All along, "how to draw a good mirror" can be described as a headache for many novice cartoonists. Today, the blue pencil editor will bring you a well-integrated comic book explanation (it will take a year to miss it!)

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All along, "how to draw a good mirror" is a problem that many novice cartoonists have a headache, but even if they ask their predecessors, they can only get some "more, more, more groping, thinking". The answer is clear, because few of them have received such professional knowledge counseling. Although the predecessors shared their long-term experience of groping and thinking about it, in the face of a highly generalized answer, comics are still an abstract concept for newcomers to the comics. Today, the blue pencil will bring you a well-conceived comic. Explain the mirror.

â–²The Legend of the Comic Hall, "The Dragon Ball"

In Japan, the term "ãƒãƒ¼ãƒ ", which is commonly used in comics, is a draft of comics and a sketch of ideas. Sometimes called "castration." As the name implies, the cut is the division of the grid. The importance of the comics is self-evident. On the other hand, the use of the lens language in the comics is also indispensable for helping the plot to advance and the atmosphere to be rendered. So next we mainly talk about comics in the following two aspects -

â–²Comic division 1. Open page balance 2. Three-section division, four-section division 3. Different grid division methods

â–²Lens language 1. Sight guide 2. People overflow

â–²Small and healthy development of "Bakuman"

It is not difficult to see that the left picture is only a rough outline of the characters and dialogue, while the right picture is a more detailed depiction of the characters and scenes on the basis of the split mirror. It is important to make a split before the comics are drawn. One link.

Comic space

1. Open page balance and entrance

In the comic book, the reader mainly browses the comics by taking the page turning method. After the comic book is opened, the two opposite pages are the opening (opening page). Because the impression brought by the opening page often directly affects the reader's desire to read, the same method of division is not only aesthetically pleasing, but also causes visual fatigue, resulting in the idea of â€‹â€‹"good boring, don't want to continue watching it", so How to grasp the balance of the opening page to grasp the reader's heart is particularly important! The most basic of the divisional balance is the diagonal balance and the left and right balance:

(1) Diagonal balance

Diagonal balance is the diagonal of the open page, the size of the frame, or the spatial sense of the frame.

â–² double diagonal balance

The picture above is Fu Jian Yi Bo's "Yu You Bai Shu". The part of the picture in the picture, through the form of the picture beyond the frame, produces a diagonal balance of similar size in the upper right corner and the lower left corner; the part of the picture â—, although the number of the grid is different, it also exceeds the frame, forming a large A diagonal balance of a small space.

â–² quarter diagonal balance

The picture above is the "Transformer" of Yamamoto Hideo. It is not difficult to see that it divides four similarly sized spaces to form a quarter-divided diagonal balance.

â–² diagonal balance of lattice combination

The picture above is Fu Jian Yi Bo's "Hunter X Hunter". The upper left is a space formed by a large frame beyond the frame, and the lower right is a number of frames to form a space beyond the frame. This is a diagonal balance formed by the grid.

â–²Making diagonal balance of large spaces

(2) Balance left and right

The symmetry formed by the division of the left and right frames, the contrast of the frames, and the like.

â–² horizontal and vertical split left and right balance

The picture above is Fu Jian Yi Bo's "Yu You Bai Shu". Hu Yu Luâ€™s final farewell to the Magic Sea, the wind and the clouds, so gentle eyes are so backward. The left page takes the vertical grid, and the right page takes the horizontal grid, which constitutes the left and right balance of the horizontal and vertical divisions on the division.

â–²The balance of density contrast

The picture above is the "Transformer" of Yamamoto Hideo. After the craniotomy, the protagonist has the special function of seeing other people's "little people in the brain". This is a scene of his meeting with a gangster who loves to cut the fingers of others, and the perfect interweaving of memories and reality. There are six small cells (relatively dense) on the left side of the page, and only one cell on the right side, forming a left-right balance on the contrast.

â–² black and white contrast left and right balance

The picture above is the "XXXHOLIC" of the clamp. The left page is relatively white, the vertical color of the right page is heavy, and the cloud is haunted by the black background. The inlaid dialogue is "known to the name, it is equal to the part of the soul that is mastered by the opponent. It is known that the birthday is equal to I have been mastered from birth to the future.", suggesting that the shop opened in Miss Scorpion on April 1 is not "mistaken by mistake", and the atmosphere creates a sense of fate that has already been destined. As Miss Xunzi said, she has been waiting here for a long time, and because of the circumstance, everything is not accidental.

â–²Opening page entrance awareness

It is worth mentioning that the double header of the line of sight entrance and the singular page of the line of sight exit as the stop point of the line of sight when reading, need to pay special attention, generally as the opening, to undertake the above content, explain, convert the scene Or set suspense, white space, the author can use the page gap to grasp the rhythm of the plot conversion.

After a general understanding of the balance of comics, let's take a look at what the [basic comics division method] is like:

2. Three equal parts and four equal parts

Comic divisions generally take the form of three equal parts or four equal parts. Generally speaking, the basic habit of many cartoonists is to draw four basic lines when they get the manuscript paper, and there are also two equal parts extended on the basis of four equal parts. , three equal forms, different forms apply to different expression needs.

When some authors consciously want to paint some large scenes, in order to make the space look less compact, it will adopt a three-part method.

â–²Blue pencil Â· Comic creation basic class lecture Â· Light fish comic short: "Volcano God" is a typical three-section grid

3. Different grid division methods

The frame is basically a square drawn by the fourth division of the frame. The effect of different grid division methods is completely different.

a. The horizontal grid is relatively calm and gentle, suitable for explaining large scenes, atmosphere, wide, inclusive, and the atmosphere is relatively tense.

The picture above is a long comic of Erstrovsky: "White Crane Three Musts" (micro-comic contracted works) (a special guest for the blue pencil interview). It can be seen that the mountains in the horizontal grid stretch and the clouds are lingering, and the whole scene is magnificent.

b. The vertical grid atmosphere is relatively tight, relaxed, happy, pleasant, and rhythmic movement can be better reflected; there is a high degree of visual difference, which can also be used to express the sense of occlusion in space.

The picture above is the "Lang Kexing" of Inoue Takehiko. The visual difference in the vertical grid on the left side perfectly reflects the overwhelming water potential.

The picture above is the "XXXHOLIC" of the clamp. It adopts the expression of the right side and the left side of the vertical grid, which is typical of left and right balance. The close-up of the right-handed eye on the right side gives a feeling of silence and cessation, showing that I was speaking very seriously on April 1 and the other party was very shocked to receive the message he wanted to convey. The vertical grid on the left side magnifies this emotion. The perspective changes from looking up to looking at the panorama, and the firmness of April 1 and the mistakes and reflections of the other side are all manifested.

c. slanting lattice has a strong sense of tension and oppression, and the screen has a greater impact on the visual

The picture above is "SLAM DUNK" by Inoue Takehiko. The diagonal grid fully demonstrates the unique sense of speed, tension and persecution on the court.

In the final battle against Shanwang in Xiangbei, the other player took the ball and stormed. First, he broke through the defense of Miyagi's good field, and then quickly bypassed Mitsui. The camera turned to the expression of Rukawa and Akagi, and the other player used a clever one. The ball turned to break through the defense of Akagi, the camera shifted to the panorama, and then the horror of the cherry blossoms, the tension on the basketball court was conveyed in detail.

The picture above is Matsumoto Ocean "Ping Pong". The screen also uses a large number of oblique grid divisions to reflect the fierceness of table tennis events and the memories interspersed between various laughers and A-Bian.

The picture above is the thief blackjack of the handcuffs. The use of the diagonal grid fully reflects the rapid flow of water, and the two people on the raft are still facing the crisis of colliding with the reef, and the atmosphere is extremely thrilling.

â–² In practice, there are many screens with only horizontal grids. Generally, the occurrence rate of vertical and oblique lattice is about 60%.

â–²The most basic and most common mistake in the mirror is the "primary and secondary confusion." Once the mistakes have caused great harm to the development of the story, we must pay more attention and attention - emphasize the emphasis, skip the unimportant, Don't let unimportant content "take the lead"!

Camera language

Although the comics and the film are not exactly the same things, as the opening words, the lens language plays a vital role in the comics. Let's take a look at the specific chestnuts:

Line of sight guidance

The composition of the comics can play a similar effect to the movie lens. The characters are presented through different angles, perspectives or close-ups, explaining the development of the plot, changing the scene, and increasing the tension of the story, such as the following fighting scene:

â–² lines, frames and lens language

The picture above is the "Dragon Ball" of Toriyama Akira. The fighting scene in the picture fully reflects the "line-of-sight" consciousness in the comics. In the battle scenes of Piccolo and Goku, Uncle Bird first guides the reader's line of sight by attacking the direction of the wave and a large number of concentrated lines, and then the narrow space of the diagonal grid makes the reader inadvertently speed up the reading. After Wukong escaped the attack, he found that the shock wave came on the way! By using the rule of the reader's line of sight when crossing pages, the author sets the jump and dodge action. Through the change of the angle of view in the picture, the attack wave, the concentrated line and the line setting fully guide the reading line of sight, and the story fighting scene is clearly and smoothly explained.

â–² Comic mirrors should consciously choose different lens languages â€‹â€‹according to the different expression atmosphere to change the way the images are presented under the lens, such as action shots, dialogue shots, atmosphere shots, and so on.

2. Character overflow

Character overflow is the way in which the reader draws his attention to him by drawing the character into a frame!

â–² configuration method of character overflow

The picture above is Fu Jian Yi Bo's "Hunter X Hunter". Through the expression of character overflow, not only eases the compactness brought by the multi-screen on the left page, but also focuses on the expressions and emotions of key figures, emphasizing the debut of Chitose and Aluga!

â–² Narrator: I am the gateway to the new world.

After analyzing so much, how much do you understand? How much has it been absorbed?

Don't worry! Don't rush to follow the instructions! Individuals must learn to think more and observe more.

Most of the above are the rules of experience summed up from master masterpieces. In addition to the more general ways of sharing above, you can also adopt other more personalized expressions. The essence of comics is nothing more than telling stories through the combination of pictures and dialogues. As long as you can tell a story through comics, the form of expression as a means can be varied, and the correct and successful expression is not unique!

juvenile! The door to the new world has been opened for you! In the future, we must work hard to draw comics! (shooting the shoulder)

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