Manga Mania: How to Draw Japanese Comics

by Christopher Hart

Book Overview

The only step-by-step guide ever published on drawing this wildly popular style of comic book art--perfect for every age Take a look at the wild popularity of such shows as Pok mon, Digimon, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823030350
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Watson-Guptill
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.4" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Good for the beginner

This was the first book on drawing manga that I ever bought. All I had seen before hand was watching anime on tv, so I already knew the basic look for eyes and such. I have to say that it was a huge help in my manga drawing journey. It teaches the basics like how to draw the eyes and different types of figures, as well as great backgrounds for your characters. I love it!

It's decent

This book helped me out with dynamic postures and positions along with some fantasy and the main idea of manga.If you're a beginner, this is a good book for you. More advanced artists wouldn't need this book though. Overall, it's a great book. Much better than those anatomy books from the Society for the Study of manga techniques. Christopher Hart is a great author to get drawing books from. If I were a person without one, I'd take it!

good

very good, highly recommended. The pictures are pretty good and show the different spectrum of anime. The styles range from the more innocent manga forms in Metropolis, to the more serious look found in Ninja Scroll, to the fantasy and robotic style of Mega Man X. This book won't show you everything in order to draw flawless pictures, even though it does give good examples when provided. You'll probably like this book more if you know how to draw already, or something to that extent. If you wanna learn to draw first, I suggest Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. If you know how to draw somewhat, this book is a great way to SHOW you how to draw manga really well. It also gives tons of creative ideas that never would have crossed my mind unless i read them here. Its really good to spark creativity. Enjoy. I know I will.

thank you mr. hart!

This review may be somwhat bias since i am an artist and a fan of manga, but then this is probably the audience that the author was aiming for. The book talks about different techniques that can be used to draw and illustarte manga characters and comics. Things like believable clothing, communicating a characters persona through suttle details (such as the infamous giant eyes of manga)and he explains it all with step by step figure drawings and subtext. In addition to this, there is also a section in the book that talks about the different jobs one can get in the field of cartooning and how to integrate yourself into the industry. I highly recommend this book for any serious comic artist whether your into manga or not.