Saturday AM Presents How to Draw Diverse Manga: Design and Create Anime and Manga Characters with Diverse Identities of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender (Saturday AM / How To)

Learn how to reflect the beautifully diverse world around you in the manga-style characters you draw, guided by the talented team of artists at Saturday AM. Saturday AM is the world’s leading showcase of diverse anime and manga stories. How to Draw Diverse Manga features the comics brand’s most popular artists, who themselves represent racial identities, ethnicities, and cultures from all over the world, as well as diverse gender identities. Our perceptions of the world are shaped by how the media presents it. With this guide, you will be able to tell inclusive stories about heroic, beautiful, strong, intelligent, and courageous heroes from all backgrounds that are relatable to all and represent the true diversity of our world. The reader-friendly, step-by-step presentation , which is accessible even to beginning artists, shares drawing guidance for: Diverse faces, features, and expressions Bodies, proportions, and body positivity Hair, including afros, braids, and waves Developing character design through the language of shape, silhouette, and color schemes Avoiding stereotypes and caricatures Perfect for beginning to intermediate manga and anime artists, character designers, fantasy illustrators, animators, and cartoonists, Saturday AM Presents How to Draw Diverse Manga offers an insider’s point of view and expertise on how to design and draw authentic manga characters that reflect the diverse identities and backgrounds of our world. Find even more inspiration for diverse manga characters in Saturday AM TANKS , which collect Saturday AM’s comics in graphic novel format. The Saturday AM TANKS series include : Apple Black , Clock Striker , Gunhild , Hammer , Henshin! , The Massively Multiplayer World of Ghosts , Oblivion Rouge , Saigami , Soul Beat , Titan King , Underground , and Yellow Stringer . About the Author Saturday AM is a unique digital comics brand featuring an ever-growing catalog of popular, exclusive, and diverse action manga-style webcomics by independent creators from around the world. Among the nearly 50 visionary artists on the Saturday AM team are @WhytManga ( Apple Black ), @JeyOdin ( Hammer ), and @saigaimiproject ( Saigami ). To learn more about Saturday AM, visit saturday-am.com, or find them on Instagram (@saturday_am), YouTube (youtube.com/user/MyFutprint), and Twitter (@saturday_am). Cover Contents INTRODUCTION Introduction to Saturday AM Why Does Diversity in Manga Matter? CREATING YOUR MANGA CHARACTER PART ONE: HEAD Head Shape (Seinen) Lips Nose BONUS! Black Nose and Mouth Anime Eyes Finishing Touches Facial Expressions Di.erent Angles Dynamic Expressions BONUS! Guess The Style PART TWO: HAIR Afro Afro: Stylish Afro: Waves Afro: Hair Part BONUS! Part Variety Bald & Balding Braids Detailed Braids Dreadlocks BONUS! Tips for Black Hair Facial Hair Straight Hair: Bangs Straight Hair: Long Straight Hair: Buns Straight Hair: Two Block Untitled PART THREE: BODY Body Proportions Constructing a Body Diverse Body Types Hands Feet PART FOUR: CHARACTER DESIGN: THEORY Semiotics Shape Language Silhouette Test Skin Tones PART FIVE: CHARACTER DESIGN: GALLERY Creating Saturday AM Characters Creating New Characters PART SIX: TOOLS & MORE Art Tools: Traditional Art Tools: Digital Work Spaces TOOLS EXTRAS Glossary Acknowledgments Credits Resources Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W "For beginner to intermediate artists, Saturday AM Presents How to Draw Diverse Manga demonstrates how to conceive and draw original characters that reflect diverse racial, ethnic, and gender identities, featuring work by the artists represented in Saturday AM magazine, a recognized global brand that unites the two biggest trends in Young Adult graphic novels/comic books: diversity and manga"-- Provided by publisher.