Liquid crystal display and manufacturing method thereof

A liquid crystal display, comprising:

• a lower panel in which a plurality of pixel areas is defined;
• an upper panel disposed opposite to the lower panel and in which the plurality of pixel areas is defined, wherein each pixel area is divided into first to fourth domains;
• a first alignment layer disposed on the lower panel and photo-aligned to have first to fourth sub alignment portions corresponding to the first to fourth domains, respectively;
• and
• a second alignment layer disposed on the upper panel and photo-aligned to have first to fourth sub alignment portions corresponding to the first to fourth domains, respectively,
• wherein one sub alignment portion of the first to fourth sub alignment portions of the first alignment layer has no pretilt and remaining sub alignment portions of the first to fourth sub alignment portions of the first alignment layer has different pretilt directions from each other, and
• wherein one sub alignment portion of the first to fourth sub alignment portions of the second alignment layer has no pretilt and remaining sub alignment portions of the first to fourth sub alignment portions of the second alignment layer has different pretilt directions from each other,
• wherein
• the first domain is positioned at an upper left side in each pixel area,
• the second domain is positioned at an upper right side in each pixel area,
• the third domain is positioned at a lower left side in each pixel area, and
• the fourth domain is positioned at a lower right side in each pixel area, and
• wherein
• the one sub alignment portion of the second alignment layer having no pretilt is adjacent to the one sub alignment portion of the first alignment layer having no pretilt in a diagonal direction.