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Create one-of-a-kind outfits with this essential guide to
Japanese-style fantasy fashion! Using the authors' unique Costume
Matrix, you will learn how to develop new and daring designs for
your anime and manga characters and cosplay creations. First,
choose a look to serve as your fashion foundation. Then select an
alternate style and fuse it with the first fashion theme to create
an unexpected ensemble combining elements have never before been
seen together! Mixing and matching basic themes and styles in this
way results in one-of-a-kind mashups and hybrids, for example:
School Uniforms & Military Apparel Casual Basics & Gothic
Formal Wear Japanese Fashion & Folk Costumes Plant Motifs &
Animal Motifs Nature Motifs & Mechanical Objects Seasonal
Motifs & all of the above! Using the Costume Matrix, the
fashion mashup possibilities are endless! Here are just some of the
unique combos made possible by applying the Costume Matrix
technique: A Folk Costume crossed with a snake motif that results
in a Scheherazade vixen with veils transforming into slinky
scarf-like vipers! A Gothic Lolita paired with a Rabbit for a fun
and furry character with fuzzy paws for boots and a crazy
carrot-top hairdo! A Sailor Girl School Uniform combined with a
Female Ninja fighting outfit--with a throwing star as the perfect
accessory! A mashup of Casual Basics and Plant Motifs creates a
head-turning Sunflower Girl complete with a green-leaf collar and
flared-petal skirt Fantasy Costumes for Manga, Anime & Cosplay
presents over 55 fantasy fashion mashup examples and provides you
with the key to designing your own totally original characters and
styles!
Learn how to draw stylish manga characters with this fun workbook
geared toward budding artists. Start out by tracing the sample
illustrations, then practice drawing using the provided guidelines.
Once you master the basics, you'll be freehanding your own awesome
manga girls in no time!
Create interesting and expressive manga characters by learning the
techniques of professional artists. This volume builds on the
proven three-step technique presented in the companion volume,
Drawing Basic Characters. 1. Trace a simple outline of the
character 2. Add clothing, facial expressions and other details
using the easy-to-follow tips 3. Use color and pen to create the
finished character Experienced manga artists Junka Morozumi and
Tomomi Mizuna are your guides to the dazzling world of lifelike and
expressive manga characters who literally leap off the page.
Through expert tips and richly-illustrated, step-by-step tutorials,
they help you to build your skills and confidence at the same time.
Their focus is on creating a dynamic body pose and face for each
character and illustration. First you are shown how to sketch a
well-proportioned outline, then how to fill in supporting
details--powerful dramatic expressions, clothing and actions. Bold
examples portray an array of body types and faces, each capturing a
different mood or action sequence. Whether your character has just
won a major victory and is leaping into the air in triumph, or you
want to draw the subtlety of a forlorn expression, this book will
allow you to capture it. No matter what story you're telling,
Drawing Dynamic Manga Characters shows you how the pros do it.
This book provides a revolutionary new 3-step tracing technique
that beginning artists can use to quickly learn to draw manga
characters just like a pro! Every page presents a classic manga
pose, from walking and running to jumping for joy, in three
different steps: 1. A simple outline of the body 2. The defining
elements of the character (like clothes, hair and facial
expression) highlighted for easy tracing so you can practice
placing them onto the basic body outline. 3. The finished drawing
(for inspiration). Popular manga artists Junka Morozumi and Tomomi
Mizuna guide you through a series of carefully graded lessons to
build up your skills gradually. Each pose and scene has a star
skill level, so you can build your way up from 1 to 5! Chapter 1
deals with the basic poses of standing, walking, and running.
Chapter 2 presents signature manga poses such as turning around in
surprise and being angry with hands on hips. Chapter 3 practices
various sitting and lying down poses. Chapter 4 deals with drawing
perspective, looking at characters from above, below and diagonal
viewpoints. Chapter 5 focuses on 2-person manga poses including the
classic prince with a princess in his arms. Chapter 6 lets readers
try out the skills they have acquired by tracing and copying a
full-page manga illustration containing multiple characters. These
six lessons are supplemented by expert tips and easy exercises for
capturing the right facial expressions, drawing the clothes and
getting the perspective and body proportions right. Beginning manga
artists are in good hands with Morozumi, who lectures at art
academies in Tokyo, and Mizuna, whose work has been exhibited in
the U.S., Europe and beyond. If you've been looking for an
easy-to-use guide to drawing manga, The Manga Artist's Handbook:
Drawing Basic Manga Characters is the perfect place to start!
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