Manga Muscles: An Artist's Guide to Drawing Powerful Male Bodies [With Over 500 color and B&W illustrations] - Softcover

Washi, Tojo; Atsushi, Ueno; KiKi; GomTang; Tang, Gom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0804858268 ISBN 13: 9780804858267

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing, 2025

Synopsis

A must-have guide to drawing muscular physiques of all types!

Manga Muscles teaches you how to draw fit, muscular bodies in every sort—from athletic to bodybuilder to fantasy superhero—in hundreds of different situations and from all possible angles. Plus, you'll learn to adjust the physical attributes of each character so they don't all look the same, and how to drape clothes on their bodies in a realistic way.

Every body type you'll want to draw is described in great detail here:

• Super-Fit Lean: "Spiderman" physiques for strong and agile characters
• Athletic Muscular: Beefy "Special Forces" physiques straight out of central casting
• Bodybuilder Ripped: Competitive heavyweight "Mr. Universe" physiques
• Fantasy Superhero: "The Hulk" titan physiques that defy belief

The authors are experienced professional illustrators who provide a thorough anatomical study for each type of physique and examine the way the skeleton, muscles and posture combine to express every body type. They provide over 500 detailed example illustrations and dozens of important tips on how to make your characters distinctive and believable—which muscle groups to emphasize for maximum impact and importance of various nuances to suggest hardness or softness, intimidation or sex appeal.

This is the book every manga artist needs to have in their library!

About this title

About the Author

Syu Itadori is an illustrator who draws intense, muscle-focused characters. He's created game packaging illustrations for Sega, Square Enix and other video game companies, as well as illustrations for arcade game cabinet graphics.

Ueno Atsushi is an illustrator and manga artist. His manga Penguin Gentleman (KADOKAWA) was published in 2020. He also works on character design and illustration projects.

KiKi has been working as a freelance illustrator since 2017, mainly creating illustrations for multiplayer games and merchandise.

GomTang is an illustrator and character designer who has recently worked on characters for smartphone game apps.

From the Back Cover

A must-have guide to drawing muscular physiques from professional manga illustrators!

Edition details

• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0804858268
• ISBN 13: 9780804858267
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144