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Title: How to Draw Manga: Compiling Characters (How to Draw Manga) by Society for the Study of Manga Techniques ISBN: 4-88996-042-2 Publisher: Graphic-Sha Publishing Pub. Date: 01 July, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.08 (12 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Turns it's reader into an artist!
Comment: Since it explains every step to draw a character completely, this book could be used as a reference for amatuers and professionals alike.
Before having this book, I had never drawn an impressive character like the ones I can darw easily now! Every thing is explained here; Drawing heads, hair, bodies, hands, Feet...etc. The only thing absent here is drawing clothes on characters. But generally, the book explains the basics and helps everyone to improve their drawing skills with some talent. I suggest buying this item with(How To Draw Manga Pretty Gals) of the same series.
Rating: 5
Summary: A great addition to "How to Draw Maga: getting startted"
Comment: While "Getting Started" deals with the very basic aspects of How to Draw Manga, This book in the series seems to extend beyond the very basics and gets more in depth with the aspects of Drawing, character creation, and the elements of making a Manga comic.
Though as an afterthought, this book, "How to Draw manga: Compiling Characters" could probably replace "Getting Started", as it does cover just about the same topics, in fuller detail. So if you don't feel like spending the $20 some odd dollars on "Getting Started", this one can easily take its place. but it certainly doesn't hurt to get both
Rating: 4
Summary: Fantastic! Except....
Comment: This book is a wonderful start-to-finish guide for drawing manga. (What this book is *not* is a step-by-step guide for drawing anime/manga characters -- for that, get the related Drawing Anime and Game Characters series.) It goes over the processes of professional mangakas getting published, usings pens and tones, planning a story, designing characters, drawing faces and bodies, creating a manga-type mood, drawing dynamic scenes, all with the aid of a mini-manga of "Mr. Mangaka" and all his assistants acting everything out for your personal enjoyment. I have never, ever encountered any book, online or in print, that covers so professionally such a wide range of topics. (Someone noted correctly that this book requires a little bit of talent and practice on your part -- after all, it's a "how to draw manga" book, not a "how to draw halfway decent" book, so supposedly you already have some interest in drawing and anime to even take a second look at this book.)
The rest of the How to Draw Manga series is specilization; this book was all-encompassing. If you get no others from this series, get this book, if you seriously want to draw pro manga right away.
However, this book has one weakness, and, unfortunately, it's huge: the translation. I happen to have access to the Japanese version and all I can say is... dang, the English version hurts. The diction is off on every page, the grammar has shadows of Japanese syntax, the fonts (Chicago and Arial, everything!) and the spacing are horrendous, and most rules of layout and white space management are thrown out the window -- making that aspect of the book look amateurish. They didn't even doctor the SFX correctly -- in some places they are whited out with no attempt to clone the background, leaving ugly white holes, and the English SFX they replace them with (if any) are bizarre and stilted, and usually in a stupid font like Chicago.... In other places the SFX are left completely untouched -- left in Japanese, so those who can't read katakana can scratch their heads in confusion. (As stated in the book, SFX contribute heavily to the mood. In this case, they fracture it .)
Conclusion: Would have been a 5 star if the translation was done better...even slightly so. However, the content is sooo good that it's still completely worth getting the book -- unless you know Japanese and can easily get the Japanese version, in which case, go for the original by all means.
(Warning: there is some mild H (perverted) content on less than half a dozen pages -- nothing much, PG+ or PG-13 tops, and nothing at all compared to the nudity and more offensive poses that can appear in the other books of this series.... In any case, just a heads up.)
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Title: How to Draw Manga: Compiling Techniques (How to Draw Manga) by Society for the Study of Manga Techniques ISBN: 4889960449 Publisher: Graphic-Sha Publishing Pub. Date: 01 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.99 |
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Title: How to Draw Manga Compiling Application and Practice, Vol. 3 by Society for the Study of Manga Techniques ISBN: 4889960457 Publisher: Graphic-Sha Publishing Pub. Date: 01 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.99 |
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Title: How To Draw Manga: Illustrating Battles by Hikaru Hayashi ISBN: 4766111478 Publisher: Graphic Sha Pub Co Pub. Date: August, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: How to Draw Manga: Martial Arts & Combat Sports (How to Draw Manga) by Society for the Study of Manga Techniques ISBN: 4889960821 Publisher: Graphic-Sha Publishing Pub. Date: 01 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.99 |
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Title: How to Draw Manga: Bishoujo/Pretty Girls (How to Draw Manga (Unnumbered)) by Hikaru Hayashi ISBN: 4766111486 Publisher: Graphic-Sha Publishing Pub. Date: 01 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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