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How to Draw Manga Furries: The Complete Guide to Anthropomorphic Fantasy Characters (750 Illustrations)

by Hitsujirobo

A drawing guide to anthropomorphic fantasy characters

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A drawing guide to anthropomorphic fantasy characters

Organized around instruction from five Japanese artists, this guide covers the design of furry manga characters, from body anatomy and facial features to tails and other animal appendages. Its examples range across mammals, birds, sea creatures, and dragons, with illustrations presenting characters in varied angles, poses, and movements. The subject is specifically anthropomorphic animals with human traits, distinguishing the book’s focus from characters that are human with only a few animal features. The techniques are framed for drawing on paper or digitally, giving the guide a broad practical scope across character types and working formats.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Artists interested in drawing anthropomorphic manga characters.
  • Learners seeking examples of animal-based anatomy, poses, and character features.
  • Artists working with either traditional drawing tools or digital media.

Themes

Manga illustrationAnthropomorphic character designAnimal anatomy and featuresPose and movementTraditional and digital drawing

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Book overview

With How to Draw Manga Furries, you'll follow the lead of five professional Japanese artists as they show you how to bring dynamic fantasy characters to life--on the page or on screen!

Furries are anthropomorphic characters--animals who have human traits (not to be confused with kemonomimi, or humans with some animal features!). They're widely popular in manga, anime and cosplay--from fan favorites like Wolf's Rain and Lackadaisy to the newer Beastars and BNA: Brand New Animal. The genre allows creators to be more imaginative, freeing artists from traditional human personality traits, actions and physical appearance.

With the help of the expert authors, you'll learn to draw:
  • Anatomically correct furry manga bodies, skulls, faces, appendages and tails with human proportions
  • Characters based on cats, dogs, wolves, foxes, goats, birds, whales, sharks, crocodiles, dragons--and more!
  • Furries seen from their most powerful perspective--from muzzle to rump to flipper tip
  • Illustrations shown from many various angles with different poses, positions and movements
  • And so much more!

With this book as your guide, your imagination will run wild as you create memorable heroes, wicked villains and compelling sidekicks with your pen or on screen.

*Recommended for artists 10 & up*
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