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Jumaat, 7 Ogos 2009

Tutorial Books

Sometimes you can also refer you favorite comic artists. In Malaysia, for my personal drawing references I prefer drawing done by Ben & Kaoru (GEMPAK magazine) these guys have manga-look drawing style and have very simple artworks. Have a read "Fatal Chaos", "Le Gardinie", "Two Pisces" (kawai huh^^) as well as... "143", "Helios Eclipse" (simple and coloring).


If you really wanna start learning the correct way on how to make manga, you can find the tutorial books at MPH bookstore. I found many of them in MPH MidValley (Malaysia). Its costly expensive by the way. Here are lists of books that could proves helpful:


  • Plot and Structure, By James Scott Bell--Being able to create a good story to draw is just as important as drawing. Although this book is for writers it's also helpful for anyone who wants to make a story regardless of media.
  • Dynamic Characters, By Nancy Kress--Again, this is a book for writer's but it's information can apply to anyone who wants to create characters for a story.
  • Drawing for the Absolute and Utter Beginner, By Claire Watson Garcia--If you've never drawn before, this is a good book to get you started. It's not directly related to drawing manga but will teach you the necessary basics of drawing.
  • Perspective Drawing Handbook, By Joseph D'Amelio--Before you draw backgrounds you need to understand perspective. This book shows ways to create perspective in a scene without a lot of complicated math.
  • How to Draw Anime and Game Characters, By Tadashi Ozawa--After you've got some basic drawing skills, this is a good book to help focus those skills specifically on drawing anime/manga characters. It says "anime" but can be used for learning to draw manga characters.
  • Draw Your Own Manga, All the Basics, By Haruno Nagatomo--I like this book because it explains the general manga making process beyond just drawing, such as the inking and screen toning processes. It also gives a lot of helpful tips on traditional manga making methods.
  • Comic Artist's Photo Reference: People and Places, By Buddy Scalera - This book gives you reference pictures of actual people in many different poses. It also comes with a CD that has extra reference pictures on it.



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