Customer Reviews

Draw Manga! (XTreme Art)

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I'm an Otaku, and I think this book was really bad.
This was the first book I read from Christopher Hart, and it really gave me a bad impression. It was less like Manga, and more like cartoons! Even the body proportions he gives you at the beginning are messed up.
I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone but the most desperate. I would rather recommend the "How to draw Manga" series.

even though i am no purist, i am not calling the artwork manga. i found it at the library, thank god i did not borrow it! the bodies are disproportionent, the eyes are wrong (as if he spilled correction fluid on them) and whats with that hair? if you wan to learn how to draw manga like i do, DO NOT GET THIS BOOK!

Captivating book with a great new approach of four (4) easy steps to create simple but yet extremely lively Manga. Great for someone who is not an experienced Manga; although we could all use some of the tip and techniques illustrated cleanly at the beginning of the book. At the beginning, Hart emphases a on some simple lines that makes characters come to life and then goes on with illustrating a book load of fun Manga characters and how to create them in 4 basic steps. This is a great book with a fascinating new style to illustration coaching.

This book is more of a how to draw western comics but deffently not manga. The charaters are deformed the hair is huge and the eyes are wrong too. If you are a beginer and looking for a how to draw manga book don't buy this book. I have been doing manga for a long time and I know what I am saying. If you buy any books by Chistopher Hart you will fall into the wrong path and never really learn what real manga is. I'm not an Okuto but I hate Chistopher's pretend manga jut as much as they do. If you want a good how to draw manga book try "how to draw anime and game charaters" very good art and good step by step instructions.
~*~Purin~*~

The innovative 4 step process is simple but brilliant. My children picked up the technique effortlessly. Mr. Hart developed an excellent technique to teach younger artists. I hope he continues this concept. This book is highly recommended for young artists.

If it wasn't for the title, I would have thought this was a book on how to draw Danny Phantom and other western cartoons/comics. This is not manga. Hart probably hasn't seen anything Japanese besides perhaps Pokemon, and he obviously doesn't understand how to draw the manga style of hair or eyes--I can tell just by looking at the cover. Definitely not recommended.

~Lina-chan

This book is definitly for littler kids. The manga(is it manga?) looks nowhere near professional, but that would make it to intimidating for younger artists. It would definetly broaden they're skills, but I would NOT recomend it for more skilled artists.("Manga Mania" is good!)