Manga Mania Chibi and Furry Characters: How to Draw the Adorable Mini-Characters and Cool Cat-Girls of Manga

by Christopher Hart

Overview

Everyone loves chibi, the newest, hottest manga style out of Asia. Chibis—characters that range from hypercute miniature people to bizarrely sexy furry characters—come in all varieties, all roles, including chibi teenagers, faeries, schoolgirls, nurses, mermaids, devils, angels, and everything in between. Now Christopher Hart, the world's best-selling author of cartoon and drawing titles, shows readers exactly how to draw chibis, infusing them with personality and creating authentic costumes for them. Cute chibi-style monsters (small yet powerful), appealing cat-girls (humanlike, but with feline traits), superdeformed manga/chibi characters (used to make funny wisecracks)—every type of chibi character is shown here in crystal clear, step-by-step drawings. Manga Mania Chibi and Furry Characters will get every manga fan in on the chibi fun.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780770434915
Publisher:	Potter/TenSpeed/Harmony
Publication date:	06/23/2015
Series:	Manga Mania
Sold by:	Random House
Format:	eBook
Pages:	144
File size:	123 MB
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About the Author

CHRISTOPHER HART is the world's bestselling author of drawing and cartooning books. His books have sold more than 7.4 million copies and have been translated into 20 languages. Renowned for up-to-the-minute content and easy-to-follow steps, all of Hart's books have become staples for a new generation of aspiring artists and professionals, and they have been selected by the American Library Association for special notice.


From the Trade Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

This is another in a series of "Manga Mania" books published by Watson-Guptill, which gives youngsters tips on how to create popular Japanese-style cartoon characters. Chibi are the cloyingly sweet big-eyed little people of the manga world; artist-author Hart repeatedly describes them as "cute" and "adorable." Apparently American children are as obsessed with drawing these characters as are their Japanese counterparts. Hart details the proportions (enormous round heads, chunky bodies, tiny hands and feet) that characterize these cartoon creations, as well as a multiplicity of poses, facial expressions, attitudes and, above all, costumes. A large section is devoted to human-cat hybrid creatures, always female, with vaguely disturbing sexual overtones. There is also a chapter on monsters rendered in the non-threatening chibi style, usually dewy-eyed animals with some sort of machine-like parts tacked on. This is not really an instructional book, but the author provides plenty of examples for budding manga artists to copy. It will undoubtedly prove to be a popular addition to the libraries of those children already bitten by the manga bug. 2006, Watson-Guptill Publications, Ages 8 to 12.
—Michele Tremaine

Children's Literature

Gr 5 Up-For those not familiar with chibi, this is an exaggerated form of manga illustration that squashes the big-eyed characters down for a greater intensity of cuteness. Hart does an excellent job of introducing the concept and of explaining how the drawing technique for this particular style varies from normal manga, and why. Also included are a further exaggerated and simplified form of characters often used for making asides and a section devoted to drawing characters that are varying degrees of feline and human mix. Creative examples are given for all categories, with much potential for sparking the imagination. This volume is a good supplement to more basic manga drawing books that may be in most collections.-Dawn Rutherford, King County Library System, Bellevue, WA Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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