12/9/07


Let's Draw Yaoi!



Contents:

- The world of Yaoi
- First, Let's Draw!
- Part 1: How to Draw Faces and Expressions
- Part 2: How to Draw Bodies
- Part 3: Costumes
- Part 4: How to Draw Scenes
- Part 5: Let's Draw Yaoi
- Part 6:Deeper into the world of Yaoi

I'll give you a sneak preview into each part of the book:


- First page


"Basic Knowledge of Yaoi terms" where you'll find some information of terms used in the yaoi world.


- The world of Yaoi


This section is a couple of pages with different male characters in different poses interacting with themselves.


- First,Let's Draw!


A section that basically tells you to copy the characters shown and study the drawing to see which parts you're not satisfied with.Has a tiny section(1 page) on differences between males and females.


- Part 1: How to Draw Faces and Expressions

Like the title says, it has pointers on how to draw different faces (depending on which type of characters you wish to portray ,youg,adult,mid-30) on different angles,how to draw eyes,noses and mouths on different perspectives and hairstyles.It has also a few pages of "Portraying Emotion through Expression" with common facial expressions used on this kind of anime.

- Part 2: How to Draw Bodies

Very helpful section on how to draw various body types(slender,muscular),drawing bodies in perspective and drawing each body type(hands,feet,legs,arms,neck) separately.

- Part 3: Costumes

Another pretty helpful section.It has everythig you need to learn(though it doesn't go very indepth on how to draw wrinkles) about drawing suits,jeans,t-shirts,kimonos,formal wear and blazers.It also has a section on how to draw shoes,glasses and a tiny page on accessories.

- Part 4: How to Draw Scenes

This's quite an informative part and,despite the name "yaoi" it doesn't cover any kind of "hard" scenes...Just has one page on how to draw kissing scenes.The other pages cover different interactions between characters.

- Part 5: Let's Draw Yaoi

Covers basic steps to making a manga,from plot to planning,first draft,inking,erasing and finishing touches(colour,tones,white-out,etc.).

- Part 6:Deeper into the world of Yaoi

A small section about the world of yaoi on the internet and where to buy yaoi.


I would like to recommend this book as it is packed with lots of information if your into drawing anime.
The illustrations are beautiful,very detailed and it's a quite informative book on the subject.
If you like to draw anime and want to start drawing Yaoi and males,overall this's the best book you can buy!It has everything from drawing male bodies to clothes,poses,accessories,etc.
Maybe the best book on the "let's draw" series...



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