08-26-2015, 02:58 PM
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Yeah... anime kinda sucks at 'ethnicity' portraying - the manga aesthetic will often override these slight details. Cartoon, on other hand, seems to portray those differences better (if a little stereotypical at that)
for example, take punch out's design
and compare with say, hetalia.
since the ethnical features are more prominent in the cartoony-styled punch out, you can kinda judge where they're from easily. This isn't really the case with same-face-just-change-eye-design anime-style hetalia.
It really depends on what you want to portray - there is probably a better way to represent ethnicity in manga style, but there are no absolute "rights" and "wrongs" when coming to character design
What's bizarre, is that cartoon consistently draws japanese people with thin eyes, which is a given, whereas anime does the opposite - Japanese characters are often portrayed with bigger eyes than (or at least, as big as) western characters...
08-26-2015, 06:33 PM
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(08-26-2015, 02:41 PM)Dolphman Wrote: I probably should've mentioned that I'm multiracial (Aboriginal mother, Australian father) And multiracial children are common here.
oh - like Samantha Harris...?
(is there ever a picture of her where she smiles? rofl also my apologies, I'm a dumb yankee and this is the only mixed-race Australian person I can think of)
(08-26-2015, 02:58 PM)Gors Wrote: It really depends on what you want to portray - there is probably a better way to represent ethnicity in manga style, but there are no absolute "rights" and "wrongs" when coming to character design
What's bizarre, is that cartoon consistently draws japanese people with thin eyes, which is a given, whereas anime does the opposite - Japanese characters are often portrayed with bigger eyes than (or at least, as big as) western characters...
wat
I NEVER noticed this but yeah it's true rofl
Lemme chime in here and say that yeah - you can present ethnicity in manga style, but it's a little harder to pull off without it possibly looking silly, unfortunately
it's typically done with - as Gors said, eyes, but also nose, facial structure, and hairstyle. you may wanna try examining these features on celebrities, or just other people to see if you can identify discernible traits between the two.
Personally, I'd suggest using facial structure and hairstyles if you're trying to emphasize diversity, like Nils Yajima in Gundam Build Fighters (he's an American character, and he's portrayed to be ethnic/a mix of backgrounds)
With cartoon art, though yeah characters are usually more caricatured (as they're basically facial features, taken from life, and exaggerated) lol
I feel like there's better examples of how mixed-race Australian women would be portrayed in like, shojo manga as opposed to your typical shonen fare though (which always seems to portray ethnic people as strong, buff guys with unique facial features, with very little female representation) and I'm not quite sure how things translate between the two types of media to be able to say "yeah, do this"
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As much as I've come to dislike anime over the recent years, Tazi-san on deviantart has very little trouble portraying ethnicity in anime style.
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08-28-2015, 11:55 PM
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08-29-2015, 01:27 AM
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I am REALLY diggn the style you used there! ^
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Wait, me? Thanks! Also, did you translate the Japanese? ~.o
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08-30-2015, 08:51 AM
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(08-30-2015, 04:58 AM)supersmashball Wrote: Wait, me? Thanks! Also, did you translate the Japanese? ~.o
Actually I was talking about SchAlternate's post but now that I see it again, I actually like how you drew Kirby as well. No I didn't translate the Japanese.
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(08-30-2015, 08:51 AM)BlueBlur97 Wrote: (08-30-2015, 04:58 AM)supersmashball Wrote: Wait, me? Thanks! Also, did you translate the Japanese? ~.o
Actually I was talking about SchAlternate's post but now that I see it again, I actually like how you drew Kirby as well. No I didn't translate the Japanese.
Okay, thanks for telling me that and the comment LITERALLY now. Thanks!
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Anonymous Wrote:...the world is so much simpler if you just dont give a FUCK...
Wish I could draw as good as you... o.o
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(08-31-2015, 10:30 PM)supersmashball Wrote: Wish I could draw as good as you... o.o
Hey man, thanks! It took me years of drawing like shit and constantly improving to get this far. If you keep trying new stuff in your art and learn from your mistakes, you'll be way better than me. : )
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(08-31-2015, 10:36 PM)BlueBlur97 Wrote: (08-31-2015, 10:30 PM)supersmashball Wrote: Wish I could draw as good as you... o.o
Hey man, thanks! It took me years of drawing like shit and constantly improving to get this far. If you keep trying new stuff in your art and learn from your mistakes, you'll be way better than me. : )
My old method was to listen to music while drawing, but now I just do it quietly.
I'm KIND OF decent with PC drawing, but it's kinda complicated.
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