Design Your Own Anime and Manga Characters

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Title
3. Contents
4. Introduction
5. 1 Constructing a Character
   1. The Basics of Line
   2. Human Skeleton
   3. Muscles
   4. Bone and Fat
   5. Basic Human Proportions
   6. Skull
   7. Mouth
   8. Eyes
   9. Ears
   10. Nose
   11. Arms
   12. Hands
   13. Legs
   14. Feet
6. 2 Simplifying Forms for Gestures & Poses
   1. The Basics of Poses and Gestures
   2. Exploring Different Angles
   3. How a Pose Can Support a Story
   4. How to Draw Breasts (on Female and Male Characters)
   5. Adjusting Body Shape to Fit a Character
   6. Silhouettes
7. 3 Drawing Hair, Clothing & Accessories
   1. Draping and Folds
   2. Folds and Movement
   3. Proportion and Clothing for Youth
   4. How Hair Frames the Head and Face
   5. Drawing Hats
   6. Drawing Glasses
8. 4 Conveying Dimension, Emotion & Character
   1. Putting It All Together
   2. Basic Facial Structures
   3. Face Shapes
   4. Drawing Faces from Different Angles
   5. Emotion and Expression
   6. Gestures That Enhance Emotion and Story
   7. Creating a Character’s Backstory
9. 5 Pets, Chibis & Sidekicks
   1. Pets with Personality
   2. Chibi Characters
   3. Kemonomimi and Anthros
10. 6 Exercise: Design & Draw a Character
    1. Drawing a Friend
11. About the Author
12. Index
13. Copyright