STUDY LEVEL
Certificate
EXPERIENCE
Jan/Apr/Jul/Oct
TUITION
USD $699
DURATION
8 weeks
INTAKES
Jan/April/July/Oct
DELIVERY MODE
Online
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Creating Manga: Storytelling Essentials will cover all the main fundamentals of creating pages using the manga storytelling method, from character building to story structure to developing layouts.
By the end of this course, students will learn how to create Yonkoma and have at least 8 completed, as well as the fundamentals of character creation, with a full character sheet of their own. They will learn the Manga storytelling method and create up to 4 pages of storyboards of their own story.
This course suits writers and artists who create comics/manga using Manga storytelling. Basic drawing skills are preferred but not required as this course focuses on Manga-style storytelling.
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Learn the art of Manga Storytelling
Study the fundamentals of creating pages using the manga storytelling method; from character building to story structure to developing layouts.

One year of free access to the full course.
Enjoy one-year of full access to the course that includes lectures, feedback, and live Q&A recordings.

Earn a Certificate of Completion
Earn a Certificate of Completion when you complete and turn in 80% of course assignments.

Personalized expert feedback and live Q&A.
Receive personal individual feedback on all submitted assignments from the industry’s best artists.
What will you learn?
- History of Manga
- Examples – direct a Manga
- Most Important thing: is “The Manga Mantra.”
- Involve the reader emotionally, show the emotions of the protagonist
- Manga is based on character (why?)
- Different ways to come up with a character/ideas
- Character sheet
- Manga Making method – the process of making Manga
- Importance of faults
- Motivation is the Key to character
- 5w’s and 1 H
- How to SHOW and incorporate your character’s personality (from the sheet) into their design
- Start with the end in mind
- What’s a logline? How to crystallize your story
- Main elements of a logline
- Analyzing a short Manga and devising a logline for it
- Meaning of Kishōtenketsu
- What is a Yonkoma?
- Difference between Western storytelling and Japanese
- The origin of Kishōtenketsu
- Size of panels
- The most crucial emotion has the most extensive panel
- What thing do I want the reader to look at on page
- What angle do I choose
- How to simplify drawings to explore options
- Pre-planning your Manga – break it into moments, then join
- (Serifudashi + Thumbnails)
- Position of balloons
- The importance of the full figure to present a character
- Use of close-ups – when and why
- Presenting a storyboard
- Studying different methods of creating emphasis lines
- Speed lines
- Importance of Kakimoji ( sound effects)
- Impact of the first page
- Unify/Consolidate all elements
- Deepen knowledge
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
- Pre-requisites: Strong interest in manga and willingness to learn how the language of Manga works. Having read different manga before
- Materials: Paper, pencils (and a scanner if so), or ideally Clip Studio Paint and/or Photoshop/other digital art program
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