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Manga and Anime Interview - Endling

^Damaged927:iconDamaged927: reports, 1d 15h ago
Endling was kind enough to answer a few questions for me to share with you.

Vietnamese Drawing Contest

~viet-nam:iconviet-nam: reports, 2d 15h ago
"Vietnamese Comics" - Have you ever heard this word?

It has been so a long time since the last Vietnamese magazine for comics was postponed being published with the regret of billions of readers, all of them retired to practise more and more together with the hope that they will reappear one day. But the long-draw-out disapperance of Vietnamese Comics seems to make us feel the void, even discouragement. So, in order to follow the spirit of the Indepandence Day of Socialist Republic of Vietnam 2/9, commemorate the 1st Birthday of VNComicFarm - a community reserved only for Vietnamese Comics, simultaneously to congratulate the Collection of Vietnam's Arts ([link]) is ranked among the top collections of DA several days, to stir the air of Vietnamese Comics' friends up, DeviantArt Vietnamese Community and VNComicFarm co-ordinate to hold:

VIETNAMESE DRAWING CONTEST

Are you ready to press F5 to Vietnamese Comics?

8 Track contest winners!

^azarath:iconazarath: reports, 2d 16h ago
Winners of the Manga/Anime gallery DevART 8th Birthday contest.

The Advertising Agent Contest

*codenameparanormal:iconcodenameparanormal: reports, August 26
A coloring contest based off advertising point earnings. Prizes with free commissions and DA subscriptions.

LINEARTLESS MANGA DRAWINGS FEATURE

=Akikorossella:iconAkikorossella: reports, August 23
Hello everyone,if you want to be featured on my next news, please leave a comment with a link and a thumb of your drawing.
The theme of the next news will be LINEARTLESS drawings.

So you wanna be a Graphic novel artist?

~skater-noxie:iconskater-noxie: reports, August 14
Everything you need to know to write a graphic novel!
including loads of resources to keep you busy ^-^

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=Akikorossella:iconAkikorossella: reports, August 14
These artist completely learnt how to draw and colour

mangas by themselves! Aren't they amazing? Please show

them love!

Manga and Anime Community Choice Volume 6!

^Damaged927:iconDamaged927: reports, August 12
Welcome to the Manga and Anime Community Choice article! This is a bi-weekly article put out by yours truly using YOUR features!

Unusual Anime Art II

*Eimu-san:iconEimu-san: reports, August 7
So you still think anime art is always adorable, shiny and completely meaningless? Oh no, it's not.

The DAOS 22 - 8 Years of Anime

^Damaged927:iconDamaged927: reports, August 7
To honor Deviant Art's 8th Birthday, we will be going over an anime that was active on Deviant Art's Birthday and what episode aired on August 7th

Manga & Anime News This Week

Manga and Anime Interview - Endling

^Damaged927:iconDamaged927: reports, 1d 15h ago
Endling was kind enough to answer a few questions for me to share with you.

8 Track contest winners!

^azarath:iconazarath: reports, 2d 16h ago
Winners of the Manga/Anime gallery DevART 8th Birthday contest.

Vietnamese Drawing Contest

~viet-nam:iconviet-nam: reports, 2d 15h ago
"Vietnamese Comics" - Have you ever heard this word?

It has been so a long time since the last Vietnamese magazine for comics was postponed being published with the regret of billions of readers, all of them retired to practise more and more together with the hope that they will reappear one day. But the long-draw-out disapperance of Vietnamese Comics seems to make us feel the void, even discouragement. So, in order to follow the spirit of the Indepandence Day of Socialist Republic of Vietnam 2/9, commemorate the 1st Birthday of VNComicFarm - a community reserved only for Vietnamese Comics, simultaneously to congratulate the Collection of Vietnam's Arts ([link]) is ranked among the top collections of DA several days, to stir the air of Vietnamese Comics' friends up, DeviantArt Vietnamese Community and VNComicFarm co-ordinate to hold:

VIETNAMESE DRAWING CONTEST

Are you ready to press F5 to Vietnamese Comics?

Goku's Fan Club Website

~wickedsunny1:iconwickedsunny1: reports, 17h 13m ago
A News To promote gokufanclub.com

OMG! September Anime features

*miss-mustang:iconmiss-mustang: reports, 7h 11m ago
Includes 10 + 6(of my best friends) works of art that are considered anime and manga. Here are works that usually haven't had many favorites or aren't extremely popular. Please take a look!

Manga and Anime art that deserves attention

~ChibiButterfly:iconChibiButterfly: reports, 1d 19h ago
New manga artists need attention too!

A new kind of crew ... animated ships!!!

*Terrami:iconTerrami: reports, 1d 4h ago
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~Chibaby15:iconChibaby15: reports, 1h 15m ago
Edward and Alphonse return!! 2009

Best of Anime Cosplay: Avatar: The Last Airbender

~ZangetsuAsuma:iconZangetsuAsuma: reports, 1h 4m ago
The best of Avatar:The Last Airbender Cosplay according to a fellow costumer.

Manga & Anime


What is this manga - thing

~aqullion:iconaqullion: reports, April 18
Welcome to the lovely world of manga , maybe you are new at this or have been loving it for years but you can never know everything. Where do you start, well this news will tell you all the basic facts you need to know.


What does the term manga mean?

A Japanese comic book or graphic novel. If you look it in a wordbook. Manga is often considered an artistic and storytelling style that can also encompass non-Japanese works.

What type of different "styles" of manga exist?

It can be so many types of manga, not all reflects the same subject or story-telling, some are mild and made for children, some are made for adults and some even made for people that likes homosexual romances.
Here are just some of the styles counted up.

* Hentai
* Yaoi /Shonen ai / Yuri
* Dōjinshi
* Shojo Manga
* Mecha

and many many more.


How do you start drawing manga?

Anybody can draw manga, but only a few can masters manga as an artform. ( Manga is also often called anime, which is sort of incorrect , because anime means animation, and a non-moving picture can´t be an animation.)

Below is some awesome Tutorials of manga you can start to look into.



It exist many more , just search : "How to draw manga " here at Deviantart.


What types of tools can I use to draw manga

Well many prefer digital style, because it is kinda easy, and makes it faster to add online on the internet. These are the digital tools that are used by most drawers.

* Adobe Photoshop
* Paintshop pro
* Open Canvas
* Painter
* Ms Paint

and much much more.

But some are still into the basic traditional way to draw, by hand with a pen and paper. They can then use these tools.

* Copic markers / Pro markers / Prisma Markers.
* Watercolors
* Crayons
* Normal color pencils
* Just drawn with an normal pen.

They then scan it, and crop in some other software to add online later.

Everybody draws manga and it looks the same, right?

No no, manga might in the root look the same, but many has devolved diffrent styles to draw it. Just a few examples can be found below.



Stealing poses, is that wrong?

You can in my opinion never steal a pose, because the pose itself is not copyrighted, just seem wrong to take full credit for something you did not make. Well not the pose anyhow. Borrow a pose and then link to where you got it from is fine. ( This is my opinion)

And when you get better at drawing you can do not need references.

Manga art and manga

Manga art is more one picture, manga as most know it as, is a pocket or book with many pictures in them. That tells a story. Some country´s has few translated mangas and some has none! But it exist online manga places where you can read these mangas free. If it is legal or not, is an endless debate.

Ok now I know the basics , where should I start

Doodle, and doodle and draw , and read manga and look at pictures, get inspired and just start, it exist no right and wrong way to draw manga. And to silent some critic voices, many manga pictures can take weeks to finish it all depends on the details , and what tool or art they are using. Also to draw fanart is not wrong, it´s a good way to start. But try to also draw something els.


Go and draw and remember , manga is also art, a new / old style of art. Just some that are to stuck in the old way of art. I like the normal art also, so if I am open. Why can´t you?



Spread the word, manga is here to stay

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~PikachuC:iconPikachuC: Apr 18, 2008, 12:23:39 PM
Really good. :D Some people who is new with manga and such will probably get a good use with this. :3

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*Majoor-Druiloor:iconMajoor-Druiloor: Apr 18, 2008, 12:29:44 PM
Sam loved the article and thinks this should be on the mainpage!

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~yazookadaj77:iconyazookadaj77: Apr 19, 2008, 5:39:20 AM
Thank you for this news! It really helped me understand some new things that I never knew.

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~QueenGwen:iconQueenGwen: Apr 19, 2008, 6:51:18 AM
awsomNIZZ! :highfive: manga rocks my socks! :giggle: :icongwomp:

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~AngelsSoul:iconAngelsSoul: Apr 19, 2008, 11:14:02 AM Mood: Love
This Is a realy good artikel sis :D

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~ShuShiroi1549:iconShuShiroi1549: Apr 19, 2008, 9:22:18 PM
Abi S. Aoi: I truly agree with this article of yours ^^ quite informative. Makes me wanna start developing my mnaga style again.
~12baud:icon12baud: Apr 24, 2008, 2:36:31 PM
A good reference for beginners, veterans and people who are completely oblivious to the style. Good job.
*senbonzakura-06:iconsenbonzakura-06: May 5, 2008, 9:37:46 PM
This is a pretty straightforward article on the subject of manga. Nicely done overall. Definitely useful for those who are finding a place to start (and start over).

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