Learn to Draw Manga Women: A Beginner's Guide (With Over 550 Illustrations)

by Kyachi

Overview

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 with people. Soon your simple forms will take on greater detail and your characters will come to life before you!

Kyachi has distilled her specialized knowledge of the skeleton, muscles and physical structures, explaining and analyzing the most difficult aspects of figure drawing and presenting it to you in a clear and simple way.

With this all-in-one, how-to guide you'll:

• Create compelling characters and eye-catching action poses
• Learn about contrapposto (a specialized art term, meaning that most of the body's weight rests on either the left or right leg, achieving an angular or asymmetrical stance)
• Master traditional freehand, as well as digital techniques
• Follow along with the step-by-step progressions, before it's time to try it on your own
• Consult the cartoon guide who pops up and chimes in when expert tips are needed most

A series of detailed lessons shows you how to draw the female form in every possible position. Individual chapters cover standing, sitting, reclining, walking, running and jumping. Essential details are then added—such as realistic creases to clothing and colorizing with brightness, contrast and saturation effects.

Lovers of action manga and those hoping to create original, complex female characters will find this book absolutely indispensable!

*Recommended for artists 16 & up*

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9784805316085
Publisher:	Tuttle Publishing
Publication date:	05/04/2021
Pages:	144
Sales rank:	630,695
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Kyachi is a graduate of the design program at Joshibi College of Art and Design. She started out creating illustrations for books and social games before moving on to a freelance career. Her original online content on contrapposto, the center of gravity for drawing poses involving movement, has been consulted by more than 100,000 aspiring artists.

Table of Contents

Why I Wrote This Book 4

KYACHI's Gallery 6

Introduction Things to Know Before You Begin

What Is Contrapposto? 11

The Basics of Contrapposto 12

Differences in Men's and Women's Bodies 13

Differences in Men's and Women's Bone and Muscle Structures 14

Women's Proportions 15

Women's Body Structure 16

Part 1 Standing Poses: The Basics

Drawing a Standing Pose 18

Warming Up 20

Drawing a Figure with the Weight on the Right Leg 24

Drawing a Figure with the Weight on the Left Leg 26

Drawing a Figure with an Arched Back 28

Drawing a Bending Figure 30

Drawing a Figure Standing on One Leg 32

Drawing a Figure Turning Around 34

Drawing a Slumping Figure 36

Drawing a Figure with Arms Folded 38

Part 2 Standing Poses: Practical Applications

Drawing a Leaning Figure 42

Drawing a Figure Holding an Object 44

Drawing a Figure Throwing Something 46

Drawing Two Standing Figures 48

Drawing a Supple or Stretched Body 52

How-to Helpers Standing Poses: Step by Step 57

Take a Closer Look Drawing the Creases in Clothes 62

An Even Closer Look Drawing the Creases in a Top 64

Part 3 Sitting Poses: The Basics

Drawing a Sitting Pose 66

Warming Up 68

Take a Seat 72

Drawing a Figure Sitting on a Chair 80

Drawing a Crouching Figure 84

Drawing Two Seated Figures 86

How-to Helpers Sitting Poses: Step by Step 89

Take a Closer Look Drawing Creases in a Skirt 94

Part 4 Reclining Poses: The Basics

Drawing a Reclining Pose 98

Warming Up 100

Drawing a Figure Lying Face Down 104

Drawing a Figure Lying on Her Back 108

Drawing a Glamour Pose 114

Drawing Two Reclining Figures 118

How-to Helpers A Recumbent Pair: Step by Step 121

Take a Closer Look To the Soles of Her Shoes 126

Part 5 Poses in Motion

Drawing a Jumping Figure 130

Drawing a Walking Figure 132

Drawing a Running Figure 134

How-to Helpers Jumping Poses: Step by Step 137

Take a Closer Look Drawing Children and Chibi Characters 140

Color, Brightness, Contrast and Saturation Effects 142