{"id":5100,"date":"2019-10-23T17:51:34","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T21:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/littleviews.com\/?p=5100"},"modified":"2019-12-12T18:40:33","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T23:40:33","slug":"action-sketching-get-more-out-of-the-game-by-creating-action-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/littleviews.com\/action-sketching-get-more-out-of-the-game-by-creating-action-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Action Sketching: Get more out of the game by creating action stories"},"content":{"rendered":"

Japanese of all ages create manga, which are graphic stories (novels) involving highly active characters.<\/p>\n

In America, potential artists might claim they don’t have the skills to create graphic stories, but that is only because they haven’t learned the drawing tricks related to action positioning.<\/p>\n

To accomplish their craft, Japanese manga artists rely on photography and sets of miniature manikins, popularly sold as\u00a0COLOR-LILIJ Body Figures.<\/p>\n

\"Japanese<\/p>\n

Everything about their manikin sets are described in Japanese, so don’t rely on\u00a0the directions that come with these sets (unless you read Japanese).<\/p>\n

The manikins are very small, as shown here relative to a standard sewing scissors. Each manikin comes with extra hands, feet, arms, and other implements that could be used to illustrate a story.<\/p>\n

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Below is a picture of one of my older manikins next to a new one being unpacked. If you think they look delicate, you’re right! They are easy to break, and, in fact, my old manikin is missing an arm because of that.<\/p>\n

\"Size<\/p>\n

In order to keep the manikin stands and other items tight, you’ll need a tiny screwdriver as one does not come with the kit. Equally important, you’ll need a camera (a cell-phone camera will do),\u00a0and perhaps additional reference photos. My next soccer sketching blog articles will discuss how to work with these things.<\/p>\n

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