December 2019 Manga Awards top drawing making full version, knowing what corrections were made to strengthen the concept of `` Recruitment of Manga Award ''



The production flow of the “Manga Award Top Illustration”, which is only roughly included in the

Manga Award Recruitment article , will be made public as a treasured document exclusively for GIGAZINE Secret Club (GSC) members. “Top paintings” must be not just image illustrations, but also “advertisements” to attract the attention of many people. In order to make the best use of such “illustration power”, illustrations are requested by “Random”, but the professionals of the road are invited to make corrections and retakes. In order to strengthen the concept of “Manga Grand Prix Top Picture”, why and how the correction was made became prominent in the December 2019 illustrations.

The rough you showed me first. It is an interesting piece that is divided like a manga in a vertically long composition. I get the impression that it is a warm impression that I spread the painting material to Kotatsu.



First of all, regarding the overall structure, although the illustration of the manga frame style is unique and interesting, it is pointed out that the concept illustration of the manga grand prize should be in the form of `` only the main part corresponding to the 4th frame in horizontal composition '' It was. Also, in the first rough, there was a mix of elements such as “feeling of warmth of kotatsu” and “working hard to spread the art supplies while keeping warm”, so here also strengthened the element of “working unrelentingly” according to the concept I wanted it. Various details are written in the image, but to summarize, only one point is that “The rough first frame, which is messy and messy, is attractive, so I will push it there and strengthen my heartlessness”.



In the modified rough, the atmosphere changed, and the impression that 'the effort to the deadline while fighting the cold' became very easy to understand. As a further correction from this point, “It is good to make the person stand out, such as making the posture lean forward, because the kotatsu sticking out in front stands first and the person looks weak.” “Lines parallel to horizontal and vertical lines Since it looks monotonous, ideas to improve the impression when you look at it have been added, such as “better intentionally crossing diagonal angles”.



Final adoption rough. You should be able to see the character's impression has been strengthened, reflecting the corrections.



Left is before correction, right is after correction. You can see that fine adjustments have been made to make the overall impression better.


Clean-up process # 1. Instead of taking the whole line drawing, it is primed with only the necessary lines.



Clean-up process # 2.



Clean-up process # 3. Although it has a calm color overall, it has an eye-catching color for clothes and accessories, so it does not get tired even if you look closely.



A clean book illustration that has been processed. For the first time at this stage, the scenery that the character was working on was vividly colored. Finally, as detailed correction points, “only the desk behind is orderly, so the drawers are roughened to unify the sense of mess” “Similarly, the tissue held in the left hand is also beautiful, so it makes you feel like you are working” requested.



Final completed illustration.



Left is before correction, right is after correction. Although it is a fairly minor correction, you can see that it affects the overall impression of the illustration.


You can see the making with comment of author Somemachi from the following.

`` GIGAZINE Manga Award '' started recruiting in December 2019 & top drawing making looks like this-GIGAZINE



In the future, in addition to making detailed illustrations, treasured materials such as manga production will also be released to members of GIGAZINE Secret Club, so there are requests such as “I want to see this information!” “I want to know this!” Please come back soon.

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