Manga for the Beginner: Everything You Need to Start Drawing Right Away!
Got manga? Christopher Hart’s got manga, and he wants to share it with all his millions of readers—especially the beginners. With Manga for the Beginner, anyone who can hold a pencil can start drawing great manga characters right away. Using his signature step-by-step style, Hart shows how to draw the basic manga head and body, eyes, bodies, fashion, and more. Then he goes way beyond most beginner titles, exploring dynamic action poses, special effects, light and shading, perspective, popular...
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Got manga? Christopher Hart’s got manga, and he wants to share it with all his millions of readers—especially the beginners. With Manga for the Beginner, anyone who can hold a pencil can start drawing great manga characters right away. Using his signature step-by-step style, Hart shows how to draw the basic manga head and body, eyes, bodies, fashion, and more. Then he goes way beyond most beginner titles, exploring dynamic action poses, special effects, light and shading, perspective, popular manga types such as animals, anthros, and shoujo and shounen characters. By the end of this big book, the new artist is ready to draw dramatic story sequences full of movement and life. VOYA Hart's latest drawing book is an excellent introductory manual for the beginning and intermediate manga artist. This slim volume contains detailed and easy-to-follow instructions for drawing types of sh÷jo manga (aimed at girls) and sh÷nen manga (aimed at boys). The reader will learn how to draw all aspects of typical fare-manga characters of different ages and sizes, as well as animals, supernatural creatures, and monsters. Also covered are poses, facial expressions, and common characters such as martial arts fighters, cyberpunks, and the fantasy fighter. What makes this manual most interesting, however, is the insight Hart provides into how artists are able to achieve certain common visual effects that add to manga story lines. He describes in concise language and through clear illustrations how to use lettering, lighting effects, and other techniques to achieve a certain mood to advance a plot. He also describes sequential paneling, drawing landscapes, and achieving point perspective for the more interested beginner. This manual stands out from others in its attractiveness and comprehensiveness. Anyone even slightly interested in drawing manga will find it appealing. Reviewer: Victoria Vogel
Ever wonder what makes a professional artist's action poses look so cool? Well, you're about to find out. You're going to see that certain principles are used over and over again to make poses more dramatic. They are: (1) having the figures lean into the pose, (2) using speed lines and forced perspective, (3) creating emphatic facial expressions, (4) indicating secondary actions, and (5) adding background motion.
\ VOYA - Victoria Vogel\ Hart's latest drawing book is an excellent introductory manual for the beginning and intermediate manga artist. This slim volume contains detailed and easy-to-follow instructions for drawing types of sh÷jo manga (aimed at girls) and sh÷nen manga (aimed at boys). The reader will learn how to draw all aspects of typical fare-manga characters of different ages and sizes, as well as animals, supernatural creatures, and monsters. Also covered are poses, facial expressions, and common characters such as martial arts fighters, cyberpunks, and the fantasy fighter. What makes this manual most interesting, however, is the insight Hart provides into how artists are able to achieve certain common visual effects that add to manga story lines. He describes in concise language and through clear illustrations how to use lettering, lighting effects, and other techniques to achieve a certain mood to advance a plot. He also describes sequential paneling, drawing landscapes, and achieving point perspective for the more interested beginner. This manual stands out from others in its attractiveness and comprehensiveness. Anyone even slightly interested in drawing manga will find it appealing. Reviewer: Victoria Vogel\ \
