Manga for dummies
Book - 2025
"Manga is adistinctive way to draw comics and graphic novels. Japanese in origin, this artistic medium provides an accessible way to tell any story and teach any topic. 'Manga for dummies' shows you how to make your imagination come to life by creating manga characters, storyboarding comics, and adding dimension to your drawings. Learn to draw manga heroes, villains, mecha, and shojo characters, complete with their accessories--and much more. Create any world you can imagine thanks to the easy instructions in this book"--Page 4 of cover.
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Hoboken, NJ :
For Dummies
[2025]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Item Description
- "Learning made easy"--Cover.
"Develop basic manga drawing skills; choose the right tools and materials; bring your own characters to life"--Cover.
Includes index. - Physical Description
- x, 388 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- ISBN
- 9781394281114
- part 1. Manga 101: Welcome to manga world ; Gearing up and getting ready ; Drawing : starting with the basics
- part 2. To the drawing board: Taking it from the top with the head ; Nice bod : manga body basics ; Customize and accessorize your manga character
- part 3. Calling all cast members!: The main protagonist ; Those loveable sidekicks ; The dreaded villains ; Elder figures ; Damsels in distress ; GIrl power! : shōjo manga
- part 4. Time to go hi-tech: Designing mechas ; Gadgets and weapons
- part 5. An advanced case of manga: Putting manga into perspective ; Thumbnails and scenery ; Writing a good story
- part 6. The part of tens: Ten (or more) manga artists ; (Nearly) Ten places to strut your stuff.