tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19586719.post5904973303803442257..comments2023-09-24T06:37:17.587-07:00Comments on The Visual Linguist: Action Stars and Smoke-veiled fightsNeil Cohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03705933006220475644noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19586719.post-30026051533336461102010-02-06T22:08:15.379-08:002010-02-06T22:08:15.379-08:00Thanks for the comments. Nick, I've detailed t...Thanks for the comments. Nick, I've detailed the structure of manga in my downloadable essay <a href="http://www.emaki.net/readings.html" rel="nofollow">JapaneseVisual Language</a>.Neil Cohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03705933006220475644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19586719.post-53731198999736423782010-02-06T12:01:45.080-08:002010-02-06T12:01:45.080-08:00Interesting stuff! Have you studied Japanese manga...Interesting stuff! Have you studied Japanese manga? I would be interested of your opinions on thisNickhttp://speakjapanesefluently.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19586719.post-38775777364739497542010-01-27T11:48:35.426-08:002010-01-27T11:48:35.426-08:00I remember in a comic I drew in college I drew not...I remember in a comic I drew in college I drew not a "fight cloud" but an "orgy cloud," which did not look all that different. (Well, different body parts were sticking out of it....) I'm sure I was not the first one to do so.Andrei Molotiuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17400106944822618816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19586719.post-50991606337571888402010-01-25T11:19:20.820-08:002010-01-25T11:19:20.820-08:00I've been calling them "fight clouds"...I've been calling them "fight clouds" though usually in the context of animation rather than comics. In animation the duration of the fight is shown more literally.<br /><br />The fight cloud kind of represents the act of fighting without the need to specify the details. If you drew two characters punching each other, that would confine the scale of the fight to the literally depicted actions, while turning it into a cloud gives it a more innumerable feel.<br /><br />In animation, I think it's often also favoured for being much easier to draw than a real fight.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09182797355500586239noreply@blogger.com