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Drawing and Painting Anime and Manga Faces

Step-by-Step Techniques for Creating Authentic Characters and Expressions
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Drawing and Painting Anime and Manga Faces by acclaimed manga artist Nao Yazawa offers a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to mastering the art of anime and manga faces. This book covers everything from basic supplies and drawing techniques to creating dynamic expressions and finishing with inking, colouring, and special effects. Ideal for bringing authentic characters and vivid emotions to life in your own stories.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This book is perfect for beginner to intermediate artists passionate about anime and manga who seek expert guidance on drawing expressive faces and enhancing their artwork with professional techniques.

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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.

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Learn to draw authentic anime and manga faces and expressions from a manga master. In this follow-up to Manga Drawing Deluxe, renowned Japanese manga artist and international instructor Nao Yazawa guides you step by step through all phases of drawing and painting anime and manga faces. From the basics of creating essential anime and manga characters to crafting dynamic and authentic expressions, to colouring and adding special touches.

Manga Faces 101. Learn about must-have supplies, basic drawing techniques, and a summary of the process from rough sketches to finished drawings.

Essential Guide to Expressive Characters. Explore how to draw key anime and manga characters as well as how to depict a range of emotions for each, from delight to sadness to terror.

Inking, Colouring, and Special Effects. Take your drawings to the next level by adding striking definition, stunning colour, and special finishing touches that will give your characters just the right note of authenticity.

Drawing and Painting Anime and Manga Faces gives you the tools you need to create expressive characters that will make your anime and manga stories come alive.

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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." – Midwest Book Review

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781631599620

Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 31 August 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: Quarry Books

Illustration: 225 color illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 216.0mm

Height: 279.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 128

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 guide Manga Drawing Deluxe.

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