Abstract

Surpass your color illustrations with just black and white!
This is an instructional book that introduces drawing techniques for black and white character illustrations by jaco, an illustrator popular on pixiv and twitter.
The content is mainly digital, but can be applied to analog as well.
The book explains in an easy-to-understand manner the techniques of illustration using only black and white, such as how to express the texture of clothes and cloth, and how to draw with an awareness of the light source. In addition, many illustrations newly drawn for this book are included.

Contents
Illustration Collection
How to draw "lines" unique to black-and-white illustrations
How to create texture by drawing in
How to draw a black-and-white illustration by considering the distribution and balance of black and white.
How to draw a black-and-white illustration by considering the distribution and balance of black and white
Illustrations using solid black surfaces
Let's draw an illustration using a solid black surface.
Let's add only one color as an accent.
Let's create illustrations with your own style, ideas and techniques.
Making of cover illustration

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Author’s Information

jaco
Born on April 3. Illustrator living in Tokyo.
I like to draw characters with horns, kemomimi, and other parts that don't grow on normal humans.
I also make gadgets for digital illustrations.
He is the author of "Monochrome Illustration Techniques" and "Making Illustrations of kemoMimi Characters" (both published by Genkosha).
Twitter: @age_jaco