How to Draw Manga STRONG MUSCLES

The “How to Draw Muscles for Fiction” book, covering everything from the “muscles from fighting games you wanted to draw” to cool, smart physiques, is finally here!

This book thoroughly explains various body types, poses, drawings from different angles, and extraordinary “strong” muscular physiques. It provides a guide to drawing truly “strong” muscles that you can’t achieve just by looking at real-life examples.

■ The muscles you wanted to draw are here
This book is a specialized guide and study on illustrations of fictional “strong muscles” that appear in fighting games and fiction. Therefore, it greatly differs from real anatomy and structure.
Muscles that are impossible in reality, but exist in illustrations. You’ve seen them before, but they’re not in ordinary drawing books or muscle guides… This book thoroughly dissects such “muscles that can only be explained in illustrations” for fiction!

■ Comprehensive explanations for various body types, from fighting game physiques to smart physiques
It includes basic muscle explanations, drawings of various body types from different angles, changes in muscles when clothed, and character differentiation. From extraordinary muscular physiques to basic smart muscular physiques, it explains various aspects according to training methods and character traits.

■ Step-by-step muscle differentiation
Focusing on four main body types: monster type, super muscular type, muscular type, and smart type, it explains which muscles to draw larger to appear more robust, highlighting important points unique to fictional muscles. It pursues various “strengths” such as hardness, softness, intimidation, and allure.

■ Chapter 0: Basic Concepts
What are strong muscles 4
The mechanism and basics of muscles 5
General muscles vs. manga-style muscles 6
Body type comparison 8
Column 01: How to showcase giant characters and contrast 10

■ Chapter 1: How to Draw Muscles – Basic Edition
Muscle diagram of the whole body 12
Landmarks of the torso 18
How muscles attach to the torso 20
How muscles attach to the torso – back 22
Chest muscles 24
Shoulder muscles 26
Shoulder and back muscles 30
Torso and waist muscles 34
Neck muscles 36
Arm muscles 38
Upper arm muscles 46
Forearm muscles 48
Leg muscles 54
Leg muscles (glutes and thighs) 56
Leg muscles (calves) 61
Veins of the whole body 64
Arm muscles 66
Leg muscles 68
Hand and wrist muscles 72
Column 02: Beautiful muscles exist in multiple parts 74

■ Chapter 2: How to Draw Various Muscles
– Smart Body Type
How to showcase each muscle 76
How to color 81
Angles of each muscle 82
Arm muscles 84
Leg muscles 85
– Muscular Body Type
How to showcase each muscle 86
How to color 91
Angles of each muscle 92
Arm muscles 94
Leg muscles 95
– Super Muscular Body Type
How to showcase each muscle 96
How to color 101
Angles of each muscle 102
Arm muscles 106
Leg muscles 107
– Monster Body Type
How to showcase each muscle 108
How to color 113
Angles of each muscle 114
Arm muscles 118
Leg muscles 119
Column 03: Character movements and muscle characteristics 120

■ Chapter 3: Character Differentiation
– Smart Body Type
Character differentiation 122
Face differentiation/face variations 123
Wearing clothes (suits) 124
Illustrator tips 125
– Muscular Body Type
Character differentiation 126
Face differentiation/face variations 127
Wearing clothes (suits) 128
Illustrator tips 129
– Super Muscular Body Type
Character differentiation 130
Face differentiation/face variations 131
Wearing clothes (suits) 132
Illustrator tips 133
– Monster Body Type
Character differentiation 134
Face differentiation/face variations 135
Wearing clothes (suits) 136
Illustrator tips 137

Illustrator Introduction 138