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Manga for the Beginner: Everything You Need to Start Drawing Right Away! |  | Author: Christopher Hart
Brand: Random House
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 13448
Media: Paperback
Pages: 192
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 9.7 x 8.4 x 0.5
MPN: GKW40935
ISBN: 0823030830
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.51
EAN: 9780823030835
ASIN: 0823030830
Publication Date: August 5, 2008
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Product Description
Super size, super value! Complete tutorial packed with Chris Hart's step-by-steps. Top-selling subject, top-selling author more than 600,000 Manga Mania copies sold!
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.
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
978-0-8230-3083-5
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 Manga for the Beginner: Everything You Need to Start Drawing Right Away! September 7, 2009
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
This book really did get me started drawing manga. The directions are easy to follow with good tips for drawing. The only part I didn't understand was the vanishing points section but I pretty much got everything else. One part I wish it would've gone over was the wrinkles in clothes. Although the book was pretty good, I'm working on realistic drawings but for anyone who wants to draw manga, this is really the right book to start off at.
 Great for beginners... who know how to draw October 21, 2008
M. Harvey (Quebec, Canada)
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
You gotta be already pretty functionnal at drawing before reading this book. It goes right to the point and explains specifics details about mangas and how to draw them.
In no time, I was drawing pretty fine faces. There's a lot of explanations about eyes which is usually the main point of focus about mangas.
For the body, I found the list of tricks a bit short. So... I'm still practicing that part... understanding things on my own takes a bit longer.
All in all, Quite satisfied with the book!
The Name Says It All!! January 22, 2010
Lim Shao Cong (Singapore)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Well my title says it all as well!
This book is exactly what most people need to start drawing manga right away. Starting with the most basic of all things, character design!
The book consists of a lot of different tips and guidance on how to draw characters. starting from the front view, the profile to the 3/4 views of the characters face,body and poses. It also has the basic tips and instructions on drawing weapons and clothes.
Just when you thought you are done by mastering those basics, the book teaches something more in a form of drawing animals, anthropods, shading ,colouring and drawing backgrounds!
The tips on drawing from perspective is in fact, in my opinion, a very useful tip for any artist in particular.
Overall, the book has everything the beginner needs to learn to start drawing right away! but, advanced or even intermediate artists may find this book a bit lacking, but why buy a book for beginners when you are higher in skill level in the first place?
Impressive resource. For beginners and more advanced illustrators June 15, 2010
J. J. Marino (Rochester, New York)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A big fan here of Manga and just about all of the Japanese styles of art. I watch several shows regularly from Full Metal Alchemist to Bleach. When I was younger I watched tons of _Anime_ programs too. So, its been a dream of mine to draw Manga in some form or another for quite some time. When I bought this book I was unsure how it would be helpful.
On my own drawing Manga has been less than successful. With this book I have improved my faces, bodies and hair more than I could have through practice alone.
The book covers the basics all the way up to perspectives in scenes and more. If you are even a little bit interested in drawing manga and like self help books then this book should not be passed up. It is a true treasure for the beginner up to the more advanced illustrator.
Accessories:
If you are going to be drawing on a tablet on your PC I recommend Manga Studio EX 4 (Win/Mac) for software and Wacom Intuos4 Medium Pen Tablet for the tablet. Don't bother with the Debut program of Manga Studio if you think you are going to get into this at all. I use Manga Studio to draw all of my line art sketches and illustrations.
If you are going to be drawing on paper, do yourself a favor and go to a real art store. Get good paper, HB or harder pencils and a VERY good eraser. Also get a set of .01 up to 1.0 pens. It will help you with your illustration.
Thats it, good luck with this great art form!
Thanks for reading my review.
Not for beginners May 3, 2010
Luis D. Umana Jr. (Union, NJ USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is good. it gives you a complete model sheet, something that i dont see in other books. it is not for beginners though, it doesnt teach you how to draw a character from head to toe.
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