How to Draw Manga - A Step-by-Step Guide to the Basics and Beyond

Using clear, simple steps, How to Draw Manga gives soon-to-be manga artists the basic techniques to get started, and the confidence needed to progress to more challenging manga illustrations.

Featuring 37 how-to-draw components, from important basics such as eyes, heads, hands, body shapes and poses, to fully realized manga characters, including mecha robots, martial arts fighters, snow spirits, anthros, cyborgs, hybrids and more. How to Draw Manga will give artists everything they need to develop their own amazing manga skills.

From the professional manga studio that created the bestselling Curiously Cute Manga: A Colouring Book (over 75,000 copies sold in the English language), How to Draw Manga features similarly stunning and authentic manga artworks. The book features an emphasis on action-led Shonen manga, but includes cute Chibi character entries, too.

Collateral Damage Studios, a Singapore-based illustration studio specializing in manga art, has recently been featured in ImagineFX magazine - the world's number one magazine for digital artists.

About the author

Jolene Yeo is a resident artist at Collateral Damage Studios, a Singapore-based illustration studio specializing in manga art. She graduated from 3DSense Media School, having studied Concept Design and Illustration. Her dream of becoming an illustrator started when she was very young, and she now works in both 2D and 3D art styles.Shirley Tan is a concept designer and illustrator at Collateral Damage Studios, a Singapore-based illustration studio specializing in manga art. She loves creating poetic environments and drawing beautiful characters. She is always looking to make something fun, inspiring and memorable.

Product details

• Authors: Setsuri, Shirley Tan, Jolene Yeo
• Assisted by: Lara Murphy (Editor)
• Publisher: Michael O'Mara Publications
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 10
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2024
• EAN: 9781915751027
• ISBN: 978-1-915751-02-7
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 235 mm x 280 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 423 g
• Illustrations: Full colour
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Play, learning > Creativity; Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts; DESIGN / Graphic Arts / Illustration, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / General, Graphic novel & Manga artwork, Interest age: from c 10 years, Painting, drawing and art manuals, Painting & Art Manuals, Graphic novel and Manga artwork, Manga: Shōnen