Hi, my son is a fledgling artist, and he is wild about anime, I am looking for resources
DJRoss
recommendations as far as books or websites would be much appreciated.
The Skeleton Man
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> that will teach my son the basics as well as more advanced techniques. Any
> recommendations as far as books or websites would be much appreciated.
>
>
One place to start is in classical illustration technques. I don't recommend
jumping right into a "manga" drawing style tutorial or book.
Books like Burne Hogarth's Dynamic Anatomy and Andrew Loomis' Figure drawing
for all its Worth are priceless when it comes to the basics. Hogarth also
has books on drawing the human head and dynamic drapery of cloth etc.
Loomis supposedly has a website with many tutorials and techniques online.
If these techniques can be adapted to a manga style afterwards, if thats the
desire, the result will be much better in the end.
There are also websites which focus on the latest digital craze of animation
and cel shading...
check out:
Cel shader - Digtial Beauty www.celshader.com
Studio ArtFX www.studioartfx.com
Anitemp (Japanese) http://www.anitemp.com/
Also check the Newtek www.newtek.com and the Luxology pages www.luxology.net
for the software and tools of the modern trade.
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>that will teach my son the basics as well as more advanced techniques. Any
>recommendations as far as books or websites would be much appreciated.
Antarctic Press has a series on drawing manga and coloring comics.
http://www.antarctic-press.com/
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Michael Lo
> recommendations as far as books or websites would be much appreciated.
Hi try the following website www.howtodrawmanga.com
A lot of it will be hawking their merchandise (books on drawing
Japanese cartoons and comics, however unlike the vast majority
of the books out there these are translated from Japan and do
not originate from the US) but they certainly do have sections
that teach you how to draw. The books that are sold from the
How to draw Manga series are for both advanced and beginning
artists. Also quite a bit of the material in that series aren't
covered by the books of US origin-these include visual symbols
and their meanings such as when a person's eyes light up on fire
for instance. They also explore use of toner which is something
not mentioned elsewhere.
*Please note that the How to Draw Manga (which also has a branch
called How to Draw Video Game and Anime) series, sometimes contains
nudity similar to what you see in anatomy books. That's because
often the series teaches you about anatomy such as how shoulders
work and etc. Do note that no genitalia is shown
sanjian
> recommendations as far as books or websites would be much appreciated.
Basics, basics, basics.
Anime style is simply an adaptation of what already exists in nature. You
can't draw a manga character very well if you can't draw a person. You
can't be a quality manga-ka if you don't have a solid grasp of principles
that span all visual disciplines. Have your son study traditional art, and
then start branching off into manga style. Or, at the very least, do the
concurrently.
Fox Lee
> recommendations as far as books or websites would be much appreciated.
Just let him draw stuff until it looks right. Sorry, I know that's not
helpful, but it did work for me ^^;
As far as books go, the 'How to Draw Manga' seem to be extremely
popular, though I can't tell you where to find them unless you happen
to live in Australia. If you want my /personal/ reccomendation, make
sure you get books with real Japanese art, not the 'Amerimanga' stuff
drawn by people like Fred Perry and Ben Dunn (it's just not the same)
and make sure he looks at a wide variety of artists and develops his
own style (infinitely important).
Ja ^^
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Chris Sobieniak
(Fox Lee) wrote:
>As far as books go, the 'How to Draw Manga'
>seem to be extremely popular, though I can't tell
>you where to find them unless you happen to live
>in Australia.
In the US, these books are available through several retail bookstores
and some comic shops. They're usually sold around $20.
>If you want my /personal/
>reccomendation, make sure you get books with
>real Japanese art, not the 'Amerimanga' stuff
>drawn by people like Fred Perry and Ben Dunn (it's
>just not the same) and make sure he looks at a
>wide variety of artists and develops his own style
>(infinitely important).
>Ja ^^
This is so true. Here in the US, we have a few types of these books
around like the ones by Christopher Hart (surprised he also did a few
domestic animation gigs otherwise).
It's also very important for those learning how to draw manga to
understand the wide variety of artists and styles they've developed over
the years in their work. Most people would lump them all up into one
huge ball and accept it at face value.
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you need cable if you want to watch anything, it's ubiquitous."
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popular, though I can't tell you where to find them unless you happen
to live in Australia. <<
http://www.howtodrawmanga.com/
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On Mon, Oct 14, 2002, 3:57am (EDT-3), malle...@yahoo.com.au
(Fox Lee) wrote:
>>As far as books go, the 'How to Draw Manga'
>>seem to be extremely popular, though I can't tell
>>you where to find them unless you happen to live
>>in Australia.
>
>In the US, these books are available through several retail bookstores
>and some comic shops. They're usually sold around $20.
DJRoss is in Sweden ( the swipnet.se is a hint too).
I think I could even hazard a guess at which store(s) they're getting
their anime & manga (and which neighborhood they live in...).
The books can be ordered here too, though slightly more expensive.