Japanese Anime All-in-One Guide - Anime Master Dream Factory

Author: Sparlo
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: This book is a comprehensive guide to practical comic drawing techniques written by the experienced American animator Keith Sparlo. It includes 8 different comic drawing examples featuring characters such as bouncing balls, little girls, dart throwers, turnarounds, spaceships, transforming robots, and skateboarders, making it highly valuable for comic beginners. Whether it's film animation or television animation, there are some distinctive features. Similar to comics, animation is categorized based on the target audience: there are cute animations for children like Pokémon, and animations for adults like Cowboy Bebop. However, all categories share the following characteristics: vividly large eyes, pointed small noses, exaggerated hairstyles, and a blend of humanity and science, as well as tradition and high technology. The success of Japanese animation as a commercial form can be attributed to Osamu Tezuka. Tezuka was an avid fan of Disney and Fleischer Studios' animations from a young age. All the animations in this book are colored using professional markers. Colored markers provide good coloring effects, but the ink tends to bleed, so it's advisable to use marker paper with good absorbent properties. Like tracing paper, marker paper comes in different weights.