The Mega Guide to Drawing Manga Samantha Gorel 9781800920866

The essential guide to drawing manga figures.

Ideal for seasoned comic artists or complete beginners, this fantastic book is packed with clear instructions and inspiration for drawing manga figures. It begins with the basics and contains galleries of body parts, expressions and hair styles to inspire and encourage the reader, along with step-by-step guides to mastering fundamentals such as anatomy and hands and feet. A range of profiles, characters, genders and ages is included.

Build up skill through drawing and inking and then experiment using different colouring media - including markers, watercolour acrylics and pencils - to achieve outstanding results.

This title was previously published as Manga - The Mega Guide (9781782210764)

Samantha Gorel, known by her pen name Mireielle and GinmaArt online, has been drawing and demonstrating manga for over 15 years. Entirely self-taught, Samantha works as a full-time freelance manga illustrator. With no preconceptions from formal art education, she has a great and instinctive understanding of how many young artists learn to draw manga. She has a passion for connecting with her fans on an individual level and, in addition to her tutorial classes and websites, is a regular attendee and speaker at comic conventions, where she sells her comic books and artworks.

Samantha lives in Madison, Wisconsin in the USA. Visit her website www.ginmaart.com

This book covers all aspects of drawing female and male figures, the instructions are easy to follow and the illustrations are colourful.

I really like the chapters on inking and colouring, there is information on composition, backgrounds and how to use colour, light and shade.

There is advice on using markers to colour skin, hair and eyes and also chapters on using other mediums. I found this book very helpful and inspiring, it contains all the information I need to start drawing in the manga style.