Discover Manga Drawing: 30 Easy Lessons for Drawing Guys And Girls

by Mario Galea

Discover the secrets to drawing manga! You can draw manga! And you'll have fun doing it as you create dozens of guys and girls in a variety of costumes. The easy lessons in this book make drawing in the world's most popular style as easy as picking up a pencil. Start with the basics of drawing heads and bodies, then learn ways to customize each character, from the looks on their faces to the clothes they're wearing. Make your people old or young, happy or angry, sweet or sinister. Hundreds of illustrations and 30+ step-by-step demos show you how Before long, your imagination will kick in and you'll be drawing cool, cute and 100 percent original characters of your own creation. Excited yet? You should be—you're about to draw some real manga!

Genres: Manga, Art, Nonfiction

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Dani]

I think there are definitely some good tips on how to get started drawing in the manga style and in general. That being said, that's only the first half of the (already very small) book. The rest of the book just shows you different character archetypes common in Japanese manga and a brief blurb about them. It's a very bare-bones introduction which is perfectly fine if that's what you're looking for.

That being said, the first half of the book contains several tidbits that I see myself coming back to reference frequently in the future. In particular, the explanations of how to draw a feminine vs masculine figure and the page showing and telling how to draw different expressions will be very useful.

[Rebecca Ann]

This is an ok beginner book for drawing manga. The style of drawings is very cartoon-ish and geared towards tweens.