Yokai Bestiary: How to Draw Eerie and Enchanting Japanese Ghouls and Monsters
Learn how to draw a bestiary of supernatural creatures from Japanese folklore, and discover their origins as you go.

Yokai is a Japanese term for mystical beings that encompasses a range of supernatural phenomena, including demons, monsters, ghosts, and shapeshifters. Sometimes cute, sometimes frightening, but always enchanting, the creatures are often at the center of popular anime and manga stories. In Yokai Bestiary, learn how to draw 35 types of yokai while learning the folklore behind them.

Created for artists of all skill levels, this step-by-step drawing book shows you how to block in major shapes, provide proper shading to give dimension and depth to your drawings, and draw small but culturally significant details. Among the yokai types, you’ll learn to draw:
 
  • Kitsune, fox demons with multiple tails
  • Kappa, reptile-like spirits with a turtle's shell on their backs
  • Tengu, monsters with bird-like characteristics
  • Kodama, tree spirits 
  • Nekomata, cats with two tails 
  • And many more! 

With both drawing instruction and Japanese mythology to engage your mind, Yokai Bestiary will transport you to a fantastical land of beasts and spirits.
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Yokai Bestiary: How to Draw Eerie and Enchanting Japanese Ghouls and Monsters
Learn how to draw a bestiary of supernatural creatures from Japanese folklore, and discover their origins as you go.

Yokai is a Japanese term for mystical beings that encompasses a range of supernatural phenomena, including demons, monsters, ghosts, and shapeshifters. Sometimes cute, sometimes frightening, but always enchanting, the creatures are often at the center of popular anime and manga stories. In Yokai Bestiary, learn how to draw 35 types of yokai while learning the folklore behind them.

Created for artists of all skill levels, this step-by-step drawing book shows you how to block in major shapes, provide proper shading to give dimension and depth to your drawings, and draw small but culturally significant details. Among the yokai types, you’ll learn to draw:
 
  • Kitsune, fox demons with multiple tails
  • Kappa, reptile-like spirits with a turtle's shell on their backs
  • Tengu, monsters with bird-like characteristics
  • Kodama, tree spirits 
  • Nekomata, cats with two tails 
  • And many more! 

With both drawing instruction and Japanese mythology to engage your mind, Yokai Bestiary will transport you to a fantastical land of beasts and spirits.
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Yokai Bestiary: How to Draw Eerie and Enchanting Japanese Ghouls and Monsters

Yokai Bestiary: How to Draw Eerie and Enchanting Japanese Ghouls and Monsters

Yokai Bestiary: How to Draw Eerie and Enchanting Japanese Ghouls and Monsters

Yokai Bestiary: How to Draw Eerie and Enchanting Japanese Ghouls and Monsters

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Learn how to draw a bestiary of supernatural creatures from Japanese folklore, and discover their origins as you go.

Yokai is a Japanese term for mystical beings that encompasses a range of supernatural phenomena, including demons, monsters, ghosts, and shapeshifters. Sometimes cute, sometimes frightening, but always enchanting, the creatures are often at the center of popular anime and manga stories. In Yokai Bestiary, learn how to draw 35 types of yokai while learning the folklore behind them.

Created for artists of all skill levels, this step-by-step drawing book shows you how to block in major shapes, provide proper shading to give dimension and depth to your drawings, and draw small but culturally significant details. Among the yokai types, you’ll learn to draw:
 
  • Kitsune, fox demons with multiple tails
  • Kappa, reptile-like spirits with a turtle's shell on their backs
  • Tengu, monsters with bird-like characteristics
  • Kodama, tree spirits 
  • Nekomata, cats with two tails 
  • And many more! 

With both drawing instruction and Japanese mythology to engage your mind, Yokai Bestiary will transport you to a fantastical land of beasts and spirits.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781577154457
Publisher: WellFleet Press
Publication date: 09/10/2024
Pages: 192
Product dimensions: 7.99(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Lance Red is a fantasy illustrator and character designer living in Michigan. He provides detail-rich illustration assets for the game and book-publishing industries as well as private commissions. He has also recently started sharing more of his process with an education focus on his Patreon, which includes creating artwork for tabletop games, adventure books, conventions, and more as well as teaching budding artists through online library programs.

Table of Contents

Introduction 
Trickster Yo¯kai 
Tanuki (たぬき) 
Chōchin-obake (ちょうちんおばけ) 
Kitsune (きつね) 
Bakezōri (ばけぞうり) 
Hitotsume-kozō (ひとつめこぞう) 
Karakasa-kozō (からかさこぞう) 
Nature & Animal Yo¯kai 
Kodama (こだま) 
Ōgama (おおがま) 
Kama-itachi (かまいたち) 
Nekomata (ねこまた) 
Heikegani (へいけがに) 
Shachihoko (しゃちほこ)
Kappa (かっぱ) 
Ningyo (にんぎょ) 
Household & Everyday Yo¯kai 
Biwa-bokuboku (びわぼくぼく) 
Shami-chōrō (しゃみちょうろう) 
Amabie (あまびえ) 
Tōfu-kozō (とうふこぞう) 
Rokurokubi (ろくろくび) 
Futakuchi-onna (ふたくちおんな)
Frightful Spirits Yo¯kai 
Haka-no-hi (はかのひ) 
Bakekujira (ばけくじら) 
Menreiki (めんれいき) 
Sōgen-bi (そうげんび)
Wanyūdō (わにゅうどう) 
Ao-andō (あおあんどう) 
Yūrei (ゆうれい) 
Monstrous Yo¯kai
Hyaku-me (ひゃくめ) 
Kamikiri (かみきり) 
Otoroshi (おとろし) 
Nure-onna (ぬれおんな)
Ushi-oni (うしおに) 
Oni (おに) 
Namahage (なまはげ) 
Tengu (てんぐ) 
Going Further
Acknowledgments/About the Author

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