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TODIV^ ^y^ ^v y. h >^ <S^V\ V. > ton E SOCIETV FOR THE STUDV OF MflNGfl TECHNIQUES ^ _^> \ ^\ I Collect all volumes of the exciting HOW TO DRAW series. FEMALE CHARACTERS ILLUSTRATING BATTLES BISHOUJO - Pretty Gals ISBN4-7661-1146-X ISBN4-7661-1 147-8 ISBN4-7661 1148-6 JP»/TDDfVW 1 ftawBHii^^^L 1 V 1 '' ^^1 Is ^^^^^^K^^Mk u<^j[ ^^'^^^ (J m^aH^ngfW «Lli\_ BISHOUJO Around the World OCCULT & HORROR BODIES & ANATOMY ISBN4-7661-1 149-4 ISBN4-7661 -1150-8 ISBN4-7661-1 238-5 HCWTODRAW HCWTODRAW (0 o ,2 CO ^^Fr^ GQ J^pPty^yTlp Wk^m f^^^J 'r%^^ co^^^t-^^J^ ^Ktkf ,^"; COUPLES MALE CHARACTERS MAKING ANIME ISBN4-7661-1241-5 ISBN4-7661-1240-7 ISBN4-7661-1239-3 Distributed by Distributed 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, USA Tel: -t-81 -(0)3-3233-4083 Tel: (310) 604-9701 Fax: -1-81 -(0)3-3233-41 06 Fax:(310)604-1134 E-mail: fh ^. in WfF / Mofcr Sale oft^'.' ">Tary. \<W\ODPJW BODIES S ANATOMY Human Body Drawings for Creating Characters Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 http://archive.org/details/howtodrawmangaOOsoci HCWIODR/W BODIES s ANATOMY Human Body Drawings for Creating Characters V>{ASHINGTO,\' VILLAGE HOW TO DRAW MANGA: BODIES & ANATOMY by the Society for the Study of Manga Techniques Copyright © 1 996 the Society for the Study of Manga Techniques Copyright © 1996 Graphic-sha Publishing Co., Ltd. First designed and published in 1996 by Graphic-sha Publishing Co., Ltd. This English edition was published in 2001 by Graphic-sha Publishing Co., Ltd. Sansou Kudan BIdg. 4th Floor, 1-14-17 Kudankita, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0073 Japan X# ^\S^ Cover drawing: Ganma Suzukii Photographs: Yasuo Imai English cover design: Shinichi Ishioka English edition layout: Shinichi Ishioka English translation: Lingua franca, Inc. ( The Aim of this Book This book teaches Thanks to all xV basic body our readers. structures, positions, ^X and placement of muscles. >'^- Try maximizing techniques like pen touches to enhance the three-dimensional unevenness of muscles. Use the knowledge of the basics to handle the drawings, as you like. This book will help you V implement necessary information into your designs to create W better drawings. The basic structure of the human body is the same for everyone; however, subtle differences exist in the shape of the muscles from pereon to pereon. 0:^2: When sketching from a Refer to this variety of angles, you might book to find have doubte about how to 5CRIBBLE- something draw the characters when SCKIBBLE similar to what the shapes of certain body you are looking parte change. for. Table of Contents The Aim of this Book 5 Perspective - Improving Your Technique 8 Posing 10 What is Center of Gravity? 11 Drawing Entwined Characters 12 The Human Skeleton 14 Male and Female Proportions 16 Chapter 1 - Head Variations 19 Facial Three-dimensionality 20 Facial Expressions 24 Eyes 25 Various Eye Shapes 26 Various Nose Shapes 27 Various Mouth Shapes 28 Various Ear Shapes 29 Construction of the Neck and Shoulders 30 Neck Variations 32 Frontal View (Female) / Low Angle (Female) / Low Angle (Male)/ High Angle (Female) Looking Up / Looking Down / Looking Down at an Angle Tilting the Head / Looking to the Side / Looking Up at an Angle Lowering the Head Chapter 2 - Upper Body Variations 43 Illustration of Body Muscles 44 Construction of Frontal Body Muscles 46 Balancing the Back Muscles 47 Shoulder Area 48 Basic Construction of the Arm 51 Variations in Twisting the Arm 54