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KENSUKE OKABAYASHI

ILLUSTRATION

NEWS - Updates

3/24/2025

I am super excited to announce the completion of Manga for Dummies Second Edition. The book is now available!
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LIMITED TIME OFFER: The Foreigner Special Hard Cover Edition is now available for purchase at the same price.

ABOUT ME

Kensuke Okabayashi is a professional freelance illustrator and indie comic book artist. Clients include Magic the Gathering, Lego, WWE, Marvel Entertainment, and Star Wars. His publications include Manga for Dummies, Figure Drawing for Dummies, and The Five Dysfunctions of a Team (Manga Edition.)

Kensuke received his formal training at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, where he earned his BFA in illustration. With both traditional and digital professional working experience, Kensuke's portfolio includes a unique range of production art, in addition to personal works.

Kensuke in recently moved to Lancaster from Brooklyn with his wife, two children, and a pet fish names Oscar. While not storyboarding, he is diligently working away on the origins on The Foreigner (a Kicksterter funded graphic novel.) Visit www.TheForeignerComic.com to discover more about the characters and story.

Your can follow him on Instagram: @KensukeArt.

ABOUT ME

CLIENT PROJECTS

CLIENT PROJECTS - Storyboards / Comp Art / Illustration

PUBLICATIONS

PUBLICATIONS - How to Books / Manga / Kickstarter Graphic Novel

Manga for Dummies
(Second Edition)

Manga for Dummies shows you have to make your imagination come to life by creating manga characters, storyboarding comics, and adding dimension to your drawings. Learn to draw manga heroes, villains, mecha, and shojo characters, complete with their acessories - and much more. Create any world you can imagine thanks to the easy instructions in this book. All books are signed.