Intro to Manga

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Intro to Manga

• For Classroom Art Education

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Agenda

• Intro to Manga Start
• What is Manga?
• Professional U.S. Manga Art
• Brief History of Manga
• Why are Your Students Drawn to Manga?
• Mangas foundation in Traditional Art
• Art Lessons with Manga
• QA

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Who is Manga Start?

• Founded in 2006
• Dedicated to promoting importance of traditional
  art as a foundation, no matter what your style
• Consortium of Professional U.S. Artists, inspired
  by Manga
• Over 10 years of professional experience
• Published with Antarctic Press, Dark Horse
  Comics, Marvel Comics
• College Educated
• Create lessons that are fun, yet grounded with
  traditional art techniques

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What is Manga?

• Japanese word, translates to Whimsical Pictures
• U.S. meaningComics originally published in
  Japan
• Manga Stories emphasize
• Character
• Emotions/Expressions
• Environments

Dragon Ball Manga
Naruto Manga
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Professional U.S. Manga Art

• TokyoPop brought an influx of translated manga to
  U.S. Bookstores
• Manga-style art and Western-style art are
  beginning to fuse into a hybrid style
• U.S. Entertainment companies are actively
  recruiting manga-style artists
• Comics, Cartoons, Advertising
• Manga-influenced art is here to stay

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History of Manga
History of Manga

• 1945-1952 Post-WWII Japan
• Government utilized comics for propaganda
• U.S. Walt Disney Studios gains recognition

Astro Boy
Osamu Tezuka - Father of Anime Manga -
Fanatical Disney Fan - Work became known for its
progressiveness and expression New Treasure
Island, Kimba the White Lion, Astro Boy
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What are Manga Characteristics?

• Usually printed in black and white
• Read from right to left
• Storylines range from every day activities to
  fantastic science fiction
• Story emphasis on CHARACTERS and Personalities
• Shoujo, Shonen

Sailor Moon Manga
Maison Ikkoku Manga
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What is Anime?

• Anime term for Japanese animation
• Often are animated versions of popular manga
  titles

Naruto
Pokemon
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Why are Students Drawn to Manga?

• Theres something for everyone
• Wide variety of storylines and characters

Ranma 1/2 Characters

• Deceptively simplistic art style is appealing
• Next level up to characters such as Snoopy,
  Garfield
• Easy to identify with simplistic-looking
  characters

Garfield
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Manga has Traditional Art Foundations

• Manga is a medium/style to allow creative
  expression

• Students need to learn art fundamental rules in
  order to understand how to break them

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Sample Lessons

• Ideas for integrating Manga in Your Classroom Art
  Lessons

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Lesson 1 Drawing the Manga Head

• Overview Teach students how to correctly
  construct a manga-style head
• Tie this into teaching a lesson of how manga
  proportions are related to real proportions

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Art Foundation Example Body Proportion
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Lesson 2 Inking
Lesson 2 Inking

• Overview Students will learn about inking, a
  common technique used in comics, and particularly
  in manga
• Inking is a method of finalizing artwork
• Encourage students to experiment with different
  tools and line styles.
• Basic Tools
• Pencil and Eraser
• Fixed-Width Pens of varying widths (one thin, one
  wide)
• Brush pens or markers

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Lesson 2 Inking Handout

• Inked with Fixed-width
• Illustration pen

Inked with Brush Pen
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Lesson 3 Environments

• Overview Students will learn how Environments
  serve to further define manga characters
• Students begin with an empty comic panel and a
  boy or girl manga character
• Students answer questions such as Who? Where?
  How? about their character by drawing in
  background/environment elements in the the panel

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Conclusions

• Our lessons use manga as a hook
• Feel free to adapt our manga basics with your
  ideas
• These are complement to fundamental art lessons
• Manga is simply another form of expression, use
  it to capture your students interest in art!

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Thank You!

• For more free lessons and resources, please visit
• http//www.mangastart.com