How to draw manga - Enhancing a characters

le Uses of Gradation Tone
Gradation tone generally comes in 2 types: dark gradation, whicr
gradates from black to white, and light gradation, which gradaEi
from grey to white. There is a diversity of gradation lones on tlu
market, coming in varying widths, etc.
Gradation Tones
WI
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-H re;
;
I tu
-r.
2-level (vertical) 3-
gradation gri
BBffi
rcretffi
BGIffi
2-level (horizontal) 3-
gradation gri
Light gradation
Dark gradation
Just what does that "1" mean at the end of the tone number?
The "1" is an abbreviation for "line," an:
it refers to the number of lines (rows) o'
dots. This acts as a guideline when
layering tones.
.l ,, = 2.54 cm
Patterns, including a moir6 effect, may appear whn
tones are overlapped.
42.5L 601
1 " = 2.54 cm 1 sq. in. contains 60 lines
'I sq. in. contains 42.5 in all directions.
lines in all directions.
t-...-,-..'-.-,-.-.-...-.-.J l!:.:.1:.!:.:.r:.:.:.:.r.:.r:.1:{ [
t.'.'.'.'.'. . .'.'.'. , , J t.:.tt:.tt: :: :i t:.ttt ! .I l\
l:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.1 [::;.:::.:::::;:::.::::l -7
t....-,.......,.,.......,.,J t.t:.;.:.i:.::.i:.:.ii::.::il
t....-........,.,.....'..,J [::.:]:::.:jj.i:jj.::.:r:l
[::::::::::::::::::::::::::l{[:,;,:,:,:,;,;,:,:,:,:,:,:,:,:,:,:,:,:,1 | )
Although these are both 10% saturation, when
overlapped, the different numbers of dot lines
causes a pattern to form.
Layering to Darken the Tone without Creating a Pattern
42.5L(10o/o)
il
28
+
+
0verlapping tones with differing numbers A pattern can be
of dot lines at various angles affects the created by layerin;
appearance of the pattern formed.
tones with the san{
number of dot linei
at an angle.
These patterns, including the moir6 effect, may be used as print patterns *