How to Draw Manga, Volume 33: Costume Encyclopedia, Volume 1

How To Draw Manga #33

by Hikaru Hayashi, Kimiko Morimoto

"I understand the design, but I can't figure out the actually how to portray my character in the costume." Many have likely experienced this dilemma when trying to develop a character's costume and reached for a book on fashion as a reference. In this volume, manga characters appear as models, and the book illustrates aspects that serve as fashion points showing the characters in various poses and angles. This volume boasts more than 4,000 images. With this as reference, the reader should be able to design an original costume with ease by combining the collars, sleeves, cuffs, and other dress details provided.

Genres: Manga, Art, Drawing, Nonfiction, Comics, Japan, Reference

240 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 2003

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

[Pannita · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is specialized in costume drawing in manga style. As part of How to Draw Manga series, it has a lot to do with school uniforms, kimonos, etc. I found it helpful when i’m trying my best to draw cute girls! Check out my full reference books collection here: http://korpannita.wordpress.com/2013/...

[Basil · Rating 4 out of 5]

Constantly helpful for coming up with new outfits or clothing types.