Manga Basic Drawing: Girl's Costume Edition

Simply drawing a cute girl doesn't make her a "character" on its own. A costume gives her personality.

Slender arms and a straight spine contribute to a character's unique expression, but it's the costume that deliberately conceals her body that really brings out her individuality.

Costumes are made three-dimensional by cutting flat pieces of fabric and sewing them together. Therefore, the wrinkles and seams in clothing are key to creating a natural costume look.

Some costumes are loose-fitting, while others are tight-fitting. This "yurupita" (softness) is what creates a shining character.

This book is a technique and resource for costume drawing based on manga drawing, covering stylish and cute costumes that are also suited to clothing design, including techniques for mastering wrinkles, drawing differences, and expressing texture.

Read this book to...

・Create characters with a striking sense of transparency ・Create characters with a distinct personality ・The character design techniques of animation director Kazuaki Morita ...Learn all of these things.