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DRAWMA f - - LEWIS @ COLLINS & BROW I Lewis 2005 (with the exception of pp10-19, see page to be identified as the author of this work has been a«ordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act IBIEIJW!o. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, lll~rJeoi"Ylnrg, recording or otherwise, without the prior written 1M «JPYY'ight owner. Contents Introduction 6 Chapter 1 What is Manga? 8 Chapter 2 Drawing Basics 22 Chapter 3 Creating Manga r Index j Acknowledgements , j ~I Introduction . 'th the substance of manga. which echo those elements th fting comiCs WI . at Prepare to start era . i ue and interesting medium. make japanese comiCS such a un q could easily get you started off In fact, if your goal is to learn h , , owt o First, gather up all the manga and in the wrong way, the lame way, the d raw manga that look just like the manga-related books that you own some-other-guy way. The manga ones done by [insert your favourite and stuff them into a plastic bag. themselves will only tempt you to copy manga creator here]. please close this (Make sure you get your favourites, your favourite artists' styles and visual book now and seek help elsewhe re. as well as any 'how to draw manga vocabularies; the how-to books will give This book may be entitled Draw books.) Then put this bag at the back you step-by-step instructions on how Manga but, oddly enough, its real of a cupboard and forget about it, at to make comics with just enough purpose is not to teach you how to least until you have read all the way 'gussied-up' stereotypical 'manga' style 'draw manga'- for that is by nature through this book. to seem authentic to those who know impossible! -but to help you use the You are now ready to Draw Manga. nothing about the Real Thing. Oh, those various styles, formats and techniques What this book does books will teach you how to draw of modern Japanese comics to create Or, more precisely, you are now ready 'manga' all right- a pastiche of L0m1cs stories in your own style. to use your own creativity to produce supposed manga-style comics, that IS an original work of comics art based This book is different I am not Yow to get the most from upon the manga idiom. This book is interested in showing you how to his book designed to help you do that create fake manga. I have no des;1 Jon 't l1e to you. It's going to be Here is the reason I ask you to put see people wasting their time led. , Jgh. Nothing worthwhile is easy. But out of sight whatever manga and how how to draw bad imitations of so, , 'OJ are one of the rare few with the to books you might own. Those books other person's art, including my c;.re and discipline to drag a proJeCt )V\ Below are the characters who will guide you through the stor~. Hana Flores A recent art school graduate, · the common-sense Hana IS part-time assistant at Studio 8-Chan. When ~ot sei'VIIIi and manga artist, as a-Chan's gal Frida)'~~ runs a small manga motivational inspirat ill out of his home. Over (i.e. keepin~ the ~rtht ~ ----- of his artistic line), she is presldentr-tanl B-Chan plumbed the Saturday Afternoon and of the East to create . lso drawing Circle, and a mpl•" Steps of Manga, an IS writing her first co _..,.fn artistic discipline r achlc•. .. manga. An ove flaches to one worthy manY year. Creative but of her Ute• •..•• OVerly fond ,u_ nevertheleSS and food. tim• for give you the encouragement and that in mind, we'll learn drawing into existence, then this book is going advice to get going on your own techniques to provide you with the to be a goldmine for you. manga. Both the manual and digital tools you need to draw people, In it, we'll learn about how manga approach to production and printing places and things; tips to make your got its start and where it's at today as are discussed, so you will be able to characters and your story come alive; a medium; we'll discover precisely what achieve your goal no matter what! and how to phystcally get all of this manga is (and is not); we'll see what The manga medium is not a single, creativity on to paper. Finally, we'll makes manga different from Western starlike point of light, with one style look at the production process, so comics; we'll investigate how to use or story to be endlessly reflected by that you will be able to make And Japanese comics' techniques and make others. It is a galaxy composed of them your own; we'll plumb the secrets publish your very own rr <'~'"' '<, t.> tl: of how to come up with powerful and as an tndividu~l (" as • 1 '} . btlltons of different, brightly shining ,. storytelling opportunities and artistic manga circle r' ; memorable story ideas, characters and 'I ; convention . c! flE'<; If you are one of the millions settings. We'lllook at the pluses and minuses of the manga idiom and how And we'.l • • 1 ·t reJders who have been dazzled '/ trat galaxy, if you have dreams you can put these lessons to use to of course becoming one of its stars- then create comics of depth, interest and WhethH 1 road on. Let's launch ourselves into vitality without slavishly copying the home offite works of those who have gone before. equipment c , 'ie exciting universe of manga, But before one can draw manga, one quiet corner w ' , ·, and discover how we can make it must first know how to draw. With pencils, paper at'u .,•·J t .t ... 1, '11 .•H our own. Christopher 'lmo' lmo is a college art Patchy Neko Puffy and female calico cat and companion of B-Chan. Possesses a powerful Sleep Ray. Fond of petting, naps and food. What is Manga? Those other 'draw manga' books just sort of assume you know what manga is. The ones that do define it for you almost always get it wrong. In this chapter we discover what manga really is - how it started, what makes a manga 2:' most importantly, what manga is not. 8 Draw Manga Draw Manga Hi! Is Mr B Chan in? Oh, hello, lmo! I'm lmo, his new My name's Hana. I'm art student Mr Chan's assistant. Do come in! He also tends to sleep a lot. .. What is Manga? t