Manga for the Beginner: Everything you Need to Start Drawing Right Away!

Manga for the Beginner

by Christopher Hart

Got manga?

Christopher Hart’s got manga, and he wants to share it with all his millions of readers—especially the beginners. With Manga for the Beginner , anyone who can hold a pencil can start drawing great manga characters right away. Using his signature step-by-step style, Hart shows how to draw the basic manga head and body, eyes, bodies, fashion, and more. Then he goes way beyond most beginner titles, exploring dynamic action poses, special effects, light and shading, perspective, popular manga types such as animals, anthros, and shoujo and shounen characters. By the end of this big book, the new artist is ready to draw dramatic story sequences full of movement and life.

Genres: Art, Manga, Drawing, Nonfiction, Reference, How To

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

I started drawing character designs and storyboards for a small animation studio in while in High School. Cartooning and animation was a magical experience to me. I try to bring that experience, as well as art tips, to my readers. Their enthusiasm also motivates me.

Early in my career, my cartoon work got noticed by Watson-Guptill, a premier publisher of art books. They asked me to do a book for them on drawing cartoons. It sold 200,000 copies, which is a healthy number. So we kept going. I discovered that I enjoyed the art of creating books, which has its own special requirements. I also worked as an author for Random House, Quarto and Soho Publishing. In total, I have had 8 million books sold, and have been translated into 20 languages.

My book, "The Master Guide to Drawing Anime: How to Draw Original Characters from Simple Templates" has sold over half a million copies to date and is still very actively in print. An earlier book of mine, "Manga Mania: How to Draw Japanese Comics:" reached the number one art book in the country, according to Bookscan.

I've also been a cover story on the industry trade magazine, "Publisher's Weekly." And if you've read this far into my Bio, then I'm more impressed with you than you are with me!

Thank you so very much for letting me offer some inspiration to you in your art adventures.

Christopher Hart

Reviews

[Este · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is the best book for begining manga masters. it goes over the basics in a simple, easy to understand way, and the best thing is your drawing actually look kinda good by the time your done reading. lots of tips and ways to fix common mistakes. by the end of this book, you will be a manga master.

[Ella · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a good reference and has a lot more than my other one I was kinda hoping it would have more on different styles too though

[Kenneth Manalansan]

great

[Mikhael · Rating 2 out of 5]

Начал Харт очень бодро, объясняя простые, и в целом, общие вещи, касающиеся не столько манги, сколько рисования в целом, бодро накидывая своих рисунков на каждую страницу, а потом... а потом, кажется, его знания о манге и рисовании подошли к концу, а издателю надо было сдать 400 страниц. И последние 300 страниц книги он просто забил своими скетчами (странными) и рисунками (чуть лучше, хотя и на уровне - нарисуйте круг, дорисуйте сову - толку с них не очень много...). Я почитал в интернете, а он, оказывается, известный создатель книг из серии "как сделать". Т.е. не профессиональный художник. Профессиональный писатель. И многое мне сразу стало понятно. Удачи ему, и, надеюсь, со временем он научится собирать больше материала для своих книг чем на первую четверть.

[Laurel · Rating 3 out of 5]

While this book covers some of the basic anatomy structures, it's quite biased in what style of anime/ manga you can draw. By this I refer to the 90s style. Granted, this book was published a while back and so doesn't have many of the upcoming aesthetics. The back has some examples of what you can draw but in general, it wasn't enough for what I'm after. I wouldn't go as far to say that it has everything you need to get started but it's decent, hence my 3 star rating.

[Applemily · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved it! It truly did have everything I needed to start drawing immediately. The drawings were good and gave the reasons for why you are not supposed to draw things some ways. He showed me the way to draw things to make them look like they had jumped off the page from a anime movie instead of being obviously drawn. I really enjoyed this book and would love to have a physical copy. I read this as an ebook on the Libby app.

[James Marcus · Rating 5 out of 5]

Perfect book to learn all the basics about how to draw manga!

[Loneho · Rating 1 out of 5]

Useless....website suck my dick

[Salem Quinones · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very, very useful. Helped me a lot with my drawings.

[Godo]

Amazing book

[Roberta · Rating 3 out of 5]

Everything You Need to Know and to Get Started Right Away
Well if you’re like me and you can’t draw worth a whittle it makes you think you can draw by showing you detailed drawings of proportions and “how tos” I doubt if I could still do it but it certainly gave me an appreciation and understanding of Manga.

If you are inclined to draw this book is great. Very authentic with tons of step by step instruction. It covers the basics like the manga head and body proportions (pg 14-25), brilliant eyes (31),hands, etc but a lot more. It moves on to costumes(59), action poses (69), special effects even staging stories in sequence. It also has popular manga characters.
So a beautiful book to look at and draw from if you’re a beginner. A very detailed and explicit book if you’re more advanced.

[Anna Robertson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have been intimidated by the art of manga, and this drawing guide was the best thing possible to help me advance in my abilities. Manga for the Beginner is very full in showing and explaining the steps in drawing different poses and face expressions. Also, this book encourages using movement of hair and clothes and perspective to make the drawing more realistic and exciting. I totally recommend this book for anyone wanting to get started in drawing manga.

[Eleanor Paul · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really liked this book. It teaches the principles of general manga as well as how to draw entire scenes and sequential panels. It teaches you how to draw more than what is in the book. Just FYI by beginner, it means beginner in manga. It expects you to be able to draw decent lines and basic shapes.

[Fernando Cañizales · Rating 5 out of 5]

Buen ejemplo

Buenas explicaciones, pense que habria mas tecnica , y esas cosas , es bastante ilustrativo , sin llegar a lo tecnico. Muy basico solo para darse una idea , de lo que es este modo de dibujo.

[Puppy]

i thing it is very good i'm going to show to my bff they will love it because they love anime book

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great for those who are past baby steps! Also, Hart does a great job of describing and clearly explaining why there are certain differences between male and female manga characters.

[Oscar · Rating 3 out of 5]

A few helpful tips but not as overall interesting as the Kawaii book of the same set

[Salem · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good for people who are starting to learn how to draw manga. It's helped me a lot and I'm terrible at drawing. XD

[Yvonne Doss · Rating 5 out of 5]

Helped with manga sketches

Great for beginners,especially ones that have never drawn. Everything is broken down into lines and shapes and built on that

[Mark · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hehe -.o Now thats what i am Readin..
Oh ye..
Will Nevah Finish :D [;

[Hinamori11]

read

[Phương Linh · Rating 3 out of 5]

good