Chie Kutsuwada is a UK-based Japanese manga creator and illustrator. After graduating from The Royal College of Art, London, she focused on creating shoujo manga designs. She is the author of other works of manga such as Moonlight, collected in The Mammoth Book of Best New Manga III, published by Constable & Robinson, which was shortlisted in the Manga Jiman competition that aims to promote manga creating talent in the UK. Chie also attends many manga-related events around the world, and runs manga workshops at schools, libraries and museums including The British Museum, The British Library, Wellcome Collection and the V&A Museum. She has also worked on projects for Channel 4 and CNN. Visit her website www.chitangarden.wixsite.com/chiekutsuwada
As someone who loves drawing but is always disappointed with the results, I was delighted to see that this book gives such clear guidance that it’s really hard to go wrong. There are over 50 kawaii drawings ranging from animals through food and people to fantasy and expressions. The illustrations are easy to follow and have detailed instructions for every step of the way. Although recommended for 10 years and over my 8 year old granddaughter was able to follow the illustrations (the written instructions are in a font she found difficult to follow) and was very happy with the finished results. She was keen to take it home to help occupy her in the school holidays! -- Naomi Shaw * Amazon Customer *