Manga is the world's most popular visual art—and within it, there's a subgenre dedicated to teenage girls about teenage girls—shoujo manga.
 
From serialized soap operas about everyday girl drama or a high school swim team that transforms into magical warriors fighting for love and justice, there's no limit to what you can write or draw about, though typically there's a main heroine, a cute love interest, a best friend, and a geeky guy who has a crush on the main character. All of the characters are supremely adorable, with the trademark big, expressive manga eyes and cool outfits.
 
Now, creating this popular genre is easier than ever with this ultimate guide that includes a CD to help you draw your own shoujo stories. From background scenes, speech balloons, color choices, accessories, tones, and effects (like speedlines), the CD offers a huge variety of templates you can work with in Photoshop and Illustrator and customize to your liking and your unique story. Whether you're a beginner who prefers to work with the line-art and accents provided, or a more experienced shoujo creator who adds her own flourishes, you'll get a complete explanation of everything, with tips and illustrations on how to use the programs effectively.
 
Covering topics like dreaming up an interesting story line or concept, writing simple but compelling dialogue, creating page layouts and drawing hairstyles, outfits, and accessories—this is the first book to distill all the elements of shoujo into one easy-to-use guidebook....

500 Manga Creatures is the biggest collection of manga clip art ever collected on one disc. Now stunning artwork can be created quickly and easily using this vast collection of hi-res (300dpi) JPEG images that are ready to use in any project. The book accompanying the disc teaches how to use professional coloring techniques, add figures to backgrounds, combine them into text documents, and create original manga stories!

An enormous range of creatures are included, from soft and cuddly Chibi and Kawaii characters to Digimor and Pokemon style monsters, aliens, villains, and giant mechanical robots. 500 Manga Creatures is perfect for any designer or manga fan looking to create amazing artwork without learning to draw. All illustrations are royalty-free and are also supplied as black outlines, offering endless coloring possibilities.

The book includes a complete illustrated listing of all the images on an accompanying CD. Criteria includes pose, setting, mood, appearance, expression, characteristics, and physical appearance.

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It is a woman's world, thanks to breakthrough artists and creators such as the young Yishan.

Yishan's talent is a true find and so is her exciting new work, Manga Females Clip Art. It's all female and all fun.

The 300-piece clip art CD package and hardback book contains everything needed to create professional-looking manga artwork. The CD features female kawaii characters, warriors, traditional figures, fantasy figures, and other glam gals, plus cool backgrounds and accessories.

Now anyone can create exciting manga art regardless of drawing skill or talent level.

Girls rule--and that's no fantasy. This book empowers its readers to push the limits of their creativity.

* Li Yishan has earned worldwide exposure through her published works. She is a recurring invited guest at international comic festivals and has been written about in Publishers Weekly....

500 Manga Characters is the biggest collection of manga clip art ever collected on one disc. Now stunning artwork can be created quickly and easily using this vast collection of hi-res (300dpi) JPEG images that are ready to use in any project. The book accompanying the disc teaches how to use professional coloring techniques, add figures to backgrounds, combine them into a text document and even create original manga stories!

An enormous range of characters are included, from the heroic, dramatic, and historical to the comedic. There are also aliens, villains, monsters, and giant mecha robots. 500 Manga Characters is perfect for any designer or manga fan looking to create amazing artwork without learning to draw. All illustrations are royalty-free and are also supplied as black outlines, offering endless coloring possibilities. The book includes a complete illustrated listing of all the images on the CD. These criteria include: pose, setting, mood, aspect, appearance, expression, characteristics, and physical appearance.

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