Cute Chibi Mythical Beasts & Magical Monsters: Learn How to Draw Over 60 Enchanting Creatures (Cute and Cuddly Art, 5) Paperback – September 13, 2022

This book includes adorable creatures and stap by step instructions on how to draw them. While it's a perfect gift for a middle school girl who likes to draw cute things, I actually bought it for myself because it was so cute.

This book is so cute with the fun facts and the wide range of monster types and body styles available. It’s a great starting point for designing your own style. I initially purchased this because I love how the artist draws puffy luxurious fur, and while the Chibi animal book is great, it doesn’t quite have the diversity in animal parts that this one does, and how to connect them.A definite benefit to this drawing book is that it never tells you to “just finish the owl”. Each step is easily replicable even for people like me who are very out of practice, and the style is easy to remix into your own preferences. The Top mothman is done following the tutorial, and the bottom is my first attempt at putting my own spin on it. And the subject matter makes practicing so fun! The only (minor) complaint I have is on eyes. A lot of creatures are drawn with closed eyes, which feels a little lazy to me. You will need to supplement with other books if you want to get good at giving your monsters open eyes.I usually hate the style in how to draw books, but this one is stinking cute from the first page to the last. Amazing work!

Cute and easy to follow! This is very beginner friendly.

Super cute, nicely made, gives great ideas.

This book is short and simple. Gives accurate and clear instructions that are not bogged down in unnecessary details. One can either follow the exact measurements and angles from the drawings or create their own interpretation of the instructions.

I really enjoyed this how-to-draw book. The creatures and monsters were adorable and they had some fun facts about most of them throughout the book. The book also had some drawing and coloring tips at the beginning, which I thought was great.I also think this book is easier to follow than other how-to-draw books, though I have some decent drawing experience so I can't say for certain how well someone with little to no drawing experience would do. I tried drawing some of the monsters myself and they turned out pretty well thanks to how easy the guides were to follow.All in all, I think this is a fun drawing book and would make a great gift to a friend or family member who loves to draw.Thanks to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group - Rock Point for the digital ARC! I loved this book so I bought a physical copy.

All 60 of these animals are also in another collection I have, which has 100 animals. I thought they might be different, but this book is completely redundant. There is also one out there with 75 animals...which appears to also be redundant. So, you probably want to get one of the other books that is more completely and you definitely don't want to get both.

I am the type of person to need a "for dummies" explanation to understand. This book is easy to follow and everything is so adorable!