
Draw Like an Artist: 100 Lessons to Create Anime and Manga Characters
Step-by-Step Line Drawing - A Sourcebook for Aspiring Artists and Character Designers - Access video tutorials via QR codes!
By: ABD Illustrates, Alex Brennan-Dent
Paperback | 16 April 2024
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For student and aspiring artists, illustrators, character designers, and more, Draw Like an Artist: 100 Lessons to Create Anime and Manga Characters demonstrates foundational art concepts like proportion and anatomy as you learn to draw a broad array of characters and their poses and expressions, all shown from a variety of perspectives.
Each set of step-by-step illustrations takes you from beginning sketch lines to a finished drawing. Artist and author Alex Brennan-Dent's expert drawing techniques and video tutorials to key concepts accessible via QR codes make this a must-have sourcebook for animators and manga artists.
This comprehensive guidebook includes:
- Anime and manga drawing fundamentals, including anatomy, poses and body language, and features such as hair, eyes, mouths, and hands
- A guide to figure proportions, differentiated by age group
- Step-by-step instructions for drawing a wealth of different characters, including characters from everyday life, sports, music, fantasy, sci-fi and horror, and role-playing games
- Tips on depicting interactions, both friendly and fighting
Draw Like an Artist: 100 Lessons to Create Anime and Manga Characters is a library essential for any artist interested in learning the fundamental techniques for drawing these popular entertainment genres.
The books in the Draw Like an Artist series are richly illustrated visual references for learning how to draw classic subjects through hundreds of step-by-step images created by expert artists and illustrators.
About the Author
Alex Brennan-Dent, aka @ABDillustrates, is a prize-winning queer comics artist and illustrator based in Brighton, UK, specializing in lively manga character designs and digital artwork. He is the winner of Saturday AM's 2022 March Art Madness competition.
Industry Reviews
"I love character design and have been a long-time fan of Alex's HEARTLESS characters on his YouTube channel! Seeing this book is a real treat for his fans and for artists who love to craft unique characters!" --JeyOdin, creator of Saturday AM's HAMMER; Rick and Morty manga artist
"Author Alex Brennan-Dent is a rising star of manga, placing top three in the UK Japanese Embassy's annual talent competition, Manga Jiman, every time he enters. His fast-paced, animation-friendly style is fresh and confident, showing excellent character design, sharp graphic design skills, and a winning SPOKON (sports action) flair. He's put in the hours to perfect his technical wizardry and knows his subject--manga and anime--inside out. What's more, every drawing displays an abundance of heart. You can't bottle talent like his, but you can share in it and learn from it." --@ILYAgraphic, UK mangaka, writer, artist, and editor
"ABDILLUSTRATES is one of the YouTube channels I watch for my own love of drawing, and I'm impressed with how easily he transferred his easy-going lessons to the printed page. A great book for lovers of comics art!" --Whyt Manga, YouTuber and creator of Saturday AM's APPLE BLACK
"As a children's book illustrator, writer, and part-time lecturer at various art schools over the past 45 years, I have had the pleasure of knowing many illustration students. Alex Brennan-Dent is one of the very few who stood out as having the focus and passion to make it. So, it's a delight for me to see this anime/manga-themed book published (anime was always his obsession). Not many illustrators have such a natural talent. Alex's has been greatly enhanced by such a strong work ethic and drive. I predict that this is the start of many good things to come." --Alan Baker, brightonillustrators.co.uk, illustrationx.com
ISBN: 9780760385715
ISBN-10: 0760385718
Series: Draw Like an Artist
Published: 16th April 2024
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 112
Publisher: QUARRY BOOKS
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 21.6 x 27.9 x 1.0
Weight (kg): 0.48
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