What instructions were given to make the full version of the comic until the manga support illustrations were made, and an illustration that reflected the atmosphere of the work?

While continuing to place orders for `` support illustrations '' for advertising and publicity of manga serialized on GIGAZINE to various painters and illustrators, `` I am interested in the work even for first-time people while raising the completeness of the illustration itself “What kind of ingenuity should I do to make it an illustration that can be received?” Became a challenge. In order to create an illustration that conveys the atmosphere and image of the work as well as being a beautiful and cute illustration, we invited the professionals of the road as a checker to consolidate ideas.
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In the first rough draft, two proposals were proposed. Plan A is a picture depicting the everyday life of the “sister” and “sister”.

The B plan feels that the relationship between two people is drawn intimately and intimately connected by a “mage calligraphy”.

When I passed the rough 2 draft to the person in charge of the check, I first suggested changing from portrait to landscape because it was difficult to crop with a landscape thumbnail image called the “top image” at the time of publication.

In addition, although it is well drawn, both are a little monotonous in composition, and it is necessary to devise a way to make it easier to understand if it is a “male book story” for those who do not know the work. A handmade image shows that it is a psychedelic image. As for the part where the neck of the left lacy and the belly of the right duplex are hollow, it is suggested that the magical image of the background penetrates the body and feels eroded. Based on the following images, the rough draft was created in the form of “two people facing each other a little more”.

Rough C plan that reflects the above revision proposal.

Regarding the rough C plan, the character is standing upright, so there is a great sense of incongruity. Also, the background image itself is very good, but it is better to feel that it is spreading from the center book, and it is hard to understand if the book is a book, so make it clearer by expanding the page etc. I am instructing. In addition, “The image of the background breaks through the body” was not perfect, so it was a problem.

A revised draft of the rough C draft. I feel that the magical image has become quite strong.

From here on, only two points were tweaked: “Avoid hair because the hair is a series of objects of the same shape” and “Lacey's hand on the left cannot be seen by the girl's hand”.

The final rough looks like this:

A line drawing depicting only a character.

Coloring process.

Completion illustration. The psychedelic image gives a magical impression to those who do not know the work.

The making with comments from author Nobile can be seen from the following article.

The support illustration of “Mage Book Exchange Diary Spin” has arrived! -GIGAZINE

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