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Documentation layouts for the 'How to draw guide'

I have decided to focus this day on getting a design/layout for the documentation I intend to produce for the 'How to draw guide'. In the hopes of eliminating unecessary time wasted on this aspect with more time to focus on the content.


How to Draw Manga Paperback – Illustrated, 1 Nov 2010
by David Antram (Author)

How to Draw 101 Princess Things Paperback by Barry Green


The Master Guide to Drawing Anime:
How to Draw Original Characters from Simple Templates (Drawing with Christopher Hart) Paperback – 7 Jul 2015
by Christopher Hart 
Insert image from Camera of Books



Looking at the above examples, there are a few concepts I intend to adhere with when producing the documentation.
  1. For simple characters at the start to use only one page. 
  2. For complex characters use two pages (or the equivalent). 
  3. Squared paper will assist someone in replicating the character or consider including some sizes as a guideline. 
  4. Keep the instructions as simplified as possible (No more than 4/5 stages)
  5. Draw the character in different perspectives, thus giving the drawer a challenge if too easy. 
  6. Possibly give suggestions on what to do next with the character as a challenge. 
  7. Not all characters have to be fully coloured and to a completed stage, highlighting the stlyised aspect of the designs. 
The overall design of colours, will need to be plain and professional, implemeting a white background with a feature colour to avoid it be completely plain.
Page numbers could be included to possibly produce it in a book layout with an introduction and table of contents to enable quick searching and this could also be implemented in a website and PDF format. 

Above is a quick sketch of the layout, implementing page numbers in the top of the page, if the final format is going to be a web version, then the layout can stay the same whereas a book or PDF; the design can be a mirrored version.

The coloured sections of the image can be various pastel colours as not to distract too much from the designs, leaving a majority of white background as implemented through the majority of layouts that I have previously researched.
The boxes where the images contained will vary it's just to show initial placement and they will not contain a boxed border, though the text circled may stay that way or be boxed. 

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