Draw Manga Villans! (XTreme Art) [Paperback]

Christopher Hart (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2004 | Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up | Series: XTreme Art

The second installment in the best-selling Xtreme Art series, this book offers a fun-filled tutorial on one of today's hottest art forms: 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 Art: 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

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Christopher Hart is the acclaimed author of countless illustration tutorials, including two of the best-selling art books-Manga Mania and Anime Mania. He lives in Connecticut.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Watson-Guptill (April 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0823003701
• ISBN-13: 978-0823003709
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 0.2 x 12 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,249,342 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #55 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Arts & Music > Art > Cartooning
  • #74 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Arts & Music > Art > Sculpture

More About the Author

Thanks for taking a look at my books, and this "Author Bio." I'm a competent tennis player, who also enjoys playing computer chess while I'm watching TV at night (Hey, it prevents me from channel-surfing). I'm keenly interested in M-theory, although i have become skeptical of it of late, despite Brian's Green's full-body gushing... I love being with my family, and even my extremely evil dog, a Welsh Springer Spaniel named "Rusty." Oh, yes, he truly is that evil.

As for my work, I'm the author of many How-To-Draw books, published by Watson-Guptill,the art imprint of Random House. Thanks to a lot of the wonderful readers (and you know who you are!), I have sold over 3 million copies domestically, which have been translated into 20 languages worldwide.

I'm fortunate to also have had 26 of the Best-Selling art books in the country, according to Bookscan.(Bookscan is the publishing industry's rating system for books, which is owned by same company that does the Neislen TV ratings.)

I also have my own drawing show on the Comcast Network, called, "How To Draw Action Heroes With Chris Hart." It's on Comcast's "Activity TV." I hope you like my books, and find them a valuable adjunct to your own imagination.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Do you want to be good at drawing the bad guys?, January 22, 2005

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Robert (Rob) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Draw Manga Villans! (XTreme Art) (Paperback)

The XTreme Art series is awesome and this book is no exception. I like when good triumphs over evil but drawing villians is fun. Now I am excellent. Really.

2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Splendid, June 16, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Draw Manga Villans! (XTreme Art) (Paperback)

This book will bring out the malicious side of your child in the most creative way. The tips and techniques complement the mean with in us, to create the imaginative villains which live in a child's mind. Various figures + many poses & expressions to imitate when creating these amazing creatures. Using the 4 easy steps to guide the young artist and making it easy to follow and simple to create.