Design Your Own Anime and Manga Characters: Step-by-Step Lessons for Creating and Drawing Unique Characters – Learn Anatomy, Poses, Expressions, Costumes, and More

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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 finished drawing.

Filled with step-by-step demonstrations and expert guidance and advice, Design Your Own Anime and Manga Characters teaches you everything you need to bring unique characters to life.

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Techniques, Tips & Tutorials for Successful Anime & Manga Character Design

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

Learn the key bones, muscles, and proportions of the body, head, hands, and feet for a solid foundation to any character.

Simplifying Forms for Gestures & Poses

Build believable characters and put them in motion with expert guidance on creating poses and gestures and exploring a variety of angles.

Drawing Hair, Clothing & Accessories

The way clothing drapes and folds as characters move helps bring them to life. Hairstyles frame the head and face, and hats and glasses add the finishing touch.

Conveying Dimension, Emotion & Character

Tell a story through your drawings by learning and maximizing the effects of light and shadow, types of lines, basic facial structures, and expressions.

Pets, Chibis & Sidekicks

Pets with personality, cute chibis, kemonomimi (humans with animal characteristics such as horns or tails), and anthros (animal characters with human qualities) round out your manga and anime stories.

Design & Draw a Character

Finally, learn how to create a mind map of your character’s qualities and preferences, then design, draw, and color a complete character step by step.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Rockport Publishers (August 30, 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 144 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0760371377
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0760371374
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 0.7 x 10.95 inches