Design Originals
Beginner's Guide to Drawing Manga: Bodies & Poses

Beginner's Guide to Drawing Manga Bodies and Poses builds the basic and beginner fundamentals of the manga body across each chapter, with easy-to-follow step-by-step visual tutorials, accompanied by practice pages. You'll begin with figures and figure proportions and how to build them up. Figure styles include male, female, child adult, senior curvy, muscular, lean, and Chibi. You'll then break down the different parts of the body into smaller tutorials focused on a particular body part including hands, feet, torso, arms, and legs. It provides two full chapters on poses, both static and dynamic, and the final chapter prompts you to combine all your newfound knowledge to create full portraits. The characters are diverse in design and suitable for teens to adults. It gives you a space where you can record your first steps into the world of manga and feel encouraged by your progress. Author: Celine Creswell 144pp., 8.5x11 paperbook ISBN: 9781497206830