• Black cover of 'Sketch With Asia' by Asia Ladowska, depicting a beautiful young woman with pink hair and a glowing butterfly.
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Sketch with Asia

Sketch with Asia

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This book features a free mini print.

Sketch with Asia is the first publication from web sensation and well-known manga-inspired artist Asia Ladowska. This lavish hardcover book features tutorials on how to sketch and draw details such as faces, poses, and expressions in Asia’s manga-influenced style, alongside insights into how to color these pieces traditionally and digitally. In this book, you will also find a collection of Asia’s stunning illustrations, including some exclusive pieces.

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This book features a free mini print.

Sketch with Asia is the first major publication from online manga-inspired art phenomenon, Asia Ladowska. Asia blends her talent for hyper-realism with her passion for manga, creating the distinctive artistic style she is well-loved and recognized for. Further to her regular and inspirational #SketchwithAsia challenge on Instagram (where she has over 900k followers), now explore this beautifully presented 168 page art book to discover an even more detailed exploration of Asia’s processes as she creates her art. From faces and expressions, to hair, hands, and more, learn how she draws both traditionally or digitally, and how she so successfully employs colored markers and pencils to complete her art. The fascinating book also includes a collection of Asia's finished artwork, including exciting pieces created especially for this publication. Presented in an entertaining and easy-to-read way, this book is a unique resource for fans of manga, for fans of Asia herself, and for any aspiring artist sharing their art in a modern world.

 

Product details
Hardback 168 pages
Dimensions: 260mm x 190mm
Paper quality: Full colour premium paper pages
ISBN: 978-1-909414-66-2

Special features

This book features a free mini print.

About the artist

UK-based artist, Asia Ladowska possesses a unique Manga-inspired style as result of her early interest in hyper-realistic art and a lifelong passion for Manga and Anime. Discovering a community of like-minded individuals on social media, she grew her part-time hobby into a successful illustration practice, with support of over a million followers. Through her Instagram hashtag "Sketch with Asia'" she connects with her supporters and encourages budding artists to "pursue what they love and to follow their hearts". Hailed as a "Superstar of Manga" by ImagineFX magazine, she's blazing a trail for UK Manga artists of the future.

    Contents

    FOREWORD

    INTRODUCTION

    BEHIND THE SCENES

    About me
    My workspace

    CREATIVE JOURNEY

    Early influences
    Early work
    Hyperrealism
    Inspiration
    Social media
    Progression
    Motivation
    Style

    GALLERY

    GETTING STARTED

    Tools
    Sketching
    Warm-up sketching
    Thumbnail sketching
    Concept sketching
    Observational sketching
    Sketching mistakes and how to avoid them

    TECHNIQUES AND ADVICE

    Faces and features
    Expressions
    Hands
    Drawing hair

    PROCESSES

    Coloring hair
    Traditional to digital
    Digital to traditional
    Traditional illustration
    Developing digital designs
    Front cover illustration

    THANK YOU

     

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    Asiya

    I’ve been after this book for a while and happy that I finally got my hands on it. The paper quality is amazing and the artwork is immaculate

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    Tobias
    Phenomonal

    The tips and tricks are absolute terrific, the way she breaks it down is great, and her including her origin story felt inspiring. Highly recommended!

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    sander
    Really Good

    you can really see that the creator of the book wanted to make something special. a nice cute book, highly recommended, very informative. the quality of printed images is also very good

    J
    Jeffrey
    Extremely valuable and high quality work

    Asia's story is super inspirational. The tips in this book helped me build helpful habits that I used to become a better artist. She walks through her processes for both traditional and digital art. Extremely valuable for anyone getting into either of them.Additionally, this book is very well designed. Everything from the hard cover, the page designs, the font choice, and the ordering of the content were all super pleasing to see.

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    Such a pretty book

    I have been following Asia on instagram and I just had to buy this book. Its so pretty and Im so happy with the purchase! Decently fast shipping too!

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