Digital Manga Workshop: An Artist's Guide to Creating Manga Illustrations on Your Computer

by Jared Hodges and Lindsay Cibos

The unique Japanese cartoon style known as manga, with its exaggerated stylistic characters and vivid colors, has caught the attention of America. Now, with the advent of digital tools like Photoshop... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060751606
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Excellent! Very detailed book on illustration in general

This book is really wonderful! I was looking for a book on general illustration/cartooning/digital art...what the best methods were for "merging traditional sketching/artwork with the digital art platform"... this book seems to cover that all in great detail! VERY well explained...excellent use of tons of detailed artwork along with the literature. The book is really gorgeous to look at too! HIGHLY recommended! Oh, and if you want this book mainly for creating manga artwork... it has everything you need!

A Great Primer on Digital Drawing Techniques

Don't let the title fool you. While the subject matter covered within the book is aimed at "Manga" based characters, there is a lot of great information contained within that can be easily applied to ALL cartoonists seeking enlightenment on using digital techniques to create their work. The book covers many subjects, including the required tools (hardware and software), the pros and cons of digital drawing vs. analog, and, of course, useful techniques for scanning, inking and coloring your work. There are many color examples to look at and study, and the text is easy to read and digest - making it a great book for younger artists. Experienced traditional artists who are considering digital workflows should also consider this book. The nuts and bolts of getting started are sure to get any artist quickly up to speed. Many of the techniques are presented using both Photoshop and Corel Painter, so if you have one or the other, you should be able to progress through the techniques with no problem. I highly recommend this book for artists young and old who wish to learn more about creating their work digitally - whether its in the Manga style or not.

A great intro to digital coloring

As many have already stated, this book has little to specifically to do with manga. I personally think the title and drawing style were probably chosen to be more catchy and specific than just "digital coloring." There's no shortage of digital artwork out there that has nothing to do with manga or anime style, and this book is relevant to anyone wanting to learn to color their artwork digitally, regardless of how it's drawn. Whereas many web coloring tutorials are either very locked in about techinque or horrendously general, Digital Manga Workshop covers several specific options. It shows not just how to color in the typical cel style of a lot of digital artwork, but also airbrush, painting and watercolor styles as well. The book gives instruction in both Photoshop and Painter depending on which is best suited for the style being covered and even offer some low-to-no cost alternatives to those programs. The book also covers the important step before and after the coloring process, such as scanning and digitally inking drawings so you have god base to start with, and export so all your hard work doesn't end up as a blotchy web graphic. Digital Manga Workshop definitely isn't the be all/end all book of digital coloring, but considering the wealth of information covered for such a low price, it's surely a worthwhile book to have around

Fantastic

I love this book, I picked it up after I saw the interview on G4tv and fell in love with it. My art has expanded so much since I read this book. I've been thinking about using my computer for my art for a long time and when I saw this I said to myself " wow this was just what I'm lloking for." If you even think you would enjoy this style of art I highly recommend this book.

Digital Manga for Dummies.

With the ever increasing popularity of manga art, Digital coloring and CGing have became something common nowadays. Lindsay Cibos and Jared Jodges work you through everything you'll need to make the backbone of an excellent manga character--from the character itself to the coll background behind it. This is a MUST HAVE for any aspiring manga artist--and this book makes it easy for anyone with a computer to use.