The Monster Book of Manga: Draw Like the Experts Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a wonderful book period. But wonderful for whom?
I am not a beginner in manga art but I am far from advanced. I found this book to be helpful AFTER I read other How to Draw Manga Books.
This is not a book for a beginner. The following are some pros and cons I have with this book.
First the Pros
PROS
1. The book is 377 pages long.
2. The artwork is incredible!
3.The Variety of characters examples it contains.The index is as follows, each is met with a brief explanation of what is in each chapter.
Introduction: Just as it says.
Girls: The girls shown are: The Shy School Girl, Sporty, Static Movement,Cat Girl, Fighter,Gothic Lolita(my favorite), Cybergirl, Pinup girl, and friends.
Fantasy: Male Elf, Female Elf, Knight, Explorer, Orc, Dwarf, Amazons, Goblin, Devil
Monsters: Succubus Dragon, Ghost, Worm, Werewolf,Mummmy, Monster from the Deep, and the every popular Vampire
Science Fiction: Demon ,Bionic Girl, Cyberpet, Android, Combat Mecha, Octopus, star pilot, princess nebula, and reflections.
Music: Is my fave section in the book. It covers characters in all the different styles of music from Hip-hop to traditional to children's music.
The samurai section is amazing as well. It has witches, geisha, princesses, ninja, ronin, wanderer, samurai, and Sakura(is a samurai that can fuse their body and spirit with their surroundings.
The final chapter is Drawing Digitally. This covers so much that I really can't type out the chapter titles.
4. For each character there is a page each of the following:
A summary of the character, shape, anatomy, clothes, ink and lighting, and color.Now for the cons of this book.
CONS:
1. There aren't enough detailed descriptions on how to draw them although there are diagrams that you can look at.
2. No angels, faries or anything like that in the fantasy section or anywhere in the book. That is a downfall to me.
3. There is not a section particularly for boys. Just girls.
4. The digital tutorial is only for adobe photoshop. All in all I say if you like manga then pick this book up. I think you will enjoy it very much.

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The popularity of manga continues to row, inspiring interest in learning how to draw in this exciting style of comics. Estudio Joso creates the ultimate guide to illustration—384 pages of manga instruction. The Monster Book of Manga is divided into sections focusing on the most figures and themes—Girls, Boys, Samurais, Monsters, and more. Each illustration is broken down into six stages accompanied by step-by-step instructions, taking the artist from initial back-and-white sketches to the final color piece. They are all accompanied by practical suggestions, hints, and tips.

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