This essential handbook shows you how to:
Draw action characters from every possible angle, perspective, and viewpoint
Progress logically from concept to character and from sketch to finished drawing
Create well-balanced and proportioned characters to tell your story
Create scenes with real depth and three-dimensional appeal
The illustrators guide you through an easy four-step figure drawing process:
1. Block-in the basic shapes, using the techniques of figure drawing to set down the rough outline of your character.
2. Sketch in the formal details, as your creation starts to take on form and shape
3. Now it's time to lay down the next layers of features and tweaks that will make your character come to life and stand apart.
4. Finally the finishing touches, the shading and nuances that add depth, complexity and three-dimensional appeal. Now look what's sprung to life on the page-your very own manga character!
