Comments on: For the Aspiring Manga Artist

By: Review: Drawing Manga Animals, Chibis, and Other Adorable Creatures « A word is a unit of language

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:05:10 +0000

[...] I reviewed a how-to book called Drawing Manga Animals, Chibis, and Other Adorable Creatures for Manga Recon this week. The art inside the book didn’t impress me, nor did the lack of actual [...]

By: Michelle Smith

Michelle Smith — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:44:43 +0000

Thanks for the recommendations, Laurie. I’d actually like to read about pacing techniques myself to better understand it from a reviewer’s perspective.

By: laurie

laurie — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:46:35 +0000

I kind of see no reason for these additions since so many of the older books are very easy to find and have more info in them anyways.

Plus there is so many free tutorials online so much of this stuff. The only thing that I havent found is the one thing that really makes a difference and thats story telling. The only time you can get any kind of info is if you get film directing and screen writing books.

Deleter manga technques vl. 5 and vl6
how to draw manga vl. 7
How to draw kung fu comics
Pen and Ink the manga start up guide

are the better books cause they teach you things not readily available online such as in-depth pacing, special effects and ink and tone.

By: Melinda Beasi

Melinda Beasi — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:24:11 +0000

WC, yes you’re right it does talk a little about adding your own art, but since it doesn’t give any instruction on that (outside of a very brief tutorial on scanning your own photos for backgrounds) I don’t feel like it helps readers *learn* to create anything of their own. You’re absolutely right, however.

And yes, thanks for commenting!

By: Michelle Smith

Michelle Smith — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:27:36 +0000

Thanks for the feedback, WC!

By: WC

WC — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:33:47 +0000

I can confirm that your review of the Shojo Art Studio is spot-on. It’s totally not what I expected, even though I think it’s good value for the money if it -is- what you are expecting. The only thing I might add is that it does talk briefly about adding your own custom art to the mix, but only briefly.

Thanks for the reviews! The ‘Manga Artist’s Workbook’ sounds like something I might pick up.