How To Draw Manga

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Summary: great for someone who can't draw
Review: Before i got this book all i could draw were demented stick figures (seriously) now i can basically draw manga... if you have any knowledge of how to draw already this probably isn't the book for you. It covers drawing a basic face really well, and has a good method for drawing chibi's too. But it doesn't go very deeply into the full figure, shading, backgrounds and stuff like that. Still, it's an extreamly useful book for someone just starting out.

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Summary: Good book for beginners
Review: I am a total beginner drawer. I recommend trying
the various websites on drawing animation and then
getting this book. It is very good for the basics
and show you what to do step by step. It will
also allow you some success very quickly which
helps to build confidence even if you don't
really care about drawing manga. Most beginners
like we dont want to spend 3 days completing a
still life, so this is a good book to start with

The biggest mistake I have made so far
was trying to skimp on materials, you
will REALLY need a kneadable eraser
and india ink along with the book.

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Summary: This book taught me ALOT!
Review: I befriended the author and artist of this book on a website, and was amused to hear her low opinion of the book. I became curious and ordered it.
I am well beyond the reccomended age for the book, but I was able to use the basic drawing tips inside.
Yes, it's a very basic drawing level and you're not going to learn how to draw say, the Princess Mononoke style from this book.
But considering that it's aimed toward a younger audience, that makes perfect sense. It's easier for kids to draw fatter cheeks and bigger eyes.
I use this book a lot for my sketching and I would reccomend it to anyone who wants to work on facial expression or body shape.
A great book for the young artist or just someone who wants a little help with the basics.

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Summary: Katy Coope is great!
Review: I bought htis book because one of my friends brought it to school one day, and then I saw it, and i had to buy it because it looked so easy, as when Amazon shipped it to me, and I recieved it, I started drawing right away, and right at once my art started to improve, she makes everything into a couple of simple steps, and she puts everything into a couple of pages, frm Chibi Characters, to the heads, hair, eyes, body, coloring, and materials, the only thing that she does.nt teach how to do is Computer Coloring. It is really easy, and it's only one volume, unlike those "How to Draw Manga" books. In my opinion, everyone should have this in stock if they want to learn how to draw like a pro.

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Summary: Manga Rules!!!
Review: I bought this book at my school's book fair. When I first saw it, I wanted it right away! It shows you step by step of drawing manga. ...

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Summary: A young Manga Super-fan teaches kids how to draw their own
Review: I have recently started to explore the world of manga, although my focus has been on more adult works such as "Lone Wolf & Cub" and "The Ghost in the Shell." This book on "How to Draw Manga" deals more with television shows such as "Pokemon," "Sailor Moon," "Speed Racer," and "Dragonball Z," which is a totally different part of the genre. Still, I found this to be a very interesting little book since it was written and drawn by seventeen-year-old Katy Coope, a self-professed "Manga Super-fan." She is not a professional, which means this book will be of little interest to those who aspire to be such or have had basic art training. However, for kids sitting around the dining room table trying to draw manga characters this is a book that functions on their level with an eye on practicality.

Coope has apparently been working on her own style ever since she discovered manga and anime several years ago. I have no idea as to her training with regards to drawing, but I do know that kids are going to be able to pick up this book and start learning how to draw manga characters, which is, after all, the stated intention of the book. The parts that most impressed me in this book had to do with drawing eyes. Coope deals first with eyes as part of the Face, showing how to do them from three-quarter, side and front views, and then moving on to how to color to color the iris, how to make a girl's eyes, etc. She returns to eyes in the section on Expressions as part of "eye expression," covering how to make eyes look tired, angry, hypnotized, etc., before devoting a whole page to how to draw closed eyes and another on eyebrows. The goal is to be able to use these drawings to tell a story and she clearly lays out much more than the basics. The book is divided into chapters devoted to Getting Started, Faces, Expressions, Bodies, Finishing Touches, and Materials.

I too wonder how a teenager got a book deal like this, but apparently someone gave Coope the chance to show that she could help other manga fans to do what she had learned to do. This is a book that will have kids drawing manga characters before they are even halfway through the pages. Someday they can move on to more detailed discourses on manga art, but Coope's book is going to work a lot more successfully with young kids who just want to draw their favorite characters from TV. If "How to Draw Manga" inspires them to create their own graphic narratives, then who is going to complain about that? Not me, boys and girls, not me.

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Summary: I've seen better
Review: I have seen much better "How to draw Manga/Anime" books. It did give me a good example on how to create full length bodies, and went through all of the essentials of a good anime drawing, and gave a lot of ideas of hair styles, expressions, etc. Going through the book however, a lot of things bothered me. First of all, most of the characters have practically the same eye style (big and triangular, with variations of the eye color). Second, the way she draws the noses bother me (they're sometimes out of proportion). Lastly (and the most noticable), all the characters blush. I have seen a great deal of anime and manga, and is knowledgable that the characters do NOT always blush.

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Summary: Hooray for Hand-Made Manga!
Review: I love this book because it has actual colored-pencil drawings for illustrations. Seems logical enough...but most manga/anime drawing books feature computer-colored illustrations that although they look great, do not truly represent what a reader of the book will be able to achieve on their own. There are no better tools for becoming a better manga artist than a good ol' pencil and paper. Author/illustrator Katy Coope, a self-taught manga artist, backs up this theory with lots of detailed drawings showing readers how to build drawings step-by-step. This book focuses on chibi-style, cute manga characters in a rich, multi-toned illustration style. And its all real! Note to parents: Published by Scholastic and distributed via schools, the book is especially "safe" content for young people, as is not always the case with books on this subject!

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Summary: My first book on manga
Review: I love this book it was the book that got me on drawing manga. It goes through everything in basic porportions and even goes in to chibis ^_^ This book breaks down everything in a simple manner so even a brain dead monkey like me can draw manga. Although if you are intermediate or advanced you may not want this book because its made for those who have never drawed before but it does add a new way of looking at chibis thatcould be valuable!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Summary: Great for beginners!
Review: I purchased this book thinking, "ok I'll buy it and see what this is all about, it could be cool" And then I thumbed through the pages and immediatly went on a frantic search for a sketchbook, because I was thinking I can SO do this.This book made it easy for me to learn the basics and it slowly opened the gate to the wonderful world of Anime/Manga for me. It is great for people who are just learning but even though I have moved on to more detailed drawing books I will always keep this one, in case I forget something.:)