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7/31/2025, 11:12:01 AM
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Looking at another manga, Ranma 1/2, reveals a slightly different approach to lighting.
Like before, lighting is never used except when it is relevant to the mood, but unlike Deathnote which is a generally very realistic and cinematic manga, Ranma is much more cartoony.
It was difficult to find even the 6 panels on the right which feature lighting on the character and all of them are either extremely minimal in lighting, or exist soley as a trope panel type, ie a panel that has a specific look to it that many manga artists use, a more notable example is the gag panel where someone says something stupid and in the next panel everyone is upside down with their legs in the air, accompanied by a crashing sfx. In this case, the trope panels feature dramatic lighting on the face.
But on the left, it is remarkable that even in dark night time scenes, the characters are still rendered as completely white and without lighting. The background is lit, but the figures are not.
In the case left panel with the speech "Ryoga you little...", the figures do not have lighting but the background has lighting and specifically lighting which adds a slight ominous mood to the scene with it darkening at the top. If the background were left totally white it would be more lighthearted. In this manner, the background can be used to communicate mood through its lighting even if the figures do not.
Looking at another manga, Ranma 1/2, reveals a slightly different approach to lighting.
Like before, lighting is never used except when it is relevant to the mood, but unlike Deathnote which is a generally very realistic and cinematic manga, Ranma is much more cartoony.
It was difficult to find even the 6 panels on the right which feature lighting on the character and all of them are either extremely minimal in lighting, or exist soley as a trope panel type, ie a panel that has a specific look to it that many manga artists use, a more notable example is the gag panel where someone says something stupid and in the next panel everyone is upside down with their legs in the air, accompanied by a crashing sfx. In this case, the trope panels feature dramatic lighting on the face.
But on the left, it is remarkable that even in dark night time scenes, the characters are still rendered as completely white and without lighting. The background is lit, but the figures are not.
In the case left panel with the speech "Ryoga you little...", the figures do not have lighting but the background has lighting and specifically lighting which adds a slight ominous mood to the scene with it darkening at the top. If the background were left totally white it would be more lighthearted. In this manner, the background can be used to communicate mood through its lighting even if the figures do not.
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