28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Finally! A HTDM book on males, November 22, 2004
This review is from: How to Draw Manga: Male Characters (Paperback)
Finding a How to Draw Manga book focusing on males is quite hard to find and gratefully, this book is comprehensive. What it covers by chapters:
Chapter 1: Approaches to Drawing the Male Form
Chapter 2: The Male Body - Parts and Connectives
Chapter 3: Basic Poses - The Figure Clothed and Unclothed
Chapter 4: Male Clothing and Accessories
Chapter 5: Representation Techniques Used By Manga Artists
Chapters 1&2 covers the male anatomy from skeletal structure, body types, head, neck, shoulder, torso, arms, waist, legs, feet, hair, and hands. It even covers how to draw older men which is useful to know. The remaining chapters focus on clothing and offers an array of perspective when drawing a guy from sitting, walking, laying down, and so forth. It also shows various occupational uniforms, the traditional male kimono, and a nicely laid out reference of various hand gestures, footwear, and glasses.
Overall, once you learn the male anatomy, you can keep this book as a reference.
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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellant!, June 26, 2004
This review is from: How to Draw Manga: Male Characters (Paperback)
This book taught me how to draw the sometimes complex techniques to drawing the muscles and torso. At last, I can draw men! As far as drawing faces on them, My male characters all end up wearing hockey masks for some reason, lol.
As it has been said before, this book is not really for a beginner.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
An excellent suplement!, November 10, 2003
This review is from: How to Draw Manga: Male Characters (Paperback)
This book, like most in Hayashi's "How to Draw Manga" series, is a fabulous suplement to his introductory books. It's not meant to show every detail of drawing, as that's what the basic books are for. However, it does help clearly define the differences between the male and female figures, and goes into detail about male body structures, common design styles and builds.
Excellent reference material, a must have for the anime/manga artist! I know I've inproved since getting it!
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