Basics and Beyond

There's one thing that needs to be addressed when it comes to this book, something which left me feeling a bit conflicted on how to rate it. This book is exclusively about Manga Characters. If you want any information on paneling, lettering, backgrounds, screen-tones or anything of that sort -- this book won't help. This book focuses solely on characters and when it comes to that it's one of the best in its field. How to Draw Manga: Basics and Beyond surprised me with its level of detail. Each page is filled to brim with a variety of illustrations covering each part of the body. With pages devoted to individual parts such as the ears, hands, and neck. It includes instructions on both smaller details & common mistakes. The illustrations encompass a variety of styles, all of which are noticeably modern. Compared to classics, such as Tadashi Ozawa's "How to Draw Anime & Game Characters" it really showcases how manga has evolved and grown in modern times. It book even goes along to show several body-types not commonly taught in "How to Manga" books, such as plump, muscular, and "skeletal" bodies. If there is one negative to be had, it is that I fear the book might be a bit overwhelming in its first few illustrations. Like most other books it starts with how to draw the head, but here so much information is presented at once that a beginner artist might become discouraged before seeing how its broken down in the following chapters.

I've taken art courses throghout my life both in public schools and at university. I've always found how to draw manga books to be very lacking in teaching actual tools for skill building and instead defaulting to "this is how to draw this pose and only this pose" sort of concepts. This book contains some very important core concepts that people try to skip over but you honestly need those concepts to really take your skills to the next level. There was several concepts I learned at university in this book as well as additional tools I did not already possess, making this book useful for both total beginners and more experienced artists. I liked this book so much I bought a copy for my best friend who wants to learn to draw. This contains excellent lessons, tools, references, and concepts that I highly reccommend for just about anyone interested in drawing manga. Something I also appreciated seeing was elaboration on characters with different body types and how to draw fat or being emaciated. This also gives you tips on how to draw characters of various different ages which I also dont see much in manga books (apart from chibis, babies, teens and young adults but not many expand to ages beyond that). Having owned and read what feels like hundreds of manga books, this one is made by artists who are actually in the industry and know what they are talking about. If you are to get yourself or anyone else a how to draw manga book, this will have pretty much everything you need for the art skills. To clarify, this book does NOT contain how to use the physical tools such as pens, inks, panneling on mangaka layout papers and screentones. Trust me, out of all the books this is one of the best out there.

Over the last while I've been snapping up every character drawing book I can, from realistic "anatomy for artists" to full-on Western style cartoons, and of course tons of anime/manga ones. My collection now exceeds 60 books specifically on this topic. If I was forced to pick just one, it'd be this one. It is the most comprehensive single book on the topic I've found. In particular, I love that it covers a wide range of poses and body types. It also does a great job covering the differences in ages, all the way down to infants (which is weirdly often forgotten in most). They also cover skinny and fat characters. And tons of different poses and even goes more in-detail about muscles than most books of this type. An instant favorite of my collection and a must-buy, even if your goal isn't explicitly anime-style characters.

This book is better than I had anticipated. It's very instructional and less of a step by step book. It really talks about anatomy, perspective, proportion and other fundamentals of art that are used in creating Manga. Instead of saying "copy this" the book explains how to construct the characters yourself, with finished examples to compare your own work. This is more of an educational book, than a lids learn to draw. I would recommend it.

I purchased this book over quarantine because I wanted to practice drawing and learn a new style. This book does a great job of covering all the basics with good written descriptions as well as a variety of images. I purchased the digital version, but would recommend purchasing a physical copy if you do most of your drawing on something like an iPad. For me, I found it difficult to search through the book using the contents page. Additionally, it was difficult flipping back and forth between the books and my drawing on my iPad (but that's on me for purchasing the digital edition instead of the physical copy). Overall, this book is helpful, but I think I would prefer the physical edition as opposed to the digital edition.

This Book is awesome,compare with the other how to draw manga books this one beats them by far it goes into every little building block of creating unique cool,wacky, and amazing characters for your next Manga/comics in each different art styles drawn by three professional Mangakas(manga artists)which each teach you in there way on drawing characters by anatomy,posses,expressions, and it even teaches you how to exaggerate all of those.But as much as i love this book it is close to perfect like if it had a chapter on how to draw backgrounds,clothes,capes,cool effects you see when reading manga,etc. I would highly recommend this book for any those who would want to be a famous manga artist or anime director that would someday create the next Naruto,One Piece,HunterXHunter,ONE PUNCH MAN,Fairy Tail, and Sailor Moon. If words aren't enough to convince you buy the book and read it for yourself and then you will see what iam talking about

I’m pretty new to drawing manga, but I can tell this will be the book I go to for help. This has everything you could possibly need and more. It’s written by experts in manga and anime, and this will help you understand basic anatomy and fundamentals. Highly recommend for beginners to experts.

Our daughter has been begging for this book over the last few months. She has recently gotten into art and was to learn as much as possible about anime and manga styles. This book allows her to fine tune her skills and learn even more. She has not put the book down since it came in the mail via Amazon prime. To the authors and illustrators, thank you for providing this guide to keep artistic minds fresh and active. To Amazon, thank you for offering this book and others on your website ❤️! I just tried to take a photo of the book for this review and I had to ask her for it. She didn’t want to let me have it and she is standing next to me so that I can give it right back... Kids 😩😂.

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Te enseña todo lo básico de manera perfecta, desde las proporciones, la medida y ubicación de las partes de la cara, la anatomía e incluso cabello y forma de las partes del cuerpo. Lo mejor es que se puede aplicar al dibujo realista si también lo practicas. Una verdadera joya si apenas te inicias o ya tienes un nivel intermedio.

I ordered a bunch of books along with this on Saturday and by Monday I had them. Very impressed with the speed of delivery. When researching for "how to Draw manga" books my main goal was to find a Japanese author since they know the form the best.. I have been drawing anime and manga characters for almost 10 years for fun but always found when I did freehand the faces and body would be shaped weirdly. Within a couple of hours, I have already seen an improvement in my body shapes. The author has organized and written this book very well and covers everything I need to learn. I am pleased I never wasted money on other mediocre books. You will not be disappointed if this is the book your looking for

I got this book for my Grandmother as a birthday gift, but looking through it, it has amazing guides on body autonomy, manga styles, dynamic poses, making diverse characters, and so much more! I might have to borrow it from her after she's used it

This book is useful for beginners, it has all the basics. I felt this book would be more useful if there were more tips for total beginner in art. Price is little high for this book