How to Draw Manga: Dressing Your Characters in Casual Wear

Rating:
Summary: Not bad if....
Review: ...you're looking to depict your characters primarily in one set of pants, a skirt, one loose shirt and a leather jacket...and only if they're female. I bought this book thinking it had more information on how to draw clothing in general (folds, drapes, wrinkles) but the book only very lightly touches on that subject for about two pages in the beginning of the book. It's predominantly a "pose file" and there are other much better pose file books you can find.
A lot of the "How to Draw Manga" books seem to assume you're already an artist of some skill and training, so this book is definitely not for beginners. If you're the type that can learn by sight alone, by all means, give it a try. Otehrwise I'd suggest going with a more basic instructional.

Rating:
Summary: O.K.
Review: I didn't find this book extremely helpful. I would only recomend this if your interested in drawing female underware. Seriously, half the book is about it.

Rating:
Summary: O.K.
Review: I didn't find this book extremely helpful. I would only recomend this if your interested in drawing female underware. Seriously, half the book is about it.

Rating:
Summary: Referential pose book
Review: The whole book covers clothing on males and females which is great considering most How to Books tend use female characters in their tutorials. Bad point: it briefly covers how to draw wrinkles but good point: the book has a lot of examples with many points of view.

To really learn about wrinkles from this book, you have to study the models which can be time consuming. Aside from the introduction to wrinkles in the beginning, the rest of the book is covers underwear and t-shirts, tops and skirts, and jackets and jeans. Also, the drawing style is is on the realistic end of manga and it has no nudity even though it covers undergarments.


Rating:
Summary: Very detailed in particular aspects...
Review: Uh, a very detailed under garment section, with the rest of the book lacking slightly. There are pages of different versions of bras and underwear, but no help on drawing actual skirts, no step by step guides, just a picture that you observe and copy from. It was alright, definately helpful, just not extremely helpful.