How to Draw Japan
Samurai & Kimono — 100 Characters in 6 Steps
Series: How to Draw Japan
- AuthorAki Wakamatsu
- PublisherTakikawa TOKOTOKO Kids LLC
- CategoryHow to Draw
- ISBN1990000159022
- FormatEPUB ebook
About this book
100 JAPANESE CHARACTERS. 6 STEPS EACH. 600 STEP-BY-STEP DRAWINGS.
A samurai is not just "a guy with a sword" — and a kimono is not just "a robe with a belt." This book draws them the correct way.
Every character starts as a plain circle and grows one honest layer at a time: construction guides, face outline, features, hair and dress, details and belongings, and a clean coloured finish. Nothing moves between steps — the face you draw in Step 2 is the exact face you colour in Step 6.
Along the way you learn how Japanese dress actually works: the kimono wraps left panel over right, the obi sits high, the hakama falls in straight pleats, and the katana rides at the left hip with the blade edge up.
Inside: 20 samurai swordsmen · 20 kimono & yukata beauties · 15 sword maidens (onna-musha) with naginata and bow · 15 ninja — masks, hoods and shuriken · 15 shrine maidens, monks & festival dancers · 15 chibi Japan characters.
And after every character: a practice page. Trace the faint guide, then draw your own version in the empty frame. 100 characters, 100 practice pages.
The companion volume Draw Anime Anything teaches general anime characters; this volume is 100% Japan. All you need is a pencil and an eraser.
