Chibi! The Official Mark Crilley How-to-Draw Guide

by Mark Crilley

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Pub Date 20 Mar 2018 | Archive Date 8 Apr 2018

F+W Media | IMPACT Books

Arts & Photography | Nonfiction (Adult)

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Description

Master how to draw super tiny and adorable chibi characters!

This book (and your fuzzy-costumed tour guide Mochy) will teach you everything you need to know about drawing chibis! From the word "short" in Japanese, this manga illustration style features cute characters with big heads, tiny bodies and adorably exaggerated facial expressions. Play with proportions to create highly stylized itty-bitty chibis or unusually tall ones, using their big eyes and giant personalities to convey animated emotions, from surprised and joyful to sad and mad.
32 step-by-step lessons cover everything from proportions and poses to clothing and digital coloring.Create every kind of chibi: boys, girls, pets, witches, fairies and anthropomorphic characters.Learn how to turn your friends, family and yourself into adorable chibis!Includes a chapter dedicated to making chibi crafts, such as phone cases, greeting cards and do-not-disturb signs.Show everyone how awesome your chibis are!

A Note From the Publisher

Mark Crilley was raised in Detroit, Michigan, where he began drawing almost as soon as he could hold a pencil in his hand. Graduating from the University of Detroit Jesuit High School in 1984, he proceeded to Kalamazoo College, where he was befriended by children's book writer/illustrator (and 2001 Caldecott award winner) David Small. David's example was instrumental in suggesting the course that Crilley's writing and illustration would eventually follow. Upon graduating from college in 1988, he embarked on a series of jobs teaching English in the Far East, first in Taiwan, then Japan, and once more in Taiwan in 1993. It was while living in Japan, in the fall of 1992, that he invented his character Akiko and fashioned her first adventure, a 33-page comic-book story entitled Akiko on the Planet Smoo. Returning to Michigan in 1995, he found a publisher for Akiko in Sirius Entertainment of Dover, New Jersey. Sirius published the story as a one shot in December of 1995, with a new series to be launched the following spring. In those first years of creating comics, Crilley managed to produce new issues of Akiko at a rate of ten or more per year, and found a small but dedicated readership among fans.

Crilley lives in Michigan with his wife, Miki, and their children, Matthew and Mio. He sincerely hopes he can spend the rest of his life doing just what he's doing today: writing, drawing and speaking to young readers at schools and libraries across the nation.

Mark Crilley was raised in Detroit, Michigan, where he began drawing almost as soon as he could hold a pencil in his hand. Graduating from the University of Detroit Jesuit High School in 1984, he...

Available Editions

EDITION	Other Format
ISBN	9781440340949
PRICE	£16.99 (GBP)
PAGES	128

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Heidi Lynn’s B, Reviewer

First, I want to thank Mark Crilley and Netgalley with providing me with this book so I may bring you this review.
Chibi! The Official Mark Crilley How-to-Draw Guide by Mark Crilley was amazing! I had just learned about Chibi’s the other day and ordered some online Adult Coloring books Never did I think there would be books on how to draw the cute characters! I was pleasantly surprised there was! I could not wait to read this book! I am so glad that I did! Now I will know how to draw them too!
Mark does an awesome job of showing you step by step on how to draw each body part of the Chibi. He does not limit to showing you just boy and girl Chibi’s. He also shows you how to draw animals, robots, etc. Plus, there are beautiful illustrations in the book as well.
I enjoyed the educational part of the book where Mark explained the origin of the Chibi.
After reading this book I am excited to try my hand at drawing some Chibi’s of my own.

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Crossroad Reviews ~, Bookseller

Noteworthy experiences while reading this book: I had issues with the eARC because it would cut parts off. Other than it was fine.

Check out author's other books? Yes
Recommend this book? Yes

Notes and Opinions: This was a lovely book it showed you how to make many things in a relaxed and understandable way. I do wish that this copy we received for review was better formatted as it cut things off and made parts hard to read. Other than that this book was fantastic and I could see those of all ages benefiting from the techniques that are in it. Even me being 13 and an avid drawer I found a lot of tips that I could use in my work. I will be sharing things that I drew shortly on my Instagram feed under @endyochita so you can see them there.

Go Into This One Knowing: Easy to follow, great information.

This book was reviewed by Endy