- Turtleback
- Publisher: Demco Media (Jun 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0606276939
- ISBN-13: 978-0606276931
- Product Dimensions: 28.6 x 23.5 x 0.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
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31 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
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.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I recently started learning how to draw in manga style so I ordered this book and it was great. The illustrations and steps are clear and easy to follow and it shows great techniques used to produce good characters.
It's a 'must buy' for beginners I reckon.
It's a 'must buy' for beginners I reckon.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
When i came on Amazon search for a how to draw manga book, to be honest, this was not the style i had in mind. I had been working on manga techniques for awhile. This book was in a sense, helpful to me. I can't put it down, because it would be perfect for a person looking to draw a cartoony kind of manga. It gives very good details into faces and the chibi style section is very good if you want to learn that. I found this book easy to follow, maybe because i was working on something harder before... but i would suggest this book to anyone starting off, ot anyone who wanted to learn some various hints on chibis ;)
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Badly made
As an expirienced manga artist who honed his style for 10 years this book is not worth buying, this style does not explain the mechanics of drawing and it is very badly presented i... Read more
Published on 9 Oct 2009 by Mr. M. K. Jackowski
How to Draw Manga: A Step-by-Step Guide Review
This book was good but not the Best iv had. I belive this book is gd for beginers put perhaps others as well as this book would be required to get a good grasp of learning how to... Read more
Published on 10 Aug 2009 by E. D. R. Jones
Not worth it.
I bought this book in a catalogue when I was 13. Needless to say, that if I had been able to browse through the book prior to purchase I would never have bought it at all. Read more
Published on 2 Sep 2008 by Sasha Holborn
ish
This is not a bad book; however it is not for a more advanced artist who has had some experience drawing.
Published on 30 Oct 2007 by L. Payne
Mangarific!
When I first got this book I didn't really use it much, I was too tempted to try and ignore the steps and simply trace the pictures because I thought it was easier, or try and jump... Read more
Published on 22 April 2007 by Christian Burns
Fantastic
There are mixed reviews for this book... but mainly because people misinterpret what manga is.
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Published on 25 Jan 2007 by Ms. Jt Brown
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I love this book. I bought it a year or so ago, and now it looks kind of tatty with the number of times i have used it. Read more
Published on 19 Jan 2007 by Susan McPherson
A must not have
I don't really get why people keep on rating this book so highly.
It features some of the most amazing lack of detail I've ever seen. Read more
It features some of the most amazing lack of detail I've ever seen. Read more
Published on 15 Jan 2007 by Kim Etzerodt
great
I've had this book for years and I was yet to write a review. It's a great book for artists who have just started to draw manga and want to know basic ways of how to draw the body,... Read more
Published on 15 April 2006 by Numeriku
A helpful book
I am a serious competitor for the title of 'least artist person on the planet' but I had always hoped there was an inner artist hiding deep down inside. Read more
Published on 8 April 2006 by G. M. Davies
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