Akira Toriyama question

Deathlike_Silence · Post by **Deathlike_Silence** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 6:13 pm

I have a question regarding the supplies Akira Toriyama used while drawing Dragonball. Does anyone know what art supplies he used? The type of paper, the pens? Any information will do.

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 6:27 pm

His own skill?

Kay · Post by **Kay** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 6:40 pm

He used some kind of G-Pen from what I remember.

Futabatei Shimei · Post by **Futabatei Shimei** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:57 pm

In the interview in the first Daizenshuu, Toriyama said that he used a colored ink called Luma to color his drawings. An artist of manga for girls told him about it. Up until then, he used to take water based felt-tip pens, squeeze the ink on to a palette, liquefy it with water, and use that to color his drawings.

DaemonCorps · Post by **DaemonCorps** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 10:49 pm

I'm pretty sure he drew out all his supplies in one of the earlier volumes of Dr. Slump. Though I'm sure his art supplies have changed after all this time.

SonGokuGT · Post by **SonGokuGT** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 11:12 pm

He also said his wife would help in the coloring. Nowadays he does everything on Photoshop on his Mac.

bkev · Post by **bkev** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 1:24 am

SonGokuGT wrote:He also said his wife would help in the coloring. Nowadays he does everything on Photoshop on his Mac.

That's a little sad, that great artists now need photoshop to help them... I have a beef with digital animation/drawings, but that's for another time.

Snail · Post by **Snail** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 1:36 am

In all honesty though, I think that Akira Toriyama deserves the right after so long.

Kirbopher · Post by **Kirbopher** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:20 am

I know a lotta manga-ka use copic markers for color pages and such nowadays.

SonGokuGT · Post by **SonGokuGT** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:22 am

bkev wrote:
SonGokuGT wrote:He also said his wife would help in the coloring. Nowadays he does everything on Photoshop on his Mac.
That's a little sad, that great artists now need photoshop to help them... I have a beef with digital animation/drawings, but that's for another time.

Digitalized art loses a lot when compared to the good ol' hand-drawn and colored variety. Although I must say that Toriyama's coloring through Photoshop is very impressive. I mean, look at all of his most recent work! You have tons of video game character designs, Neko Majin, and the Kazenban covers for Dragonball and Dr. Slump! Amazing works in their own right.

omegacwa · Post by **omegacwa** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:49 pm

Photoshop inking and coloring takes way more time and effort than hand done stuff. I know, I have done both. (I am a college graduate with a degree in art, BTW).

Sun_Wukong · Post by **Sun_Wukong** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:21 pm

omegacwa wrote:Photoshop inking and coloring takes way more time and effort than hand done stuff. I know, I have done both. (I am a college graduate with a degree in art, BTW).

It does, to get something to look half way decent in Photoshop is more trouble than its worth.

I was a graphic design major for two years and its not as easy as it looks

FindKenshi · Post by **FindKenshi** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 12:54 am

Sun_Wukong wrote:
omegacwa wrote:Photoshop inking and coloring takes way more time and effort than hand done stuff. I know, I have done both. (I am a college graduate with a degree in art, BTW).
It does, to get something to look half way decent in Photoshop is more trouble than its worth.

I was a graphic design major for two years and its not as easy as it looks

I can understand saying that inking in photoshop is crappy, but why say that for coloring? Digitalized coloring >>>>> manual coloring. Just compare any American comic book from the early 90s to a brand new one. Digitalized coloring has taken art to a whole new level.

dchan316 · Post by **dchan316** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 1:37 am

Usually, I'm really picky when it comes to digital coloring, but Akira Toriyama does a good job of keeping the integrity of his colors and tones. In other words, it still keeps that fresh shonen look to it without looking like plastic (which is my beef with most digital coloring).

However, I would love to see him get his hands on Painter, that program might suit him even more.