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Exciting, mesmerizing, simple yet complex, manga is artwork drawn in a typical Japanese cartoon style. This sensational guide covers everything the budding manga artist needs, from choosing essential materials to creating dynamic, innovative characters and scenarios.
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• anatomy, poses, and expressions
• monsterization and effects
• genre stylings-from adventure, action, and fantasy to chibi and romance.
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Immerse yourself in the dynamic world of Japanese manga drawing with this inspirational drawing book. Master manga artist Ben Krefta guides you through a variety of exciting character designs, from 'Mecha' robots to 'Shinobi' ninjas. He also provides you will a toolkit of techniques, including:
• Constructing manga eyes
• Portraying movement and using speed lines
• Creating manga's distinctive facial expressions
• Designing clothes, weapons...
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Perfect for doodlers of all ages and the ideal companion for kids at home or on the go!
Grab a piece of paper or a digital sketchpad and get drawing! In three easy steps, you can go from a squiggle or a few lines to a silly Santa Claus or a fluffy-maned lion. It's that simple!
Kamo's funny, feel-good drawings and doodles have earned her a worldwide reputation. With this all-in-one beginner's guide, her easy step-by-step instructions will inspire...
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Sweet and simple drawings for creative fun!
In this whimsical new guide, Japanese illustrator and master doodler KAMO shows you how to draw the cutest sketches you've ever seen. And she makes drawing them so easy!
Start with a squiggle, a circle or a line, then add a few strokes and voila--your drawing is done! She includes hundreds of examples and shows you how to use them to decorate your sketchbook, journal, notebook, gift cards, school projects...
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Space Aliens teaches young cartoonists to draw a range of fun, wacky characters in true cartooning style. Children will love creating unearthly characters, as well as learning how to develop and draw their own original cartoons. Featured sections cover silly expressions and awesome accessories that make the cartoon creations come to life on the page. Projects feature original, unique characters straight from the imagination of talented cartoonist...
86) The Big Book Of Cartooning: An adventurous journey into the Amazing & Awesome World of Cartooning!
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Get started cartooning, and create a wide range of fun, wacky, and unique characters! The Big Book of Cartooning provides a comprehensive, colorful, and creative guide for young artists-in-training to creating a wide range of cartoon characters. Learn the basics of cartooning, including how to exaggerate features, draw silly expressions, and create over-the-top gestures, as well as how to draw a variety of animals and characters. Featuring a variety...
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64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
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Provides step-by-step instructions for drawing each of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as well as their sidekicks and foes. 505 0 $a The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles -- Size chart -- Tools + materials -- How to use this book -- Leonardo -- Leonardo in action -- Raphael -- Raphael in action -- Michelangelo -- Michelangelo in action -- Donatello -- Donatello in action -- Splinter -- Shredder -- Kraang -- April O'Neil -- Foot Clan -- The end.
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Lights! Camera! Action! It's time to explore the art of animation! This fun, engaging Spanish-translated nonfiction title allows readers to explore an exciting career as an animator. Readers will be introduced to the history of animation and find out what techniques and equipment animators used to turn their illustrations into the first animated shorts. Through stimulating facts, vivid images, sketches, photos, informative text, and an interview with...
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Ever dream of becoming a comic book artist? Let your comic drawings come to life by learning art of comic book inking. This is the perfect one-stop resource for the aspiring comic book inker. Does your comic book pencils lack that finishing touch? By learning the basic art of comic book inking, you will improve your pencils and apply the finishing needed to complete your comic or graphic novel. This book brings you one step closer to that goal by...
91) Carl Larsson
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Carl Larsson (1853-1919), artiste suédois bien-aimé, émergea d'un milieu pauvre et gagna une place estimée dans le coeur et l'esprit de ses compatriotes. Aujourd'hui célèbre dans le monde entier pour ses images lumineuses et délicates de sa famille et de sa vie idyllique dans la campagne suédoise, il lutta pendant de nombreuses années en tant que peintre avant de trouver la reconnaissance internationale grâce à ses illustrations de livre....
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449 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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"The massive impact that comics have had on our culture becomes more and more clear every day, from the critically acclaimed musical Fun Home, based on Alison Bechdel's groundbreaking comic, to the dozens of superhero films hitting cinemas every year. What is it that makes comics so special? What can this unique art form do that others can't? In Comics for Grownups, comics scholar Hillary Chute reveals the history of comics, underground comics (or...
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The Ultimate Children's Drawing Book (Age 8 and up)
#1 New Release in Children's Cartooning Books, Children's Sculpture Books, and Children's Art Techniques
This step-by-step drawing guide is essential for all kids! With over 500 things to draw, your child will be entertained for hours while learning a new skill. The Big Book of Drawing for Kids makes learning how to draw easy!
Turn creativity into ability. The activities in The Big Book of Drawing...
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Anime tattoos have become increasingly popular in recent years, and if you're looking for inspiration or the perfect design, look no further than "Anime Tattoo Design Book: 300+ Designs for Fans and Tattoo Artists" This book features a curated collection of original and unique tattoo designs inspired by some of the most popular anime series. From minimalist designs to complex and intricate ones, this book has something for everyone, no matter your...
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Explore 35 step-by-step how-tos and more than 100 additional tips and tricks for creating a variety of manga characters, animals, and scenes in “The Art of Drawing Manga”.
With 144 pages of in-depth instruction and hundreds of reference images, “The Art of Drawing Manga” is suitable for all manga artists and enthusiasts, regardless of skill level or age. From learning the basics of drawing archetypal characters with intriguing personalities...
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Few author-illustrators share Mo Willems' keen insight into the minds of young children. Dubbed the "master of the doodle, Willems inspires his readers to laugh and think, and perhaps most importantly, to express themselves creatively. Chronicling Willems' life and development as an illustrator and storyteller, this lively volume provides insight into his whimsical sensibility and demonstrates that hard work can be fun if you love what you do. In...
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This classic guide by a master animator and cartoonist - and long time Disney artist - is now available for the first time since its original publication in 1946. Author Ken Hultgren instructs by example in a guide that's suitable for beginners and advanced students alike.
The comprehensive range of instruction covers features and expressions, animals, foreshortening, perspective, lettering, caricature, animation, and various other aspects of cartooning....
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Learn to create detailed female characters to include in your own comic strip or graphic novel!
Professional manga and anime artist Kyachi offers aspiring artists an easy-to-follow approach to drawing manga women. For beginners, it can be intimidating to know where to start when drawing the human form. This book is meant to dispel those fears and wipe away any hesitation, so you can begin with a blank page or empty screen and start populating it...
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In this simple guide to the basics of drawing, the legendary South African cartoonist Dov Fedler demystifies the act of putting pen to paper with the statement: 'My method for teaching is founded on one simple principle: if you can write you can draw. Writing is drawing. And fun.'
Using a series of easy-to-follow lessons based on the alphabet and numbers, he takes the reader on a journey into our own creativity, and reminds us that drawing will help...
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