Mastering Manga 2: Level Up with Mark Crilley Author: Visit Amazon's Mark Crilley Page | Language: English | ISBN:
1440328307 | Format: EPUB
Mastering Manga 2: Level Up with Mark Crilley Description
Review
"He creates a compilation of strong lessons and ideas to give budding artists the tools they need to harnessing the manga perspective. Grounded in various art basics, pointing out sizing, angles and proportioning, Mark creates a lesson-plan system that is effective in charting these basics." - Nerd Reactor, 2013
About the Author
Mark Crilley is the author and illustrator of several graphic novel and prose fiction book series, including thirteen-time Eisner nominee Akiko, Billy Clikk, Miki Falls, Brody's Ghost, and Mastering Manga (IMPACT Books, 2012). Since being selected for Entertainment Weekly's "It List" in 1998, Crilley has spoken at hundreds of venues throughout the world and become one of YouTube's top 25 Most Subscribed Gurus, creating drawing demonstration videos that have been viewed more than 60 million times. His work has been featured in USA Today, the New York Daily News and Disney Adventures magazine, as well as on Comcast On Demand and CNN Headline News.
- Paperback: 128 pages
- Publisher: IMPACT (October 23, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1440328307
- ISBN-13: 978-1440328305
- Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.2 x 0.3 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
The title "Mastering Manga 2 level up with Crilley" describes this book very well. With this book, Mark Crilley delivers a most anticipated second lesson on Mastering Manga. For some manga aficionados, this is the Manga 102 that they wished the first book were.
As in the previous iteration, this book is divided into 3 main parts, with some introductory and final sections:
Introduction
What You Need
Putting Your Materials to Work: Making the Manga Eye
Anatomy of a Manga Panel
Part 1: Head and Faces
Part 2: Proportion and Poses
Part 3: Bringing it all Together
Conclusion
Index
About the Author
Like in the previous book, several sections of this book are introduced with a comic-book-style page. The introductory sections provide the basis of what you need to know to draw manga which makes this book a stand alone how-to-draw-manga book.
Part 1 to Part 3 also cover similar material as in the first book, with more detailed drawings, but with less reference material.
Part 1 focus on the head and faces. This section includes 7 to 8 steps tutorials on how to draw detailed female and male heads in front, profile and 3/4 views, bird's eye, worm's eye views and even a fantasy cat girl character. There is also reference material for 16 female and male hairstyles for female, 7 facial expressions, various samples of real and manga styled eyes (3), ears (2), noses (3) and mouths (4), various samples of glasses (4) and hats (4).
Part 2 focus on the body. This section picks up with body proportions for various ages, 7 steps tutorials on how to draw female and male bodies in front, bird's eye, worm's eye and foreshortening views.
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