Hart - Kids Draw Big Book of Everything Manga

Senior Acquisitions Editor: Julie Mazur
Project Editor: Laaren Brown
Designer: Bob Fillie
Cover Design: Bob Fillie
Production Manager: Alyn Evans
Text set in 12-pt. Frutiger Roman

This collection was previously published in separate volumes as:
Kids Draw Manga , Copyright 2004 by Christopher Hart
Kids Draw Manga Shoujo , Copyright 2005 by Star Fire, LLC
Kids Draw Manga Fantasy , Copyright 2006 by Star Fire, LLC
Kids Draw Manga Monsters , Copyright 2007 by Art Studio, LLC

The characters appearing in this book are copyrighted in the name of the author. They may not be reproduced or used in any format or for any purpose without the written permission of the author.

The 2009 edition is published by Watson-Guptill Publications, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.
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Library of Congress Catalogue-in-Publication Data
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Library of Congress Card Number: 2008933747

eBook ISBN: 978-0-7704-3472-4
Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8230-9509-4

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or used in any form or by any meansgraphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or information storage and retrieval systemswithout written permission from the publisher.

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W elcome to the world of manga! Manga is a Japanese word that means comics. We use it to describe Japanese-style comics. You can recognize most manga characters by their big, shiny eyes. If you bought this book, you probably know that manga is a huge craze with kids and teens. This book will teach you to create manga drawings so cool, your friends will be begging to learn how you did them!

The first section, Kids Draw Manga , starts with the basics, like how to draw manga-style faces and heads. Then youll learn to draw a bunch of manga-style characters, from young boys and girls to intense sci-fi commanders and giant fighting robots.

The second section, Kids Draw Manga Monsters , shows you step-by-step how to draw all kinds of fun manga monsters, from little furballs to giant dinosaur types. These monsters are sometimes mischievous, sometimes cute, or maybe even evil. Regardless of their traits, they all have two things in common: (1) they have a lot of personality and (2) they lack the ability to frighten anyoneespecially the characters in the next section.

Shoujo manga is perhaps the best-loved style of manga, featuring stories of adventure, friendship, loyalty, and teamwork. In the third section, Kids Draw Manga Shoujo , youll find leading men and fantasy fighters, fashionable teens, school kids, magical girls, goddesses, demi-gods, and even more knights and fairies. Youll learn to create these classic characters with your own special touches.

Well end with the magical world of Kids Draw Manga Fantasy . Youll learn to draw magical fairies, beautiful princesses, mermaids, wizards and warlocks, demon beasts, futuristic knights, and many more supernatural creatures. Along the way, youll learn to create super-cool effects and get secret tips to make your drawings sparkle.

Every drawing is broken down into steps that are easy to follow, and each section starts with simple characters, then moves on to more complicated onesthis way, the book grows with you as you learn. If youre a manga fan and you like to draw, get ready for hours and hours of creative fun!

L ets get right to the good stuff! Take out a pencil and paper, and lets get started.

The eyes are the most important part of any manga character. Draw them very big and round, with huge shines. There are at least two shines in the typical manga-style eye, sometimes even more.

1. Draw the top eyelid.

2. Add the iris (the colored part of the eye).

3. Draw the bottom eyelid.

4. Show the inner and outer edges of the eye.

5. Add the upper eyelid crease and the shines. Color in the iris.

6. Darken the iris. Leave the shines white.

Girls eyes are drawn differently from boys eyes. Most girls eyes are drawn in the shape of a box.

1. Start the outline of the eye. Add the iris.

2. Draw the bottom of the eye.