Compose two styles
Rather than blending two styles into a middle, this assigns them roles: one carries the structure, the other appears as an accent. Where the two fight, it says so before you start.
How to divide the work
- Composition
- Follow Gekiga: Swing widely between long shot and close up, and insert silent panels.
- Type
- Set in Gekiga's manner (Hold back hand lettering and bring the hardness of phototype onto the page.), and let Manga Lettering's lettering (Line weight and edge shape carry the hardness of the sound) appear only where you want the eye to catch.
- Material
- Ground in Gekiga's material (Build the gradations of darkness from solid black and crosshatched screening.); bring in exactly one thing from Manga Lettering (Written with the same pen as the art, reversed white against solid black).
- Colour
- Build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 and admit one accent from #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615.
Where they fight
- Gekiga and Manga Lettering share no intent, so the contrast has to become the subject rather than something to smooth over.
Caution
- Gekiga A dark drawing style is not what gekiga is. The starting point is what the hardened line was meant to tell.
- Manga Lettering Setting sound effects in a ready-made typeface keeps the hardness and speed out of the line, leaving a note floating above the drawing.
Image prompt
An original image that takes its structure from Gekiga (Style, 1957–1970s) and its accent from Manga Lettering (Style, 1930s–). Structural cues: Thin, hard drawn line; Strong light and dark with solid black; Cinematic panel division; Realistic bodies and backgrounds. Accent cues, used sparingly: Sound drawn as shape; Weight matched to texture; Placement crossing panels; Even silence written (shiin). Composition: Swing widely between long shot and close up, and insert silent panels.. Type and lettering: Hold back hand lettering and bring the hardness of phototype onto the page.. Let one material quality come from the second style: Written with the same pen as the art, reversed white against solid black. Mood: Rebellion, Technology, Nostalgia, Play, Exhilaration, Intimacy. Color: build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 with a single accent drawn from #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615. Constraints: do not imitate, reference or name any specific artist, studio, brand, character or copyrighted work. Produce an original composition in the general period languages described above.
Related entries
- Gekiga 1957–1970s / Style / Illustration Styles
The name Tatsumi Yoshihiro raised in order to separate his work from manga for children. With a thin drawn line, heavy shadow and cinematic panel flow, it treated adult social themes and violence. It decisively widened the range of subjects comics could take on afterwards.
- Manga Lettering 1930s– / Style / Lettering
In Japanese manga, sound effects and even the feel of silence are drawn as pictures, from a booming don to a hushed shiin. Hand-lettering turns the texture of a sound into line weight and shape, dissolving the border between image and word inside the panel.
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