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Manga for the Beginner Chibis:

Everything You Need to Start Drawing the Super-Cute Characters of Japanese Comics
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Crown Publishing Group, Mar 23, 2010 - Comics & Graphic Novels - 192 pages
The ultimate guide to creating chibis!

They populate manga with chunky bodies, oversized heads, and huge expressive eyes. They're schoolgirls and schoolboys, magical girls and mad scientists, fairies and fighter princesses, cyborgs and sci-fi secret agents, bikers and bad samurais, robots and rebel leaders. They've even got chubby pets and zany monster sidekicks! They're chibis!

Excruciatingly cute, highly stylized, and beloved in all manga genres (fantasy, magical girls, shounen, anthro, sci-fi-, and more), without them, manga would barely exist. And now you can learn, step by step, how to draw virtually every chibi out there, how to "chibify" ordinary manga characters—and how to invent your very own designs! Covering facial expressions, those iconic manga eyes, costumes, character interaction, and story settings, Manga for the Beginner Chibis has it all.

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Review: Manga for the Beginner Chibis: Everything You Need to Start Drawing the Super-Cute Characters of Japanese Comics (Manga for the Beginner)

User Review  - Sara - Goodreads

Very detailed and I like how it is written. I felt like the author was cheering us on and encouraging us to try it for ourselves. Read full review

Review: Manga for the Beginner Chibis: Everything You Need to Start Drawing the Super-Cute Characters of Japanese Comics (Manga for the Beginner)

User Review  - Johanna - Goodreads

It is the definitive guide to chibi drawing. Read full review

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About the author (2010)

Christopher Hart is the world's bestselling author of drawing and cartooning books. Hart is also the author of Manga for the Beginner, and his books have set the standard for art instruction, both nationally and internationally, with 2.5 million copies in print in 18 languages. Renowned for up-to-the-minute content and easy-to-follow steps, all of Hart's books have become staples for a new generation of aspiring artists and professionals, and they have been selected by the American Library Association for special notice.

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