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# Draw Manga Faces for Expressive Characters: Learn to Draw More Than 900 Faces

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Learn to draw the most expressive manga faces ever! Sure, drawing faces is one of the most challenging aspects of manga. But Draw Manga Faces for Expressive Characters is here to help! This fantastically comprehensive book includes more than 900 sample illustrations that teach key elements for capturing facial expressions and emotions for manga characters. Learn to draw: • Basic characters, faces and expressions: boys and girls, men and women, from babies to teens, adults to elderly characters • Specific character types: school girls, villains, sweethearts, heroes, gentle souls, go getters and more • Positive expressions: relaxed, adoring, mischievous, confident and more • Negative expressions: outraged, embarrassed, stressed, spiteful and more With more than 900 sample illustrations, you're well on your way to mastering the most expressive manga faces ever!

Review: Good variety of expressions! - I think this is an infinitely better 'how to draw manga' book than the typical one, and I particularly like that it's by an actual Japanese artist. There are so many 'how to draw manga' books where the Western artist obviously has this very, very shallow idea of what 'manga' looks like, and they'll have disproportionate, frankly ugly cartoon characters with oversized eyes, because they don't understand the actual aesthetic or have any respect for the rules. (The real telltale sign, imho, is when all the lines in a manga character are of equal thickness, as if even basic cartooning rules have been thrown out the window.) There ARE some too-rigid 'rules' presented in this book still -- it leans a bit heavily on the idea that female characters should always have bigger eyes than male characters, which just is not true in all manga styles -- but I think the overall effect of all the different ages and expressions gives you a solid grounding in the fundamentals of learning the style, as well as putting your own spin on it. :)
Review: Purrrrfect! Exactly what I needed!!! - Very comprehensive!!! Covers so many expressions of all ages, male AND female, as well as different ages. Really amazing wow! Its exactly what I wanted. Its not overly stylized either like some Ive seen so I can learn realistic ish faces in the manga style which Ill embellish in my own way later after Ive practiced a bit and can draw with more ease. Much respect to the artist Aya Hosoi! I bought this with "How to Draw Manga Basics and Beyond" (Ryo/Hiroyuki/Yukio) and thats very comprehensive as well for the rest of the body. Its the PERFECT companion book to go with this one! Im so happy!!!! (insert manga facial expression here) hee heeeee

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #389,148 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #90 in How to Create Manga #369 in Figure Drawing Guides #12,886 in Manga Comics & Graphic Novels |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 700 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good variety of expressions!
*by P***R on April 13, 2019*

I think this is an infinitely better 'how to draw manga' book than the typical one, and I particularly like that it's by an actual Japanese artist. There are so many 'how to draw manga' books where the Western artist obviously has this very, very shallow idea of what 'manga' looks like, and they'll have disproportionate, frankly ugly cartoon characters with oversized eyes, because they don't understand the actual aesthetic or have any respect for the rules. (The real telltale sign, imho, is when all the lines in a manga character are of equal thickness, as if even basic cartooning rules have been thrown out the window.) There ARE some too-rigid 'rules' presented in this book still -- it leans a bit heavily on the idea that female characters should always have bigger eyes than male characters, which just is not true in all manga styles -- but I think the overall effect of all the different ages and expressions gives you a solid grounding in the fundamentals of learning the style, as well as putting your own spin on it. :)

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Purrrrfect! Exactly what I needed!!!
*by T***A on June 12, 2021*

Very comprehensive!!! Covers so many expressions of all ages, male AND female, as well as different ages. Really amazing wow! Its exactly what I wanted. Its not overly stylized either like some Ive seen so I can learn realistic ish faces in the manga style which Ill embellish in my own way later after Ive practiced a bit and can draw with more ease. Much respect to the artist Aya Hosoi! I bought this with "How to Draw Manga Basics and Beyond" (Ryo/Hiroyuki/Yukio) and thats very comprehensive as well for the rest of the body. Its the PERFECT companion book to go with this one! Im so happy!!!! (insert manga facial expression here) hee heeeee

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ BOOK COMPARISON!!!
*by N***. on February 28, 2021*

So I got this book along with the “Drawing Facial Expressions” book from the “How to Create Manga” series (I couldn’t decide between the two, so I ordered both to find out which one is better). Here’s my synopsis… “Draw Manga Faces for Expressive Characters” (THIS BOOK): - The beginning of this book briefly covers the basics for drawing faces (like proportions and whatnot) from different angles - including frontal view, side profile and three-quarter angles, as well as high and low angles. It also covers the different ways that people of varying age/gender combinations express basic emotions (for example, the way a 10-12 year old boy cries looks a little different from that of a teenage boy). - The book also goes over different character types and the kinds of faces they typically make… Character types include anti-heroes, villains, kind-hearted characters, troublemakers, etc. - The bulk of the book is then broken down into two sections: positive and negative facial expressions. Each page shows sketches of different facial expressions typically used by boys, girls, men and women for each emotion. **As someone else stated in another review, this book is just a reference for different facial expressions, and it will not help you discover your drawing “style”. This book is valuable to artists who already know how to draw manga and are looking for ways to make their characters more expressive.** - After that, the author goes into detail about the process she uses to create fully-colored manga illustrations (sketching, line drawing, color, shading, etc). - Yes, there are a couple of busty/risqué illustrations of females in the back, but honestly, anyone who actually watches anime or reads manga knows that this sort of stuff can be found there. So if you got this book for your kid who watches anime/reads manga, chances are they’ve already seen something like that at least once. Also, if you feel like women are being objectified with these images, keep in mind that this book was actually written/illustrated by a woman. If these pages really bother you, just rip them out. “Drawing Facial Expressions” (NOT THIS BOOK): - This book is a little bit less straightforward, and is broken into three main sections: “Basic expressions”, “Facial expressions that add color and detail” and “Animated expressions”. I won’t go into detail about the latter two, but “Basic expressions” covers “joy”, “sadness”, “dislike”, “anger”, “surprise” and “fear”, and shows the basic structure of the face for each emotion as well as the various expressions associated with them (such as smiling, enjoyment/delight and laughter for the “joy” emotion). “Facial expressions that add color and detail” covers things like romance, food and drink (like savoring a taste or eating something that tastes bad), and resting. “Animated expressions” shows more animated versions of both positive and negative emotions. - Each expression is illustrated from different angles, and includes variations for each expression (such as “feeling fainthearted” or “unease” - found under the “fear” emotion). Some of the expressions include symbols and how to use them (such as the vein-popping mark on the forehead to show agitation) and more cartoon-y examples (like chibi-style characters). - Throughout the book, the authors added “Discussion” sections, that go into more detail about specific things… Such as “Using the body to express emotion” and “The difference between smiling and laughing”, and even artistic techniques for digital illustrations like “Using the brush to draw background effects” and “Changing the shape of the brush”. - This book shows great examples of different character styles (likely because this book was written/illustrated by more than just one person), and can help a beginning manga artist discover a drawing style that works for them.

## Frequently Bought Together

- Draw Manga Faces for Expressive Characters: Learn to Draw More Than 900 Faces
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