Drawing style

According to manga that I've been reading until now. There're many styles that I couldn't mention one per one. Of course they are different each other.

Just compare onepiece and naruto. Which do you like.? I bet you don't know which, but you will take naruto because of story or drawing style.? Dunno know why you like but no need to explain it in this post, please. :)

Drawing style is like.. hmm well, it's hard to explain, but I think it will be easier if I use some picture samples to explain it.

Let's remember again about types of mangas in order to understand the concept of drawing style. From kodomo to doujinshi, and actually for some information I've found in these time. I found that there's one type, but how sad I forgot the name.! But I can search the sample for the type which I've found to show.

I have explained types of mangas before. But at this title, I will just show some samples in other to make you more understand.

- Kodomo,

This is a page of doraemon

I won't translate this :P

but you can see that the drawing style is simple so it might can be classified as kodomo

and this

This is a page of astro boy

Again, this might be classified as kodomo

But, don't be so confused. In other way to make you more understand, just take a look at its language. If the language is very easy to read and there isn't any difficult vocabulary, so you can take it as kodomo since the language is very easy (of course children would even understand it :))

- Shounen, 

At this level shounen that are meant to male teenager readers. So the drawing style is up to their tastes or desires. Well, I dunno know about this either although I love shounen. Why.? it's because the drawing is good. And so is the story, but most of all it's focused on the drawing that would attract many people to read it.

And so on. There are many styles of them like this.

Of course it includes language too. Note that language is a bit easy to read. But if children can read the language as much, so it perhaps even a bit harder to tell diference between kodomo and shounen. ~.~

So, just use the drawing style as the concept of the type. Usually the hero is male, but there is also the heroin. I can only tell you to use your experience to tell the difference.

- Shoujo,

Same as shounen, but it's for female teenager readers and the drawing style is different from shounen as you can see some samples below.

Especially this manga, shugo chara, I really love it.! lol

I guess that's enough already, and I guess you can tell the difference between shounen and shoujo. And I like both, of course. I've not uploaded skip beat but anyway, that's enough already.!

- Seinen,

For this level, it's quite a bit difficult for me to search some samples to show. Because it doesn't matter if the drawing is so complex or simple, and what's matter is the story. And the story is too deep that children couldn't understand. I should have told this on the post before right.? Now I will show some samples to let you know what's the drawing style like.

and, other than it, below are tezuka's works. It can be classified as seinen although the drawing is simple

 

Ah, I almost forget. Please note that the language in seinen or josei is usually using some difficult vocabulary. If not believe, try to read franken fran and take your opinion that it's seinen or shounen.? Easy to tell, isn't it.? So that's why children couldn't understand the story fully although they are just taking a like to its drawing.

Nah, next.!

- Josei,

Same as seinen, but it's for adult female readers. Here's some samples.

Stop.! I've uploaded more than enough. At least you can understand now right.?

Nah, now I want to show doujinshi and one more the type that I don't know the name yet.

as you can see, the doujin-ka* usually make comic with character that they like the most and make the rest with their imagination. Such as cardcaptor sakura, inuyasha, etc. But there's also an original, it's really difficult for me to find one so I will just let this be to not make you confused.

 *Doujin-ka is used to call the man who draws the manga themselves and not published it legally yet. They are just sell it at the comiket (Comic Market) themselves. They usually make the manga approximately 1.000 copy since there's law of copyright so they wouldn't get arrested or something. lol

And, finally. I can tell the information now. I ask you, what's the type of the very very first manga.? I mean, when manga was published for first time in public, what's the type.? Have no idea.? Then I will show.  

Sadly, I don't know the name of type yet. But at least I can show the sample.

This is the very first type of manga that was published. And they are still exist in these days such as K-ON!!, morita wa mukuchi, nichijou, azumanga daioh, etc. Usually used for comedy, of course I still like it.

So in other words, from this mysterious type to doujinshi, mangas sure have developed fast, haven't them.? :D

If you ever want to draw on your own, do so. Don't be so shy over your drawing, just keep practice and you will get better and better through time. After all, it's your style and be glad of your style. Actually I'm also practicing drawing and my drawing isn't that good if I compare with the manga which I like or inspires me at most.

Perhaps you also have ever felt it as I tell my problems to you. That your drawing isn't that good...

But, please note that it's YOUR style. Not theirs. So I will ask you....

"What is your style.? Are you satisfied by your drawing style yet.?"

 If not... 

  

 Keep practice.

 "There is always that need to be developed."

-Leonardo Da Vinci