What is the reason for making repeated changes until the manga support illustrations were made, in order to keep the purpose of “Creating illustrations” complete and making changes?
While continuing to order various illustrations for advertising and publicity of manga serialized on GIGAZINE as `` supporting illustrations '' to various painters and illustrators, `` while raising the degree of completion, the atmosphere of the work itself is also I reflected on the question, “How can I increase the degree of perfection so that even first-time viewers can be interested while reflecting this?” As a result, it came to the conclusion that a concrete and well-founded amendment instruction is necessary rather than an ambiguous and somewhat ambitious amendment instruction, and how to improve the quality by inviting the professional on the road as a checker Is it? We decided to build a production flow. In the case of the “Mage Book Exchange Diary” this time, as you can see, the composition and meaning are completely different from the first rough. Why did this happen? You can understand the background by reading the following making.
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First, the following one arrived as rough draft A. It was drawn in the image of the comic market from the “Mage Book Sale” that appeared in the second episode, and it seems to be a fun illustration packed with the elements of the work for the amateur eyes, It is pointed out by the checker that it is important to draw the main subject, not the thing.
The image is a note of specific correction instructions. As the overall policy at the top, “It is more promising if the illustrations are not explained with the surrounding accessories, but the theme appears with the expression of the character that should be the subject and the inclination of the fingers and feet” In addition to being written, such as making the subject stand out with the strength of the line and the background color, and the picture of other characters drawn on the bag obstruct the subject character, etc. The importance of “distinguish” is explained.
The following is the reflection of the first modification. The background color that was the same as the character's hair color has been changed, and elements other than the main character have been removed.
The left is a rough before correction, and the right is a rough reflecting correction instructions. After the correction, it is refreshing and the overall impact is reduced, but you can focus on the character without distracting.
In addition, “I felt that the balance would be worse if I just removed the surroundings with the first composition, so I tried to make another plan with reference to the indications,” rough and reflecting the correction instructions simply In addition, I received a new rough draft B. It is a form that occupies the screen firmly while narrowing down to two elements, roux and shopping bags.
Plan B was adopted because the new plan may be better organized. Based on the plan B, based on the idea that “the tip of the limb in the illustration expresses more emotion than the expression, so it should be drawn up to the foot” and “the composition looks monotonous when taking out from the corner of the angle of view”, Instructed to pull the camera and change the composition to reflect the whole image.
In addition, the image shows that “the composition of the shoulder and leg lines being parallel and the face and hair being circled in the center is changed to give a monotonous impression”. In addition, the sketch on the upper left indicates that “it is better not to look at the reader, but to make it look like it ’s inside,” rather than being an idol or model. Although the expression does not match the floating shopping bag, the original author / drawer also raised hopes that “they should be in a contrasting form”.
The overall composition has been modified to look like an image. Characters with a sad expression that are buried in colorful paper bags that express fun will stand out.
Left is before correction, right is after correction. You can see that the atmosphere has changed dramatically.
Since the first correction was reflected almost perfectly, the rough retake ended, and it was pointed out like an image in the form of 'OK if you proceed while reflecting in the subsequent steps'. The “polka dot pattern” placed in place of the background is a pattern that appears in front, and if it uses an expanded color there is a strong assertion, it needs to be reduced. In addition, there are points that you should keep in mind in the process of line drawing and coloring, such as the impression of the hair tips and eyes are too energetic compared to the overall atmosphere.
Line drawing process in which only characters and paper bags are drawn. The posture has changed slightly since it was pointed out that it is natural to put a face on the arm placed on the knee if it is a face that looks down.
Comparing the rough with the line drawing, you can see how the 'face position', 'right hand drawing', and 'hair honey' pointed out in the last rough correction have been corrected.
Colored completed illustration. It is pointed out that there is a sense of incongruity at the neck due to the change of the head position, there is an inaccurate part in the expression of the shadow, and also about how to color the shadow of the skirt part, make a shadow with hue difference Since the shape looks strange, the shadow is lighter and it is better to apply a light gray from the top.
The final completed illustration is as follows.
If you line up before and after the last correction, the neck line and the entire shadow are corrected.
The making with comments from the author, Ms. Mokeo, can be seen in the following article.
The support illustration of 'Mado-sho Exchange Diary Episode 4' has arrived! -GIGAZINE
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