How to Create Manga: Drawing Facial Expressions. NextCreator Henshubu

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      Various expressions explained via multiple illustrated examples.

      7

      DISCUSSION

      Blue arrows

      These indicate the direction of movement

       of the body part or body as a whole.

      Discussions

      Analyses of ideas related to the facial expression,

       how to use the paint tool and so on.

      Orange arrows

      These indicate where the emotion is

       heading and the degree of emotion.

      EXPERT TIPS

      Expert tips

      These cover emotional expressions using parts

       of the body other than the face as well as how to

       use symbolic expression to convey emotions.

      Symbolic expression and distortion

      Symbolic expression is a method of representation used in manga and cartoons. In

       this book, it refers to the stylized symbols often used in manga, such as the symbol for

       anger, the droplets that denote sweat from panic and the symbol for blood draining

       from the face (see below). It’s easiest to think of them in the same way as the emoji on

       your smartphone.

      Caricaturizing or distortion is the technique of expressing something in a simplified or

       exaggerated way. In this book, it refers to overlarge eyes, mouths that protrude from the

       face and other such exaggeration.

      Examples of symbolic expressions

      Blush

      This expression

       reddens the face and

       expresses shyness,

       excitement, etc.

      Anger

      Captures the veins

       that protrude

       from the forehead

       when angry.

      Sweat

      Conveys cold

       sweat and panic.

      Turning pale

      An expression

       showing the

       blood draining

       from the face.

      8

      PART 1

      Basic Expressions

      JOY

      Basics

      Smiling

      Enjoyment and

       Delight

      Laughter

      Hearty Laughter

      ANGER

      Basics

      Irritation

      Rage

      Fury

      SADNESS

      Basics

      Depression

      Sadness and

       Loneliness

      Crying

      Sobbing

      SURPRISE

      Basics

      Astonishment

      Trembling

      Shock

      DISLIKE

      Basics

      Troubled

      Repulsion

      Loathing

      FEAR

      Basics

      Afraid

      Panicked

      Terror

      Joy

      The basic expression of joy, the smile, lifts the corners of the mouth and firms up the cheeks.

       It’s an expression that communicates good will, a sense of security and an absence of animosity.

      When you think of a smile, what comes to

       mind is the eyes forming a crescent moon

       shape and the mouth forming a half moon.

       To start, let’s look at this facial expression as

       one of the basic expressions of joy.

      Symbolic expressions

      Flow of expression

      When the cheeks firm up, the lower eyelids

       and the corners of the mouth lift. Think of the

       lower lids as being pushed up by the cheeks.

       Usually when blinking, both the upper and

       lower lids move toward each other, but the

       movement is different when smiling.

      The cheeks lift higher and the lower

       lids and corners of the mouth lift

       up. Once the corners of the mouth

       are raised this far, it is easier for the

       mouth to open in terms of the flow

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