Calling All Cast Members!
An Advanced Case of Manga
Tracing the Rise of Manga's Popularity
All Manga Is Not Created Equal: Looking At the Different Genres
The Key Components of Manga
Manga versus American Comics
Broader readership than American comics
The guts and glory. Differences in workload and credit for artists
"Making It" in the Manga World
Gearing Up and Getting Ready
Materials You Need to Get Started
Finding a quiet place to draw
Using the right equipment
Upgrading your basic studio
Drawing: Starting with the Basics
Making Your First Moves with the Pencil
Exercises Using Your Ruler
Drawing and inking basic straight lines
Inking from thick to thin
Taking It from the Top with the Head
Heading Out on a Manga Mission
Beginning with the basic eye structure
Drawing all shapes and sizes
Speak your mind: Drawing the mouth
Nice Bod: Manga Body Basics
How Many Heads? Setting Up Your Character's Proportions
Getting in Shape with Geometry
Getting off on the right feet
Merging the shapes to the wire figure
Beefing up with muscles and rhythm
Adding a woman's touch with curves
Customize and Accessorize Your Manga Character
Know When to Fold 'Em: Drawing Fabric Folds
The art of the pinch, pull, and tuck: Exploring drapery folds
Is that leather, silk, or what?
Dressing Up for the Occasion
Do these jeans make my butt look big?
Equipped to Make a Positive Impression
Hair and head accessories
What else can we add or carry?
Calling All Cast Members!
Drawing Male Lead Characters
Army Special Forces rookie
Drawing Female Lead Characters
Drawing Male Sidekick Characters
Drawing Female Sidekick Characters
The nurturing and caring soul
The Handsome yet Icy-Cold Villain
The "Little Sister" Princess
The Loyal, Selfless Damsel
Drawing Classic Shojo Manga Faces and Hair
Blondes and brunettes are cool
Female and male shojo faces
Drawing the Rest of the Body
Dressing up the shojo female
Dressing up the shojo male
Art Nouveau Backgrounds in Shojo Manga
Creating Simple and Cute Mechas
Drawing a single-shape body
Mixing it up with a multishaped body
Drawing Pilot-Operated Mechas
It's all about the shapes
Here come the heavyweights
Taking Off: Vehicles and Airplanes
Drawing different angles using basic shapes
Drawing standard cars (a.k.a. "grocery getters")
Drawing faster, sleeker cars
Drawing the F-18 fighter jet
An Advanced Case of Manga
Putting Manga into Perspective
Creating Buildings and Backgrounds with Basic Perspective
Drawing one-point perspective
Trying two-point perspective
Shaping up for three-point perspective
Adding People to the Environment
One-point perspective characters
Two-point perspective characters
Three-point perspective characters
Using Perspective and Camera Angle to Tell the Story
Creating strong establishing shots
Establishing the strong versus the weak
Using Speed Lines to Create Motion and Emotion
Getting Your Character Moving
Making your character move fast
Creating the illusion of moving along with the character
Making objects and characters come toward readers
Slowing down your character
Zooming Around for Emotion
Striking fear into your character
Creating Effective Thumbnails
Why bother with a thumbnail?
Transferring the thumbnails to final paper
Sketching Scenic Backgrounds
Heading to the country: Trees, bushes, and pastures
Rocks and bodies of water
Deciding Who Your Audience Is
Establishing a Synopsis and Plot Creating a synopsis
Ten (or so) Manga Artists
(Nearly) Ten Places to Strut your Stuff.