question about the art style in the metal gear solid series

[SsilverR]

the character art found in the instruction manual, the box and alot of the cutscenes

it seems VERY different to manga, i think it's a western style of drawing since i've seen some comic books with the same style of art ... it kind of looks like the characters were drawn using nothing but shading

does anyone know what the style is called?? i'm very interested in learning to draw this way (i think it's the coolest style .. way better than manga)

 

[Queen Michael]

Sketchy, maybe? I don't know, but I do know that Ashley Wood draws that way too.

And by the way, there is no One Manga Style. It really bugs me when people think manga is a drawing style because they seem to think all manga looks like One Piece and Naruto etc. Akira, anyone? Lone Wolf and Cub, anyone? Sanctuary, anyone?

 

[KSarty]

The style is unique to Yoji Shinkawa, one of Hideo Kojima's friends and lead artist for Kojima Productions. In one of the old KP podcasts he explained that how he got to that style was that while in art school he realized that compared to his classmates his manga-style art was not very good. He said he decided to try drawing his characters more masculine and a little more western so you are correct there.

I love his art style and I wish they would release prints of some of the other concept art for the MGS games. You can see some of it behind him in interviews and it all looks amazing.

 

[SsilverR]

Sketchy, maybe? I don't know, but I do know that Ashley Wood draws that way too.

And by the way, there is no One Manga Style. It really bugs me when people think manga is a drawing style because they seem to think all manga looks like One Piece and Naruto etc. Akira, anyone? Lone Wolf and Cub, anyone? Sanctuary, anyone?

yah i know XD i guess i should have said that i think it looks cooler than any style of manga i've seen ... and who be this Ashley Wood?

 

[Fighterblaze]

Akira, anyone?

Akira rocks, seriously, it is my all time favourite manga and the very first one i ever saw.

 

[KSarty]

Sketchy, maybe? I don't know, but I do know that Ashley Wood draws that way too.

And by the way, there is no One Manga Style. It really bugs me when people think manga is a drawing style because they seem to think all manga looks like One Piece and Naruto etc. Akira, anyone? Lone Wolf and Cub, anyone? Sanctuary, anyone?

I understand what you are saying, Berserk is my favorite manga and it has a very distinct art style to it as well. However there is a stereotypical art style for manga and even Yoji Shinkawa referred to it as the typical manga style when he mentioned that he wasn't very good at it.

 

[not a zaar]

Sketchy, maybe? I don't know, but I do know that Ashley Wood draws that way too.

And by the way, there is no One Manga Style. It really bugs me when people think manga is a drawing style because they seem to think all manga looks like One Piece and Naruto etc. Akira, anyone? Lone Wolf and Cub, anyone? Sanctuary, anyone?

Yes yes there are beautiful unique snowflakes in the Japanese comic book market, but there's a huge deluge of derivative same-y looking shit, and that is what people refer to as 'manga style'. It's usually characterized by a shitload of speed lines, bad anatomy, and overuse of visual cliches.