Jane Mackle - Drawing Anime for Beginners: Learn How to Draw Anime with Step by Step Instructions (Anime Drawing Course Book 1)

Drawing Anime

for Beginners

Learn How to Draw Anime

With Step by Step Instructions

By Jane Mackle

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Anime is not just Japanese animation; it is much more than that. When you read further, you will get to know a lot about anime. This eBook is written keeping in mind the beginners of anime drawing. Even if you are an expert in other genres of drawings, you will find a lot of help from this book in exploring the concept of anime.

In this book, we have just introduced you to the drawings of anime. After you draw from the tutorials, you can explore anime yourself further. The drawing section is further divided into two parts. Firstly two male drawings are taught and then two female drawings are taught. It is done so that you can learn drawing the details of the face first. Then, we can move ahead to the drawing of complete anime body.

When you read further, you will find a chapter on the attributes of anime characters. That chapter is very crucial from the point of view of drawing the features of the characters. Anime sketches have a distinct look in their personality. That personality comes to the fore only with the help of slight changes in the attributes.

There is a stigma attached to the anime shows. We have tried to explore the history and social conventions of Japan to the depth in this book so that you can realize why anime characters look the way they look. They are truly inspired from the Japanese culture with some exaggeration, of course. We have tried our best to make you aware of the concept of anime before you sit down to draw them. It becomes really easy for an artist to draw any genre of art if he knows a little bit of history about it.

If reading before drawing is a new concept to you, we highly recommend that you try it this time. Go through the reading section before you jump to the tutorials. We guarantee that you will explore a new artist in you.

You might have heard this term Anime. Pronounced as a-ne-may, it refers to the Japanese animated characters. These computer animated characters are widely popular in hand drawings as well. Anime refers to all the animations of Japan. It is derived from the word Romani animshon.

The initial phase of Japanese animation started in 1917. It got international fame in the late 20 th century. According to the needs of its varied international audience, the animation has been classified into various genres. Anime, as an art form, is diverse in nature. It has been produced with different techniques since its inception. In digital production, the setting of the characters and the use of special camera effects are given more importance than the movement of animated characters. The characters are typically characterized by large emotive and sparkly eyes.

The demographic divisions of the society have given birth to different genres of anime. The non-episodic series of kodomo are meant for children, shjo aims to focus on girls and shounen is made specifically for boys. There are also many genres that cater to the adult audience. Some of the famous genres of anime include Hentai , Gilles Poitras , Gundam 0080 . Science fiction genre includes works like Astro Boy , Yokoyama 's Tetsujin 28-go and Mecha . Fantasy genre is also there which include works like Oh My Goddess! A beautiful blend of comedy and fantasy can be seen in Dragon Half . An example of crime genre is Castle of Cagliostro . There are some subgenres in anime like harem, magical girl , sports, literary adaptations, martial arts, war and medievalism .

The animated attributes of Anime characters typically represent human body proportions. It is crucial for an art student seeking to perfectly draw these characters to learn about these attributes. The base unit of body proportion is head. Though the height of the head may vary, but almost all anime characters have a height of 7-8 feet. Some anime artists may disregard the proportions and make slight modifications to the characters. The super deformed characters have are shorter than the normal characters. They can be only 2-4 heads tall. An extreme example of disproportionate character is Crayon Shin chan. He resembles the cartoons from western countries and is hugely popular internationally.

A common convention in characterizing anime characters is the exaggerated size of their glittery eyes. The reason behind this attribute is that anime artists aim to depict most of the human emotions through eyes. The cornea of the eye is given special depth. Different shades of colors are used to depict the eyes. Generally, the tone color, its lighter shade and its darker shade is used for coloring the eyes. However, you can modify the attributes according to your creativity since there are no rigid rules for creating anime characters.

Hairstyles of these characters are uniquely styled, unnaturally bouncy and colorful. The hair movement is often exaggerated and action of the hair is used to add visual effects to the characters to highlight emotions and action.

Though the anime characters are supposedly from Japan, their nationality or race is often not defined. This is deliberately done so that the characters can appeal to the international audience.

Emotions in anime figures are depicted through some typical facial expressions. They are typically comedic and are mostly exaggerated. For example, a nose bleed in a male character is shown when he is aroused, sweat drops are used to signify nervousness, absolutely visible blushing is shown to depict embarrassment and eyes are shown to be glowing to depict an intense glare.

There are several arguments about the nomenclature and origin of anime. Many fans of anime agree that it is a form of animation inspired from Japan. That is obviously true. But, there are several counter-arguments about its nomenclature. Many people say that why should we not call it simply Japanese Animation? However, the fact is anime is slang in Japan for animshon , which obviously means animation.

As much as Japanese animation is concerned, The Flintstones, or The Beauty and the Beast can be equally called anime in technical terms just like Chibi Maruko-san, Jin Roh or Tenchi Muyo . The only difference in the lineage of animation is that the Japanese call it anime, and the English already call it animation.