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| Above and below:
Scott McNeil
and Kirby Morrow: Inside the Voice Actor Studio: Scott McNeil
(left) and Kirby Morrow (right) spoke for a packed audience about their
very active vocal work. With such credits like He-Man and GiJoe
behind them, they reiterated that voice acting is the purist form of
acting and being able to be recognized based on voice is an honor.
Topics and subjects covered the physical parts of voice acting by moving
hands and body around to enhance a voice for a particular scene, doing
cultural research to properly fit a character, and announcing new anime
projects for fans to look forward to. Highlights also included
Scott's impersonations of Christoher Lloyd, Chris Walken, and a Scottish
character from his stint on Highlander as well as funny moments about
the Ranma insanity in which he was able to voice several characters with
wacky results. |
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| Fan Fiction: Numerous
fans of anime and manga fiction gathered together to discuss their
thoughts and feelings on enjoying the community efforts and ongoing
process to deliver quality stories. It is essential authors must
enjoy what they do and stay on track to write stories based on drama,
sci-fi, horror, and otherwise. It's always been an obstacle to
make headway into the Japanese community because of the language
barriers, but it has been moving slowly with time. |
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| Hooked on Drawing Manga: The
ever-talented and experienced Bruce Lewis outlined a power-packed
lecture on delivering a manga from day one to final publication.
Starting with the basic tools: poster board, nib pens, and india ink for
a quality work. An idea is hashed out of a rough story: characters
and places are drawn as concepts and then refined to fit with the
story. Pre-production: stories are developed into synopsis and
then characters are drawn to model sheets for reference.
Production: pencil sketches are hashed out into page breakdowns,
penciled boards are tightened for details, and inking goes on for the
finished art. Post-production: artwork is all scanned in, cleaned
up, and ready to publish! Of course, it's not quite that
easy as Bruce insists on keeping quality high with accurate backgrounds,
doing immense research when using historical information in stories, and
taking advantage of online resources for good references. Topics
also included dealing with humidity and waterproof inks, using
lightboxes, applying halftones for textures and grayscales for print
publishing, and explaining the differences between Japanese manga
studios where it's basically a one-man team doing everything and
American comic studios where there is strength in numbers. |
