Draw Manga Faces for Expressive Characters

Author: Hosoi Aya
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1440337284
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Learn to draw the most expressive manga faces ever! Sure, drawing faces is one of the most challenging aspects of manga. But Draw Manga Faces for Expressive Characters is here to help! This fantastically comprehensive book includes more than 900 sample illustrations that teach key elements for capturing facial expressions and emotions for manga characters. Learn to draw: • Basic characters, faces and expressions: boys and girls, men and women, from babies to teens, adults to elderly characters • Specific character types: school girls, villains, sweethearts, heroes, gentle souls, go getters and more • Positive expressions: relaxed, adoring, mischievous, confident and more • Negative expressions: outraged, embarrassed, stressed, spiteful and more With more than 900 sample illustrations, you're well on your way to mastering the most expressive manga faces ever!

Drawing and Painting Anime and Manga Faces

Author: Nao Yazawa
Publisher:
ISBN: 1631599623
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 130

Book Description
In this follow-up to Manga Drawing Deluxe, manga artist/author Nao Yazawa’s inaugural how-to-draw title, Drawing and Painting Anime and Manga Faces demonstrates how to draw expressive key characters, from warriors to magical girls to chibis.

Drawing Anime Faces and Feelings

Author: Studio Hard Deluxe
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593328450
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
Big facial expressions are essential to anime and manga. They can be much more eloquent than printed words for getting an emotional response out of viewers. However, faces can be challenging. With this book, improve your anime-drawing skills with instruction for facial features and expressions for a wide variety of ages, character types, hair styles and activities. With 800 different facial expressions, you'll be able to draw your character in any emotional situation or with any reaction.

How to Create Manga: Drawing Facial Expressions

Author: NextCreator Henshubu,
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462921361
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 180

Book Description
This book shows you how to accurately render human faces and emotions to create complex characters and add compelling immediacy to your work. The ability to draw realistic and powerful facial expressions is essential for every manga artist. All artists will tell you that human faces are the most important and challenging element of any drawing. How to Create Manga: Drawing Facial Expressions is an essential resource for artists who want to bring their skills to the next level. Thirteen professional Japanese artists have contributed their expertise to this book, which contains 1,250 drawings, with several detailed tips and comments on every drawing. It includes a comprehensive opening section on all the basic expressions budding manga artists need to master. Sections dedicated to detailed emotions and playing up the intensity and drama of more animated facial expressions follow. Tuttle's How to Create Manga series guides users through the process of reaching a professional-looking final drawing through actual sketch progressions, practical tips and common missteps to avoid. Other books in the series include How to Create Manga: Drawing the Human Body, How to Create Manga: Drawing Clothing and Accessories and How to Create Manga: Drawing Action Scenes and Characters.

How to Create Manga: Drawing Action Scenes and Characters

Author: Shikata Shiyomi
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462921914
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 181

Book Description
Learn the skills to set any scene or capture any mood. With this book, your manga drawings will spring to life and leap off the page! Drawing Action Scenes and Characters is most suited to digital artists, but the tips and techniques in this book are applicable to illustrators of all schools and persuasions. No matter where you're at in your development as a manga master, this companion volume helps bring your skills to the next level. Follow along through the forty mini-lessons, created and guided by experts tapping into years of experience in the Japanese animation and entertainment industries. Open new pathways to your visual storytelling possibilities as your characters find themselves in increasingly complex and compellingly rendered scenarios. Tuttle's How to Create Manga series guides users through the process of reaching a professional-looking final drawing through actual sketch progressions, practical tips and caution on common missteps to avoid. Other books in the series include How to Create Manga: Drawing the Human Body, How to Create Manga: Drawing Facial Expressions and How to Create Manga: Drawing Clothing and Accessories.

How to Draw Bold Manga Characters

Author: Ebimo,
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462922902
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 180

Book Description
Elevate your manga drawings to the next level with help from a Japanese professional! Manga drawing expert and author Ebimo is an action film junkie who taught herself to draw by studying martial arts films. In this book, she brings those techniques, tips, and tricks to you! Learn how to draw every detail of exciting action characters--from the muscles used in fight scenes to the 3-D arc of a flying frontal kick. What sets Ebimo apart is her fusion of the basics of figure drawing and proper posing with cutting-edge digital-age illustration and coloration techniques. Artists working on paper or a screen will learn to bring greater depth and complexity to their characters with these expert tutorials. This all-in-one guide is unlike any other, offering: Dual-format step-by-step tutorials for those who draw on paper, on screen, or both Up-close "studio visits" where you can follow along as characters are drawn An essential reference guide to all the key poses in action scenes and sequences Dynamic full-color examples with single, dual and multiple characters Over 1,350 sample illustrations to study and learn from! How to Draw Bold Manga Characters presents the best of both worlds--hand-drawn detail with digital dynamics--in one essential volume. *Recommended for artists 14 and up*

The Manga Artist's Handbook: Drawing Dynamic Manga Characters

Author: Junka Morozumi
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462921477
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 101

Book Description
Create interesting and expressive manga characters by learning the techniques of professional artists. This volume builds on the proven three-step technique presented in the companion volume, Drawing Basic Characters. 1. Trace a simple outline of the character 2. Add clothing, facial expressions and other details using the easy-to-follow tips 3. Use color and pen to create the finished character Experienced manga artists Junka Morozumi and Tomomi Mizuna are your guides to the dazzling world of lifelike and expressive manga characters who literally leap off the page. Through expert tips and richly-illustrated, step-by-step tutorials, they help you to build your skills and confidence at the same time. Their focus is on creating a dynamic body pose and face for each character and illustration. First you are shown how to sketch a well-proportioned outline, then how to fill in supporting details--powerful dramatic expressions, clothing and actions. Bold examples portray an array of body types and faces, each capturing a different mood or action sequence. Whether your character has just won a major victory and is leaping into the air in triumph, or you want to draw the subtlety of a forlorn expression, this book will allow you to capture it. No matter what story you're telling, Drawing Dynamic Manga Characters shows you how the pros do it.

Drawing Manga People and Poses

Author: Ryo Hirata
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440337292
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Take everyday poses and make them extraordinary! Learn to draw people in a variety of different poses with Drawing Manga People and Poses. Lessons begin with the basics--drawing from photos, vantage points, people and objects. Once you've got the basics covered, you'll follow along with step by steps and find tips and advice for "everyday," "around the house" and "at work and play" poses. All in all, you'll find more than 800 poses to emulate and make your own! Drawing Manga People and Poses also includes helpful Q & A sections, covering subjects like drawing from reference materials, understanding skeletal and muscular anatomy, drawing cartoons and how to know when a project is finished. Learn to draw: • Important basic drawing lessons, including scaling, dimension, perspective and more • Lessons and samples for drawing poses from everyday life, like texting, opening a wallet and eating • Around-the-house poses such as opening doors and windows, getting dressed and cleaning • At work and play poses including using a computer, taking photos, stretching and playing video games With more than 800 poses, you're well on your way to creating any character you can imagine!

The Master Guide to Drawing Anime

Author: Christopher Hart
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
ISBN: 1684620236
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 146

Book Description
The first book in Christopher Hart’s bestselling Master Guide to Drawing Anime series—How to Draw Original Characters from Simple Templates is the essential guide for anyone who wants to learn how to draw anime, from the world’s leading author of How To Draw books. Nothing brings anime artists more satisfaction than creating original characters to use in a comic strip or graphic novel. In this anime drawing book, bestselling how-to-draw author Christopher Hart helps them reach this goal by providing insight into the six most popular types of anime characters: schoolgirls, schoolboys, preteens, vengeful bad guys, humorous personalities, and fantasy figures. He supplies templates for each; an extensive array of “menus” of head and body types, outfits, and accessories; and detailed, accessible, step-by-step demonstrations and drawing exercises, making this the perfect reference for anyone who wants to learn to draw anime. Plus, Hart showcases some of the best anime artists in the world for this title—including Inma R., Tabby Kink, Ayame Shiroi, Euro Pinku, and Tina Francisco. It’s the guide every would-be anime artist has been looking for! Suitable for all levels, from beginners who are just starting to learn how to draw anime, to advanced users who want to hone their skills, this is the ideal resource for all fans of anime and manga drawing. Drawing books are a perennial present to inspire young artists and a popular gift for teens. There is no greater tool than an art book to spark creativity, develop new artistic skills, and help kids and teens channel their energy towards positive self-expression.

Drawing Manga Expressions and Poses

Author: Anna Southgate
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1448848008
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82

Book Description
Presents step-by-step instructions for using differences of pose and facial expression to reveal differences of personality and feeling in manga drawings of both female and male characters.