How to Draw Manga, Volume 27: Male Characters

How To Draw Manga #27

by Hikaru Hayashi

Explains, and provides examples on, how to draw manga style men and boys.

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

128 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 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

[Foolster41gmail.com · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good for what you normally would expect in a "how to draw" book. I was not familuar with this series, and was pleasently surprised. It has very details on anatomy and structure, focusing on each part and good reference pictures, and not just cookie-cutter step-by-step of a few poses that I'd seen in other books.

[Prince Cad Ali Cad · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good reference, though the instruction is of limited value. Takeaways:
Men's thigh muscles touch when standing upright so no space exists in between (maybe I'm malformed or bow-legged, but I tried this and it didn't work).
Men's chests are 50% larger than women's (not breasts but chests), while their hips are 33% smaller.
Men's bodies are like car tires and women's are like down quilts (that's a quote).
And, lastly, I've been drawing an "unathletic male posterior" all this time.

[Debra Hahn · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great book for learning how to draw male body parts, and how they all
connect to the skeleton. Along with basic poses to help understand drawing
The male form. With clothing and accessories from under cloths to school uniforms and every day clothing. The book shows andexplains in detail
techniques used by different Manga Artists. A great book for young and more
Experienced artist.
Debra H.

[Yui Yoshi · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've never read this before so I wanna read it now but you keep asking me a lot of questions. Its annoying seriously.

[Sammy C · Rating 5 out of 5]

love how much they cover in this book! It's really helpful since I stink at drawing boys big-time in this style.

[Juaeni · Rating 5 out of 5]

good