Try your hand at 35 anime-inspired hairstyles and give yourself the ultimate makeover with Dreamy Anime Hair.

The authoritative guide to cosplay written by a legend in the community, and packed with step-by-step advice and fascinating investigations into every aspect of the art. Cosplay—a portmanteau combining "costume" and "play"—has become one of the hottest trends in fandom . . . and Yaya Han is its shining superstar. In this guide to cosplaying, Han narrates her 20-year journey from newbie fan to entrepreneur with a household name in geekdom, revealing her self-taught methods for embodying a character and her experiences in the community. Each chapter is information-packed as she covers everything from the history of cosplay, to using nontraditional materials for costumes, to transforming your hobby into a career—all enhanced with expert advice. Illustrated throughout and easy to use, this practical manual also delights with fascinating stories from the past decades' global cosplay boom. It's the perfect gift for anyone interested in learning (or improving their skills in) the art of cosplay.

This is Erin M. Masterson's dream diary.

This new edition of the groundbreaking popular book from Susan J Napier, Anime from Akira to Howl's Moving Castle, is a must-have for both seasoned and new fans of anime. Japanese animation is more popular than ever following the 2002 Academy Award given to Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away. It confirmed that anime is more than just children's cartoons, often portraying important social and cultural themes. With new chapters on Spirited Away and other recent releases, including Howl's Moving Castle-- which broke records in Japan--this edition will be the authoritative source on anime for an exploding market of viewers who want to know more.

With Instagram star illustrator Yoai as your guide, Anime Art Class will teach you how to create and color your very own super-cute anime characters, step by adorable step.

In this follow-up to Manga Drawing Deluxe, manga artist/author Nao Yazawa’s inaugural how-to-draw title, Drawing and Painting Anime and Manga Faces demonstrates how to draw expressive key characters, from warriors to magical girls to chibis.

Meet the members of the School Living Club! There's the shovel-loving(?) Kurumi Ebisuzawa, the big-sister figure Yuuri Wakasa, club advisor Megumi Sakura, and last but not least, the ever-optimistic Yuki Takeya. The School Living Club is just your average after-school organization where the girls hang out, have fun...and live at school as the sole survivors of a zombie apocalypse. NBD.

The complete guide to amazing digital illustration techniques! Are you an animator, an illustrator, a designer? Or an artist working in multiple digital fields at once? If so, this is the book for you! Manga & Anime Digital Illustration Guide takes you inside the studios of 12 professional Japanese artists and animators. In this book, you will learn the techniques used by the pros to draw and design characters for a variety of commercial and creative platforms. Follow the step-by-step lessons to learn how to create amazing characters and illustrations, and forge your own pathway in the world of creative careers Learn the pro techniques for a wide variety of modern applications, such as: Smartphone apps, anime films and video games Posters, covers, advertisements and special effects Fan art and fantasy fiction illustrations Illustrated books, manga and graphic novels Pull up a chair for this collection of private tutorials and let the experts show you how they work. Learn the tips and techniques that lead to unforgettable illustrations!

Learn to create and color your own manga characters! Massive Manga shows you step by step how to bring your ideas to life on paper. Learn by practicing the skills needed for drawing a wide range of manga in a huge variety of hairstyles, faces, and clothing, as well as animals, mechas, weapons, and vehicles. Each subject has a chapter of its own in which you’ll find line-by-line instructions and tons of designs. From teens to tech, cuddly pups to dangerous dragons, you’ll find them all here in these pages. Step-by-step drawings in pencil, ink, and color show you how to draw bodies, faces, eyes, hair, hands, and feet across a range of human and fantasy creations. Learn scores of hairstyles, facial expressions, hand gestures, and body poses. To complete your scenes, you’ll learn how to draw accessories and gadgets, weapons, vehicles, and so much more!

With everything needed to start in the world of manga, The Art of Drawing Manga is the ultimate guide to creating characters and developing original manga books and stories.