There are several expressive techniques typical to the manga art form:
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While the art can be realistic or cartoonish, characters often have large eyes (female characters usually have larger eyes than male characters), small noses, tiny mouths, and flat faces. Psychological and social research on facial attractiveness has poin…

To better elicit a more emotional response with the audience for a certain character, a manga artist or animator will sometimes use certain traits in the character's design. The most common features include youthfulness as a physical trait (younger …

Other artistic conventions used in mainstream manga include:
• A round swelling, sometimes drawn to the size of baseballs, is a visual exaggeration of swelling from injury.
• A white cross-shaped bandage symbol denotes pain. …

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