Overview
Discover the secrets to drawing manga!
You can draw manga! And you'll have fun doing it as you create dozens of guys and girls in a variety of costumes. The easy lessons in this book make drawing in the world's most popular style as easy as picking up a pencil.
Start with the basics of drawing heads and bodies, then learn ways to customize each character, from the looks on their faces to the clothes they're wearing. Make your people old or young, happy or angry, sweet or sinister. Hundreds of illustrations and 30+ step-by-step demos show you how to:
- Give your people feeling with facial expressions
- Bring them to life with dynamic action poses
- Personalize them with hairstyles, clothes, weapons and props
- Pull it all together to create popular character types including bishoujo (beautiful girls loved by all) and bad boys. Dress them up as space samurai, sorceresses, spies, skateboarders and more.
Synopsis
Manga has become one of the most popular types of comic-book art, with more and more fans looking to draw in this style. The beginning manga artists will find everything they need in this easy-to-follow book, including:
* 30 essential demos covering all of the basics, such as facial features, body structure and characters, all of which can be completed with nothing but a pencil
* Projects arranged using a progressive approach — readers first learn how to draw basic bodies, then move on to clothing, props and poses
* A fun, inspiring gallery of characters with hundreds of illustrations
This valuable, attractive book is the beginner's passport to the colorful world of manga!