Does anyone know about these bokks and whether or not they are worth it?
They're worth it... I even have a few. (Granted I only use them for inspiration because I'm a tad beyond their help. But they occasionally offer assistence in backgrounds and THAT helps me.)
They're really rather good. They're translated from Japanese.. which is a start. I've ALWAYS hated the American done "How to Draw Anime" tutorials.. -_- It's just wrong.
I have two at the moment.. "Male characters" and "shojou". ^_^ Which I think is volume 5.
They're not really so bad if you love to draw (or know someone who does). They're actually an amazing amount of help. (Or I wouldn't have bought it.) I DESPISE books that say they'll help and they don't.
sushi_bunny 34th Post
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"How to draw manga .. series"
, posted Fri 20 Dec 17:49
I have those books, but in my personal opinion, the one with how to draw game and manga characters is MUCH better. If you're a beginning artist, it's good, but for intermediate and advanced artists (like me) the how to draw video game and manga characters is a better reference book.
In short
Beginner: How to Draw Manga Intermediate: How to Draw Manga (by Antartic Press - look at Rod Espinoza's work) Advanced: How to draw video game and manga characters.
Hope this helps.
sushi_bunny
Nate 41th Post
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"Re(1):How to draw manga .. series"
, posted Fri 20 Dec 18:00
I have Horror and Occult as well as Illustrating Battles (at least I think that's the title). Both are pretty good. Horror and Occult's real specialized, though, so it may not be what you want. If you're planning on anything with manga/anime-style fight scenes, definitely pick up illustrating battles. Very useful.
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CrazyMax 38th Post
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, posted Fri 20 Dec 19:33
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Does anyone know about these bokks and whether or not they are worth it?
Yeah I like em, I got the ones dealing with clothing and the figures in action. They make a great helper for any artist.
shinsei19 103th Post
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"Re(2):How to draw manga .. series"
, posted Fri 20 Dec 19:49
Hmmmm I feel the books served more as a primer rather than a more hardcore venue to drawing. In my experience the best way to learn how to draw is to simply draw a lot from life before you start stylizing it...once you can do that, applying the skin of a manga/anime style to your work is 20x easie; if you understand the fundamental concept of how/why, it makes pursuing a style a whole lot easier and better executed.
Granted, once you're comfortable with drawing more, the books layout good examples of how to execute manga stylistically. I'd recommend the books after you have a little more drawing experience, but to definitely take up fundamentals as well as studying up on manga.
Then again I'm an art-fart hehe and this is just what worked for me.
""How to draw manga" book series" 
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