The Influence of the Advancement of Social Media in The Visual Language of Indonesian Comics Strips

Keywords

Comic Strips, Visual Language, Manga style, Manhwa style, Digitalized Comics, Social Media Comic, Platform.

Abstract

Through the years, Indonesian comics have been developing well, not only from the technical aspects but also on how they are published. Today, comics can be read in both printed and online versions. The advancement of comic publishing over time also influences the way comic artists work with their tools. In addition to using traditional drawing tools, the artists' visual styles have been affected by the use of digital tools such as drawing tablet and graphic software. Turns out that such phenomenon merely influences the common visual style many Indonesian comic artists have in common, which is the use of Japanese manga and manhwa styles. This include the form of the figures, strokes of the lines, to color palettes, especially in the age of social media where many comics are drawn digitally. This also influences the visual style of comics in conveying their information, not only in the form of a longer storytelling, but also a shorter comic strip version, and is found in the rapid phenomenon of social media in Indonesia. This research analyses how the transformations of media trend in Indonesia affects Indonesian comic artists' visual styles. Using qualitative method with literacy and visual content studies, this research shows the advancement of technology influences the transformations of style of the comic artists, especially in comic strip forms over time as their visual identities

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Diani Apsari
AU  - Dimas Aditya
PY  - 2019/07
DA  - 2019/07
TI  - The Influence of the Advancement of Social Media in The Visual Language of Indonesian Comics Strips
BT  - Proceedings of the 5th Bandung Creative Movement International Conference on Creative Industries 2018 (5th BCM 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 156
EP  - 161
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://www.atlantis-press.com/article/125910929
ID  - Apsari2019/07
ER  -