What do you get when you cross popular manga style with legends of old? Manga Magic! In this one-of-a-kind guide, beloved and prolific manga artist Supittha "Annie" Bunyapen (a.k.a. Ecthelian on deviantART) shows you how to put original spins on popular fantasy figures and creatures, with insight on everything from what they wear to where they dwell. Inside, you'll learn how to:
Develop fantastic characters--from basic anatomy to important details like hair and skin tones.
Design costumes fit for a goddess (or fairy, or Pan, or what-have-you) right down to armor, jewelry and footwear.
Color with confidence. Achieve various results using basic watercolor techniques, special effects and markers.
Set the scene with great backgrounds--from aerial views to underwater scenes.
Bring it all together, step by step. 20+ start-to-finish demos feature a variety of mythic characters, from wood nymphs and Golem, to multiple gods and goddesses.
Whether you base your characters on traditional Greek mythology, Japanese folklore or fantastical renditions of your own imagining, this guide will lead you step by step through the creation of your own magical manga worlds!
Manga Magic : How to Draw and Color Mythical and Fantasy Characters
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Supittha "Annie" Bunyapen is a prolific, young manga artist of Thai decent and author of the best-selling Shojo Wonder Manga (IMPACT, 2011). Known as Ecthelian on deviantART for the past nine years, her site has grown to receive more than 2.5 million pageviews as of 2/7/14. Her gallery of 800 images, which includes manga tutorials in watercolor and marker, has received more than 14 million views. She is a graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design, and works in the gaming industry as a digital illustrator for Kiz Studios (kizstudios.com). She divides her time between her home in South Carolina and Bangkok, Thailand. She works in both traditional and digital media, and her popularity in the world of manga art continues to steadily grow.