Shojo Wonder Manga Art School: Create Your Own Cool Characters and Costumes with Markers
A Complete Shojo Manga Art Course!
The world of shojo manga art dares you to go all out€"big eyes, colorful skin tones, spiky hair€¦the works.Shojo Wonder Manga Art School shows you how to take full advantage of that freedom while bringing believability and originality to your manga characters.
With easy to follow step-by-step instruction, Supittha €œAnnie€ Bunyapen (known as ecthelian on deviantART) shows you how to draw a wide range of characters in the manga style including heads and figures, attitudes and expressions, clothing, and natural and dynamic poses. In addition to this expert instruction, you€ll discover tricks for building mood with shadows, light and expressive color.
· More than 20 step-by-step demos cover an assorted cast of colorful characters, including 5 complete scenes with finished backgrounds
· Basics-and-beyond instruction on drawing heads, figures, clothing, accessories, poses, hairstyles, costumes and backgrounds
· Color-mixing charts and step-by-step demonstrations for mastering basic skin tones
· Coloring techniques for refining your illustrations and mixing markers with other media to create cool effects