Why Must Read How to Draw Manga Furries: The Complete Guide to Anthropomorphic Fantasy Characters (750 illustrations)?

it's been a long time since I last bought and used a how to draw book, but since I want to get better and embrace more furriness I've had my eyes on this book since I first heard about it. And after looking at it, it's not too bad. The book is very good at explaining how depending on the style you're going for can change the mood you're giving off in your story. It also shows how how furry you can take a character, from more human looking hands and feet to full on paws, all depending on the story you're telling. It explains the differences that the animal skeleton and the human skeleton has and how to mash them together. I appreciate the insight on drawing the male and female bodies and to differentiate the two which was something I was struggling with, eye styles, and the differences between different species as each animal species and dragon species have different looks and styles that separate each from one another, but the core fundamentals are the same. It also explains how to break down each body part and part of the head to create the furry shape and it was so helpful! That's the key to drawing, breaking each part into basic shapes and then filling in the details. And I love the fact that it shows how to draw characters from a child to an adult, this was unexpected and very much appreciated, as well as explaining the differences in drawing a child character and a chibi character. And the whole book is told in a very friendly manner which is very nice as well as some interesting little trivia facts about each animal species. My gripes with this book is that it doesn't really explain how to do posing as all the characters are shown in the standard standing pose, if you know the fundamentals of drawing poses this isn't really an issue but for the those just starting out this could be a frustration. It does explain how to draw the head in different perspectives but knowing to do the same with the body would've been nice. Also the book doesn't explain how to draw clothing, despite the clearly Beaststars inspired illustration on the title page, and the explanation on how they made it which was cool, they don't explain how to draw the animal character in clothes so that could be an issue. And the artist who did the killer whale section of the book was so radically different from the other artists style that it conflicts with what we were already shown as the art used on the whale which not bad at all is very simple in comparison and not very manga looking so that's something to keep in mind if your considering getting this book because of the killer whale section like I was. But overall, it's not a bad resource when it comes to get inspiration and tips on drawing furries. It breaks down drawing them in to basic shapes, it stresses the importance of understanding the skeleton beneath the skin which is nice and overall it's definitely not a bad resource to those need some help when it comes to drawing furries. It's definitely worth a look for those interested and with some experience in drawing furries and those are already drawing but would like to start drawing furries, but I wouldn't recommend it to an absolute beginner as this might scare them because of how complicated it may all seem.