Hiro Mashima, the famous author of Fairy Tail is famous for his ability to design beautiful characters. The characters in Fairy Tail are each carefully designed.
Lucy in Fairy Tail
From Natsu, Lucy to even the supporting characters, you just need to look at which anime series they belong to. Mashima's art style is similar to One Piece at times, but the author has taken the best of the manga world and incorporated it into his franchise.
Why did Hiro Mashima feel pressured to draw female characters in Fairy Tail?
Despite the huge success of Fairy Tail and the characters loved around the world, Hiro Mashima still seems to doubt his own skills. In an interview, Mashima-sensei stated: “I'm actually not very good at drawing female characters. I want to draw them cute so much that I feel a lot of pressure when drawing them.”
According to the author, he finds drawing men much easier because he can draw them quickly. This proves that no matter how famous your creative endeavors are, insecurity will never leave you alone. Obviously, Hiro Mashima shouldn't feel pressured to draw women given his achievements.
Erza's Heavenly Armor from Fairy Tail
For Mashima, drawing women means facing the desire to make them cute, and this is where the problem arises. Many other mangaka have expressed similar concerns, including Gege Akutami, who has openly admitted that he cannot draw cuteness or sex appeal of women. Even Eiichiro Oda was said to have a single blueprint for creating the female characters in One Piece.
Erza vs Irene in Fairy Tail
Mashima-sensei admitted that he has been drawing for a long time. His inspiration came from his grandfather, who encouraged him to write comics.
“I remember a long time ago my grandfather showed me a manga magazine he found somewhere. I thought the drawings in it were great so I tried to copy it.”the author said.
This was the moment Mashima realized that he liked drawing and that he continued to love this art form. However, an important part of being a mangaka is creating a story that contains its own sense of suspense.
The creator himself Fairy Tail I can't decide which I like more: drawing or telling stories. Mashima is fascinated by the entire process of creating a manga, which requires a mangaka combined with a story with a suitable art style.
