Let's Draw Manga: Fantasy

by Kahiro Kyouda and Noriko Tsubota

Fantasy fans all over the world will absolutely fall in love with this oneof a kind how-to draw book divided into three detailed sections covering themedieval, oriental, and near future settings. In addition to offeringinstruction such as coloring advice, this book will also serve as the perfectvisual reference book that provides a rich variety of characters anddesign.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1569709688
• ISBN13: 9781569709689
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 11 to 16 years

Customer Reviews

Simply Amazing!

Now, this was my first Let's Draw Manga book, and I wondered what I would get out of it, but as soon as I opened it, I was amazed. The art is amazing, it shows you things you would not even consider, and it's not even just about Fantasy, though it goes into a great deal about it. It doesn't just throw you into the world of Fantasy. It makes sure you know the basics b4 you drown in all the knowledge that may be ahead of you. It's really great for beginners. I, personally, am not one, but needed a reference for different fantasy worlds (Feudal Japan and Medieval Europe, for example which this book includes), so this book is an amazing reference book for those who are intermediates and experts as well. With that said, it's for anyone and is well worth your money.

Good for the imaginaton....

This book is wonderful in so many ways. I was a bit skeptical when I was about to buy this book. Not because of the cover, which is cute by the way, but because I have at least 2 books from let's draw manga, and the books are ok, but nothing to fascinating. I was totally wrong about this book! I love everything in this book. This book is a good foundation for those growing imaginations, as well as expanding imaginations to help feed your ideas and make you manga even better. This books contents includes: Chapter one: Let's create some characters!... 1. Drawing human bodies practice corner planning page 2. Illustrating human sized characters Western style-medival characters planning page/ let's draw western-style medival characters sci-fi style science fantasy character illustration asain-style characters Planning page/let's draw asian-style characters Chapter 2: Let's establish our world! 1. Creating a western medival world Let's illustrate our western medieval world in color 2. The world of science fantasy Let's draw a picture board 3. Creating an asian-style world Let's illustrate our asian-style world in color Chapter 3: Enemy and supporting characters! 1. New relationships Planning page 2. Let's create enemy monsters Sample drawing/ color process 3. let's create friendly monsters planning page drawing process: digital color illustration Fantasy variations drawing process: black and white illustration Chapter four: Magic and eguipment 1. Weapons and armor costumes weapons accessories 2. Magic and magical equpiment medival science fantasy asian let's digitally illustrate a magical scene Chapter five: Let's draw fantsy manga! steps: 1. Ideas 2.Ecstablishing the plot 3. story boarding 4. drawing and inking a draft Manga " the spring seekers" Chapter six: Author illustrations All in all, I think this is a fun and interesting book. It is a good foundation to start you off in your manga processes. I difintely recommend this book! It is a total steal. Plus there is no nudity at all in this book, so those of you who are offended by nudity, this book is right up your alley!

Excellent Drawing Aid - Worth the Purchase

I have a collection of How to Draw Manga books, but this was my first Let's Draw Manga and I love it. Simply put: The book is extremely well done - no skimping on the art quality (what you see on the cover resembles the inside art, if not better) and excellent color graphics. It is probably for upper-level beginners and up as far as details in how to draw. There are six chapters, each with about two subsections. The chapters are: Let's create some characters Let's establish our world Enemy and Supporting characters Magic and equipment Let's draw fantasy manga Author illustrations. There are body shapes that you can photocopy (intelligent move by the authors), very detailed descriptions, CG instructions(which are great), background development and explanations, character designs and costumes, and finally a book with a good proportion of male character information (which I find hard to get out of the How to Draw Manga book series). It is almost like a compilation of the many of the How to Draw Manga books. Well worth the purchase. Useful. Great addition to collection.