The Manga Artist's Handbook: Drawing Basic Characters

Popular manga artists Junka Morozumi and Tomomi Mizuna guide you through a series of carefully graded lessons to build up your skills gradually. Chapter 1 deals with the basic poses of standing, walking, and running; Chapter 2 presents signature manga poses such as turning around in surprise and being angry with hands on hips; Chapter 3 practices various sitting and sleeping poses; Chapter 4 deals with drawing perspective, looking at characters from above, below and diagonal viewpoints; Chapter 5 focuses on 2-person manga poses including the classic prince with a princess in his arms; Chapter 6 lets readers try out the skills they have acquired by tracing and copying a full-page manga illustration containing multiple characters. These six lessons are supplemented by exercises for capturing the right facial expressions, drawing the clothes and getting the perspective and body proportions right.