Draw Your Own Manga: Beyond the Basics

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Summary: Fantastic! Reccomend to anyone wanting to be a manga artist
Comment: Right, OK, this is the third time I've written this now. ¬_¬ [Managed to click something the other two times that got my big fat review deleted] OK, let's begin..

Excellent book! Just as good as 'Draw Your Own Manga: The Basics' - it develops topics from there, as well as providing new information, for the more advanced manga artist.

All the tips are easy to follow, useful and interesting to read. Everything is in managable chunks so you don't get bogged down with too much info.

This book is especially great for those drawing Manga that is OK, but with something not quite right. It gives small details which make all the difference in your drawings and make it look a lot more professional. Also, it oftens give two examples [where needed], of one manga and one anime, this is great as it helps you to see more of a difference between the two and gives you info for if you want to draw both. =)

The layout. Fantastic. Most manga books out there are pages of dreary text with a few diagrams [sometimes not even well drawn], which ends up demotivating you, however this is completely different. There are two characters guiding you along the way, sort of like a comic, keeping it interesting and exciting, plus the drawings of the characters are always good for reference and seeing how techniques are used. They're well drawn too - which is always a good sign, if the drawings in a 'how to draw' book are bad then how can it possibly make you draw any better?

If you already know the basics, then OK, but I'd reccomend getting both books. Basically just because if there is a technique you don't quite "get" or doesn't look quite right when you draw it, the background for it will usually be in the first book.

I really can't praise this enough, deffinitely the best I've seen! =D

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