Let's Draw Manga: Ninja and Samurai [Kindle Edition]

Hidefumi Okuma (Author)

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Product Description

LET’S DRAW MANGA – Ninja & Samurai is a fist full of fun, with more action than you can shake a katana at. The western audience’s fascination with ninja and samurai has been on the rise recently with famous titles such as Lone Wolf and Cub and animated features like Ninja Scroll, which have gained much public attention. Yet there has not been a real instructional book about these legendary warriors until now! Inside this book you will learn from experienced manga artist, Hidefumi Okuma, on drawing the daily life and tools of the legendary samurai and their most menacing foes, the ninja.

Also featured are the Kunoichi “female ninja”, mendicant Zen priests and much more. By providing readers with an in-depth look at these characters and their appearances, facial expressions, clothing and weaponry, you will gain the knowledge and understanding
of what it takes to create authentic manga of this genre. This book will serve as a unique reference for any manga artist aspiring to create a samurai and ninja manga action series.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 7135 KB
• Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing; 1 edition (June 19, 2009)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B002E9IQ3I
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #205,942 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #16 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Arts & Entertainment > Graphic Design > Drawing > Pen & Ink
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Let's Draw Manga : N, February 21, 2005

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Ink Spill "zombie fan" (Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Let's Draw Manga: Ninja and Samurai (Paperback)

the book does a good job of providing information about the subject matter (whether it's the section on ninja weapons that mentions 'caltrops' were originally the dried fruit of the caltrop plant or including information that the mesh shirts you are directed to draw on your ninja were made of woven metal)

I did enjoy the multiple poses and explaination of the clothing and style of the samurai and ninja, though I found the artwork to be slightly out of proportion (the book goes into detail on creating female ninja, and recommends if you want a more sexy ninja to make her a bit more curvy and exaggerate certain elements) but the distortion I refer to is in some of the artwork not related to ninja busts, the artwork is either in proportion or not. I was happy to have found this book, I felt there should have been more work with the clothing and how it appears in different positions, and even a basic breakdown of sword strikes and positions would have been helpfull. A good book overall, as an instructional book and source of information on clothing, weapon, and hair styles reference this book is pretty good.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Let's Draw Manga - Ninja & Samurai is one of the best!, November 23, 2004

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Christina Cross "Digital Artist" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Let's Draw Manga: Ninja and Samurai (Paperback)

When I received my copy of Let's Draw Manga - Ninja & Samurai, I was impressed with the broad scope of illustrations covering Ninja & Samurai poses, clothing, and weapons. The book is a great source of information on drawing in the manga style and gives its readers a good sense of how to draw the details of ninja and samurai, and it helped me to draw my own samurai character that I am quite pleased with.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to draw in this style!

0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good book, February 18, 2008

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Norah Abanmy "norah" (Saudi Arabia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Let's Draw Manga: Ninja and Samurai (Paperback)

I have purshased this item for my 13 y.o son, he is interesting in such things and he was happy when he received this item and feels that it is very interresting.