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Yep, it's the section devoted to the work of the master, Miyazaki. If you don't recognize the name, you should! He's the one who gave us masterpieces like My Neighbor Totoro and Princess Mononoke. Miyazaki's general style is one of beautiful simplicity, letting the story tell itself without distractions from complex character designs. Backgrounds often look like photographs or paintings that could stand alone as works of art. If you couldn't tell, I am one of many who greatly admire Miyazaki's treatment of animation as an art form.
To start with, there's a tutorial on Ashitaka of Princess Mononoke. For now, here's some tips on the general style.
General Notes:
- While the stereotypical anime character has huge, sparkly, vacant eyes, Miyazaki takes a much more natural approach. His characters are very close to following the actual rules of human body proportion, unlike other characters with giant chests, miniscule waists, and legs twice as long as they should be.
- Drawings in the Miyazaki style actually look better if they're drawn faster, in a more gestural style. Okay, that may be Greek to some of you, but just don't get too bogged down in making everything perfect. There isn't a lot of detail in the characters themselves, so don't sit with your nose pressed to the paper when you're drawing it.
- It's not really even necessary to break the eye down as I do in the other tutorials. It's the same basic structure, but make sure the upper line curves in slightly at the outsides. You'll see in the individual lessons. And it's not even really necessary to designate a pupil, you can get away with just shading the entire eye and it will look just fine.
Good References:
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|| Sailormoon || Miyazaki || CLAMP || Samurai Troopers/Ronin Warriors
|| Dragonball || ||Gundam Wing ||
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