Kensuke Okabayashi is an award-winning professional artist. His work can be seen in everything from comic books to graphic novels to advertising storyboards. Okabayashi has taught illustration courses at Mercer College of New Jersey.

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• Introduction 1Part I: Figure Drawing 101 5Chapter 1: Welcome to the Joys of Figure Drawing 7Chapter 2: Gathering the Goods for Figure Drawing 11Chapter 3: Starting with Figure-Drawing Basics 29Part II: Off to a Head Start 59Chapter 4: Getting Inside the Head 61Chapter 5: Adding Facial Features 89Chapter 6: Going to the Top with Hair 115Chapter 7: Presenting Emotions in Facial Features 143Part III: Building the Body 173Chapter 8: Examining Figure Proportions and Bone Structure 175Chapter 9: Starting Simple with Stick Figures and Mannequins 189Chapter 10: Pumping Up Those Muscles 219Chapter 11: Drawing Figures in Motion 245Part IV: Sharpening Your Figure-Drawing Skills 263Chapter 12: Accessorizing Your Figures 265Chapter 13: Taking Your Work to the Next Level with Advanced Drawing Techniques 293Chapter 14: Working with Composition and Perspective 315Part V: The Part of Tens 347Chapter 15: Ten Places to Study and Draw the Figure 349Chapter 16: Ten Ways to Organize, Store, and Present Your Work 353Index 359

Kensuke Okabayashi is an award-winning professional artist. His work can be seen in everything from comic books to graphic novels to advertising storyboards. Okabayashi has taught illustration courses at Mercer College of New Jersey.

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• Introduction 1Part I: Figure Drawing 101 5Chapter 1: Welcome to the Joys of Figure Drawing 7Chapter 2: Gathering the Goods for Figure Drawing 11Chapter 3: Starting with Figure-Drawing Basics 29Part II: Off to a Head Start 59Chapter 4: Getting Inside the Head 61Chapter 5: Adding Facial Features 89Chapter 6: Going to the Top with Hair 115Chapter 7: Presenting Emotions in Facial Features 143Part III: Building the Body 173Chapter 8: Examining Figure Proportions and Bone Structure 175Chapter 9: Starting Simple with Stick Figures and Mannequins 189Chapter 10: Pumping Up Those Muscles 219Chapter 11: Drawing Figures in Motion 245Part IV: Sharpening Your Figure-Drawing Skills 263Chapter 12: Accessorizing Your Figures 265Chapter 13: Taking Your Work to the Next Level with Advanced Drawing Techniques 293Chapter 14: Working with Composition and Perspective 315Part V: The Part of Tens 347Chapter 15: Ten Places to Study and Draw the Figure 349Chapter 16: Ten Ways to Organize, Store, and Present Your Work 353Index 359

Kensuke Okabayashi is an award-winning professional artist. His work can be seen in everything from comic books to graphic novels to advertising storyboards. Okabayashi has taught illustration courses at Mercer College of New Jersey.

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• Introduction 1Part I: Figure Drawing 101 5Chapter 1: Welcome to the Joys of Figure Drawing 7Chapter 2: Gathering the Goods for Figure Drawing 11Chapter 3: Starting with Figure-Drawing Basics 29Part II: Off to a Head Start 59Chapter 4: Getting Inside the Head 61Chapter 5: Adding Facial Features 89Chapter 6: Going to the Top with Hair 115Chapter 7: Presenting Emotions in Facial Features 143Part III: Building the Body 173Chapter 8: Examining Figure Proportions and Bone Structure 175Chapter 9: Starting Simple with Stick Figures and Mannequins 189Chapter 10: Pumping Up Those Muscles 219Chapter 11: Drawing Figures in Motion 245Part IV: Sharpening Your Figure-Drawing Skills 263Chapter 12: Accessorizing Your Figures 265Chapter 13: Taking Your Work to the Next Level with Advanced Drawing Techniques 293Chapter 14: Working with Composition and Perspective 315Part V: The Part of Tens 347Chapter 15: Ten Places to Study and Draw the Figure 349Chapter 16: Ten Ways to Organize, Store, and Present Your Work 353Index 359