The Ultimate Guide to Drawing Manga Action Furries: Create Your Own Anthropomorphic Fantasy Characters: Lessons from 14 Leading Japanese Illustrators (With Over 1,000 Illustrations)

148 Pages·2022·74.445 MB·English

by  Genkosha Studio,, Hitsujirobo

The Ultimate Guide to Drawing
MANGA
ACTION
FURRIES
Lessons from 14 Leading Japanese Illustrators
TUTTLE Publishing
Tokyo Rutland, Vermont Singapore
Contents
Introduction 8
How to Use This Book 9
A CLOSER LOOK Range of Character Designs 10
Furry Fundamentals
Chapter 1
What Is a Furry? 12
The Skeleton & Muscles: Humans vs. Furries 16
Humans: Sketching the Basic Shape 18
Furries: Sketching the Basic Shape 20
Furry Faces 22
A CLOSER LOOK Focus on Chests and Pectorals 24
Furries in Motion: Action Poses
Chapter 2
Husky 26 Dragon (adult) 48
Calico Cat 28 Dolphin 50
Tiger 30 Great White Shark 52
Horse 32 Orca 54
Collie 34 Crocodile 56
Somali Cat 36 A CLOSER LOOK How to Draw Different Faces 58
Swallow 38 Crow 60
Hawk 40 Falcon 62
Lion 42 Asian Dragon 64
Wolf 44 Beast Dragon 66
Dragon (young) 46 Black Panther 6688
Bald Eagle 70 A CLOSER LOOK Drawing a Thick Body Type 92
Red Fox 72 Red Fox 94
Boar 74 Bunny 96
Shiba Inu 76 Mouse 98
Spotted Eagle 78 Mountain Goat 100
Bear 80 Retriever 102
Lizardman 82 Siamese Cat 104
Tosa 84 Maine Coon Cat 106
Samoyed 86 Fennec Fox 108
Bull 88 A CLOSER LOOK Another Look at Breasts
Tanuki 90 & Chests 110
Creating Chibi Furries
Chapter 3
How to Draw Chibi Furries 112
Degrees of Distortion 114
A CLOSER LOOK Tips on Drawing Chibi Characters 116
Chibi Furries on the Go
Chapter 4
Calico Cat 118 Cow 130
Husky 120 Marine Dragon 132
Sheep 122 Bunny 134
Reindeer 124 Housecat 136
Cheetah 126 Polar Bear 138
Squirrel 128 Black-Scaled Dragon 140
Illustrator Profi les 142
Tiger
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30 Illustrator: Yamayagi Yama
Collie
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34 Illustrator: Suzumori
Crocodile
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56
Illustrator: Madakan
Dragon (young)
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46 Illustrator: Hitsujirobo
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Bald Eagle
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70
Illustrator: yow
Bear
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80
Illustrator: Kinoshita Jiroh
Tanuki
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90
Illustrator: Yuzpoco
Beast Dragon
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66
Illustrator: Itohiro
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Bunny
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96 Illustrator: Kishibe
Fennec Fox
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108 Illustrator: Morikita Sasana
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Calico Cat
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118 Illustrator: Mabo
Cheetah
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126 Illustrator: Dori
Black-Scaled Dragon
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140 Illustrator: Ishimura Reizi
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Introduction
Welcome, Friends of Furries!
To add to the joys of coming up with your
own furry, the design for a character changes
Thanks for joining us and trying your hand at your
depending on the animal species and the
own furry characters, either in print or digital form.
illustrator’s style.
Legends and folk tales are rife with mythological
half-human, half-beast creatures and their exploits,
Most of All: Have Fun!
stories that have been passed down and are
still with us today. Creatures such as minotaurs, In this book, we’ll introduce various drawing
werewolves and mermaids have creeped, crawled styles and the how-tos in four basic steps: Œ
and fl own through our imaginations for ages. sketching  fl eshing out Ž rough draft  fi nal
touches. Not only will you learn how to draw the
Drawing Furries usual human poses, you’ll also receive pointers
on how to draw the animal characteristics to
Create your very own furry by adding an animal’s
add complexity, dynamism and a greater sense
charming qualities and features to your character.
of “realism” to your character. Since you’ll be
Many newcomers to furry world hesitate: “I don’t
introduced to various drawing styles, you can
know where to start!” Although the concept of a
experiment and adopt the approach that works
furry is as simple as adding animal characteristics
best for you. You’ll also have the opportunity to
to a human-shaped base or form, if you don’t
challenge yourself, trying designs completely
understand the basics of drawing humans
diff erent from your usual style.
and animals, creating a furry can pose some
challenges for beginners.
Illustrator: Muraki
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