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Name: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Drawing Manga, Illustrated
Author: John S. Layman

📘 The Complete Idiot's Guide to Drawing Manga, Illustrated by John S. Layman

This guide teaches manga lovers how to create their own characters and stories. From bodies to the nuts and bolts of “mech” (manga for anything mechanical), readers will learn all the basics necessary to start rendering the exotic worlds and creative characters that attracted them to manga as readers. Over 200 illustrations will show readers exactly how to draw everything from heroes to vehicles to backgrounds.

First publish date: 2005

Subjects: Technique, Comic books, strips, Drawing, Drawing, technique, Cartooning

Authors: John S. Layman

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