THE MANGA ARTIST’s HANDBOOK
DRAWING DYNAMIC
MANGA CHARACTERS
THE EASY 1-2-3 METHOD FOR BEGINNERS
Tomomi Mizuna
Junka Morozumi
CONTENTS
HOW CAN I MAKE MY CHARACTERS MORE DYNAMIC 4
HOW TO MAKE (EVEN BETTER!) FRIENDS WITH BLOCKING-IN 6
COMBINE EXPRESSIONS AND POSES FOR AMAZING ILLUSTRATIONS! 10
HOW TO TRACE THE BLOCKED-IN PARTS 11
CREATING ORIGINAL FACIAL EXPRESSIONS 17
REGULAR EXPRESSION AND SMILING 20
FRUSTRATION AND LOST IN THOUGHT 24
ENDURING PAIN AND COMING TO ONE‛S SENSES 27
LAUGHING MANIACALLY AND SMILING WARMLY 28
DECLARING LOVE AND SCREAMING 29
SMILING AND FLASHING THE PEACE SIGN 35
POINTING AND LAUGHING HEARTILY 41
RESTING A CHEEK ON ONE’S HAND 43
EXPRESSIONS FOR FIGHT SCENES 50
BEING GRABBED BY THE SHIRT FRONT 51
RAISING AN ARM IN SELF-DEFENCE 53