Kawaii Manga
Author: Eva Minguet
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2014-11-04
Total Pages: 181
ISBN-13: 0062393421
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe ultimate guide to creating your very own adorable kawaii manga characters
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Manga for the Beginner Kawaii
Author: Christopher Hart
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2012-08-07
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 082300662X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKawaii—so cute it hurts! You probably know this already, but the superpopular manga genre of Kawaii is everywhere! From Hello Kitty to Pokémon, these supercute Kawaii creatures are taking over. These characters are intensely cute, simple to draw, and colorfully graphic. The Kawaii genre puts its supercute stamp on a variety of well-known manga staples from adorable anthros to lovable monsters and animals to dark-but-still-cute Goths. Even the breathtaking and beautiful ladies of the Kawaii subgenre moe get their turn in the spotlight. The undisputed master of manga, Christopher Hart provides you with all the tools and techniques you will need to bring these beloved Kawaii characters to life. The supercute drawings and step-by-step directions provide you with everything you need to draw with Kawaii-style charm and personality. From color contrasts to simplifying designs, Manga for the Beginner Kawaii provides the complete inside scoop on what it takes to make it as a Kawaii artist. This is the ultimate guide to bringing supercute characters from manga’s most adorable genre to life.
Manga for the Beginner
Author: Christopher Hart
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
Published: 2013-06-26
Total Pages: 186
ISBN-13: 0823008274
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGot manga? Christopher Hart’s got manga, and he wants to share it with all his millions of readers—especially the beginners. With Manga for the Beginner, anyone who can hold a pencil can start drawing great manga characters right away. Using his signature step-by-step style, Hart shows how to draw the basic manga head and body, eyes, bodies, fashion, and more. Then he goes way beyond most beginner titles, exploring dynamic action poses, special effects, light and shading, perspective, popular manga types such as animals, anthros, and shoujo and shounen characters. By the end of this big book, the new artist is ready to draw dramatic story sequences full of movement and life.
Bounce Back
Author: Misako Rocks!
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Published: 2021-11-16
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 1250862086
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLilico, with the help of her cat, must learn to adjust to a new country, a new school, and new pressures in Bounce Back, a middle grade graphic novel from author/illustrator Misako Rocks! about finding your team and finding yourself. Lilico’s life in Japan is going well. She has great friends and is the captain of the school's basketball team. She’s happy! Then comes her parents’ news: they’re moving to America! Before she knows it, Lilico finds herself in Brooklyn, New York, forced to start all over. And that won’t be easy with her closest friends thousands of miles away or a school bully who immediately dislikes her. Luckily, anime-loving Nala and Henry eventually befriend Lilico and with help from them—along with her guardian spirit who looks a lot like her cat, Nico—Lilico just might figure out where she fits in. This is age-appropriate, kid-friendly manga for kids - both elementary and middle school - that tells a story about friendship, new beginnings, and doing what you love, no matter what.
Graphic Japan
Author: Natalie Avella
Publisher: Rotovision
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9782880467715
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the kitsch cuteness of Hello Kitty to the cult of manga and anime, Japanese design has long paved the way for the West to follow. Graphic Japan goes beyond this well-known territory to reveal the myriad styles of design produced in Japan today, from packaging to posters, and typography to new media. Contemporary Japanese graphic design is a unique collision of traditional cultural influences and a focused thrust toward modernization on global terms, and the book reflects this marriage of tradition and hypermodernity. Essays on today's innovators are beautifully printed in a simple, elegant manner that is typical of traditional Japanese work, and are combined with bold and colorful visual material which reflects the brash, global commerciality of much new material. This book is an inspirational "must" for designers in the West.
Draw Manga!
Author: Christopher Hart
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780823003693
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides basic shapes and other techniques of cartooning, followed by illustrated, step-by-step instructions for drawing cartoon villains, superheroes, manga characters, and more.
I Love Kawaii
Author: Charuca
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2012-05-22
Total Pages: 349
ISBN-13: 0062133853
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKawaii is a word that originated in 1970s Japan when schoolgirls adopted the term to describe everything cute. This word is now understood world-wide and identifies a particular trend of visual aesthetics (Hello Kitty being the most famous). Kawaii is a recognizable art form practiced by artists all over the world and covers the visual gamut from commercial art (stickers, clothing, calendars, pens, pencils, erasers, video games) to high-brow contemporary art (e.g. Takashi Murakami and Yoshitomo Nara). Presented primarily through full page images, Charuca (a Kawaii artist herself) has curated an international collection of the most popular adorable, hilarious, and sometimes dark Kawaii art being made today. Charuca begins each chapter with a small description of the artist and her feelings towards his or her work, creating an artistic dialogue spoken mainly through the loud, brightly full-colored images that flood each page. Some of the artists she selected include: Aranzi Aronzo Bubi Au Yeung Bukubuku Charuca Devil Robots Hiroko Yokoyama Itokin Park Marichan Meomi Paul Shih Ryoko Takidoki Yukiko Yokoo
Kodomo Manga: Super Cute!
Author: Kamikaze Factory Studio
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2009-09-22
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 0061927554
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscover step-by-step all the tricks - both freehand and digital - to get the best manga characters. Here is an amazing manual of manga for artists of all ages! Concentrating on Kodomo manga and Kodomo anime, Kodomo Manga is a practical, hands-on guide to learning the skills of Kodomo drawing. It includes detailed information on how to apply digital colour, 3D designs, vectorial drawing, and a host of other fascinating and useful design applications. And each project in Kodomo Manga includes step by step instructions specifying software, tools, and professional tricks to achieve the cutest and most captivating kawaii manga illustrations. Not just for kids, Kodomo Manga takes manga artists, illustrators, and graphic designers from initial black-and-white sketches to a vibrant, fully costumed collection of characters. In six chapters, its content will be broken down as follows: o CHAPTER ONE: ANIMALS. Featuring: In the Woods, the Circus, Under the Sea, the Farm, and the Safari. o CHAPTER TWO: FANTASY. Featuring: Magicians, Elves and Dwarfs, the Heavenly Pegassus, Fairies, Dragons and Warriors. o CHAPTER THREE: OFFICES. Featuring: Magic Postmen, Idols, Astronauts, Health Center Workers, and Bakers. o CHAPTER FOUR: STORIES. Featuring: Sleeping Beauty, Pirates, Little Red Riding Hood, Alice in Wonderland, and Snow White. o CHAPTER FIVE: HORROR. Featuring: Halloween, Vampires, Mystery Castles, Little Monsters, She-Devils. o CHAPTER SIX: STARS. Featuring: Baseball Players, Adventurers, Dinosaur Hunters, Card Master, The Ninja and the the Samurai, Super Cowboys
Kawaii!
Author: Manami Okazaki
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2013-04-17
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 3791347276
DOWNLOAD EBOOKShowcasing Japan's astonishingly varied culture of cute, this volume takes the reader on a dazzling and adorable visual journey through all things kawaii. Although some trace the phenomenon of kawaii as far back as Japan's Taisho era, it emerged most visibly in the 1970s when schoolgirls began writing in big, bubbly letters complete with tiny hearts and stars. From cute handwriting came manga, Hello Kitty, and Harajuku, and the kawaii aesthetic now affects every aspect of Japanese life. As colorful as its subject matter, this book contains numerous interviews with illustrators, artists, fashion designers, and scholars. It traces the roots of the movement from sociological and anthropological perspectives and looks at kawaii's darker side as it morphs into gothic and gloomy iterations. Best of all, it includes hundreds of colorful photographs that capture kawaii's ubiquity: on the streets and inside homes, on lunchboxes and airplanes, in haute couture and street fashion, in cafés, museums, and hotels.
Kawaii Journal with Hugs on the Side
Author: Christopher Hart
Publisher: Chris Hart Books
Published: 2017-08-24
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781942021834
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIdeal for fans of the Kawaii genre of manga, this adorable sketchbook with guided prompts from bestselling author Hart and inspiring art throughout will inspire endless creativity. Includes two sticker sheets featuring adorable Kawaii characters, a ribbon bookmark, and elastic closure. Full color. Consumable.
