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Summary: If you want to get feeling into your characters get this!
Review: Although this book didn't blow me away quite as much as the first volume it's no less an important book in your character drawing techniques library. This books explains drawing emotion in your characters along with guidelines on the hows and whys of emotions in anime characters. Starting with the simple schematic emotion faces the author shows how those emotions come through in the various styles of anime characters. Like the last book the author gives examples of where beginning (and amateur) artists make mistakes with character emotional expression so that you can learn from your own (mistakes).
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Summary: Another top title from Ozawa
Review: For anyone interested in drawing characters (not just Manga style), the Tadashi Ozawa books are a real find. Volume one of the Anime and Game Characters (Basics for Beginners and Beyond) series was an amazingly useful book on drawing the human figure in many styles. Now he follows it up with Expressing Emotions.As with the first book, he walks you through the techniques he's featuring for a range of different character types, from the very simple to the very realistic. He also includes extensive annotations with most of the drawings explaining why things work and pointing out the small but important details he's used. He focusses both on facial expressions and using the whole body to effectively convey feeling. And again, he's included a section of drawings that don't quite work, with full annotations alongside revised drawings that fix the problems. While not as extensive as in volume one, it's still a great resource for the learning illustrator. Once you study these "before and afters", you wonder why more books on drawing don't use this technique. It allows you to spot your own flaws more easily, while encouraging you by showing you how to repair the problems through practice. This book is definitely a 5 star read if you already have Volume 1 of this series (currently a bit hard to get, but keep checking for the reprint that's scheduled for release sometime). If you're already quite competent at drawing figures, this book will be of great use. If not, you'll still find it useful, but it doesn't cover how to draw figures, only how to give them more life and emotion. If you're interested in drawing, especially Anime and Manga, grab this book while you can. And watch for the release of volume 3 (Bringing Daily Actions to Life), tentatively scheduled for this Summer 2001.
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Summary: Anime Freak!!!
Review: I bought this book for my teenage daughter, who has become obsessed with drawing manga. It was worth every penny! By demonstrating the particular stylistic quirks of Japanese animation (anime) and graphic novels (manga), it has helped her drawings gain the expressiveness she desires. After just one week of studying the examples, she improved dramatically. This book does not have extensive text and thus is perfect for middle school children and older to learn by copying the examples. Unlike some of the volumes in this series, the pictures are not risque. I recommend this book for anyone who has mastered the basics of anime style and is looking for ways to improve facial expressions.
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Summary: Great for a budding anime artist
Review: I bought this book for my teenage daughter, who has become obsessed with drawing manga. It was worth every penny! By demonstrating the particular stylistic quirks of Japanese animation (anime) and graphic novels (manga), it has helped her drawings gain the expressiveness she desires. After just one week of studying the examples, she improved dramatically. This book does not have extensive text and thus is perfect for middle school children and older to learn by copying the examples. Unlike some of the volumes in this series, the pictures are not risque. I recommend this book for anyone who has mastered the basics of anime style and is looking for ways to improve facial expressions.
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Summary: Expression both face and body
Review: I own the Japanese text version of this book, but the language barrier matters little. How to Draw ''Anime'' & ''Game'' Characters: Expressing Emotions, it full of self-explanatory drawings. A series of six different characters (both men and women) are used to show facial expressions of almost every conceivable emotion. The same sets of character are also use to display a wide variety of body language that express emotion. A must have resource for anyone wanting to draw anime/manga. Those interested in drawing superheroes and realistic; this is a great companion book to when pair with a facial anatomy book.
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Summary: Expression both face and body
Review: I own the Japanese text version of this book, but the language barrier matters little. How to Draw ''Anime'' & ''Game'' Characters: Expressing Emotions, it full of self-explanatory drawings. A series of six different characters (both men and women) are used to show facial expressions of almost every conceivable emotion. The same sets of character are also use to display a wide variety of body language that express emotion. A must have resource for anyone wanting to draw anime/manga. Those interested in drawing superheroes and realistic; this is a great companion book to when pair with a facial anatomy book.
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Summary: Ozawa does it again!
Review: If you have problems drawing expressive characters get this book immediately! I can't begin to tell how handy it is to see a variety of characters (young to old, male and female) with their own unique manner of displaying an emotion (fear, smugness, unease, etc). The book goes a bit further and helps you how to translate that emotion into a panel or animation scene for maximum impact which I find quite useful.
This is the most comprehensive book on emotions from facial to full body expression regardless if you're into realistic or more simplistic drawings. Get your hands on one if you can.
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Summary: Just can't put my finger on it
Review: Maybe it's the fact that some of the expressions were pretty obvious, or maybe that there weren't enough types characters in this book, maybe it's that there really was no lady with pink hair wearing a furry yellow dress like on the cover. All I know is that this book was not COMPLETELY helpful. Overall it was good, but, I don't know, maybe I'm just picky. I would reccomend this book to people interested in anime, who know how to draw a basic body. I would NOT reccomend this book to complete beginners, you have to know at least a little bit about the basic body structure. OKAY, maybe a little more than just the basic body structure, but you get the idea. It's a good book to just have around for references and ideas, not much else.
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Summary: A GREAT book for drawing faces and expressions!
Review: My feelings towards this specific "How to draw manga" book is that it was well worth the $$$. I'd highly recommend this manga volume to ANYONE how's looking for a good facial expression book. It's detailed, direct, simple and yet well illustrated. I highly recommend this to any and all manga book fans. Just one look and you'll be hooked on this totally original manga book! Hope you enjoy it! *_* YOU'LL BE STAR STUCK.
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Summary: A great book for givng your chacters emotions!!!!!
Review: Not only does this book show to draw various emotions, it shows u how certain types of characters express each emotion. it even goes into how u express it with the body position. It's a great refrence material even if u dion't need help w/emotions. I use it for drawing emotions, hands, feet, etc. I also use it for ideas. This is a must have book!!!!! Drawing emotiond have been easier since I bought that book.
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