The two most common (and popular) basic Styles of Manga

Nope, I ain't gonna post any drawings or tutorials yet. Sorry. And yes, consider this a filler until I know when will my teacher set the deadline for my English project (in case you didn't read my short little description, this little blog here is for my English project, tee hee) THEN I shall post and share the real deal of my awesomeness. Yeah.

So this post is about the 2 MOST COMMON STYLES OF MANGA. There are many kinds in this world now, 2 of which I will show and explain here. For future notes, I named a few styles for my own convenience as well as yours... Because if you'll stick with this blog you'll also be seeing my tutorials all written with my own words and language. So if you find these styles under another name somewhere else, well... Domo sumimasen (I'm very sorry), I warned you.


THE FIRST AND MOST COMMON IN THIS WORLD is something I'd like to call Mainstream Manga. It is widely used and is the most popular style of manga. This style features Manga characters having big, glassy cute eyes, a thin neck, a small body... Well, overall, the very cute type of manga you see every day. THIS is an example of a Mainstream Manga style:

MAIN FEATURES:
*Kinda big head for a small body
*Big, big shiny eyes
*Thin eyebrows. Check them out. Almost always thin one-line eyebrows.
*Really cute tiny unrealistic mouth.
*...no human ears aren't shown here, but they are also simple
*Thin, small neck.
*Dot or coma-like nose. Seriously, that's how they draw it.





The next one is... CHIBI!!! People say that it's the cutest sytle. Ever. You Japan fans must know this. It has the same features the Mainstream Manga style has, but even cuter, and everything's much tinier save for the eyes and head. People say that this style is the easiest to draw, but personally, I don't like it and find it a little difficult. THIS is an example of a CHIBI style:

MAIN FEATURES:
*BIGGER HEAD. Much, much bigger head.
*TINY, TINY BODY
*BIGGER, MUCH BIGGER EYES
*SMALLER, MUCH SMALLER mouth
*SMALLER, barely visible nose
*And note that in Chibi everything looks simpler, including the HAIR
*In the Heads Scale (a measurement I use to measure my character's heights, I shall explain in a later post), it is usually 2 heads tall
*Tiny hands and legs as well. fingers are short like a child's.
*And don't forget, much cuter appearance.


...That is all. Actually, I just ripped these pictures off from Google, so if someone (or the owner) stumbles on this site well tell me and I'll ask proper permission T.T

I shall come back with more awesomeness... Lord knows when. With a little more explanation first, drawings later. My tutorials will have tons of writing. PREPARE... And enjoy :P

The Origin of Manga- a short Intro

As almost everyone out there knows, Manga is a style of art which originates from Japan, Asia. According to records, manga was created around the 17th till the 18th century, and is believed to be created by a Japanese man who referred to himself as Hokusai.

Even though it was created way back, the entire Japan first knew manga around the 20th century, when the style of art gained sudden popularity among the people, spreading and perfecting itself to form the manga we all know today. There are specific manga for adults and children though, and the manga drawn specially for children appeared around the 1970s.

Japanese manga is basically the Japanese version of comics, and are written by 'Mangaka' or the Japanese word for manga authors. Mangakas first published their art in 'zasshi' or magazines, but then quickly moved on to 'tankobon', or as a story in a book.

That is all~ Thank you for reading.