Overview

Learn how to create diverse manga-style characters from the talented team of artists at Saturday AM magazine, the world's leading showcase of diverse anime and manga stories and characters. How to Draw Diverse Manga (Saturday AM Presents) features Saturday AM's most popular artists, who themselves represent racial identities, ethnicities, and cultures from all over the world as well as diverse gender identities. The reader-friendly, step-by-step presentation, which is accessible even to beginning artists, shares drawing guidance for: - Faces, features, and expressions - Bodies, proportions, and body positivity - Hair, including afros, braids, and waves - Developing character design through the language of shape, silhouette, and color schemes - Avoiding stereotypes and caricatures Perfect for beginning to intermediate manga and anime artists, character designers, fantasy illustrators, animators, and cartoonists, How to Draw Diverse Manga (Saturday AM Presents) offers an insider's point of view and expertise on how to design and draw authentic manga characters that reflect diverse identities and backgrounds.

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Author:   Saturday AM
Publisher:   Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Imprint:   Rockport Publishers Inc.
Weight:   0.599kg
ISBN:  

9780760375426

ISBN 10:   0760375429
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   07 June 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

Introduction to Saturday AM Why Does Diversity in Manga Matter? CREATING YOUR MANGA CHARACTER Part One: HAIR Head Shape (Seinen) Lips Nose BONUS! Black Nose and Mouth Anime Eyes Finishing Touches Facial Expressions Different Angles Dynamic Expressions BONUS! Guess The Style Part Two: HAIR Afro Afro: Stylish Afro: Waves Afro: Hair Part BONUS! Part Variety Bald & Balding Braids Detailed Braids Dreadlocks BONUS! Tips for Black Hair Facial Hair Straight Hair: Bangs Straight Hair: Long Straight Hair: Buns Straight Hair: Two Block Part Three: BODY Body Proportions Constructing a Body Diverse Body Types Hands Feet Part Four: CHARACTER DESIGN: THEORY Semiotics Shape Language Silhouette Test Skin Tones Part Five: CHARACTER DESIGN: GALLERY Creating Saturday AM Characters Creating New Characters Part Six: TOOLS & MORE Art Tools: Traditional Art Tools: Digital Work Spaces EXTRAS Glossary Acknowledgments Credits Resources Index  

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Saturday AM is a unique digital comics brand featuring an ever-growing catalog of popular, exclusive, and diverse action manga-style webcomics by independent creators from around the world. Among the nearly 50 visionary artists on the Saturday AM team are @WhytManga (Apple Black), @JeyOdin (Hammer), and @saigaimiproject (Saigami). To learn more about Saturday AM, visit saturday-am.com, or find them on Instagram (@saturday_am), YouTube (youtube.com/user/MyFutprint), and Twitter (@saturday_am).

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