101 Top Tips from Professional Manga Artists by Sonia Leong

101 Top Tips from Professional Manga Artists by Sonia Leong

The great popularity of Japanese comics and animated media has made manga art one of the hottest commodities in today's commercial art market. 101 Top Tips from Professional Manga Artists shows illustrators how to succeed in that market. Written by two successful manga artists, with additional insights from a select group of fellow professionals, this illustration-packed book covers all aspects of manga art, presenting advice and instruction on--

Research and inspiration for graphic and story ideas

Tools and equipment

Drawing characters, with attention to hairstyles, expressions, and poses

Adding backgrounds, props, and elements from nature

Creating illustrations in black and white, in color, painting in Photoshop, and using markers

Creating comics with story, script, speech bubbles, and graphic sound effects

Preparing finished work for the web and for print

Here in a single volume is virtually everything an illustrator needs to know in order to create successful manga art for a variety of media. More than 400 color illustrations.

Sonia Leong is a professional comic artist and illustrator who specializes in anime and manga. Her more than 80 published works comprise graphic novels, magazines, film and television projects, and instructional art books, including Illustration Studio: Beginning Manga and Illustration Studio: Drawing Manga Heroines and Heroes, both from Walter Foster Publishing. Sonia also teaches manga workshops and exhibits her artwork throughout the world. Learn more at www.fyredrake.net.

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ISBN 13	9781438002064
ISBN 10	1438002068
Title	101 Top Tips from Professional Manga Artists
Author	Sonia Leong
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	B.E.S. Publishing
Year published	2013-04-01
Number of pages	176
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