Techniques for Drawing Female Manga Characters (v. 20) [Paperback]

Hikaru Hayashi (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 22, 2000

In an easy-to-follow format, this unique publication offers the future Manga artists all of the necessary components of drawing the various forms of the female focusing on their physical attributes.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Graphic-Sha (February 22, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 476611146X
• ISBN-13: 978-4766111460
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #471,161 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Reference Material, March 27, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Techniques for Drawing Female Manga Characters (v. 20) (Paperback)

This book is intended for those who want to refine their manga skills, specially those making a transition from a more realistic anatomy to a cartoony style. Even if it has some little translation problems, it gives very good reference and pointers for depicting a simplified female form in an alluring way, with lots of subtle little tricks to convey character (limb positioning, body types, facial expressions, proportions, etc). As far as the manga style fundamentals, you may want to consider getting "How to Draw Manga", from the same publisher... let's just hope they translate the other books in the series.

39 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for Artists who already know how to draw...., October 6, 2000

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TW (Austin Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Techniques for Drawing Female Manga Characters (v. 20) (Paperback)

I wouldn't recommend it as a starting point for beginners, though. This book would be very inspirational to a beginner, but it doesn't give a very good foundation on how they make the lovely pictures in the book.

To those of us who've been at it for a while, though, it's a wonderful book, full of insight, and funny Japanese quirks, like 7 pages on how to draw panties... Prudish parents, beware, it does get pretty involved on drawing the "girly" parts of the girls...

This is a great book, looks like they don't keep it in good enough circulation, though!

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for learning figures and proportions, March 22, 2000

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Meiko-chan (Washington, D.C. suburbs (Rockville, Maryland)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Techniques for Drawing Female Manga Characters (v. 20) (Paperback)

This book is excellent for learning to draw to female figures for manga that isn't highly stylistic. It does assume that the reader knows basic rules for drawing faces and other parts, what equipment is used, and has access to tools commonly found only in Japan (like screentones). There were a few publishing errors made when flipping the book over to read left to right, but they are minor and easily caught. Overall, this is a great book for the developing manga artist who already has some practice. I hope the book on drawing young boys is as helpful (if I can ever find it).