Draw Manga: Villains!

by Christopher Hart

The second installment in the best-selling Xtreme Art series, this book offers a fun-filled tutorial on one of today's hottest art the Japanese cartoon style of manga. Geared for eager young artists ages 8 and up, Draw Manga Villains! is an easy-to-follow guide to drawing dastardly manga-style villains and spine-tingling monsters. The book starts with basic tips for drawing manga-style facial features and bodies, and for turning ordinary characters into their villainous counterparts. Kids then get pages and pages of eye-popping renderings, each broken down into four simple steps-in each step, new lines are highlighted in a bright second color, making it easy to progress through the steps and build the final drawing. Best-selling author Christopher Hart's simple process and fiendishly fun drawings will motivate without intimidating, getting kids drawing right away!




• Follow-up to the best-selling Xtreme Draw Manga! , which sold over 50,000 copies in its first month

• Villains are the stars of mania and always a thrill for kids

• Mix of characters will appeal to both boys and girls

• Author has sold more than 1.5 million books

64 pages, Paperback

Published April 1, 2004

About the author

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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