"In this book, sketching and painting expert Masao Yamada provides dozens of examples showing you how to establish accurate guidelines and proportions for your initial pencil sketches - setting your drawings up to succeed right from the start. If your sketched perspective and proportions are right, your finished work will look crisp and beautiful. But if not, you'll have a frustrating time trying to correct the problem at a later stage--and the finished...

Welcome to the wonderful world of drawing, where creativity and imagination take center stage! How to Draw Awesome Stuff is a step-by-step drawing guide by Catherine V. Holmes, author of the bestselling How to Draw Cool Stuff series. This book was designed for those who dare to explore the darker and more unconventional side of drawing. Within these pages, you'll learn how to create creepy and scary images that are sure to give your friends and family...

Budding artists can master the art of figure drawing with this practical guide to drawing people, written by expert anatomical drawing educator Jennifer Crouch. Beautifully illustrated with more than 200 illustrations, Life Drawing is a comprehensive guide to creating beautiful figurative art. Sections include: • Shape and form • Tone and texture • Pose, posture and expression • The structure of hands, lower limbs, feet and the head •...

This book is an invaluable reference source, both for beginners and more experienced artists, for the study and improvement of still life, figures, landscapes and portraiture.

An accessible guidebook designed to teach and inspire, Art Starts with a Line offers everything you need to master the art of line drawing, whether the goal is to draw for fun or to illustrate an original masterpiece! Line drawing involves using a combination of fine lines and bold strokes to create artwork of any kind-from basic folk art to more sophisticated illustrations. This form of art requires minimal tools, making it both affordable and portable....

"Learn to draw all kinds of cute dogs doing all sorts of silly things through 75 step-by-step tutorials." -- Whether you are "team dog" or "team cat," dogs have idiosyncrasies that we all find entertaining! In Kawaii Doggies, the follow-up and perfect companion to Kawaii Kitties, popular Instagram artist Olive Yong (@bichimao) perfectly captures these moments, including playing, sleeping, eating, digging, chasing their tails, being good buddies,...

A step-by-step guide to all the tricks-both freehand and digital-to creating the best manga characters, Shonen Manga is a fun, easy to read manga manual for artists of all ages and languages. Focusing on Shonen-style manga and anime (a genre targeting young boys-"Shonen" means young boy, referring to elementary through grade school age groups), Shonen Manga is a practical, hands-on guide to learning the skills of action-packed drawing. It includes...

Learn to create an animated flip book from start to finish! “Flipping Out: The Art of Flip Book Animation” guides readers through the entire flip book animation process, from brainstorming and storyboarding, to drawing, adding color, and more. Aspiring animators will learn all of the skills to create flip books of their own, including keyframes, in-betweens, animating characters, and binding their animations into a book. Using the enclosed drawing...

There is a whole manga universe waiting for youngsters to draw! Draw Your Own Manga World is a step-by-step guide to drawing different manga characters and the accessories that define their worlds. Learn how to draw a whole bunch of characters, each living in their own manga-themed world, featuring clothing and accessories, different hair styles (curly hair, straight hair, updos, braids, and buns), cute pets, mascots—in the form of matching chibi...

One of the world's finest fantasy artists, Ed Org, takes you on an awe-inspiring journey into the realm of faerie. This book presents practical step-by-step instructions on pencil and colour techniques to help you to create beautiful faerie characters in striking surroundings. It includes an indispensable photo reference of models and props, including costumes, masks and weapons, which you can use to get the most out of your faerie art. It concludes...