For beginner to intermediate artists, Design Your Own Anime and Manga Characters demonstrates how to conceive and draw original characters for these popular art/entertainment genres.

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.

  Autorentext

  TB Choi is a character/concept artist and drawing instructor specializing in anatomy and character design. Included among her many celebrated film, animation, and gaming clients are Adobe, EA (Entertainment Arts), Sony Pictures, Guerilla Games, Netflix, Reel FX, Riot Games, Blizzard, and Epic Games. To see more of TB’s work, visit her on Instagram @tbchoi and on Twitter @TBChoi12.

  Klappentext

  For beginner to intermediate artists, Design Your Own Anime and Manga Characters demonstrates how to conceive and draw original characters for these popular art/entertainment genres.

  Zusammenfassung
  For beginner to intermediate artists, Design Your Own Anime and Manga Characters demonstrates how to conceive and draw original characters for these popular art/entertainment genres.

  Inhalt
  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