 It's all about backgrounds and tones |
| Review Date: November 22, 2004 |
| Reviewer: Rio A., |
A complement to the first book in this series, this edition focuses on backgrounds and effects. That said, it covers action lines, perspective, and toning with insider techniques such as drawing motion lines using a thumb tack, etching, applying tone, and creating tone effects. I also rather liked how it used actual panels from manga's printed like Those Who Hunt Elves, Angel Arm, and Lucky Rakuun.
This book is more for the aspiring mangaka who will use the knowledge of toning to great use unlike the average artist who just want to learn the drawing style. This book has four pages of nudity near the end as it covers shading the body using tones. If you're buying a toning book for a younger reader, get the Pen & Tone Techniques edition which has no nudity present. Other than that, is you're not adverse to nudity, then this is the best book to start learning how to tone. |
good gift for starting Manga artists
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| Review Date: January 9, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Buna Laish, |
This was a holiday gift for my brother (who is an adult). He has been enlarging and copying (by hand) Manga drawings for at least a year, and his work is beautiful. He just couldn't seem to make the leap to making up his own characters. I flipped through this book once it arrived, and thought it (along with 2 others I got him) would go a long way towards teaching him how to draw his own characters. I don't know how much overlap there is within this quite extensive series, but at least with these first few books there didn't seem to be much.
When he got the books he praised them highly and he seems excited to put the new techniques to use. |
Good,but not the best
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| Review Date: September 21, 2003 |
| Reviewer: , |
| This is good book, but really expensive and short.This is about backgrounds in manga,and this book teaches how to make background , what shows mangahumans feelings.This book has about 4 pages whit naked mangahumans, so this is up 13 aged.Im 13 and i like this series |
Its okay
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| Review Date: March 26, 2007 |
| Reviewer: , |
| Its usefull if you want to use tones and learn about perspectives and shadeing but if you dont then save your money for something else, also there is a bit of nudity so I would suggest 13 up. |
ok buy
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| Review Date: June 10, 2007 |
| Reviewer: kittyfo, secret |
Has a amusing section on the making of manga with the Assistants slaving away . It's got some H moments with a guy drawing a girl he knows nude. So its probalby not for a 13 year old unless your a guy. I really used The Complying
Characters more than this sense i dont use Toner. |
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