The Complete Idiot's Guide to Drawing Manga, Illustrated

by John Layman, David Hutchison

Simple instructions for illustrating everything Manga.

This guide teaches manga lovers how to create their own characters and stories. From bodies to the nuts and bolts of “mech” (manga for anything mechanical), readers will learn all the basics necessary to start rendering the exotic worlds and creative characters that attracted them to manga as readers. Over 200 illustrations will show readers exactly how to draw everything from heroes to vehicles to backgrounds.

• Manga is the fastest-growing segment of the publishing industry, with 2004 sales projected to reach 120 million, up 20% from 2003
• There are few instructional manga books that are truly instructional and even fewer with this guide's step-by-step directions
• The single most comprehensive source for learning all the manga basics

Genres: Manga, Art, Nonfiction, Crafts

352 pages, Paperback

First published May 3, 2005

About the author

John Steele Layman is an American comic book writer and letterer. Layman is most known for writing Chew, published by Image Comics.

Reviews

[Sarah Marie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very nicely done for advice on the art form--I love it!

[Kristina · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was okay.

[Vivian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good for Western comic author who never read manga before. For me who read manga since elementary school, this book shows only some basic about it.