How to Create Manga: Drawing Facial Expressions: The Ultimate Bible for Beginning Artists (With Over 1,250 Illustrations)

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This book shows you how to accurately render human faces and emotions to create complex characters and add compelling immediacy to your work. The ability to draw realistic and powerful facial expressions is essential for every manga artist. All artists will tell you that human faces are the most important and challenging element of any drawing. How to Create Manga: Drawing Facial Expressions is an essential resource for artists who want to bring their skills to the next level. Thirteen professional Japanese artists have contributed their expertise to this book, which contains 1,250 drawings, with several detailed tips and comments on every drawing. It includes a comprehensive opening section on all the basic expressions budding manga artists need to master. Sections dedicated to detailed emotions and playing up the intensity and drama of more animated facial expressions follow. Tuttle's How to Create Manga series guides users through the process of reaching a professional-looking final drawing through actual sketch progressions, practical tips and common missteps to avoid. Other books in the series include How to Create Manga: Drawing the Human Body, How to Create Manga: Drawing Clothing and Accessories and How to Create Manga: Drawing Action Scenes and Characters. Title Page Contents Why We Wrote This Book How to Use This Book Part 1: Basic Expressions Joy Basics Smiling Enjoyment and Delight Laughter Hearty Laughter Anger Basics Irritation Rage Fury Sadness Basics Depression Sadness and Loneliness Crying Sobbing Surprise Basics Astonishment Trembling Shock Dislike Basics Troubled Repulsion Loathing Fear Basics Afraid Panicked Terror Expert Tips: Using Body Parts to Express Emotions Part 2: Facial Expressions That Add Color and Detail Romance Bashfulness Excitement Jealousy Yearning Food & Drink Savoring the Taste Eating Something That Tastes Bad Drunk Hunger Resting Fatigue Asleep Just Woken Up Expert Tips: Adding Subtle Effects Part 3: Animated Expressions Positivity Earnest Joking Refreshed Smugness Being Moved Contentment Pleading Negativity Exasperation Endurance Pain Madness Plotting Scoffing Hiding Something Index Illustrator Profiles Copyright Page Back Cover