デフォルメ

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from French déformé (distorted).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) フォルメ [dèfóꜜrùmè] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • (Tokyo) フォルメ [dèfórúmé] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [de̞ɸo̞ɾɯ̟ᵝme̞]

Noun

デフォルメ • (deforume) 

  1. (painting, sculpture, of a figure) stylistic distortion

Synonyms

See also

  • ちびキャラ (chibi-kyara)

Verb

デフォルメする • (deforume suru) suru (stem デフォルメ (deforume suru shi), past デフォルメした (deforume suru shita))

  1. (painting, sculpture) to distort stylistically
    • 2008 July 15, Tsubura Kadomaru with Hikaru Hayashi, マンガの基礎デッサン デフォルメ編 [Basic Manga Sketching: Stylizing from Real Life], Tokyo: Hobby Japan, →ISBN, page 52:
      ヨコ(がお)()はリアルに()くと()(がい)(ちい)さく、()()ちません。デフォルメされた(よこ)(がお)()とパーツの()()(かん)(けい)をとらえましょう。
      Yokogao no me wa riaru ni kaku to igai to chīsaku, medachi masen. Deforume sareta yokogao no me to pātsu no ichi kankei o torae mashō.
      The eye of a profile-view face is very small when drawn realistically, and it doesn’t stand out. Let’s take a look at the position of the stylized eye and other parts in relation to the profile-view face.

Conjugation

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