Manga

Manga is a widely known art work style. These imaginative and inspiring comics were created in Japan or by creators in the Japanese language, conforming to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century. They have a long and complex pre-history in earlier Japanese art. But now there are plenty manga to read. The amazing art style called manga has been translated to many other languages, due to the fact it’s popularity that has grown in unexpressive ways, and is still is growing. Manga artwork creates is an abstract, yet riveting gesture towards more common artwork. The amazing vibes you get from manga will unexpectedly gift you emotions in the most creative ways. Who knew placing and drawing thick, thin, squiggly and straight lines could create a message that could be so touching yet deep? And interestingly enough, this artwork in particular takes weeks to learn, as I have learnt from practicing. This artwork have devoured a year of my life, yet I have still not mastered it, but I can still stun those who see my creations - (probably wouldn’t stun anyone if I wasn’t young though). This is a really effective yet difficult-to-create artwork. Internationally, people of all ages read manga. The medium includes works in a broad range of genres: action-adventure, business and commerce, comedy, detective, historical drama, horror, mystery, romance, science fiction and fantasy, sexuality, sports and games, and suspense / others. And since the 1950s, manga has steadily become a key part of the publishing industry and the art world, and I honestly think it deserves more. I also HIGHLY recommend you read manga or watch an anime, too. It will introduce you into a new world, and make you appreciate different art styles and traditional books from Japan.

For you to understand even more, I will show examples of my favourite manga artists:

Eiichiro Oda:

Eiichiro Oda is a famous manga artist who wrote the award winning manga called One Piece. Using only bold lines and bright colours, he barely shaded and used over 10 drafts for one picture; but, nobody’s quite sure about the exact reason why he wrote and illustrated One Piece. One Piece has many followers and has fought its way into Shonen Jump - one of, if not is, the most popular manga reviewers and advertisers.

Masashi Kishimoto

Masashi Kishimoto is a definite inspiration is the manga world. He wrote and illustrated the show/manga Naruto and it was a successful show/manga that was supported for years. When the show/manga finished the fans demanded a sequel, so now Naruto’s son, Boruto has a show/manga about him. Anyway, this show/manga had also made its way into the Shonen Jump spotlight by only using bold thick ink pens, drafts, and much many more ways. I always got entertained while watching this show. But still - there is not an exact reason why he choose to write/illustrate Naruto.

Overall I really do think these animes/mangas should get more recognition as they have deeper meanings and inspirational content.

I feel these art works deserve just as much recognition as ancient art such as Vincent Van Gogh’s.. In fact, let’s compare them, find their similarities and differences.

SimilaritiesThe similarities between these two images are the usage of colours, and how many different colours there are. There are also not that many black lines keeping the different shades, hues and tints captive. They also focused on the backgrounds, too.

Differences

The differences between these two are:

• Kakashi has shading.

• Kakashi is modern

• There are big bold black lines on manga art.

• The colours that Kakashi aren’t two colours mixed together, just a bold thick colour.

• Kakashi was created online.

• Vincent Van Gogh’s artwork has more of a realistic approach.

• Vincent Van Gogh’s artwork is hand-made.

• Vincent Van Gogh’s artwork has a lot of feel to it, and he mixed colours a lot.