How to Draw Manga, Volume 5: Developing Shoujo Techniques

How To Draw Manga #5

by Hikaru Hayashi

This volume shows the techniques used in manga for girls. which is now so widely used today that they have come to define modern manga style. These techniques are indispensable for you to draw characters more realistically and pay close attention to backgrounds. This volume is a definitive compendium that reveals these techniques in extraordinary detail and precision.

Genres: Manga, Art, Drawing, Nonfiction

136 pages, Paperback

First published August 6, 2002

About the author

Born in Tokyo in 1961, Hikaru Hayashi started his activity as a manga artist after graduating from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of Tokyo Metropolitan University. After working as an assistant, he made his professional debut with the manga Story of Aja Kong, then went on to found the manga and design agency Go office in 1997. Since then he has created more than 250 manuals on drawing manga, many of which have been successful internationally.

Reviews

[Joy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is useful for all kinds of drawing, not just manga. It contains lots of useful tips about drawing people and places. I found the examples of common mistakes particularly useful. It also has a very good explanation of perspective, much more thorough than I've encountered in other introductory art books. The last part was more focused on manga and hence less immediately useful for me but it still had some good tips.