Renowned manga artist and comics creator Camilla d'Errico's beginner's guide to drawing her signature Japanese-style characters.From comics to video games to contemporary fine art, the beautiful, wide-eyed-girl look of shoujo manga has infiltrated pop culture, and no artist's work today better exemplifies this trend than Camilla d'Errico's. In her first instructional guide, d'Errico reveals techniques for creating her emotive yet playful manga characters, with lessons on drawing basic body construction, capturing action, and creating animals, chibis, and mascots.
Plus, she gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at her character design process, pointers on creating their own comics, and prompts for finishing her drawings.
Pop Manga is both a celebration of creativity and an indispensible guide that is sure to appeal to manga diehards and aspiring artists alike.
Camilla d’Errico is the author of
The Pop Manga Sketchbook,
Pop Manga Cute and Creepy Coloring Book,
Pop Manga Drawing,
Pop Manga Mermaids and Other Sea Creatures,
Pop Manga Coloring Book,
Pop Painting,
Pop Manga Dragons and Other Magically Mythical Creatures,
Best of Pop Manga Coloring Book, Pop Manga Beauties and Beasties Coloring Book, and
Pop Manga, which she co-authored with award-winning writer and director Stephen W. Martin. She has worked with Dark Horse Comics, Image Comics, Hasbro, Disney, and Sanrio. She is also well known for her melting rainbow, big-eyed girl oil paintings, which have made her a hit in the international Pop Surrealism Art movement.
STEPHEN W. MARTIN is a screenwriter and story editor in film and comics. He lives in Vancouver.