Over 40 Basic Lessons for Drawing Japanese Comics.
Manga is the hottest segment of today’s comic-book market, and this book shows pre-teen and teen fans exactly how to re-create this popular Japanese drawing style.
Readers will find everything they need to sketch their favorite characters and scenes, including:
* Simple step-by-step instruction
* Drawing basics such as shading, perspective and foreshortening
* Sidebars on Japanese terms, traditions and character types
* Quick tips for having fun and improving their work.
Whether they want to explore visual storytelling or just draw cool characters, young beginners will be drawn to this guide’s dynamic design and color. It captures all the excitement of manga—from pretty girls and rebellious heroes to space pirates and giant robots!
David Okum stays in touch with aspiring teen artists through his job as a high school art teacher. He’s also worked as a freelance artist and illustrator since 1984. His work has appeared in several manga anthologies and small press comic books.
128 pages paperback with 210 b&w illustrations, 90 color illustrations.
Manga Monster Madness
Tweens and teens will love drawing the outrageous monsters lurking in Manga Monster Madness.
There’s no need to fear putting pencil on paper with:
* 50 easy-to-follow lessons for drawing everything from aliens and mutants to the supernatural
* Tips and advice on drawing basics like color theory, shading, and anatomy
* Fun sidebars listing each monster’s name, origin and legend.
This is the only book on the market designed to teach 11 to 16-year-olds how to draw monsters. Combining basic drawing instruction with the wildly popular Manga style, it’s sure to be a hit.
David Okum, author of Impact’s acclaimed Manga Madness and Superhero Madness, stays in touch with young artists through his work as a high school teacher and by running after school comic book workshops His work has appeared in a number of anthologies and small-press comic books. A freelance artist and illustrator since 1984.
128 pages paperback with 350 b&w illustrations, 150 color illustrations
Mechaforce, Draw Futuristic Robots that Fly, Fight, Battle and Brawl By E. J. Su
A pencil is all that's needed to bring a mecha world filled with heroic robots to life. Mecha Force takes you on an exploration of the mecha comic style, revealing the secrets behind robotic anatomy and imaginative machinery.
With more than 30 step-by-step demonstrations, including lessons on everything from perspective to basic drawing to refining and finishing final work, this book is a complete manual to drawing a wide array of robots and mechanical creations.
E.J. Su is an artist whose work has appeared in the comics Transformers: Infiltration, Transformers:Escalation #1, G.I. Joe Vs. the Tranformers, and Voltron among others.
112 pages paperback with 200 b&w and 80 color illustrations
Mechanika, Creating the Art of Science Fiction With Doug Chiang By Doug Chiang
Renowned science fiction artist and film designer Doug Chiang shares his drawing techniques and thought process as he takes you step by step from basic sketching skills to full color image rendering.
Chiang teaches you everything you need to know to design outstanding science fiction scenes, encouraging you to find your own style and giving you the tools you need to do it. You'll learn to create robots and machines, walking machines and transports, spaceships and aircraft, as well as infusing a scene with drama and using digital painting techniques.
Make your science fiction worlds come alive as you follow Chiang's expert advice, 25 step-by-step demonstrations, and inspirational gallery.
144 pages paperback with 200 b&w and 100 color illustrations.
Manga Pro Superstar Workshop, How to Create and Sell Comics and Graphic Novels By Colleen Doran
Since landing her first professional gig at age 15, superstar cartoonist Colleen Doran has accumulated more than 500 credits to her name as an artist, writer and designer.
In this book, she shares the firsthand lessons she's learned along the way, giving you a genuine, real-world understanding of how to create polished, publishable manga comics and graphic novels using the same methods the pros use! This is the kind of valuable insider information you won't find in other how-to books … stuff that Colleen wishes she knew when she was starting out. With step-by-step instruction and "assignments" throughout, this book will help you tailor classic techniques to suit your own unique style, and guide you toward your creative destiny.
In the top 10 for every major category of Comics Buyer's Guide's fan poll, Doran gives better instruction than anyone because she knows both Japanese and American manga better than anyone, having worked in all aspects of the industry. She has consulted with many Japanese companies for US marketing such as Bandai (properties include popular TV shows and manga like Sailor Moon and presently hot Naruto on Cartoon Network). She has 100s of credits with all the major American comics publishers—Marvel, DC, Image, etc. She is the author of IMPACT's Girl to Grrrl Manga that has been well received by buyers. Her artwork has appeared in some of Watson-Guptill's bestselling art instruction books.
128 pages paperback with 210 b&w illustrations and 90 color illustrations.
Manga Mania: Magical Girls And Friends by Christopher Hart
Sailor Moon. Card Captor Sakura. Magical Girl Rayearth. They’re magical girls, and they’re some of the biggest names in manga. Magical girls, ordinary schoolgirls given superpowers, are hugely popular in Japan and the United States. Now Christopher Hart shows fans everywhere how to draw these manga shoujo faves.
Faces and body proportions, action poses, costumes, expressions, transformations, special effects—they’re all here, all in Hart’s distinctive step-by-step approach. So are magical fighting boys and everybody’s favorite, the cute, furry manga mascots. Hart demonstrates how to create funny mascots, magical boys, fighting teams, and supporting characters, plus how to design layouts. Magical girls show us that we all have special powers deep inside—now Manga Mania: Magical Girls and Friends let those special drawing powers reveal themselves at last!
The Manga Mania series has sold 500,000 copies and Magical girls are super-popular—they pack the graphic novels shelves at bookstores.
Hart writes the world's top-selling instruction books—more than two million in print! Strong girl characters empower girls everywhere.
Christopher Hart is an award-winning and best-selling author whose books have set the standard for art instruction, both nationally and internationally, with more than two million copies in print in seventeen languages.
Draw Comics with Dick Giordano
When it comes to drawing comics in classic American style, Dick Giordano is a superhero. He shares his talents with fans—and budding artists—in this quintessential guide.
It’s easy to get started with:
* More than 30 step-by-step demonstrations covering all the basic elements of drawing comics
* Sample projects taught in pencil and ink—no expensive materials required
* Tips and techniques for creating basic elements such as heads, torsos, backgrounds, and scenery
* Pages and pages of dynamic, action-packed artwork.
"Draw Comics with Dick Giordano" gives readers a powerful combination: A hot drawing style taught by an even hotter author.
Dick Giordano is best known for his work at DC comics in the 80’s, where he revitalized the entire line as its managing editor, and brought in such talented writers as Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman. He has inked over pencils by Neil Adams and George Perez, et. al., and continues to work in the field today.
128 pages paperback with 160 b&w and 40 color illustrations.
Hi-Fi Color For Comics, Digital Techniques for Professional Results By Brian and Kristy Miller
This exciting and complete instructional package starts with the basics and progresses through step-by-step demos that take you from line art to full, awe-inspiring color. Get instruction on equipment, scanning, setting up pages, color theory, flatting, rendering, special effects, color holds, color separations, and even details on the business of becoming a professional colorist. The CD-ROM includes Photoshop tools and actions that you can use to streamline your coloring work, plus sample Photoshop files so that you can work along with the demonstrations.
Brian and Kristy Miller own Hi-Fi Colour Design, which employs dozens of colorists to work with all the major comics and entertainment publishers, including DC, Marvel, Disney, Wizard, Lucasfilm (Star Wars) and many others. Hi-Fi Colour consistently achieves recognition for quality work, due in great part to the color theory training and the Photoshop tools and techniques that the Millers have developed for their employees.
Over 40 Basic Lessons for Drawing Japanese Comics.
Tweens and teens will love drawing the outrageous monsters lurking in Manga Monster Madness.
A pencil is all that's needed to bring a mecha world filled with heroic robots to life. Mecha Force takes you on an exploration of the mecha comic style, revealing the secrets behind robotic anatomy and imaginative machinery.
Renowned science fiction artist and film designer Doug Chiang shares his drawing techniques and thought process as he takes you step by step from basic sketching skills to full color image rendering.
Since landing her first professional gig at age 15, superstar cartoonist Colleen Doran has accumulated more than 500 credits to her name as an artist, writer and designer.
Sailor Moon. Card Captor Sakura. Magical Girl Rayearth. They’re magical girls, and they’re some of the biggest names in manga. Magical girls, ordinary schoolgirls given superpowers, are hugely popular in Japan and the United States. Now Christopher Hart shows fans everywhere how to draw these manga shoujo faves.
When it comes to drawing comics in classic American style, Dick Giordano is a superhero. He shares his talents with fans—and budding artists—in this quintessential guide.
This exciting and complete instructional package starts with the basics and progresses through step-by-step demos that take you from line art to full, awe-inspiring color. Get instruction on equipment, scanning, setting up pages, color theory, flatting, rendering, special effects, color holds, color separations, and even details on the business of becoming a professional colorist. The CD-ROM includes Photoshop tools and actions that you can use to streamline your coloring work, plus sample Photoshop files so that you can work along with the demonstrations.