Comiket: The World's Largest Fan Convention by driftwoodwolf, journal
Comiket: The World's Largest Fan Convention
Anime and Manga Week
A few years ago, I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to intern in Tokyo, and during that time of course I had to check out the largest fan convention in the world. If you're fond of anime and manga, you may be familiar with it. Or not! Either way, I'm here to talk a little about Comiket and my personal experience attending this massive event.
Introduction
Comic Market (or Comiket/Comike, as it's more commonly known) is a doujinshi convention that takes place twice a year, three days in August (Summer Comiket, or Natsukomi) and three days in Winter (Winter Comiket, or Fuyukomi). Held for the first time in 1975, it n
Introduction to CLAMP by SinistrosePhosphate, journal
Introduction to CLAMP
Anime and Manga Week
I still remember this: many, many, many years ago, my cousin brought home an art book from Japan. She was trying to learn how to draw like the artists featured in the book. I sneaked in a look and I was mesmerized by the flowing art style dotted with golden embossing. While I had a hard time even trying to pronounce the names in the art book (or indeed, the name of the book itself), what I didn’t know back then was I just got introduced to the group known as CLAMP.
The title is “Hiten Muma”. Took me a long while to figure that out…
Rough And Tumble Beginnings (1980-1989)
CLAMP originally began i
When Old Meets New: Glove Puppetry by SinistrosePhosphate, journal
When Old Meets New: Glove Puppetry
Anime and Manga Week
It's not every day that I get to introduce folks to something that comes right out of the left field, but this is one of them. You might be wondering to yourself... what does "hand puppetry" have to do with anime and manga? Well, come with me on a magical-mystery ride into the realms into the realms of Chung-Yuan and Tong-Li and let me introduce you to the oldest -and- the newest sensation when it comes to the frontiers of anime.
Look, we're blasting off into space! :XD:
What on earth is this?
Going right back to the beginning, "glove puppetry" is a kind of folk art where stories are told with the aid of small hand pup
Art Feature: Manga and Anime in Drawings by craftsbyblue, journal
Art Feature: Manga and Anime in Drawings
Anime and Manga Week
Last year, I presented a manga and anime feature in my main medium, artisan crafts: Art Feature: Manga and Anime in Arts and Crafts. This year, I'd like to branch out and make the feature in traditional and digital art. I hope that you will enjoy the works featured here!
Overview of the Anime Production Process by PowerOfSin, journal
Overview of the Anime Production Process
Anime & Manga Week
Welcome to my summary of the common Anime production process!
Many anime viewers probably felt it would be cool to make an anime of their own, or have their ideas turned into anime at the very least. It is, however, a pretty long process with a lot of people working on these episodes or movies, so creating them requires a lot of work and dedication.
But the steps in this process can be applied to even smaller independent animations so knowing the steps is helpful for anyone interested in creating animation!
I will cover the basic overview here, but there is a lot more to each of these steps than outlined here. Just
Making Effective Character Designs by bitter--coffee, journal
Making Effective Character Designs
Manga and Anime Week
Table of Contents (Ctrl+F to find the section you want!)
1. Introduction
2. Examples of effective design
3. A note about stereotypes
4. Designing your character
5. Designing clothing for your character
6. General advice
7. Putting it into practice
8. Conclusion
Introduction
What makes a viewer interested in an anime series? The premise, perhaps? Maybe the gorgeous art style? But what can really get a viewer interested is the characters, and the best way to make a positive first impression is with character design.
So how can you make an effective character design? In this article, I will be going over some exa
Welcome to the Manga and Anime Week ! by AngeKrystaleen, journal
Welcome to the Manga and Anime Week !
Hi Everyone!
It is time for the Anime & Manga Week!
We have such amazing things to share with your guys, so we hope that you'll enjoy them all
Let's see the schedule of the week...
Monday, Feb 18th First, get an amazing journal about this amazing week... And you know what? You're reading it
After this, we start the week with an article about anime production process by PowerOfSin (https://www.deviantart.com/powerofsin).
Tuesday, Feb 19th Do you love Clamp? Then you'll love the article about them by SinistrosePhosphate (https://www.deviantart.com/sinistrosephosphate) !
In the afternoon, driftwoodwolf (https://www.deviantart.com/driftwoodwolf) offers you a trip into Comiket's world.
Wednesday, Feb 20th Take a look to bitter--coffee (https://www.deviantart.com/bitter--coffee)'s article about
Anime and Manga Week: Recap by Lady-Suchiko, journal
Anime and Manga Week: Recap
Anime & Manga Week
Another Manga week, another amazing collection of articles! This week covered a wide range of interesting topics as well as offered some unique and helpful advice to help all the growing mangakas out there ~
So to recap:
Monday, February 18th: We kicked off the start of the week with an Overview of the anime production process by PowerOfSin (https://www.deviantart.com/powerofsin)
Tuesday, February 19th: Next, we were given a thorough Introduction to CLAMP
by SinistrosePhosphate (https://www.deviantart.com/sinistrosephosphate)
Followed by an Article on Comiket, the most famous doujinshi convention, by driftwoodwolf (https://www.deviantart.com/driftwoodwolf)
Wednesday, February 20th: We got some great advice on Making Effective Character D
Let's talk about Akira by JustACapharnaum, journal
Let's talk about Akira
Anime & Manga Week
Hello everyone!
In today's article I am going to talk about the animated movie Akira and what's great about it, why it is so iconic and what's not so great about it. Since we are in the year 2019 and that the anime takes place in 2019, I figured I would pay tribute to one of my favorite anime (without giving too many spoilers :lol:). So let's begin!
What is Akira?"Akira" is a 1988 cyberpunk Japanese animated film adapted from the 2,000 pages graphic novel by Katsuhiro Otomo. It takes place in 2019 in a futuristic post-apocalyptic Neo-Tokyo and is about a couple of teenagers in a motorcycle gang who inadvertently get mi
Start to Finish: Anime Male Tutorial by Avidex, journal
Start to Finish: Anime Male Tutorial
Manga & Anime Week
Introduction
In this article, I'll be showing you the in's and out's of a completed drawing done in Photoshop, featuring my own character Seishi. I'll be giving you tips on sketching proportions, lining and detailing, as well as shading skin, hair, eyes and clothing.
Sketching and Lining
Porportions
When sketching proportions it's a good idea to considder the placement of area's with others, such as lining the top of the ears with the eyes, the bottom of the ears with the nose, and the mouth with the jaw line.
Colouring the Lineart
Colouring the lineart helps make the lineart look less blocky and blend into the artw