How to Draw Anime: The Simplified Guide to Drawing Anime & Manga for Beginners
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How to Draw Anime: The Simplified Guide to Drawing Anime & Manga for Beginners
If you want to learn how to draw Anime & Manga style characters, this book is for you. The author is an experienced artist who loves to create Anime & Manga characters. In this book, you will be guided step-by-step in the techniques of:
- Drawing the Anime Head
- Drawing Dynamic Head Angles
- How to Draw Anime Eyes
- How to Draw Anime Nose and Mouth
- Drawing Anime Expressions
- How to Draw Anime Hair
- Drawing the Male & Female Anime Figure
- Anime Gestures & Poses
- Drawing Anime Hands & Feet
- Aging the Characters from Childhood to Old Age
You'll have great fun learning the step-by-step details to create a variety of Anime characters. Take a look at a sample of the book by clicking on the book cover or title.
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How to Draw Anime - Mary R. Moore
Introduction
Thank you for purchasing this book. I’ve designed it to be a step-by-step tutorial for those wanting to learn the unique skill of drawing Anime and Manga characters. Here you will learn the basic foundations of drawing as well as more complex techniques to create stunning images.
You will learn how to draw a variety of Anime heads, dynamic head angles, Anime hair, eyes, nose and mouth, the multitude of Anime expressions, male and female figures, poses, hands and feet. When you finish the lessons in this book, you’ll not only be able to draw a variety of male and female Anime characters, but you’ll also have the ability to let your creative juices flow and draw unique characters that have never been drawn before.
The possibilities are endless!
Take your time and have fun with it!
Chapter 1 - The Meaning of Anime
If you have been watching Bleach, Inuyasha, Studio Ghibli's Productions, you already have an idea of anime. But if you have been moved by the works of the Japanese animators or Mangakas (Manga Artists) because of their peculiar 'Wow Factor' and are curious to know more about Japanese animation, this is for you.
Anime is a synonym for this very stylized form of Japanese animation. Why did I use the word 'stylized'? Well, if you compare Japanese animation to Western animation, the former uses less key frames (depends since Miyazaki's works does not tend to do that), more variety of angles and have that totally different face type with amazing eyes.
The Walt Disney Production of 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs influenced many Japanese animators in the mid-20th century. The Father of Japanese Manga, as he is often called, Osamu Tezuka (creator of the famous Astro Boy), simplified the Disney animation technique and a new form of animation evolved out of it. The word anime
, henceforth became a banner for Japanese animation worldwide, be it from animated episodes or to full-fledged animation