Yokai Bestiary

How to Draw Eerie and Enchanting Japanese Ghouls and Monsters

Lance Red

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WELLFLEET
17 September 2024

Drawing & drawings; Art techniques & principles; Graphic novel & Manga artwork; Other Film, TV & Media

Yokai Beastiary presents 40 detailed step-by-step drawing projects featuring ghosts, monsters, and demons from Japanese folklore.

Yokai is a Japanese term for mystical beings that encompasses a range of supernatural phenomena, including demons, monsters, ghosts, and shapeshifters. Known to be mischievous, wise, and eccentric when teaching life lessons to humans, the creatures are often at the center of popular anime and manga stories. In Yokai Bestiary, learn how to draw 40 types of yokai while learning the folklore behind them. Created for artists of all skill levels, this step-by-step drawing book shows you how to block in major shapes, provide proper shading to give dimension and depth to your drawings, and draw small but culturally significant details. Among the yokai types, you'll learn to draw: Kitsune, fox demons with multiple tails Kappa, reptile-like spirits with a turtle's shell on their backs Tengu, monsters with bird-like characteristics Kodama, tree spirits

Nekomata, cats with two tails

And many more!

With both drawing instruction and Japanese mythology to engage your mind, Yokai Bestiary will transport you to a fantastical land of beasts and spirits.

Illustrated by: Lance Red
Imprint: WELLFLEET
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 203mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 544g
ISBN: 9781577154457
ISBN 10: 1577154452
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 17 September 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Lance Red is a fantasy illustrator and character designer living in Michigan. He provides detail-rich illustration assets for the game and book-publishing industries as well as private commissions. He has also recently started sharing more of his process with an education focus on his Patreon, which includes creating artwork for tabletop games, adventure books, conventions, and more as well as teaching budding artists through online library programs.