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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    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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