
b) If there is confusion with the How To Draw Manga series' numbering, consider the difference between the English and Japanese releases. a) Some of these don't have their official titles. I'm sorry if you're disappointed about some of them not being translated but it can't be helped.

Some of these books are in English, some in Japanese, Some in Chinese and one in French.This is not a thread to ask for books to get scanned! If you want to help please go to this thread: ( forum #10527).Instead of drawing a realistic Australian, draws manga with simple strokes and creates suitable characters such as the Simple deformed (SD) Character. By adding depth to their attractiveness, we can surprise the reader by surpassing their expectations It marks the first step when someone says your drawing is “good.”īut a real beginning when they say it is great You can also draw in accordance with reader’s expectations like in the college magazines.įor instance, looking at the boxes on the previous page, although the animator can draw up to level 8, he or she doesn’t because readers are expecting to see a level-6 drawing Similarly, an animator, You can see how they differ not only in design but also in personality It is a subconscious prerequisite in the reader’s mind for main anime and manga characters to be attractive. In fact, each one is an effective clue that shows individualistic interpretation, this is invaluable to give the drawing an element of surprise and incorporate extra information into it that would make it more interesting Course to do this you need to be able to sketch.īut on top of that, you must also come up with an ingenious theme, character pose, and design Although the character in no’s 9 and 10 is one and the same, You cannot say that nos 6 to 8 are mistakes.

The observer (the person who set the task of drawing the boxes) would be expecting only to see what was asked for what is, a square box Nos 6 to 8 exceed these expectations.
