How to Draw Female Figure: Manga, Anime a Step-by-Step Guide: A Complete Guide for Adults to Master Artistic Techniques and Unlock Creativity

I absolutely love this book! As someone who’s always wanted to improve my manga drawing skills—especially when it comes to female characters—this guide exceeded all my expectations. The step-by-step instructions are clear, beginner-friendly, and incredibly detailed. It breaks down everything from basic proportions and facial features to more advanced topics like dynamic poses, expressions, and clothing styles. I really appreciated how the author explains not just what to draw, but why, which helped me understand the structure behind the art. The illustrations are beautiful and easy to follow, and I noticed improvement in my drawings after just a few practice sessions. Whether you're a complete beginner or someone looking to refine your manga style, this book is a fantastic resource. Highly recommend to anyone interested in drawing female manga characters—definitely a 5-star purchase!

This instruction art book is awesome breaks down each part of the female body very very helpful, this book has helped me another step up in understanding parts of the body

If you want a quick rundown of my criteria and rating here they are: Instructional book: 4/5. Art: 5/5. Guided Tips: 4/5. How-To Sections: 3/5. The art in this book is phenomenal but the instructions are mostly given out in what I call “guided tips.” These “guided tips” are there to explain what’s going on but not necessarily to demonstrate the technique or thinking involved in the process. It’s more like a show-and-tell book, with a few sections that go into detail on how to get from point A to point B. It was a fairly sizeable book with 151 pages (149 of content not including the last 2 pages thanking the customer). Only 4 sections of this book are titled “Drawing” and the last one is the only one not to offer any “guided tips”. This is the section covering how to draw nudes, which seems a baffling choice to make considering that the other sections had similar material. If there are any concerns about potentially graphic content in this book, I think you can put those fears to rest. There is absolutely no genitalia shown, only how to think and draw when forming the pubic area in different postures, but never detailing the specifics, so if that’s what you’re looking for then you should probably find something else. This book is all about breasts and legs and plenty of it. The most detail how-to sections that I found were on three areas: heads, hands, and surprisingly breasts. I have included a few pictures to demonstrate. The section on how to draw nipples on a breast are covered on page 58, and for obvious reasons I will not show it. It is a short guide and one I wish would’ve been expanded on in other areas similar to how much time was spent on explaining and showing the steps involved in drawing the heads and hands. This book covers expressions a little, but has more pages devoted to different hairstyles and the flow of hair then detailing expressions. Most of the illustrations here are meant to be used as references and demonstrations, usually going from a rough sketch to a completed one. Nevertheless, for a $20 book and some change, I think that this is well worth the price. It’s not short, it’s not exhaustive, and it’s definitely not for beginners. Consider giving this a try if you have a grasp on basic anatomy. I think it would be alright for intermediates, but may be a bit of a breeze for more advanced students. I would recommend trying out Manga University’s, How to Draw the Female Figure first before you give this one a try. It is a great beginner book, with almost 200 pages of instruction, and it shows plenty of how-to steps and examples. Both of these books would work well together, so if you’ve mastered the lessons in the Manga University book, then consider Walker’s guide as a level up.

I really love this book. It's inspiring me to add accessories and just explore the body. I'm going for the horrifyingly fantastic creation on ig: @doudle_dood I also added a protective covering the best I could

This is another attempt to say what I mean about Lera Walker's terrific book! People have been paying plenty for expensive volumes that claim to teach how to draw erotic anime/manga art, but I find it hard to believe that such costly books would really be all that much better than Walker's reasonably priced work. She even includes a section specifically on drawing nude characters (she doesn't show genitalia, though, so I don't understand the need for an age-limit warning. Actually, all of Walker's characters look pretty erotic, whether under the nudes heading or not!

This book has good pictures and example of how to draw but the instructions are fairly vague and dont explain much about the process itself. Very good for taking inspiration but not the best for learning.

Great art instruction pertaining to manga style women. Certainly not a children's book.

My daughter loves this book

Great reference book for the female form in manga/anime.

Dieses Buch enthält "sexistische Posen", die die Schönheit und Ästhetik gesunder, weiblicher Körper im Anime-Stil in Szene setzen. Ich kann dieses Buch allen empfehlen, die gerne attraktive, weibliche Charaktere zeichnen und ihre Reize gekonnt einsetzen möchten.

Great book for any fan of Manga

噂を聞いたので購入。日本によくある「セクシーな女の子の描き方」みたいな漫画デッサンの技法書ですが、アメリカ人が日本風の漫画を描くとやはり日本の発想とどこか違ってきてとても面白い。どこかの出版社が日本語版を出してくれないかな。

A simple go at the basics; some good tips for intermediate artists