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Big School of Drawing Manga, Comics & Fantasy: Well-Explained, Practice-Oriented Drawing Instruction for the Beginning Artist

by Walter Foster Creative Team

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A hands-on entry point to manga, comics, and fantasy drawing

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A hands-on entry point to manga, comics, and fantasy drawing

Organized as a practical drawing guide, this volume starts with materials and foundational techniques before moving into character construction. Its lessons use basic shapes as a framework for developing figures, then build outward through facial expressions, clothing, accessories, shading, texture, highlights, inking, and color. More than 50 step-by-step projects cover a broad range of subjects, including manga heroes and heroines, chibis, comic-book villains, superheroes, aliens, guardians, and mythical creatures. The emphasis on modifying details and adding personality gives the instruction a clear focus on creating original characters and scenes, not simply copying a single finished image.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Beginning artists seeking structured, step-by-step character-drawing practice
  • Manga and comic art enthusiasts interested in heroes, villains, and chibis
  • Fantasy-art beginners wanting guidance on creatures and imaginative characters

Themes

Character designManga and comic artFantasy illustrationDrawing fundamentalsInking and coloring

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Book overview

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING SERIES, now in English! More than 2.3 million copies sold in 23 languages!

Big School of Drawing Manga, Comics & Fantasy allows beginning artists to get started drawing manga, comic book, and fantasy characters, from manga heroines and heroes, chibis, superheroes, and villains to space aliens and guardians, mythical creatures, and more! Learn to develop your sketches from basic shapes, adding clothing, accessories, and personality to draw creative and original characters and scenes, step by easy step.

Perfect for beginners, this 192-page reference guide explains everything you need to get started, from choosing the right materials to basic drawing, inking, and coloring techniques and step-by-step lessons. Experiment with different pencils, inks, colored pencils, and markers, as then follow along as you use those techniques to create your own unique characters.

With more than 50 step-by-step projects for you to reference, Big School of Drawing Manga, Comics & Fantasy covers:

  • Sketching from basic shapes
  • Shading, texture, and highlights
  • Adding personality, facial expressions, and accessories
  • Inking and coloring techniques
  • How to draw manga heroines and heroes
  • How to draw comic book characters and villains
  • How to draw fantasy characters and mythical creatures


With helpful tips and easy-to-follow, step-by-step lessons, Big School of Drawing is the perfect series for beginning artists ready to grab a pencil and get started drawing. With practice, you'll soon be able to create your own realistic pencil drawings. It's as easy as 1, 2, 3.

Also available as a companion piece: Big School of Drawing Manga, Comics & Fantasy Workbook, a 112-page interactive workbook allowing artists to practice drawing their own unique characters directly inside the book.

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