All language subtitles for 03. About Layout (Screen)

Hello, everyone. Thank you for watching Section 2.

First, I would like to briefly review the content of the last video.

I explained about the composition.

One of the four major elements of the composition is the screen.

I explained that the basic idea and arrangement change the meaning of the picture greatly in terms of the size and arrangement of the elements.

Next, I briefly explained the composition of the three remaining elements, depth, line, and brightness.

In this course, I will focus on the first element, the screen.

I will explain how to lay out the characters and objects that effectively express the atmosphere you want to convey.

When you try to compose a picture, the first thing you think about is the screen.

If you take a picture, you are already familiar with the concept of a screen.

When taking a picture, you look at the camera's viewfinder and move closer or back to fit the object in the frame as intended.

When taking a picture, the relatively simple adjustment method is basically the same as the screen adjustment method when drawing a picture.

In order to effectively use the screen, it is important to carefully consider how to place the object in the screen and how large it should be.

The choice of size and arrangement should not be made by chance or whim.

It is important to make a decision based on careful consideration.

Even if you place it on the screen once, ask yourself whether it will have the intended effect, and try various things until you are satisfied.

Now, I'm going to draw a character and look at the changes in the screen.

The tool I'm going to use is a pencil called Maru Pen, which has been included in the Crystal from the beginning.

And I'm going to use a rectangle tool to draw a frame.

First, I'm going to draw a character.

It's easier to balance if you draw while taking a hit like this.

And I'm going to fill it in.

I drew a single person easily.

In this screen, I first placed it large on the screen.

As you can see from this, you can see that the person is the main character and dominates the screen.

Next, I'm going to draw a frame and duplicate the character.

I think I was able to duplicate it in an instant, but I'm using the shortcut key.

You can quickly move the character by dividing it into your favorite keyboard keys.

And I'm going to use the move tool to move it like this.

Let's make it smaller this time.

I placed it in the corner of the screen.

Now it looks like it's being left alone in the surrounding space.

And it looks like a scene with a background rather than a main character.

Next, I'm going to draw a door.

I'm using the shortcut key to go back like this.

I filled it in and placed it large on the screen.

And I made the character up.

In this way, it overcomes the space and becomes a screen suitable for the detailed depiction of the character.

So, when you want to emphasize the expression of the character or the atmosphere of the character, you can use a method like this.

This is the same principle for any object.

Whether it's an object or an animal.

Next, I'd like to show you how to change the size according to the purpose.

If you draw one object in the picture, the eyes of the viewer will naturally focus on the object regardless of the size.

However, if multiple objects appear on the screen, the situation becomes complicated.

If you don't clearly express the relative importance of object-object interaction, the viewer's gaze will not be fixed, and the content to be conveyed in the picture will not be understood.

As one of the ways to show what is important on the screen, there is a way to change the size of the object.

Let's explain by using examples.

First, take the frame and draw the character.

I used a pen tool to paint the inside, but you can easily fill it in by using a bucket tool.

And I drew the second person like this.

In this way, if you draw a picture with two people, you can show it as an important person by displaying it as if one person is completely overwhelming the other.

In this picture, you can see that the person in the foreground is an important person.

Next, let's use the character we just drew.

Copy, paste, move, and place it.

And I'll draw the second person.

Take the frame and fill it in.

I used a pen tool to fill in the details.

I placed the second person like this.

Let's change the size a little.

In this way, you can draw attention to one person by making them smaller or larger.

The bigger the person looks, the more important they are, and the smaller they are, the less important they are.

And next, I'll copy and paste and place it.

And I'll draw a small person.

I just used a shortcut, but there's an enlargement tool.

You can make it bigger or smaller, or you can flip it over.

You can easily do this by using a shortcut.

I placed it in about the same size.

And by making the position the same as the size of the two people, you can create a screen where you want to make either of them the main character or not.

This way of thinking doesn't change even if the number of characters appears.

The content I've explained so far is a very simple example, but I think you can apply it in various ways.

In any case, the basic principle is the same, so the importance of the object in the screen depends on what size you draw and what position you draw.

Let's decide the size of the object by thinking about it as well as selecting movements and poses.

Let's look at the next example.

Both of these are illustrations of people on the plain.

The first one is a picture of a person being drawn and made smaller.

The second one is a picture of a person being zoomed in.

In the second one, you can see that the person dominates the screen and becomes the main character.

Compared to that, I think the first one is a situation explanation by drawing the whole thing.

And next, let's look at this illustration.

Let's say there's an illustration with mountains, windmills, and buildings like this.

In the same principle as before, by increasing each element like the second one, you can convey the feeling of the size and mass of the mountain.

The first one is the same as before, and it feels like a situation explanation picture.

Next, I'd like to explain about overlap.

Overlap means overlapping.

When you draw a picture, you usually draw two or more objects on the screen, so the shape and size are usually different.

In this way, it is effective to overlap various objects in a uniform arrangement.

What we see every day is that some of them are the shadows of others or overlap.

By using this overlap, you can express the aim of the picture by hiding a part of the object and putting out the important things in front of it.

Let's look at an example.

Here are two bottles, a ball, and an apple.

I'd like to use these four elements to explain overlap.

First of all, I'm going to overlap the ball and the apple in the shadow of the bottle.

In this case, even if you look at the silhouette, the overall impression is still disjointed.

And in the second one, I moved the apple, but the apple in front overlaps the bottle, and I don't know the silhouette, so I don't think it's a good arrangement.

And in the third one, each silhouette is easy to understand, and the movement of the gaze is also in a rhythm that is not uncomfortable, so I think it's a good arrangement.

In this way, it does not mean that all objects must be overlapped.

Next, let's talk about overlapping.

Overlapping is when you cut out a part of an object in the frame of the screen and throw it away.

Let's look at an example.

Here are a person, a pot, and a painting.

It's a setting for an art museum.

First of all, in the first one, all objects are contained in the screen.

In this way, you can see that it has become a monotonous impression.

Next, in the second one, I cut out a frame and a pot.

In this way, the picture changes and becomes interesting.

And these three elements, I'm conscious of arranging them in such a way that important objects appear around the frame of the screen.

If you go outside of this, it will have a more cumbersome and unstable impression.

So, that's it for the explanation of the screen in Section 2.

I think it's difficult to arrange, but I think it's good to make it while thinking about what you want to focus on, what kind of movement you want to follow, and whether the silhouette is easy to understand.

Next time, I'd like to explain the depth.

Thank you for watching until the end.

See you next time!