Gothic Lolitas: How to Draw Manga Step by Step

by Sergio Guinot

"The Gothic Lolitas are a bona fide subculture born in Japan barely a decade ago. They have a Western style, but what defines them? What do they wear? How many types are there? More importantly, how do you draw them manga style?"--P. [4] of cover.

Genres: Art, Manga, Nonfiction

175 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2010

Reviews

[Lucid]

For actual followers of gothic and/or lolita fashion, this book is so bad it's hilarious. The ideas featured inside lack any sort of real knowledge on the fashion.

This book tries to do a step by step of how to draw different girls by pairing gothic (not even the lolita part) with some sort of interest. There are really costume-like pairings such as nurse and insanely bizarre ones like cowgirl.

The step by steps aren't really helpful either. Each one basically goes through the phases for drawing. From sketches to line art to flat colours to rendering.

I highly recommend not buying this book, but if you want a laugh, borrow it from a library like I did.

[Ben Lovegrove]

Got this in a discount shop for £1.99. It seems to cover most of the different fashions, there is a pirate and a cheerleader (the one that looks most like Emilie Autumn).