Draw Your Own Manga: All the Basics

by Haruno Nagatomo

Book Overview

American Library Association's 2005 Best List - Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers Ever wanted to draw manga but didn't know where to start? Ever felt there's something not quite right with your drawing but not sure what? Draw Your Own Manga: All the Basics is the book for you The textbook of choice at Tokyo Animation College-the leading school for manga artists in Japan, it covers all the basic information you need to get started on drawing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 4770029519
• ISBN13: 9784770029515
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Kodansha
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.2" x 7.4"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

Great details, easy to learn from this book!

This book has great tips on the small details with clear explanations. I bought this book as a gift for my young teens. They were able to get results and sharpen their art.

PERFECT FOR LEARNING TO DRAW MANGA

BOUGHT IT FOR MY DAUGHTER AND SHE IS LEARNING TO DRAW MANGA, SHE USES ALL THE TIME. IT HAS ALOT OF INFO, ART AND DETAILS. GREAT FOR THE MONEY.

Awesome

If you want to start maiking your own manga you most buy this book. It tells you everything you need from toning and the kind of ink thats best the matirials that you need an bla bla bla. You get the idea.

Excellent!

This book has excellent info on how to draw manga, especially for beginners. It's very acurate, and can show you many teqhniques to get started drawing manga. I absoulutely reccomend this book. It is absoulutely stunning, and the details are fantastic. Before I read it, my manga was, yes, terrible. But now, my manga has improved a lot more.

Fits the title!

While this book has " All the Basics" in it's title, it still could be VERY useful to more mature artists. This book covers any kind of drawing tool you'd ever want: templates, rulers, inks,pencils,erasers, cutting tools, screen tone, mechanical pencils, tape, correction fluid, manuscript cards, light box tracer, manikins, tone tools, photo collections, manuscript paper, pen nibs, pen holders and much more. It tells you how to use them, and lots of tips. It has a section on Perspective, something VERY nifty. No "wrong" stuff, and has a section on drawing people,( of course ) which is pretty good. And 2 Interviews with manga artists Takao Yaguchi and Toru Fujisawa. The only reason I gave it a 4 is 'cause it could have had more variety. Dogs, cats, older people. Overall, though, very good.