Description

Book Synopsis

With Design Your Own Anime and Manga Characters, you’ll learn character design for these popular entertainment genres from renowned concept artist and teacher TB Choi. 

  • Constructing a Character. Build a character right from the start with the basics of human anatomy and proportion.
  • Simplifying Forms for Poses and Gestures. Streamline form to develop effective poses and gestures from a variety of angles.
  • Drawing Hair, Clothing, and Accessories. Render authentic details that support your characters and enrich your stories.
  • Conveying Dimension, Emotion, and Character. Refine your use of line, shadow, and form to create visual variety, depth, and emotion.
  • Pets, Chibis, and Sidekicks. Create pets, chibis, anthros, and kemonomimi with personality.
  • Exercise: Design and Draw a Character. Learn a simple method for developing an original character, from mind map to finish

    Trade Review
    "Design Your Own Anime and Manga Characters lives up to its title as an instructive and visual "how-to" guide for aspiring artists interested in drawing characters or comics in the style of Japanese manga. A wealth of black-and-white illustrations (color is primarily used as highlights to aid in focus, and only occasionally shown in finished examples) demonstrate how to incorporate the basics of human anatomy, portray poses and gestures, add details like hair and clothing, apply lines and shadows to give expression and emotion, and much more. Thoroughly accessible to budding artists of all ages, Design Your Own Anime and Manga Characters is an excellent supplementary resource to broaden artistic creativity." * Midwest Book Review *

    Table of Contents
    1
    Constructing a Character
    The Basics of Line
    Human Skeleton
    Muscles
    Bone and Fat
    Basic Human Proportions
    Skull
    Mouth
    Eyes
    Ears
    Nose
    Arms
    Hands
    Legs
    Feet
    2
    Simplifying Forms for Gestures and Poses
    The Basics of Poses
    and Gestures
    Exploring Different
    Angles
    How a Pose Can Support
    a Story
    How to Draw Breasts
    (on Female and
    Male Characters)
    Adjusting Body Shape
    to Fit a Character
    Silhouettes
    3
    Drawing Hair, Clothing and Accesories
    Draping and Folds
    Folds and Movemen
    Proportion and Clothing
    for Youth
    How Hair Frames
    the Head and Face
    Drawing Hats
    Drawing Glasses
    4
    Putting It All Together
    Basic Facial Structures
    Face Shapes
    Drawing Faces from
    Different Angles
    Emotion and Expression
    Gestures That Enhance
    Emotion and Story
    Creating a Character’s
    Backstory
    5
    Pets, Chibis and Sidekicks
    Pets with Personality
    Chibi Characters
    Kemonomimi and Anthros
    6
    Exercise: Design and Draw a Character
    Drawing a Friend
    INTRODUCTION
    ABOUT THE AUTHOR
    INDEX


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    A Paperback / softback by TB Choi

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      Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
      Publication Date: 15/11/2022
      ISBN13: 9780760371374, 978-0760371374
      ISBN10: 0760371377
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      With Design Your Own Anime and Manga Characters, you’ll learn character design for these popular entertainment genres from renowned concept artist and teacher TB Choi. 

      • Constructing a Character. Build a character right from the start with the basics of human anatomy and proportion.
      • Simplifying Forms for Poses and Gestures. Streamline form to develop effective poses and gestures from a variety of angles.
      • Drawing Hair, Clothing, and Accessories. Render authentic details that support your characters and enrich your stories.
      • Conveying Dimension, Emotion, and Character. Refine your use of line, shadow, and form to create visual variety, depth, and emotion.
      • Pets, Chibis, and Sidekicks. Create pets, chibis, anthros, and kemonomimi with personality.
      • Exercise: Design and Draw a Character. Learn a simple method for developing an original character, from mind map to finish

        Trade Review
        "Design Your Own Anime and Manga Characters lives up to its title as an instructive and visual "how-to" guide for aspiring artists interested in drawing characters or comics in the style of Japanese manga. A wealth of black-and-white illustrations (color is primarily used as highlights to aid in focus, and only occasionally shown in finished examples) demonstrate how to incorporate the basics of human anatomy, portray poses and gestures, add details like hair and clothing, apply lines and shadows to give expression and emotion, and much more. Thoroughly accessible to budding artists of all ages, Design Your Own Anime and Manga Characters is an excellent supplementary resource to broaden artistic creativity." * Midwest Book Review *

        Table of Contents
        1
        Constructing a Character
        The Basics of Line
        Human Skeleton
        Muscles
        Bone and Fat
        Basic Human Proportions
        Skull
        Mouth
        Eyes
        Ears
        Nose
        Arms
        Hands
        Legs
        Feet
        2
        Simplifying Forms for Gestures and Poses
        The Basics of Poses
        and Gestures
        Exploring Different
        Angles
        How a Pose Can Support
        a Story
        How to Draw Breasts
        (on Female and
        Male Characters)
        Adjusting Body Shape
        to Fit a Character
        Silhouettes
        3
        Drawing Hair, Clothing and Accesories
        Draping and Folds
        Folds and Movemen
        Proportion and Clothing
        for Youth
        How Hair Frames
        the Head and Face
        Drawing Hats
        Drawing Glasses
        4
        Putting It All Together
        Basic Facial Structures
        Face Shapes
        Drawing Faces from
        Different Angles
        Emotion and Expression
        Gestures That Enhance
        Emotion and Story
        Creating a Character’s
        Backstory
        5
        Pets, Chibis and Sidekicks
        Pets with Personality
        Chibi Characters
        Kemonomimi and Anthros
        6
        Exercise: Design and Draw a Character
        Drawing a Friend
        INTRODUCTION
        ABOUT THE AUTHOR
        INDEX


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