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Art Thoughts: Manga Landscapes

I’ve never read any manga (Japanese comics) before.  The extent of my knowledge for manga consists of three of four things: 

1. It’s read backwards.  

2. The eyes are always really huge and disproportionate.  (Perhaps it reflects Japanese aesthetics?)

3. It’s heavily influenced by European cultures. 

4. It covers some heavy themes which are more suitable for adults. 

Lately I’ve become extremely drawn to the landscape drawings in mangas.  They’re always black and white, so to compensate for the lack of colours, the lines are always very efficiently used to add dynamic and depth. They seem to work very efficiently as completed works of art on their own. However, once figures and storylines are inserted into the frame, it immediately looks unfinished, like some storyboard.  Nonetheless, I’ve been browsing all over the internet these days for landscape drawings from mangas.  

I’m no expert about Japan, but I’ve heard about the struggle in Japan between urban developments and rural housings.  The country is so eager to develop that residential houses and traditional temples are becoming replaced by more and more skyscrapers, causing overcrowding and all sorts of problems in the system (electricity, sewerage, pipelines, etc.)  There is a sense of national chaos, and I think it’s quite evident in their works.  It’s quite a contrast to the serene and isolated essence that is so frequent in the works of canadian artists. In one of the forums that I follow, Canadian artists are posting works that reflect the remote essence of Canada on a daily basis.  By contrast these images seem very urbanized (despite signs of a rural community in some of these drawings)  but offers a different type of energy that is a paradox between lively and isolation. There are no human figures. Yet, the cars, telephone towers, electricity poles, and worn buildings are very direct and loud evidences of human activity.  

All in all, I enjoy studying them. It’s very descriptive and three dimensional, but still differs from a black and white photo. I think they’re underappreciated by artists, and neglected by manga readers who focus on the story and characters.  It’s quite unfortunate but I am very glad I discovered them. 

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Manga landscape unter We Heart It.

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Natsu No Zenjitsu - Chapter 7.

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