50 Manga Babes to Draw and Paint: Create Cutting-Edge Manga Figures for Comic Books, Computer Games, and Graphic Novels

Cartoonists, art students, anime artists, and computer game designers will find inspiration for creating fantastic female characters in this heavily illustrated book. The author begins with several basic but alluring babes to get readers started--Schoolgirl, Princess, Geisha, Cat Girl, French Maid, Gothic, and others. He presents each of them in a full-page, fully rendered illustration, accompanied by working sketches, character sheets, and detailed technical instruction on how to recreate the design. He explains all techniques for both traditional and digital media, from creating black-and-white line art to adding color and screen-tone effects. Students will also find advice on creating a useful work space for themselves, choosing and using their tools and materials, developing drawing and painting techniques, working digitally, and learning to render correct proportions, scale, skin tone, and foreshortening in figure drawing. Here are femmes fatales, bookish maidens, punk and hip-hop

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Discover how to draw and paint 50 groovy girls from different styles and genres of manga art, including perfectly groomed shoujo heroines, geishas, cute kawai schoolgirls, feisty ninjas, and femmes fatales.

Each specially designed character is presented with a full-page final image; working sketches; detailed instructions for line art, coloring, and shading; sketches showing a range of poses and perspectives; and advice on color palettes, clothing, and accessories.

All techniques are clearly explained, from finding inspiration and choosing media and materials to creating black-and-white line art, adding color and shading, and using both traditional and digital media. Youâ  ll also find indispensable advice on manga female body shapes and proportions as well as information on rendering traditional Japanese clothing.

Chi Hang Li is a graphic design graduate who specializes in contemporary digital arts. Born and raised in Hong Kong, he has a natural affinity with the aesthetic principles of Asian cultures. Chi has been a lifelong devotee of Japanese manga/anime and has been a dedicated manga and anime illustrator for many years, publishing his work online. He is co-author of Anime Techniques, also published by Barronâ  s.