Customer Reviews
VERY GOOD...............but maybe for only reference???? - By: Ben Mulholland, 22 Jul 2007 
A VERY good book...........if you are a begginnerin Manga.
This covers all the basics on drawing manga PEOPLE, yet you MAY only find this book very usefull to you if you don't know the basics, otherwise you are probably going to take one look at it & say, 'Hey wait I already know this, dammit!'
BUT
A fair few people I know use this as a REFERENCE book, & they have been drawing manga for afew years, yet still find a use for this book.
Allin all, I would say, a must have for begginners, & a good buy for anyone else with spare change
This book is for beginners - By: Muffinthraka, 03 Feb 2007 I have now been drawing manga & anime characters for close to two years, this was the first book I bought & I am self-tought from it. If you already know the basics of drawing then this is not the book for you, it is for beginners only. I have studied a large number of other sources since this book including many popular seriesin order to gain my own style. This book will not let you create your own style, it merely shows you how it should be done.
If you really want to learn to draw manga & anime then I would definetly recommend this book & others from the series. If you already know what you are doing or are only interestedin drawing certain characters I suggest you look elsewhere.
its ok - By: Numeriku, 18 Sep 2006 
The first few pages of this book depict the every day life of a manga artist *just toldin a more quirkier way hah* which is a nice, then it goes on for a few pages about the wide selection of tools used to create manga, such as the pens, ink, rulers blahblah. Then finally half way though the book you get to chapter 1 which is drawing the face. This shows you the different angles & such & where the eyes should be placed & mouth ect, then it shows hair & how it should movein motion, then the body which shows a handful of poses. Then it goes on to talk about the foldsin clothing, perspective & shading. Then for the last few pages talks about different character types such as wild types, out going people & shows u face expressions & so on. For the last few pages the book talks about how to basically create a manga story, & how a story works/doesn't work & shows how to create dynamic effects to heighten a characters expression.
I give this book 4 stars. Over all it's a good book but not for a begging manga artist, but for one wanting to improve. That & it didn't really show u as many techniques as it thought it would. Still a nice addition to the collection ^-^
Fantastic - By: , 09 Dec 2005 This book is brilliant, I bought this one & the Couples one (Volume 28 I think) & it is so helpful! It is layed out really well & is better then most drawing books because it actually explains WHY the clotrhes move that way, why the body is drawn that way.
It is a very good refrence & will give you good techniquesin starting Manga. I would not reccomend drawing (unless you are one of those incredibly lucky peopel who don't need books becuase they are naturally talented) without this book. It teaches you to draw the rigth way & gets you into good habits that will help you.
This is not a waste of money, this book will aid you throughout your drawing life =P it will act as a good reference book & be liek your bible for manga people =)
One warning if you are going to buy this book & learn how to draw anime: do not follow this book line by line, word by word, as it is a good REFERENCE book & is trying to help you develop a style OF YOUR OWN!
Enjoy!
xoxoxoxo
Great book.... but watch out... - By: , 15 Sep 2004 This is a great book, you'll learn the basics of drawing a manga caracter. But... & there's allways one, it will not turn you into a pro, not even close, you will however learn (and well) all the basic stuff.
This book will let you go all the way since choosing the right equipment, to drawing heads, the basic body, structure of body, simple face expressions, passing to simple tone application, normal mistakes, recurring problems, etc...
A really good book for beguinners & medium artists.
BUY IT!!!!
