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Although slightly damaged, all hurt copies are perfectly usable. Books may have bent or scratched covers and/or dented spines. All interior pages are 100% clean. Please note these books are only available from our website whilst stocks last!
Draw your own collection of fantastical beasties! by Angela Nguyen
This fourth book in the 'Kawaii' series is packed with adorable creatures from a range of cultures and mythologies. In the hands of author-teacher Angela Nguyen, even a three-headed dog is drawn in a style that will have any young artist cooing! This book teaches young readers what kawaii is all about and how to draw any mythical animal in an adorable style. There are clear step-by-step diagrams that are great for visual learners and make it super-easy to follow the instructions. The wonderful beasts are organized by the terrain in which they are found: air, water and land. There is also a section devoted to how young readers can create their own creatures: elephants with tiny wings, bunnies with unfeasibly large ears, and 'mash-ups' like giant bats. Angela has created 'feature spreads' showing imagined landscapes where some of these creatures might safely graze. Taking cuteness to the next level, this wonderful resource makes drawing instantly achievable and great fun!
Meet Angela!
Tools Fiber-tips, colored pencils, no special equipment required.
Make It Cute! The key ingredients to making a cute drawing are explained here: big head, large eyes, fat cheeks, and a little bit of magic, capturing the essence of a creature’s character.
The Menagerie A roll call of all the creatures, making it easy to choose the one to draw first.
Chapter One: Water Loch Ness Monster (aka Nessie) Water horse Kraken (a sea creature from Norse myth) Snapping turtle River monsters Ghost whale (bake-kujira, from Japanese myth) Inkanyamba eel (a legendary river creature from Zulu and Xhosa folklore) Crocodile gbahali (from Liberia) Water dragons Water bunnies
Chapter Two: Air Air dragon Griffin Pegasus Phoenix Giant bat Winged elephant Giant butterfly/moth Kongamato (pterosaur-like creature from Congo) Elemental birds Winged deer Winged lion Flying rabbit Giant dog
Chapter Three: Land Giant dog Basilisk (magical serpent) Cerberus (three-headed dog) Unicorn Robot monster Tree creature Bigfoot Big antler deer Ozark howler (a shy, legendary creature living deep in the Ozarks) Three-eyed cat Rock monster Kasa-obake (an umbrella-shaped mythical creature from Japanese folklore) Nuppeppo blob (a baggy, saggy creature from Japanese folklore) Land dragon Sphinx Grootslang (Afrikaans and Dutch for “big snake”) Horned rhino Ghost creature Floofle (a furball with ears) Horned tiger cub
Now Draw Your Own
Index and Credits
Angela Nguyen is an illustrator and author based in Seattle, USA, known for her cute illustrations inspired by pop culture, video games, and dogs. She runs an online art business and travels the world showcasing her work at art conventions. She is the author of the 'How to Draw Cute' Kawaii series. Angela streams live art tutorials and games on Twitch.
Her goal as an art business owner is to continue her craft while empowering other artists to pursue their passions. For more of her work visit www.pikarar.com.
A really great read. The instructions are so clear with adorable results!
For the fourth title in this series, the author gives fantasy creatures the cute makeover. If you doubted whether a kraken or basilisk could ever look remotely kawaii, then look no further for proof!
Here is another in this excellent series for my keeper shelf. I think that these have to be the most user-friendly drawing books ever, and I enthusiastically recommend the series for all those Japanophiles who find mastering the manga style tricky.
The key to success is largely in understanding what makes something cute, and then altering elements of a drawing to achieve this. Learn how to simplify facial expressions to convey a wide range of moods and add in simple but effective backgrounds. Basic art materials are all you require, and you can draw on anything, so this hobby probably wont require any outlay at all always good news. Build up your beastie from simple shapes, add in details, and you have a drawing worthy to be turned into a soft toy, painted onto a T-shirt, or made in polymer clay.
The book is divided into chapters so you can choose from depicting creatures from water, air, and land environments. Each item takes up a double page spread and shows how you can build up a drawing, adding colour and also how to vary it in usually two ways. Creatures include dragon, unicorn, Nessie, and griffin, but most are mashups invented by the author, such as a rabbit with a mermaid tail, flying elephant, fluffball and many more. At the back there are ideas on how to create your own with examples. There arent any projects, but cute creatures like these are ideal for translating into any craft project you can imagine. More titles please!
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