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What Is Blocking-In?

Blocking-in means roughly sketching an outline or a form in order to fl esh out

a character‛s shape and pose. Professional manga artists and illustrators don‛t

just dash off a polished, fi nished artwork. Instead, they create a rough sketch,

which they then go back over in pencil before adding color and refi ning the

illustration in pen. The lines used while blocking-in are faint, so they can be

easily erased, making it simple to correct the fi gure‛s positioning or to rethink

poses. Blocking-in is invaluable when drawing characters‛ signature poses or when

fi tting multiple characters into a single cell or frame.

DRAWING MANGA

IS NOT A RACE BUT

A STEADY PROGRESSION

OF PENCIL STROKES UNTIL

YOU GET THE POSE AND

EXPRESSION JUST RIGHT!

HERE‛S WHAT HAPPENED

WHEN WE TRIED DRAWING

VARIOUS SCENES…

SEE THE NEXT PAGE!

BLOCKING-IN

BLOCKING-IN +

PRELIMINARY

DRAWING

ADDING PEN + COLOR

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