How to Draw Manga Special: Colored Original Drawing

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Summary: Nice!
Review: Great examples of how to use your copics, etc, to add color to your artwork the way the professionals do. I think this could help all kinds of artists, actually.

Rating:
Summary: Nice!
Review: Great examples of how to use your copics, etc, to add color to your artwork the way the professionals do. I think this could help all kinds of artists, actually.

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Summary: An excellent book for adding color to Manga/Anime
Review: Great techniques and instructions for adding color to your works of art and bring them to life. A must have for any inspired manga/anime artist.

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Summary: pretty good...
Review: I borrowed this book from a classmate for a day, and i really liked it. It doesn't have pictures of naked people, but it has 2 somewhat disturbing pictures. it may seem like a huge advertising gimmick for copic, but it does give you useful information, like how to use an airbrush, how to gradate colors,mixing marker, colored pencil, and pastel colors, and tips on types paper and inks. the art seemed ugly sometimes but I tried to look over that. the guide character that appeared throughout the book looked as if the proportions were messed up; her boobs were too big, her legs too short, and she looked overall like a 7 year old.

but thats ok.
I liked the book. ^_^

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Summary: Title should be "How to Color Pin-Ups"
Review: The tutorials are very easy to follow going in a step-by-step manner from original pencil drawing to fully-colored finished image. All the instructions are in color which allows for easier visual than black and white. There were surprisingly a good amount of other handy tips you can use for other purposes such as the tracing down technique for those without a lightbox, using origami paper as part of the image, and using a cotton swab to hold down the paper while you're airbrushing.

This is more of a book on how to color your pin-ups or manga covers than anything. Considering the materials used in this book are markers, airbrushes, brush, colored pencils, pastels, and an etching knife, this book is for the more intermediate and advanced artists.

Aside from the fact that this is basically one big ad for COPIC markers and airbrush, you can apply the techniques you learn in here with other more readily available and less expensive products.

For those that are hypersensitive to anything that has nudity on it, there are two images that may make you want to avoid this volume. One is a female sleeping on her side and wearing a buttoned down shirt and underwear showing quite a bit of her right chest, and the other has no clothing but hides her chest with her hands.

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Summary: Excellent for the Serious Drawer
Review: This is a very unique manga-drawing guide as it covers specifically colored pictures. However, I I felt that it did an excellent job of covering that subject.

For example, this book had a section that showed how the same colored drawing would look on many, many different types of paper. It also explained the differences between, water, oil, and alchohol-based markers and important little things to know about them. (For example, oil-based markers will dissolve toner.) It also mentioned things such as not coloring too quickly or too slowly, and photocopying your images when coloring to make room for mistakes. It even tells you multiple ways of storing and protecting your finished artwork and where to make copies...
The guide also goes on to airbrush techniques...

Also, this book provided several solid examples of doing colored drawings step by step. And, this volume was quite free of ecchi material, which is an enormous plus in my view.

Finally, the little mini-manga at the beginning and end of the book added a cute touch to the guide. The store salesperson who appears often throughout the pages makes the book more fun to read despite the fact that this guide is much more technical than other volumes.

Overall, this is a wondeful How to Draw Manga book. Although it it more for the slightly advanced drawer who has some decent experience with drawing manga, it's a fun and educational (in terms of drawing) read for anyone who loves drawing manga.

Rating:
Summary: Excellent for the Serious Drawer
Review: This is a very unique manga-drawing guide as it covers specifically colored pictures. However, I I felt that it did an excellent job of covering that subject.

For example, this book had a section that showed how the same colored drawing would look on many, many different types of paper. It also explained the differences between, water, oil, and alchohol-based markers and important little things to know about them. (For example, oil-based markers will dissolve toner.) It also mentioned things such as not coloring too quickly or too slowly, and photocopying your images when coloring to make room for mistakes. It even tells you multiple ways of storing and protecting your finished artwork and where to make copies...
The guide also goes on to airbrush techniques...

Also, this book provided several solid examples of doing colored drawings step by step. And, this volume was quite free of ecchi material, which is an enormous plus in my view.

Finally, the little mini-manga at the beginning and end of the book added a cute touch to the guide. The store salesperson who appears often throughout the pages makes the book more fun to read despite the fact that this guide is much more technical than other volumes.

Overall, this is a wondeful How to Draw Manga book. Although it it more for the slightly advanced drawer who has some decent experience with drawing manga, it's a fun and educational (in terms of drawing) read for anyone who loves drawing manga.

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Summary: A world of NO.
Review: When I got this book I stupidly ignored the cover and bought it based on the content it promised and the little bit of content I saw while flipping through it. And there really is some useful and worthy information in this book.

But I hate it.

I hate the fact that we are taken through this book page after page by a preternaturally perky character that looks like a hydrocephalic five-year-old with big, BIG boobs.

I hate the fact that almost every drawing example is female, and that every female in this book looks like a hydrocephalic five-year-old with big, BIG boobs.

I hate the fact that this book is a non-stop commercial for Copic brand markers and accessories. C'mon people! Ease up on the brand imprinting already! It's not as if any U.S. manufacturer still makes airbrush accessories for their markers. We're already a captive audience, there's no need to rub it in.

I hate the fact that since this is mainly a big ol' undisguised ad for Copic, they couldn't be bothered to at least sell the thing at a lower price.

I hate the fact that the hydrocephalic five-year-old with big, BIG boobs is frequently posed with eye-gougingly obvious phallic symbols. Be it an ice cream or the airbrush assembly or the markers themselves, you can bet Miss perky-panties will be giving it the lovin'.

I hate the fact that I have to wade through all that garbage to get to the real and useful information.

I hate the fact that there are people out there who find that kind of illustration acceptable, or worse, appealing.

GAH! In a series that is widely known as hit-n-miss, this volume is most assuredly a miss.