Motion lines are a crucial part of drawing any type of action within your comic. They vary from the simple one line to the more complex, full background motion lines. To the right is an example of the single line of motion. One could add more lines but one gets the point across just fine.
There are four ways to depict motion, the
first being the line showing the path of motion as shown
below. The second method is to draw multiple images of
the person or thing in action in different
intervals of movement along with the standard
motion lines (second image below). The next image
builts on the previous wherein the multiple
images now are less defined and become streaks. The last
method is the most widely used in manga’s: the moving
background.
The
streaked background takes the reader and moves
along with the depicted subject at motion. This
creates a sense of being a part of the action
with the subject.
Then there is the other motion line that is
part of the object moving as depicted to the right. The
motion line should move in the direction to where it
is going. The elbow, for example, if moving to
the right, the motion line should also move
similarly. If the elbow was moving diagonally,
the streaks would follow suit. A real life
example would be to swing glow sticks around where
an after image trails the actual location of the light itself.
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