Manga Mania Villains: How to Draw the Dastardly Characters of Japanese Comics

by Christopher Hart

Book Overview

Chapters oozing with evil villains instruct readers on drawing evil heads and evil bodies, evil poses and evil expressions, evil costumes, and more endlessly evil stuff. Chris Hart, the best-selling... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823029719
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Watson-Guptill
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.3" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Helpful if you Already Know How to Draw Anime/Manga

I'm a manga artist myself. I don't make them, but I do a lot of fan-based art and such. Anyway, I do a lot of evil characters. Since I've already developed a talent and a style, I just use this to perfect my villains. Books by Hart like the Fantasy one he did (helped me do dragons an' demons better. And I learned how to make gnolls ^_^) helped a lot. As did this one. Only buy if you know what you're doing. Otherwise, How To Draw Manga series is right up your alley.

We Americans are simple minded creatures.....

Look, if your looking for 'real' manga, DON'T LOOK AT CHRISTOPHER HARTS BOOKS!!!!!- He, like many of us here in America, is an American- Manga, (as in, Japanese Comics) Is from JAPAN!- American pop-culture is extremely different from the Japanese Variety. I am an American Teenager, and have been reading /watching un-translated, 100% Japanese stuff for quite a while now- and frankly, most of the stuff thats really popular in Japan is considered 'icky' and 'wierd' over here (in the US) . What i'm trying to say is, Although Many Americans love Traditional, more Japanese-ish stuff, most of our population is far too simple minded to 'get' any of it. So, all Psuedo (NON-JAPANESE)Manga-Ka's take the liberty of adding a bit of a western tinge to the material they produce, so that it apeals more to the American Audience. So, if your looking for 'real' manga, I would recomend either buying some or looking for instruction books by Natively Japanese artists. However, I have been an Avid fan of Christopher Hart's work (western and Manga alike) since i was a small child. His books were probably the reason i am where i am with my drawing abillitys today, since they were my first real introduction. I know, i haven't said anything about the book above, but i really just wanted to mae sure that no-one gets false ideas about the nature of this artist's work.

Excellent

Excellent book. Mr. Hart really explores the topic in a great level of detail. The techniques he teaches are easy to understand and very clever. This is one of Mr. Hart's best books ever.

Your doubts and search ends here

Outstanding! Hart not only illustrates the technique required to create but takes you into the soul of the character as well; allowing you to interpret the temperament of the creature and spirit of the scene. The many different characters described with the evil powers attached to the wicked weapons topped by the background descriptions provide all the tools needed for a great storyboard. I highly recommend this book for anyone who enjoys feeling the characters they create.

One of the best "How to Draw" books yet

Once again Christopher Hart presents the subject matter in such a way that an amateur artist like myself can sink his teeth into. The author discusses various villian types and characterists that make a villian, villainous - all in a humorous style that is a joy to read. The drawings are incredible - from the pencil to the full color versions. This book is a must have!