Make Manga!: Create Characters and Scenes

Description

Readers will learn how to draw popular anime/manga style characters in a way that is creative and communicates a story. Through more than 20 step-by-step tutorials and full colour examples, readers will learn to tap into their own creativity even as they get an inside look at the creative and inspiring mind of this popular DeviantArt illustrator. Using traditional tools, along with hints on incorporating digital techniques, readers will create the building blocks, the backgrounds and the souls of their own inspiring stories. AUTHOR: Karolina Heikura, known as "Larienne" online is a self-taught artist and rising star. Her art has been published in multiple issues of Polish magazines Kyaa and Arigato. Her art is also featured in the December 2016 issue of Imagine FX, the world's best-selling magazine for digital artists (3.5M visitors/month) as one of their traditional premier showcase artists. SELLING POINTS: Still Popular: Manga and anime continue to be popular, with the most popular manga-style graphic novels such as Tokyo Ghoul and One-Punch Man selling nearly 100K units for the year. Step-By-Step: More than 30 step-by-step tutorials and lessons teach not only how to draw characters, but teaches artists how to find and use their creativity to make those characters compelling. 250 colour and 50 B/W images

Karolina Heikura (Houhenkuja, Finland), known as "Larienne" online is a self-taught artist and rising star. Her art has been published in multiple issues of Polish magazines Kyaa and Arigato. Her art is also featured in the December 2016 issue of Imagine FX, the world's best-selling magazine for digital artists (3.5M visitors/month) as one of their traditional premier showcase artists. http://larienne.deviantart.com