Manga/Anime classes in Dublin

stubbz

I'm 14 , I'm big into art and recently I've started doing manga.I'm alright at it, but I was wondering if anyone knows about any classes in Dublin , because i've looked it up and couldn't find any.Any help is much appreciated.Thanks.

DandareRastaban

According to internet there aren't any in Ireland at all... or at least don't have site (in what I don't believe).

Once I said same to my colleague from USA he said I should run one myself XD (he was joking for sure)

I think that the Anime and Manga isn't still popular enough... painfull.

Anyway: good luck at training!!! (and finding any courses)

Prime32

I don't suppose you want to get into a debate on whether art drawn outside Japan can be considered manga...

Some of these things are of... questionable quality. There are "How to Draw Manga" books that look like they were written by someone who looked at some still shots of an anime once.

ztoical

The blackbird art gallery in Kilkenny run art class for kids under 15 that cover areas of Manga and comic book art - inking with brush and nib, storytelling, bookbinding etc Classes also cover illustration, watercolours, and printmaking. Bob Byrne, who does comics for 2000 AD and published the graphic Mr. Amperduke, was planning to have some comic classes in Dublin, will have to check with him whats happening with them. Having classes that are just manga art you'll find very hard to find, even colleges in Japan that teach manga cover all comic styles.

stubbz

Alright cool thanks for the comments guys, ive bought a couple of manga books and they`ve helped me alot..id still love to find a class though

ztoical

stubbz wrote: »

Alright cool thanks for the comments guys, ive bought a couple of manga books and they`ve helped me alot..id still love to find a class though

Those "how to draw manga" books are not a good resource for teaching cartooning skills, they teach people cookie cutter formulas for drawing which might look pretty now but doesn't help you develop as an artist. Your better off taking life drawing classes, of which there are plenty of in Dublin and just getting out and sketching. Books like Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud will teach you more about storytelling and visual language without teaching those silly formulaic drawing techniques.

There are comic events held in Dublin that focus on all areas of comics - mainstream, underground, small press and manga - 24 hour comics day will be on in October and the Dublin Comic Jam runs monthly - while not classes you will meet people working in comics who can offer advice. The Blackbird Art Lab will be running week long workshops covering comics in the summer and Kilkenny isn't a million miles away plus there is the 2D arts festival in Derry on the 6th and 7th of June, a totally free comic event with workshops running.

Rhyme

ztoical wrote: »

Your better off taking life drawing classes, of which there are plenty of in Dublin and just getting out and sketching.

This is true, grounding yourself in something that you can study in three dimensions can be a great basis. NCAD on Thomas St holds life drawing classes for all skill levels, there website would have all the details you'd need http://www.ncad.ie The life drawing classes on Pearse street might suit better later on.

As ztoical said, these workshops spring up all over the place, keep your eyes peeled for them. Stuff pops up in the Chester Beatty Library from time to time as well.

Do you do art in school stubbz?

stubbz

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rhyme :

"Do you do art in school stubbz?"


Yeah i do art in school my teachers great, hes designed planes, and apparently has art in the Louvre, and is very well known ( i think ).And hes great at caligraphy, but we havent done anything on visual language and story telling ect..
I`ll keep and eye out for workshops and festivals, thanks again for the comments.(Sorry about the reply to Rhyme, im new to boards and not sure how to put quotes in yet :P )

Coriolanus

If you can't find a "rl" class there are plenty of good art websites where you can find friendly and useful critiques, advice etc. Certainly it's one step up from working in a vacuum and tend to be better than the books. deviantart would be the main one for anime but there's some great work on CGnation(?) and ImagineFX though both of them are skewed in the Painter/Photoshop direction.