Pop Manga: How to Draw the Coolest, Cutest Characters, Animals, Mascots, and More
Oct 2013 · Sold by Watson-Guptill
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About this ebook
Renowned manga artist and comics creator Camilla D'Errico's beginner's guide to drawing her signature Japanese-style characters.
From comics to video games to contemporary fine art, the beautiful, wide-eyed-girl look of shoujo manga has infiltrated pop culture, and no artist's work today better exemplifies this trend than Camilla D'Errico's. In her first instructional guide, D'Errico reveals techniques for creating her emotive yet playful manga characters, with lessons on drawing basic body construction, capturing action, and creating animals, chibis, and mascots. Plus, she gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at her character design process, pointers on creating their own comics, and prompts for finishing her drawings.
Pop Manga is both a celebration of creativity and an indespensible guide that is sure to appeal to manga diehards and aspiring artists alike.
From comics to video games to contemporary fine art, the beautiful, wide-eyed-girl look of shoujo manga has infiltrated pop culture, and no artist's work today better exemplifies this trend than Camilla D'Errico's. In her first instructional guide, D'Errico reveals techniques for creating her emotive yet playful manga characters, with lessons on drawing basic body construction, capturing action, and creating animals, chibis, and mascots. Plus, she gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at her character design process, pointers on creating their own comics, and prompts for finishing her drawings.
Pop Manga is both a celebration of creativity and an indespensible guide that is sure to appeal to manga diehards and aspiring artists alike.
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190 reviews
Here come dat boi
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March 29, 2015
I get it it's supposed to be easy but the beginning drawings don't even look like anime I haven't seen the other drawings cuz I just tried the sample but so far off to a bad start
8 people found this review helpful
Keith Smith
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May 7, 2014
I've been a pro comic book artist for nearly 2 decades. This book showed me that there is so much I still have to learn. A true work of art.
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Carlos Nunez
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July 26, 2014
And yes do i absolutely find it very helpful to draw manga. I really would recommend reading this book.
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About the author
CAMILLA D'ERRICO is a product of her early addiction to Saturday morning cartoons, comics, and manga. Her client list includes Dark Horse Comics, Image Comics, Random House, Tokyopop, Hasbro, Disney, Sanrio, and Neil Gaiman. Her own characters and properties, Tanpopo and the Helmetgirls, are international sensations, and her emotive paintings have propelled her to the top of the ranks of the New Contemporary art movement. In 2011 she was nominated for the Joe Shuster Award and the Will Eisner Award--the two most prestigious awards in comics. D'Errico lives in Vancouver. Visit her at www.CamillaDerrico.com.
STEPHEN W. MARTIN is a screenwriter and story editor in film and comics. He lives in Vancouver.
STEPHEN W. MARTIN is a screenwriter and story editor in film and comics. He lives in Vancouver.
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