Kodomo Manga: Super Cute!: A Practical Drawing Guide―Master Kawaii Characters with Digital Color, 3D Designs, and Freehand Techniques for Artists

by Kamikaze Factory Studio

Discover 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 o CHAPTER ANIMALS. In the Woods, the Circus, Under the Sea, the Farm, and the Safari. o CHAPTER FANTASY. Magicians, Elves and Dwarfs, the Heavenly Pegassus, Fairies, Dragons and Warriors. o CHAPTER OFFICES. Magic Postmen, Idols, Astronauts, Health Center Workers, and Bakers. o CHAPTER STORIES. Sleeping Beauty, Pirates, Little Red Riding Hood, Alice in Wonderland, and Snow White. o CHAPTER HORROR. Halloween, Vampires, Mystery Castles, Little Monsters, She-Devils. o CHAPTER STARS. Baseball Players, Adventurers, Dinosaur Hunters, Card Master, The Ninja and the the Samurai, Super Cowboys

Genres: Manga, Art

384 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2009

Reviews

[Heather]

This book lives up to it's title: Super Cute! My 7 year old grabbed it right out of the box and started browsing it immediately. Even though the directions are pretty advanced, she picked a drawing of a cute panda and bunny to draw. Some will pick it up for the cute pictures, but serious artists receive detailed instructions on how to duplicate the pictures. Even the author bios at the end are interesting because it shows a variety of different styles, and cute self portraits as well.

[Sammy C]

I own this book and I love it! It's got way over two dozen tutorials and they all cover a different style so it's easy to learn multiple things at once! at the same time, it's large and super heavy. that's the only reason I took a star off. the ONLY ONE.

[Huda Fel]

Only if i was talented enough... :$

[Amber]

I liked the different characters this book had but didn't feel like it did a good job showing how to draw them. There wasn't much about the shapes you start with. It was ok.