The Hugely popular Christopher Hart simplifies professional anime art so readers can develop their own original characters. It includes templates, step-by-step demonstrations and drawing exercises. Nothing brings anime artists more satisfaction than creating original characters to use in a comic strip or graphic novel. Bestselling How-to-Draw author Christopher Hart helps them reach this goal by providing insight into the six most popular anime types: schoolgirls, schoolboys, preteens, vengeful 'baddies', humorous personalities, and fantasy figures. He supplies templates for each- an extensive array of 'menus' of head and body types, outfits, and accessories, as well as detailed, accessible, step-by-step demonstrations and drawing exercises. Plus, Hart showcases some of the best anime artists in the world for this title, including Inma R. , Tabby Kink, Ayame Shiroi, Euro Pinku and Tina Francisco. It's the guide every would-be anime artist has been looking for!