Product Description

For people who want to start drawing manga, this book gives a good overall picture of what is required. First, one learns what drawing tools are needed, then how to use them, how to draw characters, and fill in the tones. From there, one learns how to make it all look manga-like, and how to handle backgrounds. It's all here in a this single volume.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #231369 in Books
• Published on: 2001-10-16
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

Customer Reviews

good for beginners, good for reference
This book covers an introduction to the instruments of the trade, perspective, faces, inking, and anatomy, also borders. If you're a beginner, (like me), you may find it useful as an introduction and encouragement. Also, don't avoid the "how many heads tall" section, just because it's boring. Yes, it's boring, but I found it immensely helpful once I broke down and read it.

There are lots of drawings to illustrate what they're talking about, and question and answer pages at the back of most chapters.

My one complaint would be that most of the drawing are of females. It seemed like they didn't have quite enough reference drawings for drawing men. But, all in all, a good book.

If you're interested in drawing manga style stuff, this is a good, basic book to start with.

Quite Literally "Getting Started"
While some may jump to the conclusion that this book will immediately cover the greater mechanics and techniques for drawing in the Manga style, it is actually far from that. Rather, it covers the bare essentials for getting started, such as picking the tools and utensils needed, as well as how to use them, and other details like that. The actual portion dedicated to the drawing is very basic and not in depth enough to assist in full blown drawing.

Still, it is very informative in the areas it does cover, and is helpful for "getting started". Just keep in mind that it isn't the best choice for merely drawing Manga, but rather a helpful guide to show you what is needed to begin drawing Manga.

Good way to get started!
This is a really good book for the beginners. A lot of pictures and techniques and tips on how to draw Manga better. It also gives you an idea of how to create comics. All in all I thought it was very informative and helpful. For those who want to learn to draw Manga and are just getting started this is the book for you.