101 Top Tips from Professional Manga Artists

101 Top Tips from Professional Manga Artists

Author: Meredith Walsh

Publisher: Ilex Press

Published: 2013-03-25

Total Pages: 1059

ISBN-13: 1781571015

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As a sophisticated and highly stylised art form, Manga presents a series of challenges for budding artists, from character and set design to creating dynamic page layouts, perfectly paced narrative and panels with ever-changing camera angles. Here, award-winning professional Manga artist Sonia Leong and a collective of acclaimed creators lay bare the expert techniques that you need, from essential drawing tips to designing characters, painting vivid illustrations and exciting storytelling. Manga comes in a variety of styles, from kawaii (cute) to hyper-realistic. 101 Top Tips from Professional Manga Artists identifies the key features of each, enabling you to develop your individual style. Including both traditional and digital art methods alongside tips on becoming a professional, 101 Top Tips from Professional Manga Artists is the ultimate resource for beginners and more experienced artists alike.


101 Top Tips from Professional Manga Artists

101 Top Tips from Professional Manga Artists

Author: Sonia Leong

Publisher: B.E.S. Publishing

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781438002064

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"Manga creator Sonia Leong and a group of acclaimed fellow professionals lay bare the expert techniques behind this vibrant art form"--P. [4] of cover.


The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Drawing Manga

The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Drawing Manga

Author: Sonia Leong

Publisher: Ilex Press

Published: 2023-04-27

Total Pages: 514

ISBN-13: 1781578842

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Award-winning manga artist Sonia Leong, with the help of other acclaimed manga creators and educators, gives you all the tips, tricks and tools you will need to get your ideas onto the page. - Discover how to get started, build your confidence, and boost your skills, beginning from first principles. - Learn how to draw faces, bodies, hands, feet, and create unique characters with their own styles. - Get the most out of your drawing materials, from traditional pens and pencils to digital software, and discover how best to use them to work up your own manga stories and comics. - Benefit from advice on pacing, layout, composition and lettering.


The Complete Beginner's Guide to Drawing Manga

The Complete Beginner's Guide to Drawing Manga

Author: Sonia Leong

Publisher:

Published: 2022

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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Award-winning manga artist Sonia Leong, with the help of other acclaimed manga creators and educators, gives you all the tips, tricks and tools you will need to get your ideas onto the page. Discover how to get started, build your confidence, and boost your skills, beginning from first principles; Learn how to draw faces, bodies, hands, feet, and create unique characters with their own styles; Get to grips with working up you own manga stories and comics, with advice on pacing, layout, composition and lettering.


Manga Drawing 101

Manga Drawing 101

Author: Rebecca Bauer

Publisher: Hotmethods

Published: 2018-12

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9781949531602

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In this guide, you will learn many different techniques and information that is useful when drawing manga. So, taking everything into account here is the information you will learn. Some of the information that is useful to know prior to starting with drawing manga are: - The history of manga - What the top manga comics are - What the top manga television shows and movies are - Also, the five main types of manga that are used today You will also learn how to draw: - The different features contained in manga These features include both male and female versions, such as: - The different styles of eyes - Along with the types of expressions that are contained within them. - The different styles of mouths within manga. - The different styles of noses within manga. - The different styles of hair within manga. - The different expressions contained in manga These expressions will cover both female and male versions, such as: - The base face - Happiness - Anger - The famous nosebleed - Crying - And so much more - As there are a variety of different emotions that take place within manga. - You will also learn the anatomy contained in manga Things that take place in this category are: - Body proportions - Different techniques for drawing the body - And so much more. About the Expert Rebecca Bauer is a new and upcoming author with an extensive background in writing. She has had some of her poetry collection published in With Honors: 2007 Poetry Collection. She is also an artist and has been commissioned to illustrate children's books in the past. Rebecca has lived in Michigan her entire life and would love to move to New York City or Seattle. She would also like to travel the world with her husband and three cats, helping poverty-stricken countries and making the world a better place. Rebecca intends to continue writing, self-publishing her own works and illustrating many more children's books in the future. HowExpert publishes quick 'how to' guides on all topics from A to Z by everyday experts. Visit HowExpert.com to learn more.


1,000 Ideas by 100 Manga Artists

1,000 Ideas by 100 Manga Artists

Author: Cristian Campos

Publisher: Rockport Publishers

Published: 2011-10-01

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1610602323

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How much would a course on drawing cost given by the top 100 international manga artists? How much would they charge to share their most highly valued techniques? This book brings together 100 manga artists and asks each one to offer 10 practical tips for the manga enthusiast on techniques, sources of inspiration, and the best way to build their portfolios. Detailed photographs, 1,000 in total, taken by the artists themselves serve to illustrate each of these 1,000 tips.


Manga Sketchbook

Manga Sketchbook

Author: Sweatdrop Studios

Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing

Published: 2020-06-23

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 1607659530

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The go-to guide to learn how to draw manga, Manga Sketchbook provides tons of tips and details the building blocks to drawing both male and female manga characters. Including in-depth character profiles and graph paper practice pages both with and without helpful guides, children will spend hours sketching and perfecting dozens of drawings!


The Manga Artist's Handbook: Drawing Dynamic Manga Characters

The Manga Artist's Handbook: Drawing Dynamic Manga Characters

Author: Junka Morozumi

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

Published: 2020-04-14

Total Pages: 101

ISBN-13: 1462921477

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Create interesting and expressive manga characters by learning the techniques of professional artists. This volume builds on the proven three-step technique presented in the companion volume, Drawing Basic Characters. 1. Trace a simple outline of the character 2. Add clothing, facial expressions and other details using the easy-to-follow tips 3. Use color and pen to create the finished character Experienced manga artists Junka Morozumi and Tomomi Mizuna are your guides to the dazzling world of lifelike and expressive manga characters who literally leap off the page. Through expert tips and richly-illustrated, step-by-step tutorials, they help you to build your skills and confidence at the same time. Their focus is on creating a dynamic body pose and face for each character and illustration. First you are shown how to sketch a well-proportioned outline, then how to fill in supporting details--powerful dramatic expressions, clothing and actions. Bold examples portray an array of body types and faces, each capturing a different mood or action sequence. Whether your character has just won a major victory and is leaping into the air in triumph, or you want to draw the subtlety of a forlorn expression, this book will allow you to capture it. No matter what story you're telling, Drawing Dynamic Manga Characters shows you how the pros do it.


Ultimate Guide to Manga Art

Ultimate Guide to Manga Art

Author: April Madden

Publisher: Design Originals

Published: 2024-10-22

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781497206854

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Become a digital manga master with the Ultimate Guide to Manga Art. You'll learn tips and tricks to improve your art, learn how to use the authentic Japanese art tool, Sai, and quick ways to create action lines, emotes, backgrounds and more. Within each project presented you are given expert advice from professional manga artists, a look into their portfolios and learn what software they use and why to create their detailed scenes. Get inspired and watch your manga art come to life with help from the masters.


Manga for the Beginner

Manga for the Beginner

Author: Christopher Hart

Publisher: Watson-Guptill

Published: 2013-06-26

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 0823008274

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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.