The Courage to Draw: Make Emotions Matter!
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Teaching review of manga drawing and storyboarding workshops
Marianna Poppitzhttp://urbanplanetcomix.com/
The Courage to Draw: Make Emotions Matter!
We love to see visual stories (be it in films, comics, mangas or animes) –
that's why most people join my workshops.
“But how could I start to draw by myself...?”
At the end of my workshops, I often get this feedback:
“I didn't even know that I'm able to draw... like this!”
Basic sketchnotes can visualize a first rough emotion, manga techniques will take you further by defining facial traits, enhancing the feeling.
To improve your power of visualization, start to focus on:
#1 SPEED: Drawing faster will help you to go with a minimum of lines. At this rough stage you learn
best how to tweak your character in order to make it look the way you like.
#3 IMAGINATION:Imagine situations, invent statements and
backgrounds that sustain your drawn emotions, and you'll get the story rolling.
Trying that for conflicting emotions will lead you to a story development in a sequence of pictures.
To sum it up in a nutshell:Emotions are the driving power of gripping
storytelling. Give them reason and depth, so we will ask to see and know more!
For upcoming workshops, please check:http://urbanplanetcomix.com/workshops/
BIG THANKS to all participants of my workshops: you keep inspiring me!
http://urbanplanetcomix.com/workshops/
Marianna Poppitz teaches groups and individuals:illustration, manga drawing, storyboarding, visual
storytelling, youth education;in workshops i.a. For:
BDK e.V. Berlin,cultures interactive e.V.,
DJG Berlin, Embassy of Japan in Germany,
Goethe Institute Minsk, Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Stiftung wannseeFORUM,
VHS Berlin Tempelhof-Schöneberg