Characters convey action and emtion in manga, and creating those characters can be an artistic challenge. How To Draw Manga: Sketching Manga-Style - Unforgettable Characters teaches the artist, through manga sketching techniques, how to bring unforgettable characters to life by making the fantastic seem plausible, the quality of the information to be conveyed, and how much of it to actually convey. English Text. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
By Hikaru Hayashi. Artist Kazuaki Morita. Cover by Kazuaki Morita.
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Pagina del Previews (JUN/2008): 426
Data di uscita: 06/08/08 (la data è incerta)
Whether on the baseball field, the soccer pitch, or at the bowling alley, manga characters engaged in sport need to be rendered realistically and accurately, and How To Draw Manga: Sketching Manga-Style - Illustrating Sports gives the aspiring or experienced manga artist all the techniques they need to create athletes on their field of play. Sports from figure skating to boxing and everything in-between are covered, drawn from rough sketches to finished piece to demonstrate for the reader how to create realistic athletes. Artists will see the human body from skeletal and muscular details to the complete body, showing how each piece of the body interacts to create dynamic, active figures. In addition to detailed artistic models, photo-references of athletes at play are given, showing artists how to translate from real life to artwork. An indispensable guide to creating athletic manga, How To Draw Manga: Sketching Manga-Style - Illustrating Sports belongs on every artist's shelf. English text. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
By VARIOUS. Artist VARIOUS. Cover by NA.
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Pagina del Previews (JUL/2008): 400
Data di uscita: 26/11/08 (la data è incerta)
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By Hikaru Hayashi. Artist Kazuaki Morita. Cover by Kazuaki Morita.
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Pagina del Previews (APR/2007): 414
Data di uscita: 30/04/08 (la data è incerta)
This exciting series is a dream come true for all aspiring anime and manga artists. The first volume in the 'Super Manga Sketching' series offers a brand-new 'sketching to plan' tin can crammed full of sketching fundamentals for use when creating manga, as well as suggestions and ideas to improve your artwork. The second volume explains how to use manga sketching to devised head-to-body ratios that make each character distinct and how to proportion realistic, attractive characters as well as adorable, ultra-stylized chibi characters. The third volume teaches how to create unforgettable characters by making the fantastic seem plausible, the quality of the information to be conveyed, and how much of it to actually convey. English Text. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
By various. Artist Kazuaki Morita. Cover by Kazuaki Morita.
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Pagina del Previews (FEB/2008): 414
Data di uscita: 09/04/08 (può ritardare di 60 giorni)
This exciting series is a dream come true for all aspiring anime and manga artists. The first volume in the 'Super Manga Sketching' series offers a brand-new 'sketching to plan' tin can crammed full of sketching fundamentals for use when creating manga, as well as suggestions and ideas to improve your artwork. The second volume explains how to use manga sketching to devised head-to-body ratios that make each character distinct and how to proportion realistic, attractive characters as well as adorable, ultra-stylized chibi characters. English Text. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
By Hikaru Hayashi. Artist Kazuaki Morita. Cover by Kazuaki Morita.
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Pagina del Previews (AUG/2008): 411
Data di uscita: 01/10/08 (può ritardare di 60 giorni)
From the makers of the How to Draw Manga series! Graphic-Sha recently convinced the fabulously popular manga-ka, Katsu-Aki - famous for his work Futari etchi - to help in the creation of a volume dedicated to his work. Carnival is the result! This book features two brand-new short manga stories, an illustration gallery of his work (including never-before-seen design elements from Sakura Labyrinth), a glimpse into the artist's new studio space, and even a manga he produced as an elementary school student! English language. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
By SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF MANGA.
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Pagina del Previews (JAN/2008): 407
Data di uscita: 05/03/08 (può ritardare di 60 giorni)
(W/A) Yoyogi Animation Gakuin, A.I.C. From the publishers of the best-selling How To Draw Manga series! This book is co-authored by the animation production company, A.I.C. and Yoyogi Animation Gakuin, a leading animation institute in Tokyo, Japan. It conveys the main or 'key' poses in action by showing the reader the work process up to the point where a finished animated work has been created. English text. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
By Yoyogi Animation Gukuin & Aic. Artist Yoyogi Animation Gukuin & Aic. Cover by Yoyogi Animation Gukuin & Aic.
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Pagina del Previews (STA/20R1): 320
Data di uscita: 28/04/10
The feel, thickness, and solidity of material and its drape are to be mastered by persons armed with pen and pencils. Separated and explained by pose, movement, and angle, the approximately 800 plates in this volume show you how to draw the ever-present suit and sailor suit. English text. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
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Pagina del Previews (JAN/2006): 417
Data di uscita: 16/04/08 (può ritardare di 60 giorni)
Cosplayers wishing to take their skills to the next level will want Graphic-Sha's How to Cosplay series. The first volume, Cos Note 1, focuses on make-up, how to apply it, and how to evoke scars, wounds, and even tattoos. Each page of this volume is filled with full-color photographs of cosplayers applying make-up, eye liner and eye shadow, lashes, and more. In addition, the book features a color photograph section of cosplayers in their costumes taken at the World Cosplay Summit 2008 in Japan. This book will give cosplayers ideas on how to improve their costumes, ideas for new costumes, and invaluable tips for creating realistic make-up applications to bring their favorite characters to life. English text. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
By Graphic-Sha. Artist Graphic-Sha. Cover by Na.
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Pagina del Previews (JAN/2009): 362
Data di uscita: 29/04/09 (può ritardare di 90 giorni)
by Hikaru Hayashi & Kimiko Morimoto Graphic-sha's Costume Encyclopedia series is designed to help manga artists to accurately portray their characters in costumes by providing over 4,000 reference illustrations, with manga characters appearing as models in various poses and angles. Volume 2 uncovers undergarments and lingerie; while Volume 3 hits the beach with swimwear, sports attire and active wear. Both books feature special sections dedicated to explaining folds, basic fashion knowledge, and silhouette lines. English text. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
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Pagina del Previews (JAN/2004): 417
Data di uscita: 16/04/08 (può ritardare di 60 giorni)
Period works with a historical flavor are currently all the rage in the comic and game worlds. This How to Draw Manga volume features posed photographs of samurai in formal attire, samurai wielding spears, ronin, public officials, okappiki (informants, undercover police), master swordsmen Yagyu Jebee and Miyamoto Musashi, the Shinsen-Gumi police, the yamabushi Buddhist mountain priests, ninja, and a host of other characters from the past in a wide variety of poses. This collection even contains close-ups of hands gripping weapons and is the perfect reference book for professional artists and dojin and fanzine artists alike! (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
By Ryuichi Shinozaki, Various. Artist Ryuichi Shinozaki, Various. Cover by Ryuichi Shinozaki.
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Pagina del Previews (NOV/2008): 361
Data di uscita: 31/12/08 (può ritardare di 90 giorni)
by Hikaru Hayashi & Kimiko Morimoto Graphic-sha's Costume Encyclopedia series is designed to help manga artists to accurately portray their characters in costumes by providing over 4,000 reference illustrations, with manga characters appearing as models in various poses and angles. Volume 2 uncovers undergarments and lingerie; while Volume 3 hits the beach with swimwear, sports attire and active wear. Both books feature special sections dedicated to explaining folds, basic fashion knowledge, and silhouette lines. English text. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
By Hikaru Hayashi. Artist Kimiko Morimoto. Cover by Kimiko Morimoto.
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Pagina del Previews (NOV/2008): 360
Data di uscita: 31/12/08 (può ritardare di 60 giorni)
This exciting series is a dream come true for all aspiring anime and manga artists! The first volume in the Sketching Manga Style series, Sketching to Plan, offers a brand-new 'sketching to plan' tin, crammed full of sketching fundamentals for use when creating manga, as well as suggestions and ideas to improve your artwork. The second volume, Logical Proportions, explains how to use manga sketching to devised head-to-body ratios that make each character distinct and how to proportion realistic, attractive characters as well as adorable, ultra-stylized chibi characters. English Text. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
By various. Artist Kazuaki Morita. Cover by Kazuaki Morita.
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Pagina del Previews (AUG/2008): 411
Data di uscita: 01/10/08 (può ritardare di 60 giorni)
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By Hikaru Hayashi. Artist Kazuaki Morita. Cover by Kazuaki Morita.
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Pagina del Previews (FEB/2008): 414
Data di uscita: 30/04/08 (la data è incerta)
by Yuko Sasaki and the Tokyo SFX Makeup Workshop Readers will gain insight into the techniques of the special make-up effects in The Complete Guide to Special Effects Makeup which shows conceptual artwork by young special make-up artists working in Japan today. The areas covered in this book include 'Cosmetic Make-up,' 'Mold Making and Casting,' 'Painting Techniques,' 'Character Make-up' and 'Professional Skills Workshop.' This volume is useful for students who study special make-up effects, cosmetic make-up, film, and art. Ideal for professionals in the film and television industry, as well as professionals studying to be make-up artists and cosplayers. English text. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
By Yuko Sasaki. Artist Tokyo Sfx Makeup Workshop. Cover by Tokyo Sfx Makeup Workshop.
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Pagina del Previews (SEP/2008): 375
Data di uscita: 29/10/08 (la data è incerta)
A single pair of glasses can alter the impression a character projects. A bicycle, motorcycle, or car suggests a character's idiosyncrasies. Weapons that a character might wield, such as a sword or gun, are elements indispensable to a fantasy setting. This sixth installment of Graphic-Sha's How to Draw Manga companion series, Sketching Manga-Style, is an outstanding and comprehensive handbook which covers the techniques in depicting large and small props that make a character stand out; everything from the basics of sketching and portraying texture to teaching you, the reader, how to develop your own artistic style that goes beyond mere accurate depiction. English language. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
By VARIOUS. Artist VARIOUS. Cover by NA.
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Pagina del Previews (MAR/2009): 324
Data di uscita: 29/07/09 (la data è incerta)