Drawing Manga Animals, Chibis, and Other Adorable Creatures Kindle Edition

My daughter loves to draw people, usually in the anime style. She comes up with some amazing looks. I wanted to encourage her to branch out, get excited to draw other creatures and shapes. This book exceeded my expectations. It's easy for her to follow. She's in elementary school now, but will no doubt grow into some of the more complicated material towards the back of the book (computer animation/photoshop stuff) in just another year or two. Right now, she is perfectly happy to sit with the book and draw creature after creature, learning the basic shapes and patterns, and then tweaking them to fit her own aesthetic. She's been working on something from it almost daily, and it is now four weeks after Christmas.A great book.

My boys are into doodling, animals and Pokemon. This book was a great purchase because it has given the three of us something to enjoy together. Instead of TV or screen time, we sit at the kitchen table and chat while working on our drawing skills together. With the help of this book, I have expanded my personal cartoon abilities and am enjoying spending more quality time with my kids. I highly recommend this book, it's a helpful tool for beginner artists, advanced artists and every artist in between!

================================================ SUMMERY ====================================================================It's good if your alright at drawing, and want to learn how to draw anime. But I wouldn't recommend it if your a starter at drawing.================================================ OVER-VIEW ==================================================================I got this as a gift for my friend, who is the type that doesn't really like long "Step by step" projects. So, I found this and she loved it(She told me it was "perfect":D ). I flipped through it when it arrived; it seems to have a lot of "tips" in it, and few "step by steps" but not much..I'd say it's good if your alright at drawing, and want to learn how to draw anime. But I wouldn't recommend it if your a starter at drawing.=============================================================================================================================

Bought this for my 10 year old who loves to draw. She is getting some good use out of it. Very easy to follow along and lots of cool pictures and drawings.

You will find everything you need to know about drawing Chibis in this wonderful book. It is well written and chock full of pictorial examples. There are even sections on creating your manga comic digitally, which is the preferred method if you intend to make your manga comic for e-readers. Thanks, J.C.!

I found this book in the library. I bought it because it deserved a place on my shelf as a reference. I was at a sticking point and needed to understand the formula for chibi people. All the tricks to drawing Chibi animals (the same tricks apply to people) are presented simply with nice explanations. Character creation is broken down into the various parts (eyes, mouth, head shape etc.) into a reproducible formula. Thanks for writing this book!

Illustrations for all sorts of animals? Yes. Fantasy, normal, even full-size despite being a book on chibis. You cannot, on any platform, fault this book for lack of illustration. The only things to really complain about are probably incredibly common complaints--lack of instruction. The diagrams are simple to follow and understand, but diagrams alone can't tell you all you need to know (unless you fly that way, in which case I would be jealous.) The written instructions are lacking enough to leave a bit of a roadblock, so if you're not confident in your ability to "Look, copy, draw", then I don't really recommend this. If you are confident however, this is a great reference piece; aside from normal animals, instead of going for the typical western creatures, we have the eastern demons--includes the eastern Dragon, Kirin, Phoenix, Bakeneko, Kitsune, Tengu, and lots of other animals and creatures related to Japan and it's mythology.If you compare content with instruction, its slightly off-balance; still, this book receives a minimum of 3 stars from me.

This book is really cute! I flipped through it and I knew it would be helpful, they include traditional Japanese mythological animals in addition to the Chibis and adorable amimals, it's a great addition to any collection in my opinion, and for the price, you might as well try it :)