Let's Draw Manga - Shoujo Characters

Designed for beginning and intermediate levels, this amazing book offers step-by-step instructions and insightful tips on how to draw various "shoujo" characters in the highly recognizable, authentic styles established by celebrated Japanese female artists. Most of the characters laid out in this book are modeled after hit anime TV shows and manga that helped launch both genres to the current mainstream level in North America and Europe.

Although it is generally easy to remember a character's physical appearance, drawing one on a blank sheet of paper is a completely different story. To solve this problem, the book starts off by offering a generous amount of instructions covering a character's basic physical features followed by signature hairstyles, costumes, and accessories. It then provides further examples on drawing faces, common mistakes to be avoided, tracing, creating special effects and fancy backgrounds, animals, charming mascot characters, and tips on using pens and markers. The final section covers story creation and composition.

This one-of-a-kind book is a dream-come-true for all aspiring "shoujo" manga artists across the world as it offers them a chance to draw in the style of their favorite artists!


Author/Artist: Makoto Nakajima, Big Mouth Factory
ISBN: 1-56970-966-1
Dimensions: 7 1/8" X 10 1/8"
Publisher/Copyright Info: © Digital Manga Publishing, April 2005

144 pages
English Text