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Illustration School: Lets Draw a Story
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Paperback Illustration School English
By (author) Sachiko Umoto


Illustrate your own storybooks with cute and playful characters, animals, and more, using the enjoyable techniques in Illustration School: Lets Draw a Story.

Sachiko Umoto, one of Japans most popular artists, teaches you how to create a fantasy world filled with animals, characters, castles, rainbows, and much more, all in the popular Japanese character style. No drawing experience is necessary to sketch playful elements and designs that make up these whimsical stories. Start with basic tools and supplies, then get tips for how to start and build a drawing.

Learn how to create your own heartfelt stories featuring children and adults, animals, buildings, objects, and landscapes, all infused with your style. Be inspired by Sachikos stories of a journey into the desert, a king and queen in a castle, and a monster island filled with cute creates. Trace or copy the drawings to invent your own tales and infuse them with color and details to make them unique. What better way to creatively express yourself? Make connections with friends and family by showing them your creations. As Sachiko says, "Its bound to make everyone happy."

With this book youll discover fun ways to:



Add weather elements such as rain, wind, and dramatic skies
Draw villages and towns with detailed doors, windows, balconies, and roofs
Sketch facial expressions that give characters depth
Become an imaginative storyteller
Use your imagination to create vibrant fantasy worlds with no limits

Illustration School: Lets Draw a Story will help you bring to life the stories you want to tell!

Discover how the Illustration School series of books makes drawing enjoyable and stress-free. Using Sachiko Umotos fun, easy techniques for sketching quirky animals, plants, landscapes, and people in the Japanese character style, youll fill pages with charming illustrations that are uniquely you.


Product details

Format Paperback | 128 pages
Dimensions 159 x 203 x 13mm | 226.8g
Publication date 03 Sep 2015
Publisher QUARRY BOOKS
Publication City/Country United States
Language English
Illustrations note 300 illustrations
ISBN10 1631590936
ISBN13 9781631590931
Bestsellers rank 38,718