Characters in the mirror of time: drawing techniques in the style of anime-realism. Van Izzin

Is it possible to create dense, dynamic and at the same time delicate illustrations with the worked out and “living” heroes, drawing a watercolor? Van Izzin - a member of the International Society for Animation Research (SAS) - teaches to invent and embody on paper the stories of various characters, using the author’s reception of combining guashi, ordinary and Japanese watercolors.

The examples given in this book, along with step -by -step guides, will help you get acquainted with different historical eras, enjoy their fashion and aesthetics, as well as learn to create their own reliable, detailed and attractive works. Together with the author, you will analyze the tools and techniques for drawing characters in a realistic style, the basics of colorism, ways of depicting the human body in dynamics, as well as features of work on historical costumes, jewelry, hairstyles of heroes.

This incredibly beautiful book will become a guide for the world of creating characters with watercolors in recognizable Asian style of painting.

In the publication you will find eight chapters, which describe the approaches to drawing as a whole and tools of corps watercolor Illustrations, basics of color schedule and realistic image of a person, features of writing a figure in dynamics, methods of color selection, work with light, background and props. The material is built so that you gradually receive all the necessary information.

This book will be useful to those who professionally study painting, as well as young artists who already have basic knowledge about the figure.