Saturday AM Presents How to Draw Diverse Manga: Design and Create Anime and Manga Characters with Diverse Identities of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender [Paperback]

Learn how to reflect the beautifully diverse world around you in the manga-style characters you draw, guided by the talented team of artists at Saturday AM.
 
Saturday AM isthe world’s leading showcase of diverse anime and manga stories.How to Draw Diverse Mangafeatures the comics brand’s most popular artists, who themselves represent racial identities, ethnicities, and cultures from all over the world, as well as diverse gender identities.

Our perceptions of the world are shaped by how the media presents it. With this guide, you will be able totell inclusive stories about heroic, beautiful, strong, intelligent, and courageous heroes from all backgroundsthat are relatable to all and represent the true diversity of our world.
 
The reader-friendly,step-by-step presentation, which is accessible even to beginning artists, sharesdrawing guidance for:
 

• Diverse faces, features, and expressions
• Bodies, proportions, and body positivity
• Hair, including afros, braids, and waves
• Developing character design through the language of shape, silhouette, and color schemes  
• Avoiding stereotypes and caricatures

Perfectfor beginning to intermediatemanga and anime artists, character designers, fantasy illustrators, animators, and cartoonists,Saturday AM Presents How to Draw Diverse Mangaoffers an insider’s point of view and expertise onhow to design and draw authentic manga charactersthat reflect the diverse identities and backgrounds of our world.

Find even more inspiration for diverse manga characters in Saturday AM TANKS, which collect Saturday AM’s comics in graphic novel format.
 
The Saturday AM TANKS series include:Apple Black,Clock Striker,Gunhild,Hammer,Henshin!,The Massively Multiplayer World of Ghosts,