How to Draw Anime & Game Characters Volume 5

This book is pretty good! It has lots of sample shots of different scenes. This book gives you a rundown of girl personna's, their outfits, and them changing clothes. The content of this book includes: Chapter one- What are bishoujo games? 1-1 Types of bishoujo games 1-2 Character roles 1-3 Individual character roles The herione The honor student The cute, younger girl The bad girl The athletic girl The princess The sexy older girl The smart aleck The whole cast Crash course editing Chapter two: Bishoujo video game Character expressions 2-1 Making facial expressions distinctive 2-2 Desinging romance simulation game chaacters 2-3 Desinging bishoujo rpg characters 2-4 Desinging anime, action & combat game characters 2-5 What to include and what to leave out: effective compositions crash course editingII Chapter three: Uniform and costumes 3-1 school uniforms Sailor suits blazers and jackets summer uniforms jumpers cropped jackets collars and pleats novel uniform designs gym suits school swimsuits 3-2 Clothing for every occasion 3-3 combat game bishoujo assorted costumes 3-4 Personal effects and props Chapter four: Body lauguage 4-1 Gestures and facial expressions in combat scenes 4-2 gestures and mannerisms on campus 4-3 common gestures and mannerisms Chapter five: designing posters 5-1 character numbers and key compositions 5-2 popular backgrounds crash course in editing III Advice from a young creator Even though this book is about game characters, it is still good for basic manga designs. I would definately recommend this book for those who have a little trouble with the concept of character design and personalities. It is also kid friendly! There is no nudity at all. However, I believe this book is more suited for those who are a little above beginner stage to intermediate. If this book isn't what you had in mind for character design, then try the "how to draw manga mastering bishoujo characters." It gives you a more extended list of girl characters as well as what they would wear and their hair styles. Both are good buys.

Tho its the last vol. I bought it first as well as vol. 3 (which I found was not very helpful unless you know few body poses and/or alignment of body parts when poseing... big disappointment for me -_- but I must admit it was a little hepful on things like reaching, sitting, running, and stuff like that.) when i read this book, and scaned details of characters and thier body language I found few flaws. I was amazed at how much better it was compared to other books I own. Like in the other volumes it show mistakes of begginers and does them over show the corrected areas. It also gives ideas for clothes, backrounds where to place the character in the backrounds, differnt angles, acsseories characters use, emotions, body language, poses, costumes, characters used in some manga stories/comics, and personalities of the characters. I wish I could show you a picture I drew using this book alone and how much better it was compared to earlier drawings. Also I helped my older cuz. (who confesed she couldnt draw to save her life) draw an almost perfect pic. of a character from the book. Altho I gave just a few tips Iv picked up from other not so helpful books I didnt do much of anything, the book did it for me (so to speak). I must confess that im not begginer tho im still learning and this book lacks the beggining steps such as... how to draw facial body parts like the eyes, nose, or ears and other such beggining things even tho its the last vol. its supposed to be a reveiw sorta, so that dissapionted me cause somtimes I cant get it off the top of my head and steps make it easier to remember but besides that it is all around a great book even for some adv begginers. In conclusion I give it 5, even if it lacks a small skill or two, I think Tadashi Owzawa and his book earned a 5 for everything being just about perfect. ^_^ Oh by the way you should get this book, begginer or not.