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Anime & Manga Digital Coloring Guide: Choose the Colors That Bring Your Drawings to Life! (With Over 1000 Color Combinations)

Anime & Manga Digital Coloring Guide: Choose the Colors That Bring Your Drawings to Life! (With Over 1000 Color Combinations)

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Teruko Sakurai, a color science expert from Japan, shares her secrets in this coloring guide for manga and anime artists. It covers selecting the right colors, color theory, and conveying emotions through color. It includes hundreds of palette color combinations and swatches with CMYK and RGB percentages.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 192 pages
Publication date: 23 March 2023
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing


A comprehensive coloring guide for manga and anime artists, authored by renowned colorist Teruko Sakurai, Japan's leading expert in the field. This all-in-one handbook delves into the art of selecting the perfect colors to bring characters and scenes to life, employing color theory to convey emotions and moods effectively. With a focus on digital coloring techniques, Sakurai offers valuable insights and tips to help artists refine their illustrations and achieve professional-level results.

The book covers a wide range of topics, including:

Understanding the role of hair and eye colors in expressing a character's personality and mood.

Exploring the fundamentals of color theory and how to match a scene's color palette with the story being told.

Exploring the use of color to convey emotion and the essential colors used to capture specific moods.

Providing hundreds of palette color combinations and swatches with CMYK and RGB percentages.

Guiding artists through the process of becoming skilled digital colorists, offering simple guidelines and professional-level shading and coloration techniques.

The book includes numerous tips and sample palettes to assist artists in creating stunning illustrations, making it an essential resource for manga and anime artists of all levels.

Weight: 680g
Dimension: 229 x 191 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9784805317228

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