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Note to manga artists:

Your characters have feet. It would be nice to occasionally see them. None of us live in a world where we only see people from the mid-thigh up. Also please choose camera angles other than straight-on-shoulder-level periodically. It makes it look so much nicer.

(Yes, I'm going through Rumble Pak and Sakura Pak.)

Comments

[nightambre.livejournal.com]

Hey, I show feet! :D They might not be well drawn feet, but they're feet. :D

[permetaform]

dude, you TOTALLY got spoiled by minekura, eh? =D

[dragonscholar.livejournal.com]

I'd also add:
1) Hands are not for hiding.
2) Characters have butts. Legs do not go straight down from the small of the back to the angkles.

[mundeemo.livejournal.com]

A couple of years ago Bruce was hosting a panel on drawing manga with the character designer of Azamanga Diao and a web comic artist who is extremely popular, I don't want to mention names. Anyway near the end of the panel someone asked how they should draw hands and feet. Bruce suggested drawing their own and taking life drawing classes, the Azamanga guy agreed as well but, the web comic guy said do what I do, and draw their hands and feet out of the panels.

The Azumanga artist freaked out and couldn't believe the web artist said that. Needless to say Bruce calmed the waters and stated although that was an option you need to master the art of drawing hands and feet before taking short cuts.

[yhlee.livejournal.com]

...I like drawing hands and feet. Although the hands being more accessible, I have more practice drawing them. (My own, anyway. I should draw my husband's feet. God knows, when he's hunched over playing some computer game only his hands move...)