Design Your Own Manga & Anime Characters

In Design Your Own Manga & Anime Characters, acclaimed artist Sasha Vahadane will provide you with a complete roadmap for creating your own original characters from scratch. Filled with step-by-step demonstrations, expert guidance and advice and tips and tricks, this book will teach you everything you need to bring your unique characters to life.

This is the ultimate manual for beginner artists, and includes chapters on:

Getting started and understanding your tools, both traditional & digital

Learning the basics of anatomy

Drawing faces and facial expressions

Adding hair, clothes, accessories

Creating dynamic poses and exploring body movement

Composition tips and tricks

Other characters: chibi, animals and kemonomimi

Finding your own style

Drawing your own manga stories