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PART 1 Understanding Basic Human Anatomy - Simple Anatomy

01 Benefits of Learning Anatomy 6
02 Basic Human Proportions 8
03 Landmarks of the Human Body 10
① Skull
② Chest cage
③ Cervical vertebrae
④ Pelvis
⑤ Arm bone
⑥ Leg bones
04 Muscles of the Whole Body 24
① Neck, shoulder, and chest muscles
② Abdominal muscles and anterior serratus anterior muscles
③ Back muscles
④ Arm muscles
⑤ Leg and buttock muscles

PART 2 Preparation - Recommended Exercises for Beginners

01 Croquis Practice 36
02 Finding the Right Practice Method for You 44
· Gesture drawing
· Silhouette drawing
· Simplification and stylization
· Drawing by proportion
· Draw with a grid
03 To draw a clean line 51
· Drawing long lines
· Draw a circle
04 Let's draw a box 53
· Perspective drawing is not difficult!
· Parallel lines point to a single vanishing point.
05 Let's draw it as a cylinder 60
· Drawing a cylinder

PART 3: Practical Drawing - Drawing the Human Body for Beginners

01 Let's carefully observe the 'line I drew' 64
02 Drawing the Human Body 66
· Drawing with gesture drawing
· Simplify and shape it into a box and a cylinder
· Drawing with silhouette drawing
· 'Rotation practice' by changing poses and angles
Croquis Croquis Example Collection - Gesture Drawing

PART 4: Practical Drawing - Drawing the Face, Body, and Clothing by Part

01 Drawing a face 96
· Facial balance of the illustrated character
· Drawing facial features
· Face in relief composition (low angle)
· Drawing hair
· Various hairstyles and description points
02 Hand Drawing 140
· Palm drawing
· Drawing the back of the hand
· Drawing a fist ①
· Drawing a Fist②
· Draw a V sign
· Drawing a hand holding a smartphone
· Drawing a hand holding an object
· Drawing hands shaking
· Drawing holding hands
03 Drawing the feet 157
· Understanding the structure of the foot
· Drawing feet in a frontal view
· Drawing the soles of the feet
· Drawing feet from a side view
· Drawing feet in a semi-profile composition
· Drawing shoes
Croquis Croquis Example Collection - Hand and Foot Croquis Practice
04 Drawing Wrinkles 175
· Examine wrinkle types
· Combining wrinkles
Croquis Croquis Example Collection - Clothed Figure Croquis Practice

Let's first understand the form and then practice based on the points of each element!
Anyone can draw a great character if they keep drawing!

If you want to be good at drawing cartoon characters, you first have to draw a lot.
However, many people do not know how to practice or what the key points are to make it look natural.
The author says that you don't need to be too obsessed with the idea that you have to draw well from the beginning.
Additionally, I would strongly recommend that you first practice grasping the overall shape, and then practice describing details and points.


If you look at well-drawn character illustrations, there are ratios and points that are applied like a formula.
Even if you know that, if you don't understand why it's like that, unnatural parts will appear when drawing various angles, poses, and unique characters.
What you need to know for this is human anatomy.
Many people find human anatomy difficult, but in "Super Easy Human Anatomy & Drawing: Learn Only the Key Points in Manga Character Drawing", we provide easy and detailed explanations of the key points for drawing characters naturally and efficiently in the shortest possible time.


This is also a culmination of the skills and experience that the author, who is active as a cartoonist, illustrator, and YouTuber in Japan, has accumulated over a long period of time.
In addition, the author introduces drawing practice know-how that he is currently practicing.

“The perfect model for comic drawing”
“It was nice to be able to draw with an understanding of why the shape is like this, rather than just drawing vaguely.”
“A must-read for anyone interested in applying human anatomy to their drawings.”
“Recommended for beginners who are just starting to draw characters.”

- Amazon Japan reader review