Master Guide to Drawing Anime: How to Draw Original Characters from Simple Templates - A How to Draw Anime / Manga Step by Step Book Series

by Christopher Hart

Overview

The ultimate how-to-draw guide to creating your own awesome anime and manga characters step by step!
Special features:

• The Complete Guide: Covers everything you want to know: how to draw faces, expressions, hairstyles, anime eyes, poses, attitudes, fashion, and more
• Makes Learning Easy: Packed with over 375 step-by-step illustrations, it’s perfect for the beginner; special sewn binding lets the pages lie flat as you follow along
• Great for Gift Giving: Printed in beautiful full color throughout on quality paper, with a premium paperback binding with flaps, it’s a thoughtful present for the manga/anime lover in your life, all ages and skill levels
• Expert Author: Christopher Hart’s books on drawing and coloring anime and manga have sold more than a million copies

It’s never been easier to draw the high-energy anime and manga you love, with Christopher Hart’s super simple-to-follow templates for the most popular genre character types. From the classic schoolgirl and schoolboy to villains you love to hate to comic and fantasy characters, you’ll learn how to draw and color them all, step by step. You’ll also master the unforgettable anime face, with its sparkly eyes and fabulous hairstyles, as well as fun fashions, with lots of inspiration included for you to create your own unique characters and look.

And to further up your skills, get the entire Master Guide to Drawing Anime series—Amazing Girls, Tips & Tricks, Romance, 5-Minute Characters, and Expressions & Poses—for a one-stop personal library on how to draw incredible anime and manga characters and stories.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781936096862
Publisher:	Sixth & Spring Books
Publication date:	07/07/2015
Series:	The Master Guide to Drawing Anime , #1
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	8.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	14 - 17 Years

About the Author

Christopher Hart is the world’s leading author of art instruction books, with over 8 million copies sold and titles translated into more than 20 languages. He is the author of The Master Guide to Drawing Anime series, which has sold over 870,000 copies, and The Manga Artist’s Coloring Book series. His books offer artists accessible and clearly written step-by-step instruction on a wide variety of learn-how-to-draw subjects, including figure drawing, cartooning, fashion, and animals. He lives in Westport, CT.

Editorial Reviews

Copying popular anime characters is fun, but creating your own is a hundred times more fulfilling. This new trade paperback original by super-talented teacher Christopher Hart (Manga for the Beginner; Manga Mania; Human Anatomy Made Amazingly Easy) serves as a template tutorial to creating anime personalities of every imaginable type. Whether your fantasy urge favors odious bad guys, comic figures, hopelessly cute schoolgirls or hopelessly shy schoolboys, Master Guide to Drawing Anime puts you on the drawing board with "menus," step-by-step demonstrations, and drawing exercises. A manga instructor with a proven track record.