You Can Draw Manga Chibis: A step-by-step guide for learning to draw basic manga chibis

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Samantha Whitten Jeannie Lee

You Can Draw Manga Chibis

A step-by-step guide for learning to draw basic manga chibis

Samantha Whitten, Jeannie Lee

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English

Walter Foster Jr.
03 March 2020

Art & Architecture; Art: general interest (Children's&YA); Cartoons & comic strips (Children's&YA); Hobbies, quizzes & games (Children's&YA); Educational: Art & design

Series: Just for Kids!

Manga Chibis (You Can Draw Just for Kids!) shows how to draw in the chibi style using simple steps and easy-to-find art tools. Also included are tips and techniques for designing your own chibi characters. You can draw chibi characters with the easy, step-by-step art projects in Manga Chibis (You Can Draw Just for Kids!). Also included are tips and techniques you can use to design your own characters once you are comfortable with the art style. No complicated tools are needed; you can create your own chibi art using just a pencil, pen, markers, and paper!

The book opens with helpful sections on tools and materials, essential drawing techniques, color basics, and an examination of typical chibi faces and bodies. The step-by-step projects that follow show you how to draw different chibi characters in any pose and from all angles. Included at the end of the book are templates to scan or photocopy and practice on over and over again. Throughout the book, take a closer look at different chibi characteristics and use the artists tips to modify the templates to create your own characters, which you can then draw walking, jumping, dancing, falling, and flying. Tips and techniques for drawing chibi characters abound!

Written and illustrated by Samantha Whitten and Jeannie Lee, Manga Chibis (You Can Draw Just for Kids!) is perfect for beginning and intermediate artists, lovers of manga and anime, and more. You will love creating your own manga chibi characters!

By: Samantha Whitten, Jeannie Lee
Imprint: Walter Foster Jr.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 276mm, Width: 216mm,
ISBN: 9781633228627
ISBN 10: 1633228622
Series: Just for Kids!
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 03 March 2020
Recommended Age: From 6 to 8 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Tools & Materials Drawing Techniques Color Basics Chapter 1: Chibi Basics Chapter 2: Chibis in Action Chapter 3: Chibi Templates About the Artists

Samantha Whitten is a Virginia-based independent artist who specializes in adorable illustrations. She has spent all of her life drawing and has pursued a career in illustration and graphic design, learning on her own and dabbling in a variety of projects. She earns a living by selling a unique range of self-produced products featuring her artwork, employing a cute and fun style that appeals to all ages, as well as illustrating a web comic in her spare time. Jeannie Lee's art education includes more than seven years of instruction under contemporary Western artist Ji Young Oh, as well as two years studying traditional character animation at California Institute of the Arts. She currently works as a senior artist at Sanshee and letters manga for UDON and VIZ Media (and fits video games and anime in wherever she can).