Shoujo Art Studio: Everything You Need to Create Your Own Shoujo Manga Comics

by Yishan Li, Andrew James

Manga is the world's most popular visual art€”and within it, there's a subgenre dedicated to teenage girls about teenage girls€”shoujo manga. From serialized soap operas about everyday girl drama or a high school swim team that transforms into magical warriors fighting for love and justice, there's no limit to what you can write or draw about, though typically there's a main heroine, a cute love interest, a best friend, and a geeky guy who has a crush on the main character. All of the characters are supremely adorable, with the trademark big, expressive manga eyes and cool outfits. Now, creating this popular genre is easier than ever with this ultimate guide that includes a CD to help you draw your own shoujo stories. From background scenes, speech balloons, color choices, accessories, tones, and effects (like speedlines), the CD offers a huge variety of templates you can work with in Photoshop and Illustrator and customize to your liking and your unique s

128 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Mark]

This book, which includes a CD, shows the readers how to put together their own manga strip.

While this is not a drawing book, it does show steps for using programs like Adobe Photoshop.

This is a unique and handy book for someone unfamiliar with using a program like Photoshop.

Highlights include how to use layers, adding shading and creating 'talk bubbles'.


Notes

While listed as 'Shoujo' (girl manga) the principles apply to any genre.

[Jake Fuller]

Not much to learn except how to's on manga...
This is for webcomics!!! Not manga by hands, And yeah as a fair warning, the resources hidden and the guide teaches manhua-manhwa, yep you heard me right Left to Right. It kinda kills the purpose of learning 'manga'. And there is no how-to's on how to draw the basics...