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A step-by-step approach to character drawing to help create lifelike, expressive characters for different artistic mediums.
This book offers a structured, accessible approach to character drawing, ideal for beginners and intermediate artists. Featuring 50 models categorised by difficulty, it guides you step-by-step through creating lifelike, expressive characters. The exercises progress from basic skeleton sketches to intricate details of the face, body and clothing. With a dedicated practice space in each lesson, the book encourages you to observe, draw, erase and refine your technique. Focusing on key elements such as body proportions, age and gender differences, it emphasises anatomy, perspective and proportion to help you create compelling characters for mediums such as illustration, comics and video games. Through five planned steps, from simplified skeletons to volume and shading, this book builds a solid foundation for creating dynamic, realistic characters. It stimulates technical growth and creative expression, boosting your confidence and helping you develop an intuitive grasp of the techniques. A valuable reference, whether learning from scratch or improving your abilities and refining your style, this book will help you bring your characters to life.
About the author
Niels Roman, born in 1993, is the author of the "Step by Step Guide to Drawing" series and a graduate of Émile Cohl Art School in Lyon (France). He offers practical drawing guides and teaches drawing remotely, with over 3,000 hours of instruction to 200 students worldwide. He also works as a scriptwriter and storyboarder for the manga Kami No Inku, and also creates drawing and manga content online under the pseudonym Spiderniels.
