How to Create Manga: Drawing Facial Expressions. NextCreator Henshubu

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      Why We Wrote This Book

      When drawing illustrations or manga, facial expressions are key to conveying the characters’

       thoughts and emotions. In this book, we cover a wide range of facial expressions, starting

       with the basics such as smiling or getting angry but also looking at those that are a

       combination of various emotions. Each expression is categorized according to the general

       emotion it conveys, making it easy to find the one you’re looking for.

      However, there are countless ways to express emotions; there’s more than one facial

       expression for each emotion. For instance, a simple “smile” could mean smiling through

       tears, smiling even when something is not funny, or other smiles that differ depending

       on their accompanying emotions. Many different emotions mix and are revealed via the

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      face’s varied expressions. It could be said that even if drawing the same “smiling face,” 10

       different characters will wear 10 different smiles, with various techniques making it possible

       to change the expression completely. For that reason, there are more than 870 illustrations

       as examples in this book, with accompanying comments to clearly explain areas to focus on

       and to provide you with ideas for the various appealing aspects and ways of thinking about

       each expression.

      We hope you’ll use the book in a variety of ways, copying the facial expressions that you

       like and reading the whole volume to find hints to help you draw them. We hope this book

       helps you bring previously untapped emotion to your characters.

      —The Artists of NextCreator

       (see pages 174–175 for

       information about them)

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