Presents step-by-step instructions for creating a comic strip, including tips and guidelines on creating characters, writing storylines, designing layouts, and adding color.

Offers advice to help readers mimic their favorite Japanese comic book techniques, covering issues such as shading, perspective, and foreshortening, as well as Japanese terms and character types from within the style.

Tokyo Colors CEO Teruko Sakurai applies her expert knowledge of color to drawing effective anime and manga; starting with the basics, Sakurai shares her secrets on how to provide your characters and scenes with the right colors to accurately express their moods and actions. This all-in-one guide allows you to become a skilled colourist in just a few easy lessons. Here are just some of the key topics presented in this all-in-one handbook: How to select...