simplistic, than you can't expect it to be recognizable in every style you draw it in. On the other hand if it is very busy with details, then I would imagine you won't have any problems at all with having the character recognized. You'll instead have problems with adopting a different drawing style =)
Sindar
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alakazam said:
Depends on your art style. Look at classical portraits, no matter what kind of face a person have, a portrait would always be unique due to the style that is very rich in small details and varies greatly from one artist to another. But of course with manga (and even more so with anime) you can't use this kind of style, would be just way too time consuming.
Kaynil
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So long they don't do the dreadful face clone, well the different characters all would look the same if clothes and hair are removed, I think it is alright.
Thanks so much for your polite reply. I can understand way better where you're coming from and I think I can agree with the point you were trying make. Lina is definitely an unique character you can identify with ease. Chrono from Chrono crusade is another character that even if you change the clothes you can still recognize him. I think I can grasp better what you mean now about this character lacking more unique traits.
Sindar said:
Thanks so much for your polite reply. I can understand way better where you're coming from and I think I can agree with the point you were trying make. Lina is definitely an unique character you can identify with ease. Chrono from Chrono crusade is another character that even if you change the clothes you can still recognize him. I think I can grasp better what you mean now about this character lacking more unique traits.
Sindar
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Kaynil said:
Nah, it is my bad I didn't do a good job explaining myself in the first post =) I kinda find it interesting how artists made decisions about their character designs. Even professional mangaka would sometimes make two characters with so similar that you would have hard time distinguishing between them if you saw them without the story context. I think I've examples in Bleach and One Punch Man manga, and those are made by great artists.
Are you yourself an artist, by the way?
Kaynil
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Late reply but might as well:
I agree. I thinK Akira Toriyama even makes fun of this in one of her Arale Manga. Because he draws girls very similarly. I wish I could remember more details.
I don't consider myself close to an artist but I do enjoying drawing and this kind of topic fascinates me.
Sindar said:
I agree. I thinK Akira Toriyama even makes fun of this in one of her Arale Manga. Because he draws girls very similarly. I wish I could remember more details.
I don't consider myself close to an artist but I do enjoying drawing and this kind of topic fascinates me.
Kaynil
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Yeah. In DragoN Ball Z, all the Saiyajins look the same. I guess he was just making fun of it in general with Arale. I dug a little bit and it was Akane's dressing as Arale while apparently the manga narrated: "A fiendish scheme that takes advantage of my inability to draw more than one female face!" :hehe:Sindar said: