Christopher Hart

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gender

male

website

http://www.chrishartbooks.com

genre

Cartooning

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I started drawing character designs for a small animation studio in San Diego, California, when I was still in High School in Los Angeles. I used to drive 136 miles, each way, on the weekends, when I was 16, just for the opportunity to get paid to draw. Cartooning was a magical experience to me.

I graduated from High School, and attended the character animation program at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California. At Cal-Arts, we had to do a lot of intense animation, which I found tedious. I was more interested in character design, and story, rather than drawing twelve poses to create one second of movement. It wasn't for me.

So I left and enrolled in, and graduating from, New York University. The social scene at Valencia c...more

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Books by Christopher Hart

Average rating: 3.69 · 889 ratings · 91 reviews · 155 distinct works

	Manga Mania: Chibi and Furry Characters: How to Draw the Adorable Mini-characters and Cool Cat-girls of Japanese Comics 4.02 avg rating — 58 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Manga Mania Shoujo: How to Draw the Charming and Romantic Characters of Japanese Comics 4.00 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2004	My rating:
	Manga for the Beginner: Everything you Need to Start Drawing Right Away! 4.24 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Manga Mania Magical Girls and Friends: How to Draw the Super-Popular, Action-Fantasy Characters of Manga 3.86 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Manga Mania: How to Draw Japanese Comics 3.46 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2001	My rating:
	Manga Mania: Girl Power!: Drawing Fabulous Females for Japanese Comics 4.17 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	Manga Mania Occult & Horror: How to Draw the Elegant and Seductive Characters of the Dark 3.90 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Anime Mania: How to Draw Characters for Japanese Animation 3.25 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2002	My rating:
	Cartoon Cool: How to Draw New Retro-Style Characters 3.69 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	Human Anatomy Made Amazingly Easy 3.48 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2000	My rating: