COMIC ILLUSTRATION GUIDANCE!

- Maiden Prayer -

This 3rd volume in ever popular "Comic Illustration Guidance!" series features Otome-Eshi! (Otome-Eshi is a painter specialized in "Otome-kei" anime and dōjinshi aimed at women)
The following prominent Otome-Eshi teaches you how-to illustrate and paint with step-by-step process from concept making and drawing to painting and finishing.

Yone Kazuki ( from Hakuōki, Scarlet Fragment )
Yuhi Azuma ( from Angelique Maren No Rokukishi )
Hukahire ( from Atelier Elkrone )
Takashi Kiriya ( from Musketeer )

This book also contains interviews and tips on character setting; the production report from the most famous Otome-kei game company "OTOMATE" and character design materials "King and Princess pictorials"

Author: Yone Kazuki, Yuhi Azuma, Hukahire, Takashi Kiriya, Gengoro
Price: 2,200 yen + tax (ISBN 978-4-86100-804-7)
Format: 185 x 257mm, 208 pages ( Full Color ), Soft cover with jacket
Language: Japanese / Release Date: 20th December 2011

- Fantasy World - Sword & Magic -

The second book in Comic Illustration Guidance series focuses on a world of sword and magic, and teaches you how to draw illustrations of fantasy. The opening topic features such as YUSUKE NAORA, KIM HYUNG-TAE, YOSHITOSHI ABE, KEI, redjuice, the artists of the popular card game of "LORD of VERMILION" by SQUARE ENIX.
With many beautiful illustrations, through this book, you can get the techniques of fantasy illustration. Through this book, not only you can learn how-to make comics in fantasy, but you can get many inspirations with many beautiful pictures and tips.

CONTENTS:
PART1. The making of spirited C.G. illustration in Photoshop, SAI, Painter, Illust Studio etc, by popular illustrators.
PART2. The picture guide of necessary costumes to set a scene, categorized by gender lines, occupations.
PART3. Introduces myths in the world to inspire ideas of creation fantasy comics.

Author: JUN FUTABA, TOMATIKA, RYOTA MURAYAMA, JUNNY, AYAKA SUDA, SOJI HISAKATA
Price: 2,200 yen + tax (ISBN 978-4-86100-736-1)
Format: 185 x 257mm, 208 pages ( Full Color ), Soft cover with jacket
Language: Japanese / Release Date: 21th December 2010

- School Days Collection -

This book teaches you how to draw illustrations for school comics.
The popular illustrators in Japan, "KAZUAKI", "Irihito Takara", and "Yoshinori Shimazu"- active in various fields of Manga, Animation, Game, and Light novels - give guidance about how to make a concept and rough to CG coloring and finishing illustrations of comics in Photoshop and SAI software. This book also includes a reference for school uniforms, background materials in variety of school events, and school photographs.

Author:　KAZUAKI, Rihito Takarai, Yoshinori Shizuma,　Eri Takenashi, Soji Hisakata
Price: 2,200 yen + tax(ISBN 978-4-86100-678-4)
Format: 185 x 257mm,208 ( Full color ), Soft cover with jacket
Language: Japanese / Release date: 22th December 2009

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BOOK CATALOG 2011

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Let's Make ★ Character CG Illustration Technique

This is a How-to book on illustrations using a computer; start from a rough sketch at the beginning of the illustration through coloring and finishing with step-by-step guidelines. This book teaches you not just drawing a human, but how to draw characteristic illustration using the techniques in textures.

vol.5 -Akatsuki Katoh-

The fifth book in the series “CG illustration Techniques” is written by Akatsuki Katoh, who is active in various illustration works; manily creates illustrations of bicycle and girl, and jacket illustration of children's book. Using Photoshop and IllustStudio, he explains how to draw backgrounds effectively in perspective as createing a sense of depth, and the color method which make a character more attractive. The completing techniques with each software are unmissable!

The author: Akatsuki Katoh
Price: 2,400 yen + tax (ISBN: 978-4-86100-744-6)
Format: 182 x 235 mm, 224 pages (Full Color), Softcover with Jacket
Language: Japanese / Release Date: 25th April 2011
*Sample files are available for downloading.

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Vol.4 -Mitha-

Mitha who is active as an illustrator of game images, gives focalized instructions on painting in game illustration. Her technique of finishing images with an efficient use of layers and brush is must-see. all the illustrations are made with SAI and Photoshop.

The author: Mitha
Price: 2,400 yen + tax (ISBN: 978-4-86100-658-6)
Format: 182 x 235 mm, 224 pages (Full Color), Softcover with Jacket
Language: Japanese / Release Date: 20th April 2010
*Sample files are available for downloading.

Vol.3 -redjuice-

The author: redjuice
Price: 2,400 yen + tax / ISBN：978-4-86100-672-2
Format: 224 pages ( Full color ), 232 x 182 mm, soft cover with jacket
Language: Japanese

Vol.2 -Shimeko-

The author: Shimeko
Price: 2,400 yen + tax / ISBN: 978-4-86100-683-8
Format: 208 pages ( Full color ), 232 x 182 mm, soft cover with jacket
Language: Japanese

Vol.1 -Kaori Minakami-

The author: Kaori Minakami
Price: 2,400 yen + tax / ISBN: 978-4-86100-681-4
Format: 200 pages ( Full color ), 232 x 182 mm, soft cover with jacket
Language: Japanese

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HOW TO MAKE STOP MOTION ANIMATION

A wolf chases an imitation pig...
The author Taijin Takeuchi created an stop motion animation "A wolf loves pork" and it attracted great attention to millions of people since he uploaded to a video-sharing website.

You might think making a stop motion animation is difficult? however it is not.
This book will teach you how-to based on 20 stop motion animations.
You don't have to prepare special tools, you can use everyday materials with your brilliant idea.
Let's make your original animation !


The author: Taijin Takeuchi
Price: 2,200 yen + tax ( ISBN：978-4-86100-723-1)
Format: 182 x 238 mm, 128 pages ( Full color ) Softcover with jacket
Language: Japanese / Release date: 25th April 2011
*completed animations are available for download.

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