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In this follow-up to Manga Drawing Deluxe, manga artist/author Nao Yazawa’s inaugural how-to-draw title, Drawing and Painting Anime and Manga Faces demonstrates how to draw expressive key characters, from warriors to magical girls to chibis.
List of contents
Introduction
Drawing & Coloring Essentials
Basic Terms
Drawing a Face
Front View
Profile View
Three-Quarter View
Face Variations
Eye Variations
How to Draw Hair
Proportions for Heads & Figures
Creating a Chibi
From Sketch to Color, Step-by-Step
Anime & Manga Characters:
Faces, Expressions & Chibis
Innocent Girl
Clumsy Girl (Dojikko)
Clever Girl (Megane-ko)
Cool Girl (Tsun-dere)
Delinquent Girl (Yankee)
Passionate Boy (Nekketsu)
Clever Boy (Megane-kun)
Cool Boy
Playboy (Chara-o)
Delinquent Boy (Yankee)
Beautiful Boy (Bishonen)
Beautiful Girl (Bishoujo)
Magical Girl (Mahou Shoujo)
Magical Girl on the Dark Side (Yami-ochi)
Magical Girl’s Male Enemy
Magical Girl’s Female Enemy
Male Vampire
Female Vampire
Samurai (Rōnin)
Japanese Princess
Male Warrior
Female Warrior
Animal Girl (Kemonomimi)
Salaryman
Office Lady
About the Author
Index
About the author
Nao Yazawa is a Japanese manga artist residing in Tokyo, Japan. She is most well known for her manga series Wedding Peach, which was made into an anime series of the same name. Both the manga and anime series were translated into several languages. Since 2008, she has been teaching manga workshops (in English) internationally, in Germany, Denmark, Austria, Canada, and the United States. She teaches in-person workshops at Nakano Manga School, in Nakano-ku, Tokyo, where she also maintains the studio where she hosts her online classes. She is the author of the instructional guides Manga Drawing Deluxe and Drawing and Painting Anime and Manga Faces.
Summary
In this follow-up to Manga Drawing Deluxe, manga artist/author Nao Yazawa’s inaugural how-to-draw title, Drawing and Painting Anime and Manga Faces demonstrates how to draw expressive key characters, from warriors to magical girls to chibis.
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"The ideal and unreservedly recommended DIY instruction guide and manual for any aspiring artist wanting to master the Anime/Manga style of Japanese cartooning and animation.”
