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ARVZ02.02.06 - Examine use of contrasting or unusual proportion to communicate ideas in various artworks.
ARVZ02.03.01 - Communicate the purpose of artwork, artists' intentions, and the process and materials that were used to achieve it.
​ARVZ01.02.04 - Identify how works of visual artists communicate the ideas of their culture and religion.
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Manga
Eren Jaeger from Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan)
L from Death Note
The body structure for manga/anime characters is typically more slim.
Characters from anime/manga tend to have detailed wrinkles in each panel/frame.
In Japan, manga/anime characters usually have over exaggerated features on their faces, such as the eyes and the hair.
In manga/anime, you'll notice that most of the lines on the characters are drawn smoothly.
Usually, manga/anime characters are shaded with different colors.
Facial expressions on manga/anime tend to also be more over exaggerated; for example, extremely angry eyes and giant mouths when a person is shouting.
When you see an anime or manga character, you usually see them in a normal, relaxed stance.
The artists for these types of manga/anime usually have their characters looking somewhat normal, with the body shapes being rather proportionate with their heads.
Male and female manga/anime characters are typically 8 heads tall, with 4 heads on the bottom and 4 heads on the top.
Every wonder why anime/manga characters have such big eyes? In Japan, it used to be: the bigger the eyes, the more innocence that character possesses.
In Japanese religion, it is believed that many gods (kami) roam around the earth in different forms, so this often leads the creators to make stories revolving around them. As you could tell, the author's beliefs are a major part in the creation of their stories.
DC Comics
Batman from Batman
Superman from Superman
The body structure for DC superheroes/villains is more built; they have more muscle.
DC characters typically wear tight suits, so wrinkles are scarce on these. Although this is sometimes true, their muscles tend to bulge out.
DC characters usually stick to having normal sized eyes and hair, unless one of the villains are pretty crazy.
On DC characters, you can see that the lines are drawn more jagged.
Most of the time, DC characters are shaded in black.
Facial expressions on DC characters are usually just the normal faces a human can actually physically make.
When you see a DC hero, they are typically standing in a heroic pose, intending to look intimidating to enemies, and epic to viewers.
Artists make DC characters give off the impression that they are extremely strong and tough, and it's not often that you see a DC hero that looks like your average high school student.
Male and female DC characters also are 8 heads tall, but most (5) of the heads go towards their lower body since they have long legs compared to an anime or manga character.
Culture in American comics has been around since the 1930s. Comics have influenced America's imagination, and they often represented problems the people had to face around the time in which they were published.
Over the past few decades, comic books have shifted from one of the gravest threats to everything holy in the United States to pretty much the most pervasive interpreter of religious imagery in the American culture.