The Little Book of Manga Drawing

Author: Jeannie Lee
Publisher: Walter Foster Publishing
ISBN: 9781633224735
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
In this new series from Walter Foster Publishing, artists and art hobbyists alike will delight in learning a variety of fun and interesting art topics in a portable format boasting a fresh, contemporary design. Filled with open practice pages, creative exercises, and art prompts, The Little Book of Manga Drawing encourages interactivity for immediate results, while also teaching beginners the fundamentals of the featured medium in an engaging and fun way. In The Little Book of Manga Drawing, beginning manga artists and aspiring illustrators will discover a variety of basic manga drawing techniques through step-by-step projects, creative prompts, and engaging ideas to ignite creativity. From learning how to master the proportions and shape of heads and bodies, to understanding how to create personally relevant manga characters, this fun guidebook covers all the basics. After an introduction to the tools you'll use when creating manga, you'll dive into how to draw and colorize your own manga artwork with the help of dozens of techniques and helpful instructions. You'll also learn to draw props, costumes, and color, as well as how to draw manga chibis, to round out this comprehensive book.

The Little Book of Sketching

Author: Matt Andrews
Publisher: Walter Foster
ISBN: 1633223930
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 131

Book Description
The Little Book of Sketching will help aspiring artists sketch their way through life with just a pencil and some paper.

The Little Book of Cartooning & Illustration

Author: Maury Aaseng
Publisher: Walter Foster Publishing
ISBN: 1633226204
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 131

Book Description
In The Little Book of Cartooning & Illustration, beginning cartoonists, animators, and illustrators will discover key concepts associated with learning the art of traditional cartooning and animation. With this guide, dozens of tips from the pros will help you find the materials and tools you need to develop your own unique style. A combination of creative step-by-step projects and open practice areas offer encouragement and invite participation for those artists who want to put their newfound skills to immediate use. You'll learn all the cartooning and animation tricks of the trade, including: The squash and stretch principle Exaggerating details Rendering faces and expressions Anthropomorphizing inanimate objects Creating original characters Mastering body shapes and movement Writing gags and jokes With so many tools at your disposal, why wait any longer to start animating? Get started, get drawing! The Little Book of ... series focuses on delivering fun, approachable, and interesting art instruction in a fresh, portable format. With its contemporary design, open practice pages, creative exercises, and prompts that encourage interactivity, beginning artists learn the fundamentals of their craft, often with immediate results.

Natsume’s Book of Friends, Vol. 3

Author: Yuki Midorikawa
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1421544075
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 196

Book Description
Takashi is busy returning the names his grandmother trapped in her book and helping the local yokai with their problems. But he has to put his good deeds on hold when a black Nyanko Sensei look-alike snatches the Book of Friends! Takashi and the real Nyanko trail the bad cat to a secret yokai meeting. Will they be in time to stop the impostor's wicked plans?! -- VIZ Media

Mastering Manga 3

Author: Mark Crilley
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440340935
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 129

Book Description
Master the skills to create your very own manga! Expert manga artist Mark Crilley guides you to another level with this powered-up drawing book. Complete your Crilley collection with this third installation, which elevates the instruction to focus on drawing methods to help you create distinctive and detailed professional-level manga art. Through 40 in-depth step-by-step demonstrations not covered in other Mastering Manga books, Mark reveals his secrets for adding color, how to draw manga-style animals, ways to use photo reference, his preferred art supplies and how to fix character inconsistencies. The book is broken down into three sections: • Characters and Styles. Learn how to draw characters in every manga style--elegant Shojo, angular Dark Fantasy, action-packed Shonen and cute cartoon. Includes non-human characters like animal familiars (realistic or chibi) and aliens. Break-out lessons focus on anatomy, hairstyles and all genres of clothing, from classic anime uniforms to fantasy costuming. • Poses and Action. Make your characters bold, memorable and full of vitality. Get the most out of your poses by learning how to create natural, standing and dynamic running poses, plus sword fights, romantic Shojo interactions and stances for animals, manga monsters, chibi cuties and mech a robots. Advanced lessons include how to convey a sense of motion, tips on body language and how to effectively using foreshortening. • Finishing Touches. Elevate your art with Mark's professional instruction on completing your comic. These final lessons include page layouts, logo design, how to place a character in a setting, correctly using dialogue and speech bubbles, advanced costume design (fantasy armor, wings, and more) and how to create attention-grabbing cover art. "Manga is all about fresh concepts and fascinating characters. You've got ideas. You've invented new characters. There's a whole world waiting to see what you've come up with!" --Mark Crilley

Sketching Manga-Style

Author: Hikaru Hayashi
Publisher: Graphic Sha Publishing
ISBN: 9784766118223
Category : Caricatures and cartoons
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Sketching as an art form concerned with the quality and volume of information requires three skills: skill in communication, skill in composition, and skill in visual portrayal. Manga sketching involves skills in determining the quality of the information to be conveyed and how much to convey. These last two skills form the focus of this book.

The Mammoth Book of Best New Manga

Author: Ilya
Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 572

Book Description
Here comes the new breed! The first full-length anthology of best new manga, by the brightest young talents in the field. Bursting with energy and imagination, this collection features the most exciting new work by western manga-ka Japanese style comics being produced by western artists. Contributors include promising stars like Michiru Morikawa, winner of the Grand Prize of the International Manga and Anime Festival, Selina Dean and Asia Alfasi, as well as established names such as Andi Watson and Craig Conlan. Over 500 pages long, the anthology showcases more than fifteen new stories, complete and unabridged. Many expand on the limited popular conception of 'big-eyed' manga in original and unexpected ways — home-grown stories that speak directly to western audiences. The collection follows the format of the benchmark annual Mammoth anthologies of science fiction and horror, and includes a brief introduction to each contributor.

Spy x Family, Vol. 3

Author: Tatsuya Endo
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1974724298
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 199

Book Description
Twilight has overcome many challenges in putting together the Forger family, but now all his hard work might come undone when Yor’s younger brother Yuri pops in for a surprise visit! Can Twilight outsmart Yuri, who actually works for the Ostanian secret service?! -- VIZ Media

Supercute Animals and Pets: Christopher Hart's Draw Manga Now!

Author: Christopher Hart
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0378346016
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Focusing on the charming and adorable pets and animals that enrich manga stories, Supercute Animals and Pets teaches readers how to draw animals from a fox, to a cow, to a penguin, all in the style of manga. After an introduction to basic body constructions, faces, tails, legs, and more, readers will have a chance to follow along Hart's in-depth step-by-steps, and will even be invited to draw on their own, right in the book's pages.

Drawing Manga

Author: Jeannie Lee
Publisher: Walter Foster Publishing
ISBN: 9781600582868
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Manga is the Japanese word for "comic," and manga-influenced art has captured the attention of many. This complete manga kit includes cutting-edge manga art as well as clear, step-by-step illustrations and instructions that make it easy for anyone to draw manga. Aspiring artists can create their own unique illustrated worlds and comic books featuring their own personal adventures, all done in authentic manga style. The hardcover case includes a 40-page paperback book with corresponding Spanish instruction, temporary tattoos, a bookmark, a drawing pencil, a black permanent marker, colored markers, a burnisher, a screentone eraser, a sharpener, and screentones. Warning! This product is intended for use by ages 13 and older and is not intended for use by children.