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The Mini Manga series are small books that are packed with information for people interested in the distinctive manga style of drawing. This series takes a detailed look at manga drawing covering mecha manga (manga robots and machines), tips for drawing manga, faces and hair, and hands and feet. Manga artist, Yishin Li, explains and demonstrates the essentials of different types of manga drawing. The small format of the books makes them extremely portable and ideal for carrying around. They are full of information and manga inspiration and represent good value for money. This series is ideal for beginners as well as more experienced manga artists.-Suite101.com Manga as an art form is growing quickly in popularity and appeals greatly to young artists. This series covers different aspects of figure drawing in the Japanese comic-book style. This book covers how to draw the many different types of hands and feet seen in this genre. The hands and feet are very similar to human ones though simplified in style and older ones show signs of ageing such as wrinkles and visible bones. In Manga art the hands and feet are important to show poses and realistic grips on weapons. As the features are flat planed and simplified its very important to draw hands and feet convincingly and in a wide range of poses. This book has step by step instructions on how to do just that showing for example how the angles of the hand differ when holding a ball to holding a flower. It also covers drawing footwear and gloves so that the figures can be adapted for differing stories. There are instructions for drawing them from a number of different angles, showing how to get the perspective and proportions correct. This book is a must have for people wanting to learn Manga art and would make a perfect gift for a young adult artist.-Jeanniezelos.com
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Part of the "Mini Manga" series, this handy, pocket-sized book will teach you how to draw Manga hands and feet in every situation. It shows you how to use your imagination to draw, ink and colour convincing manga art, and includes step-by-step instructions as well as numerous examples to copy. Used alongside the other titles in the "Mini Manga" series, this book will help you to master this exciting genre of Japanese comic-book art.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I love this little book! I bought it on impulse because it looked cute, but I think it will be really useful to me. I'm not a manga artist and don't have much of an interest in the comics, but I do struggle with drawing hands and feet (I doodle a lot at work and like to have them look nice). This book has already helped me and I've only had it a couple of days. It's great to have some suggestions for how to draw hands holding different things, and how to draw feet in different styles of shoe. My office doodling is going to improve by leaps and bounds!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Nice expansion on section 4 and 5 of Manga Tips.
3 Nov 2010
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
hands and feet is the fourth book in this series of pocket sized reference book. This book expand on sections 4 and 5 of Manga Tips. The sketches in this book remain consistent with the previous book, still simple and well made, but good enough to drive the lessons home.
This is how this book is divided:
Introduction
materials and equipment
1. hands: bone structure
2. basic hand shapes
3. hands holding
4. hands
5. feet
6. feet: bone structure
7. basic foot shapes
8. feet and shoes
This book focuses more about hands than feet, although both are cover very well. The feet sections take only 50 pages, which contrast heavily against the hands sections which take about 120 pages. 60 of them just tips about drawing hands. This is not a bad thing, just something to note.
This reference book may not replace much larger and detailed books about drawing manga characters, but it is much easier to take with you on the road.
This is how this book is divided:
Introduction
materials and equipment
1. hands: bone structure
2. basic hand shapes
3. hands holding
4. hands
5. feet
6. feet: bone structure
7. basic foot shapes
8. feet and shoes
This book focuses more about hands than feet, although both are cover very well. The feet sections take only 50 pages, which contrast heavily against the hands sections which take about 120 pages. 60 of them just tips about drawing hands. This is not a bad thing, just something to note.
This reference book may not replace much larger and detailed books about drawing manga characters, but it is much easier to take with you on the road.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Mini Guide
10 Feb 2011
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
When this book says "Mini Manga" and "Pocket Reference" . . . it means it. The book is about 3 by 2 inches. I've never seen such a tiny book! For all that it's miniature, it packs a fair amount of information. It covers the basics of what you need to start drawing, such as pencils, erasers, types of paper and ink, etc. Then it goes into the formation of the hand, the bones, then the flesh over them. It gives demonstrations for drawing the hands in various poses, such as gripping a sword, folded in prayer, and so on. Very elementary. The section on feet is much shorter, but still effective. It shows the feet in a couple different poses, and then wearing several types of shoes.
I'm giving this book only four stars, because when it said the book had 200+ pages, I was expecting quite a lot more than I got. The small size severely limits the amount of information that can be included. It's got a lot, don't get me wrong, but not nearly as much as I was expecting when I saw the page allotment. As I said, it does cover different poses of hands and feet, but it's very simplified. You don't learn much about adding shadows or form, for example, or how to color in the figure. You just get the basics: how to draw easy comic-style hands and feet.
I'd recommend the book for kids or teens who are interested in manga or comic drawing, or as a primer to teach the basics before you go on to learn more about how to draw the human figure.
I'm giving this book only four stars, because when it said the book had 200+ pages, I was expecting quite a lot more than I got. The small size severely limits the amount of information that can be included. It's got a lot, don't get me wrong, but not nearly as much as I was expecting when I saw the page allotment. As I said, it does cover different poses of hands and feet, but it's very simplified. You don't learn much about adding shadows or form, for example, or how to color in the figure. You just get the basics: how to draw easy comic-style hands and feet.
I'd recommend the book for kids or teens who are interested in manga or comic drawing, or as a primer to teach the basics before you go on to learn more about how to draw the human figure.
Extremely Handy
8 May 2012
Format:Paperback
This is an extremely handy little book here teaching you how to draw hands, feet, shoes, robotic hands and such in a variety of different positions. It doesn't take too much space at all, its very small and easy to grab for a quick reference! I love it!
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