(For Dummies) Kensuke Okabayashi - Figure Drawing for Dummies-Wiley (2009)

Kensuke Okabayashi
Author and illustrator, Manga For Dummies
• Master one of the hardest skills that artists face
• Develop your proportional sketch of the human
figure
• Capture form, movement, bone structure, and
musculature
• Understand each step of the process with
hundreds of drawings
Learn to:
Figure Drawing
Making Everything Easier!™
Open the book and find:
• The drawing supplies you need
• How to set up your studio
• The differences between drawing
adults and children
• Step-by-step illustrations and
examples
• Tips for forming facial expressions
• Advanced drawing techniques,
including shading
• How to work with composition and
perspective
• Advice on fixing mistakes
• Places to present and archive your
work
Kensuke Okabayashi is an award-winning professional artist. His
work can be seen in everything from comic books to graphic novels to
advertising storyboards. Okabayashi has taught illustration courses at
Mercer College of New Jersey.
Art/Subjects & Themes/Human Figure
$19.99 US / $21.99 CN / £13.99 UK
ISBN 978-0-470-39073-3
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Want to draw the human body? This step-by-step guide gives you
clear instructions and examples coupled with expert tips that show
you how to draw the body in a variety of poses. Whether you’re a
professional illustrator, an art student, or a hobbyist, you’ll find the
techniques you need to capture the human form.
• Get a grip on the basics — drawing exercises show you how to work with
lines, curves, shapes, light, shadows, and blending
• Off to a head start — draw the components of the head, facial features,
muscle structure, and hairstyles
• Build the body — examine bone structure and shape, create stick figures,
depict muscles, and draw the body in motion
• Strike dynamic and casual poses — from running, jumping, and climbing to
sitting, stretching, and more
• Accessorize your figures — draw textures, patterns, and folds, and add basic
clothing and shoes
Your hands-on guide to
drawing the human figure
and bringing it to life
Figure Drawing
Okabayashi
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by Kensuke Okabayashi
Figure
Drawing
FOR
DUMmIES‰
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Figure Drawing For Dummies®
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About the Author
Kensuke Okabayashi is a professional freelance illustrator/sequential artist. Born and
raised in Princeton, New Jersey, Kensuke has been inspired by classic illustrators such
as Harvey Dunn, Dean Cornwell, J.C. Leyendecker, and Charles Dana Gibson.
After studying music and psychology at Wheaton College in Illinois, Kensuke shifted his
focus from playing the piano to honing his art skills. He earned his BFA in Illustration at
the School of Visual Arts in New York City after studying traditional painting and further
developing his drawing skills. Upon graduating, he began picking up illustration and
storyboard clients, including LG Electronics Worldwide, Wendy’s, Diet Coke, Nestlé,
Camel, Canon Digital, Saatchi & Saatchi, Absolut Vodka, Marvel Comics, and Anheuser-
Busch.
Kensuke also actively illustrates for mainstream entertainment industry clients, such
as Wizards of the Coast, Takara Toys U.S.A., Nickelodeon, Kensington Books, Skyzone
Entertainment, Loew-Cornell, Wiley Publishing, Inc., and Jossey-Bass.
Inspired by his experience of working long hours at a well-known coffee shop corpora-
tion, Kensuke developed and illustrated his creator-owned graphic novel JAVA!, which
attracted attention and was picked up by Committed Comics. His main character, Java
(a high-powered caffeine girl who  ghts crime), received positive reviews from major
book review sites as well as from readers and distributors. Kensuke’s  rst written and
illustrated title in the For Dummies series, Manga For Dummies, is currently translated
into French and German and marketed internationally. His most recent illustrated
graphic novel, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team (Manga Edition), is based on the New
York Times Best-Seller by Patrick M. Lencioni and is currently being released inter-
nationally through Jossey-Bass. His upcoming publication projects include Arcana
Publishing and Archaia Studio Press.
Kensuke’s illustrated juried works have also been exhibited in the Society of Illustrators
in New York City as well as Mercer’s Artist Showcase in New Jersey.
On the side, Kensuke continues to draw from life and teach art. He taught illustration
courses at Mercer College of New Jersey for several years. When he’s not drawing or
painting at his studio loft in Kearny, New Jersey, Kensuke still enjoys playing the piano
from time to time and socializing at coffee shops during late nights in the city. He still
draws from live models on weekends in Soho and Brooklyn and gives live demonstration
events at the Brooklyn Museum in New York. You can see Kensuke’s online portfolios at
his Web sites, www.piggybackstudios.com and www.javacomics.com.
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