OT: Manga and Fine Art?
Jay C
training based on figure draing and painting.
What about manga artist...?
AFAIK, 99% of manga artists in Asian region don't have formal art
education. (especially in Korea, it's certaly true.) Most artists go
to manga institute, where they only learn how to draw manga and
nothing else...or become apprentices of other manga artists. Normally
they are very tedious processes.
The only 2 manga artist who actually had some formal art education
are Sadamoto Yoshiyuki, who did Evangelion manga and Kentaro Miura,
the creator of Berserk. And Mr. Yoshiyuki is more of a anime producer
than a comicbook artist, and Miura's drawing style was really
half-assed when he started working on Berserk.
It's obvious that practically 99% of manga artists don't know how to
PAINT. And probalbly more than half of them have very limited of
non-existend knowlege on human anatomy. Few of them have actual
training on color theory... Well, I know that it's very absurd to
expect them to paint like Alex Ross, but most color works done by
manga artist were, to me, so damn lame. I can do better color works
than most manga artists do...well, when it comes to painting. I was
not that well trained in markers and stuff. (and I admit that many
manga artists have excellent knowlege on perspective!)
And, NO, I was not talking about watercolor and pastel. Watercolor
painting is for sissies. And real pastel PAINTINGS, like those done by
Harley Brown, are nothing like those done by some manga and anime
illustrators.
Now I beginning to wonder... IS MANGA AND FINE ART SEPARATED IN
JAPAN?! In Western hemisphere, many comicbook artists, especially
Europe, have extensive background in traditional art training. But
what about in Asia? It's very different...probably because the art
tradition has developed differently. Even in college Eastern-style art
and Western-style art are separated.
Is manga closer to literature and craftmanship than to fine art? I am
just curious...