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How to Draw Manga Characters

A Beginner's Guide
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How to Draw Manga Characters by J.C. Amberlyn is a beginner-friendly guide to creating favourite manga archetypes, from plucky heroes and heroines to magical girls, chibis, and fantasy characters. The book offers 23 step-by-step demonstrations and exercises covering heads, faces, expressions, bodies, gestures, and settings. It also includes tips on backgrounds and environments to help bring characters and their worlds to life.
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Ideal for beginners and fans of manga eager to learn character design, this book suits aspiring artists interested in comics, animation, and Japanese manga styling.

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Established how-to-draw author and artist J.C. Amberlyn's guide to drawing adorable Japanese-style characters and their chibi sidekicks in all the popular manga genres - shojo; shounen; magical girls; fantasy; mecha; school life; and horror.

TARGET CONSUMER- Countless fans from all over the world who want to learn how to draw their favorite manga characters and archetypes.

Established how-to-draw author and artist J.C. Amberlyn's guide to drawing adorable Japanese-style characters and their chibi sidekicks in all the popular manga genres--shojo; shounen; magical girls; fantasy; mecha; school life; and horror.

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How to Draw Manga Characters

BRING YOUR IMAGINATION TO LIFE

In her second manga book, best-selling author J.C. Amberlyn focuses on favourite manga archetype characters, with a fun and lively how-to-draw book aimed at beginners. Every genre of manga has its typical characters: plucky hero and heroine, school boys and girls, funny friend/sidekick, serious warrior, young innocent, bishounen, genki girls, chibis, chibi animals, cat girls/cat boys, magical girls, adorable animals, strong/scary animals, gothic characters, and fantasy characters.

They are all here along with the step-by-step drawing instructions needed to give even beginners the direction they need to create the favourite characters they can't get enough of. A final chapter on backgrounds, scenery, and the environment will further give readers the information they need to pull everything together and create their own manga characters and the worlds they live in. Includes 23 step-by-step demonstrations and exercises.

J.C. Amberlyn takes you through everything you need to know to create your favourite manga characters from Japanese comics or design your own.

INCLUDES IN-DEPTH INSTRUCTION ON:

INTRODUCTION

What Is a Character, Creating a Manga Character, This Book, Materials and Supplies

CHARACTER TYPES

Manga Character Archetypes and Story Genres, Manga Character Types, Some Common Terms and Colour Associations

DRAWING THE HEAD AND FACE

Human Heads and Faces, Noses, Ears, and Mouths, Eyes, Hair, Animals

EXPRESSIONS

Emotions, Accessories, Exaggerating Features, Using Fur, Feathers, and Scales, Perspective, Animal Expressions, Dragons

BODIES AND GESTURES

Anatomy of a Chibi, Child, Woman, and Man, Gestures, Posture, Angles, and Character Appeal, Clothing and Accessories, Wings, Animal Bodies

SETTINGS, SCENES, AND SAMPLES

Props, Character Design Examples, Silhouettes, Scenes, Character Sheets

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Marc Spess, author of Secrets of Clay Animation Revealed, praises this book as perfect for anyone wanting to understand and draw manga characters. He highlights the thorough explanations of different character types and the emphasis on building characters with personality and proper posing, which many other drawing books overlook.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781580934534

Publisher: Monacelli Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 17 May 2016

Country: United States

Imprint: Monacelli Studio

Illustration: 300 Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 218.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 618g

Pages: 160

About the Author

J.C. Amberlyn is an artist, book author, photographer, and animator. She is the author of Drawing Wildlife; Drawing Manga Animals, Chibis, and Other Adorable Creatures; and The Artist’s Guide to Drawing Animals: How to Draw Cats, Dogs, and Other Favorite Pets. J.C. loves art, animation, animals, and adventure in the great outdoors. She seeks to create visual and written works of art that strike a chord with her audience, whether they celebrate the life that shares the planet with us or the rich inner workings of the human mind and experience. With her books, she shares techniques for creating epic stories, engaging characters, and appealing art for readers of all skill levels. Her work has received recognition and a number of awards and has been published in various media. She lives in Arizona.

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