Provides lessons on the art of cartooning along with information on terminology, tools, techniques, and theory.

Cartoonist Gene Hamm teaches young children cartooning principles, techniques and formulas to guide them from basic shapes to a finished comic strip.

Big facial expressions are essential to anime and manga. They can be much more eloquent than printed words for getting an emotional response out of viewers. However, faces can be challenging. With this book, improve your anime-drawing skills with instruction for facial features and expressions for a wide variety of ages, character types, hair styles and activities. With 800 different facial expressions, you'll be able to draw your character in...

Basic instructions and examples teach skills for drawing manga.

Learn to draw charming characters! Filled with colorful illustrations and step-by-step explanations, How to Draw a Character is the perfect introduction to the art of sketching people. From babies to grandmothers, cyclists to shoppers, How to Draw a Character gives readers the skills to draw any kind of character in any setting. The easy tutorials break down seemingly complicated drawings into simple components, so even beginners will soon be drawing...

Create great cartoons in a wide range of styles and media, from comic book line art to digital manga. Includes advice on finding inspiration and developing your own style, insider tips from a professional cartoonist, and information on presenting and selling your finished work. Over 60,000 copies sold worldwide.

A story about a special little boy whose parents trained him up in the way he should go at an early age. As he learned the nine fruits of the spirit his heart was open to love and care for a class bully which eventually changed his life and the life of many others.

This practical step-by-step guide provides an ideal introduction to the exciting and fun world of cartooning, covering a wide range of cartoons, caricatures, comic strips and manga. Would you like to draw cartoons like those you see in comic books, on TV, or on the big screen? Ever wondered how to draw caricatures of your friends or famous people? Do you want to know how to draw manga-style characters? Collins need to know? Cartooning is the one-stop...

Manga animations could possibly form the greater part of animation heroes and stories given chance. Their sheer imagination and variety of characters is in itself mind-boggling. With so many possibilities, there rarely is a limit to what you can draw and call it a manga character. You could choose to draw a disfigured dragon, or you could opt to use straight cut lines to draw the masculine face. Whatever approach you take, you will always have some...

Lights! Camera! It's time to explore the art of animation! This fun, engaging nonfiction title allows readers to explore an exciting career as an animator. Readers will be introduced to the history of animation and find out what techniques and equipment animators used to turn their illustrations into the first animated shorts. Through Time For Kids© content, stimulating facts, vivid images, sketches, photos, informative text, and an interview with...