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EASTERN REGIp!n! !!eilaflrg lt wT#uuryy.]H[J OUPIE Hikaru Hayashi Collect all volumes of the exciting HOW TO DRAW series. FEMALE CHARACTERS ILLUSTRATING BATTLES BISHOUJO - Pretty Gals lsBN4-7661-1 146-X lsBN4-7661 - 1 ',t 47-8 lsBN4-7661-1 148-6 BISH0UJO Around the World OCCULT & HORROR BODIES & ANATOMY lsBN4-7661-1 1 49-4 lsBN4-7661-1 150-8 lsBN4-766 1 -1 238-5 COUPLES MALE CHARACTERS MAKING ANIME tsBN4-7661 -1 241 -5 lsBN4-7 661 -1 240-7 lsBN4 7661,1 239-3 Distributed by Distributed Exclusively NIPPON SHUPPAN HANBAI INC. in North America by 4-3 Kanda Surugadai, DIGITAL MANGA DISTRIBUTION Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 1123 Dominguez St., Unit "K" 101-8710 Japan Carson CA 90746, U.S.A Tel: +81 -(0)3-3233-4083 Tel: (310) 604-9701 Fax: +81 -(0)3-3233-41 06 Fax: (31 0) 604- 1 1 34 E-mail: [email protected] E,mail: [email protected] URL: http://www.emanga, com/dmdr I{OWTODRA$/ Gouples HOW T0 DMW MANGA: Couples by Hikaru Hayashi Copyright O 1998 Hikaru Hayashi Copyright @ 1998 Graphic-sha Publishing Co., Ltd. This book was first designed and published in 1998 by Graphic-sha Publishing Co., Ltd. This English edition was published in 2002 by Graphic-sha Publishing Co., Ltd. 1 -l 4-1 7 Kudan-kita, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 1 02-0073 Japan Production: Drawing & Yasuo Matsumoto, Jun Matsubara, Kento Shimazaki, Miki Murakawa, Tomo 0take, Rio Yagizawa, Kiyoe Yokoyama, Komachi Sengoku drawing: Cover Rio Yagizawa work: Reference Jun Matsubara,Yasuo Matsumoto, Miki Murakawa, Kento Shimazaki, Tomo otake, Komachi Sengoku, Takehiko Matsumoto, Riho Yagizawa, Kazuaki Morita Scenario: Composition & Hikaru Hayashi (Go 0ffice) design: Main title logo Hideyuki Amemura layout: English edition Shinichi lshioka English translation management: L[ngua fr6nca, lnc. ([email protected]) editor: Japanese edition Motofumi Nakanish (Graphic-sha Publishing Co., Ltd.) Foreign language edition project coordinator: Kumiko Sakamoto (Graphic-sha Publishing Co., Ltd.) All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, siored in a retrieval system, 0r transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otheMise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. by Distributed Distributed Exclusively INC, NIPPON SHUPPAN HANBAI IN NOTthAMET|CA bY Surugadai, 4-3 Kanda Digital Manga Distribution Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 1123 Dominguez St., Unit "K" Japan 101-8710 Carson, CA 90746, U.S.A. +81-(0)3-3233-4083 Tel: Tel: (310)- 604-9701 +81-(0)3-3233-4106 Fax: Fax: (310)- 604-1134 E-mail : [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] URL:http://wvw.emanga.com/dmd/ First printing: November 2002 ISBN: 4-7661 -1 24 1 -5 Printed and bound in China r{owToDRA$/ Couples Table of Gontents Ghapter 1 Theory Behind Drawing Gouples........s Female embracing female from behind .....................59 Couples Theory Behind Drawing ...........6 Pulling a Character to 0neself & Clinging to a Character....60 ........,......... Embracing...... Height Difference ..............1 0 ...............62 Height Difference and Presentation of Kissing Scenes...'11 Thickness of trunk and length of arms......................64 1. Presentation when there is little height ditference ......11 Trick to drawing a couple embracing ........................66 2. Presentation when there is large height difference......1 1 Presenting the faces of both characters .................... 67 embracing..... Differentiation of Same-Sex C0up|es.........................'l 2 Two males ....................68 embracing Basic Male and Female Body Types ..........................13 Two females ................,...,.69 Couples Various ............14 Body anatomy learned from two people embracing .,70 Scenes........... 1. The female is taller than the male ............................14 Kissing .........................72 scenes 2. The female is smaller than the male......... ................14 Composition of kissing ............72 Reason for making the height of the male and Male giving female a kiss .................,,......................74 different female characters ................16 Female giving male a kiss......................,,.................75 lmmediately before a kiss .......................,.................76 2 scenes Chapter From Dating to Making Love ....r2 How to draw kissing ...............77 Patterns Dating: Composition ..............18 Kisses Aimed at Places Other Than the 1ips.,.,,.^.......78 forehead.... 1. Drawing the full figure of both characters............,.....1 8 1. Kissing the ............,........78 eyelid........ 2. Having one of the character in the foreground (close-up).....1 9 2. Kissing the .....................79 n0se........... Walking Couple fiwo Characters Walking) ........ .........20 3. Kissing the wing of ........80 '1. Walking side by side..... ....................20 4. Kissing the chin.......... .....................81 walking cheek 2. Holding hands while .............22 5. Kissing the ............................82 .......... ear........... 3. Pulling arm while walking .......23 6. Kissing the .....................84 neck......... 4. Female holding onto male while wa|king........... ........24 7. Kissing the .....................85 Scenes.......... 5. Female being pulled by male while walking.. .............25 Bedroom .......................86 side 6. Clinging to arm while wa|kin9..................................26 1. Sleeping side by .......................80 couple a. Male and female .................26 c0up|e............. lnterlwined b. Same-sex ..............28 3. ...............90 view c. Rear ...............29 4. One character on top of the other: changes in bodies shoulder.......... 7. Arm over ..................30 caused by weight of the character on t0p..................92 mood..... a. Carrying arm on shoulder .....................................30 5. Couple in the .....................94 back............... Bonus b.Arm behind ............31 6. ..,...................96 males Ring........... c. Two ..............32 Putting on a .....................98 females d. Two ...........33 Sitting Erect 0n One's Knees Side by Side (Stiffl .......99 shoulder.......... Weddings...... 8. Placing hand on ........34 ..............100 Tuxed0....,...... 9. Wrapping arm around waist ....................................36 Dress and ...................100 ........... Kimono Sitting .......,........3B .......................102 Arms..... 1 . Sitting across from each 0ther...............,.,.,,............38 Picking up in .......................104 view............... female...... o Side/normal ..........,.38 Male picking up ...............104 . Ma1es............. View from behind one of the characters ..................39 .............106 view............... Females o 0verhead ................40 :...........................................1 07 side..... Head 2. Sitting side by ......................42 Back of the ........108 other....... 3. Sitting close t0 each ..........44 actions.. 3 Hand ...............46 Ghapter Techniques of Manga Artists..rog ............. 1. Contact between hands .......46 Battery Couple (Picher & Catcher) Matsumoto 2. Touching the face or head ........... ............................47 byTakehiko ....,,..,...........110 Facing Each Other & Looking into Each 0ther's Eyes ....48 Pure Lovers by YaSsuoh Mimatsuam0z10a...k...,i, ,................... 1 1 2 Looking lnto Each Other's Eyes: Variati0ns ................50 Brothers by Kent ..............114 Cuddling Two Characters ....................52 Hunter Couple by Kazuaki M0rita ...,,.,...,,................1 1 6 Grabbing or .Embracing From Behind.........................54 Boys in the Mood by Jun Matsubara.,,.,..................118 arms.............. Reaching over the ....,...54 Healthy Couple by Miki Murakawa ................... .,.....120 Reaching under the arms..........................................55 Crystal Lovers by Tomo 0htake ........... ..............,.....1 22 Female embracing male from behind..,.,.,.................56 Mysterious Nuance by Komachi Seng0ku........ ........124 Male embracing male from behind.......,.....,..............58 Happy Lovers by Rio Yagi2awa..........................,.,,..1 26 I Chopfer Theory Behind DrcN,ving Couples f, t" \r( (Ct :--\/- *;- z.\ /\ $K \ lit Even when drawing same sex pairs, height differences facilitate imparting roles and moods since the picture becomes more lively. 6 Make tie crotch height the same for characters standing next to each other O Draw outlines showing the height ditference. o Draw a line for the ground. o Make the size of the heads the same. @ Figure out the crotch height. o The characters will look better if their crotch areas are higher than the mid-line of the height @ Draw either the male or the female first. ffir draracters will have long legs and look cool if you mtw he female to match the waist of the male. Head-to-body ratios 1 t010 t rs difficult to draw men and women side- The male looks realistic when The female has long legs when ry+*le when different styles are used. One drawn to match the female. drawn to match the male. dfiem may end up standing out (afloat). 7 When the characters are embracing or lined up behind each other, the two blocks combine thereby forming a pillar.