Japanese - Artist | April 5, 1955 -
For characters where, in a comic, I'd avoid using screen tone because it's such a bother, I'd deliberately use it in animation in order to highlight their individual characteristics.
Akira Toriyama
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So many, many people have helped me out with 'Dragon Ball' through the years. Obviously, there are the fans from all over the world who've cheered me on.
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Come to think of it, even though I've received tons of fan letters and presents from everyone, I've never written anyone back. How rude of me!
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I'm entirely of the mindset that when it comes to books, they've got to be paper.
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A number of years ago, when I had an exhibition of my work, the people in charge who came to pick up my manuscripts saw them piled up haphazardly in the garage and were shocked. 'What? They'll grow mold like this!' they said. People who do things properly apparently make a dedicated manuscript room, where they can control humidity.
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Basically, I'm always coming up with ideas for mixing the things I want to draw with things targeted at children.
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For a long time, I've loved the kind of characters who are boastful yet petty. I was originally a gag manga artist, after all.
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Awww, I was so shy about watching my own work broadcast on TV.
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The women I draw all have the same sort of personality. I can't draw gentle girls; I only know how to draw ones who are strong-willed.
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'Dragon Ball''s villains were easy to draw: Piccolo, Freeza, Majin Boo.
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I think comics are faster to draw with a pen and then fill and tone by computer. But my illustrations are all done via computer. I even draw the lines on a tablet.
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I was a mischievous child. I was also on the tall side.
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