Learn to make your characters unique, compelling and lifelike with these 75 exercises for all skill levels, including beginners. Topics include tools and materials; shapes; personalities; facial expressions; body language; character interaction; and costuming. Character types featured include more than just humans; learn how to draw animals, plants, creatures and more. Author Bev Johnson guides you through a variety of questions to explore not only the kinds of characters you want to create, but also the relationships between them, such as who their friends and enemies are, what their personality distinctions are, etc. so you can you can create truly interesting characters.

This text details how to master the art of drawing fabulous females for comic books. From basic anatomy and musculature to more advanced poses, costumes and hairstyles, it covers all the various types of comic book women, along with how to compose a comic book panel and how to tell the story.

Imagine, Design and Draw Your Own Characters! Draw With Jazza YouTube star Josiah Brooks breaks down an easy-to-follow method that will help you to invent and draw original characters time and time again. Whether sci-fi or steampunk, comic book heroines or tattooed action heroes, animal familiars or alien races, you will discover the limitless possibilities of creating your very own characters for comic books, cartoons, video games and more! No matter what your skill level, you can draw from concept to finished art with confidence. Jazza shows you how as he walks you through The Design Process! • Discover. Learn techniques just like the pros use for developing characters--their backstory, personality and physicality; decide your drawing style; and explore and organize your inspiration. • Design. Use brainstorm sketching to refine your character's persona. Use simplified lines and shapes to draw men and women, practice poses and play with body shapes, sizes, ages and outfits. • Develop. Refine your best ideas by choosing features, color schemes, settings and context to reflect your end goal. • Deliver. Finish your concept art with character turnarounds, expression sheets, pose variations and more to create a complete picture of your characters and their world.

Learn to draw comic book characters with easy, step-by-step drawing projects, and then design your own superheroes and villains. You can draw more than 30 comic book characters by following the simple instructions, step by easy step. Once you are comfortable with the comic art style, move on to design your own heroes and villains. Tips and techniques for customizing faces, hair, bodies, and action poses will have you drawing your own characters in no time. No complicated tools are needed. You can create comic art with just a pencil, pen, markers, and paper! The book opens with helpful sections on tools and materials, essential drawing techniques, color basics, and an examination of faces and basic muscle structure. This ensures that you know the basics before getting started on the step-by-step projects that follow. Included throughout the book are templates to scan or photocopy and practice on over and over again. Itin between the drawing projects and templates are closer looks at costume design, anatomy, perspective, and dynamic action poses. Drawing a character flexing, flying, running, kicking, or zapping is easy with the included tips and techniques. Written and illustrated by Spencer Brinkerhoff, Just for Kids: You Can Draw Comic Book Characters is perfect for any comic book fan, regardless of artistic skill level.

A new take on Quarry's successful Draw 62 series, Draw 62 Characters and Make Them Happy features the humorous work of artist Terry Runyan, presenting step-by-step how-to for each subject.

Learn to draw charming characters! Filled with colorful illustrations and step-by-step explanations, How to Draw a Character is the perfect introduction to the art of sketching people. From babies to grandmothers, cyclists to shoppers, How to Draw a Character gives readers the skills to draw any kind of character in any setting. The easy tutorials break down seemingly complicated drawings into simple components, so even beginners will soon be drawing confidently. The book begins with a handful of simple anatomical rules that lend life and realism to the drawings. It goes on to explore all the essential aspects of figure drawing, from capturing emotions to drawing your characters in motion. Equal parts inspiration and tutorial, the charming drawings are sure to spark the imagination. Soizic Mouton's How to Draw a Character will give anyone who’s ever wanted to learn to draw the confidence to pick up a pencil and begin!