Publisher: Search Press
Edition: BC Paperback
Publication: 21 March 2024
ISBN 13/EAN: 9781800921733
Stock: 50+
Size: 215x232 mm
Illustrations: 350
Pages: 144
RRP: $12.99

Step-by-Step Manga

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Book Description

Learn all the tricks you need to start drawing manga with this step-by-step guide full of tips and practice exercises perfect for teens and adults!

This is an ideal introductory course for anyone who wants to learn how to draw manga or take their manga drawing skills to the next level. Popular artist and illustrator Gecko Keck guides you through clear, step-by-step instructions in 6 different sections.

Discover the basics of drawing manga, including faces, bodies, and movement.
Draw unique manga clothes and capture limitless emotions!
Get valuable guidance on perspective, digital and hand-coloring, drawing backgrounds, and more.
Learn to draw characters in the style of shojo manga, shonen manga, and chibi manga.

Perfect for both teens and adults, Step-by-Step Manga makes it easier than ever to learn manga drawing and to create your own manga characters and stories!

Introduction

Manga Basics
Materials not just for professionals, Outlines and hatching, Starting with the head, Characteristics of a girl’s head, Characteristics of a boy’s head, Differing perspectives, Magical manga eyes, Secrets of the nose and mouth, Girls’ hairstyles, Boys’ hairstyles, Suggesting hair colour, Young heroes strong emotions, Hands and feet, Anatomy of a manga character, Manga movement, Perspective and the manga figure

Fashion and Emotions
The school uniform, What’s your style?, Fashion trends, Boys’ fashion, Magical transformation, Limitless emotions, Utterly in love, Enchanting faces from other worlds

Valuable Knowledge
Perspective, Backgrounds, Digital colouring, Colouring by hand, Graphic symbols and effects

It’s all cute
The world of chibis, Shojo or chibi or both?, Dolls and stuffed animals

My own Manga
Bringing in the action, Young gun, Prima ballerina, Football star, Basketball player, A manga story is born

Characters and Style
Scorpion woman, Cat girl, Vampire, Sci-fi hero, Young fighter, Dark teen boy, Dark teen girl, Cosplay

About the Author

About Gecko Keck

Gecko Keck (the pen name of Gerhard Wörner) is a German artist, designer and author.

He has published around 90 books since 2007, including Step-by-Step Manga, which has sold over 55,000 copies, and has created more than 25,000 drawings, paintings and figures.

Keck is married, and has two daughters. He spends a large part of his time on the Tuscan archipelago island of Elba, Italy.

Visit Gecko Keck online:
Facebook: @geckomanga, @GeckoKeckBuecher and @GeckoKeckGraphicArt
Instagram: @geckomanga and @gecko_keck

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