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Anime Art Class

A Complete Course in Drawing Manga Cuties
By Yoai
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In this follow-up to the popular Chibi Art Class, renowned anime artist Yoai teaches you this popular Japanese drawing style, step by adorable step. In Anime Art Class, you'll learn how to create anime characters, from their signature bodies and facial features to their dreamy eyes,... Read More
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In this follow-up to the popular Chibi Art Class, renowned anime artist Yoai teaches you this popular Japanese drawing style, step by adorable step.

In Anime Art Class, you'll learn how to create anime characters, from their signature bodies and facial features to their dreamy eyes, fun clothes and shoes, vibrant hair, colourful accessories, and lively backgrounds. You'll also learn how to colour and shade your characters.

This book also features:

  • 20 tutorials with simple step-by-step illustrations and instructions
  • Inspiration galleries
  • Blank body bases for you to start your own manga drawings
  • Uncoloured characters for practising colouring and shading

Thanks to this crash course, soon you will be enhancing your notebooks, stationery, artwork, and more with your own unique anime world. Anime Art Class is now in session!

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781631067648

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Format: Paperback / softback

DIMENSIONS

Weight: 250g

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Arts & Culture Manga Non-Fiction Series: Cute and Cuddly Art Yoai

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