Explains and provides step-by-step instructions on how to draw manga-style terror and eeriness, covering scary faces, monsters, ghosts, spirits, devils, fantasy creatures, exorcists, and demon hunters.
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Jason Rock –
I’ve wanted this book for years and now I got it and it’s great.
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Bailey –
I’ve always anted to draw horror manga and this book gave me lots of fine tips! Lots of blood and gore and it goes into drawing effects for cool powers like telekinesis, clairvoyance, and more. It also has a lot of fantasy type stuff and the author talks about how horror and fantasy are very similar and this book really teaches you both. Keep in mind that making a few subtle changes can shift a drawing from horror to fantasy or vise versa. Don’t worry though, it is primarily horror.
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Kaitlin Gambone –
It arrived earlier than I expected it to, and it came in pristine condition! Glad to have some old school reading material now! ☺️
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Quinn –
Judging by the front cover one might expect to have some Darkstalker styled characters in How To Draw Manga: Occult and Horror. A kind of horror or monster themed type of deal with a real manga spin, but that would not be the case. This volume covers a lot of stuff, and the artwork is not bad, but nothing a few more pages couldn’t have fixed. It’s very ambitious in the how much they try to tackle in regards to horror, yet they barely break the surface of any of it. I would have liked to see more occult content and a more in depth look at some of the monster varieties they chose. What’s there is good. It’s just not enough.
This book offers a more balanced approach to giving your drawings some depth through the use of screen tones, different inking techniques and tools and so on. There is a lot of reference material in which the same subject has been rendered in two or three different ways to let you see for yourself how the different looks created by different methods.
As with a lot of the volumes in this series, there is no step by step instruction. There are examples of finished work which most times have some explanations as to how or why things were done a certain way. A little instruction on how to create some of the effects as well. Another common thread with a lot of the books in the series is nudity, and there is some here as well.
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HL –
Book was in the condition that was described by the seller and arrived on satisfactory time. My aspiration to draw a spooky manga one day has been reignited
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J. Hartung –
I really liked this one! It has a lot of different types of characters shoved into one book. It has a lot of techniques that can be useful in your drawings that I’ve never heard of! The main drawback is that the style of the art is a bit dated. The art style reminds me more of inyuasha than anything else.
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Alex the great –
I used to buy these HOW TO DRAW MANGA books at the Walden book store in the mall, as a middle schooler teen growing up. It always brings back memories sitting in the corner of the store on the floor near the display window when I look through these. I used to get them to help my drawing skills, but now it’s more of a hobby collecting them. Maybe someday I’ll do some sketching.
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CattyGamer –
If your like me, beasts have a place (sometimes more of a place) in my worlds This is great for getting baselines down to build on and pushing yourself to come up with some crazy ideas
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Raythejay –
Ah, this book is exactly what I craved. I needed something that had the old time yokai or otherwise known as “ghosts” of japan they don’t get into the nitty gritty, but just as well the hopping umbrella yokai appear, kappas, snow wench, etc. If you want old school horror get this manual you will love drawing these ghouls and ghosts! Like I said if you’re starting out on drawing horror this would be a good starting point I loved the hints and captions as well, one page showed what turned a bland boring room into a terrifying horrific nightmare. I really do suggest this book, though it lacks color pictures for reference it makes up in great reading material!
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KMJHAYES –
I have purchased several How to Draw Manga books over the years, mostly while I was a teenager. I was obsessed with anime and manga as a teenager, and I just knew these books would help me get a career in drawing cartoons! Well…. they didn’t, but that’s not because of the books. Anyway, still to this day I enjoy flipping through them and reading the hints and tips even though my aspiring manga career is just a tiny memory in my sea of dreams. I recommend these books to anyone who just wants some tips on drawing certain things they may not be comfortable with or knowledgeable of.
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Latifah Bailor –
Saw this in the library and after returning it I decided to buy one for myself 🙂 No complaints, arrived in good condition. Never bought a used book before and this was in significantly better shape than I thought it was gonna be! 5/5 🌟 It’s not ‘crisp off the press’, but it suits my needs. The bottom edge of the front cover is slightly bent upward, but otherwise I don’t see anything.
Jason Rock –
I’ve wanted this book for years and now I got it and it’s great.
Bailey –
I’ve always anted to draw horror manga and this book gave me lots of fine tips! Lots of blood and gore and it goes into drawing effects for cool powers like telekinesis, clairvoyance, and more. It also has a lot of fantasy type stuff and the author talks about how horror and fantasy are very similar and this book really teaches you both. Keep in mind that making a few subtle changes can shift a drawing from horror to fantasy or vise versa. Don’t worry though, it is primarily horror.
Kaitlin Gambone –
It arrived earlier than I expected it to, and it came in pristine condition! Glad to have some old school reading material now! ☺️
Quinn –
Judging by the front cover one might expect to have some Darkstalker styled characters in How To Draw Manga: Occult and Horror. A kind of horror or monster themed type of deal with a real manga spin, but that would not be the case. This volume covers a lot of stuff, and the artwork is not bad, but nothing a few more pages couldn’t have fixed. It’s very ambitious in the how much they try to tackle in regards to horror, yet they barely break the surface of any of it. I would have liked to see more occult content and a more in depth look at some of the monster varieties they chose. What’s there is good. It’s just not enough.
This book offers a more balanced approach to giving your drawings some depth through the use of screen tones, different inking techniques and tools and so on. There is a lot of reference material in which the same subject has been rendered in two or three different ways to let you see for yourself how the different looks created by different methods.
As with a lot of the volumes in this series, there is no step by step instruction. There are examples of finished work which most times have some explanations as to how or why things were done a certain way. A little instruction on how to create some of the effects as well. Another common thread with a lot of the books in the series is nudity, and there is some here as well.
HL –
Book was in the condition that was described by the seller and arrived on satisfactory time. My aspiration to draw a spooky manga one day has been reignited
J. Hartung –
I really liked this one! It has a lot of different types of characters shoved into one book. It has a lot of techniques that can be useful in your drawings that I’ve never heard of! The main drawback is that the style of the art is a bit dated. The art style reminds me more of inyuasha than anything else.
Alex the great –
I used to buy these HOW TO DRAW MANGA books at the Walden book store in the mall, as a middle schooler teen growing up. It always brings back memories sitting in the corner of the store on the floor near the display window when I look through these. I used to get them to help my drawing skills, but now it’s more of a hobby collecting them. Maybe someday I’ll do some sketching.
CattyGamer –
If your like me, beasts have a place (sometimes more of a place) in my worlds
This is great for getting baselines down to build on and pushing yourself to come up with some crazy ideas
Raythejay –
Ah, this book is exactly what I craved. I needed something that had the old time yokai or otherwise known as “ghosts” of japan they don’t get into the nitty gritty, but just as well the hopping umbrella yokai appear, kappas, snow wench, etc. If you want old school horror get this manual you will love drawing these ghouls and ghosts! Like I said if you’re starting out on drawing horror this would be a good starting point I loved the hints and captions as well, one page showed what turned a bland boring room into a terrifying horrific nightmare. I really do suggest this book, though it lacks color pictures for reference it makes up in great reading material!
KMJHAYES –
I have purchased several How to Draw Manga books over the years, mostly while I was a teenager.
I was obsessed with anime and manga as a teenager, and I just knew these books would help me get a career in drawing cartoons!
Well…. they didn’t, but that’s not because of the books.
Anyway, still to this day I enjoy flipping through them and reading the hints and tips even though my aspiring manga career is just a tiny memory in my sea of dreams. I recommend these books to anyone who just wants some tips on drawing certain things they may not be comfortable with or knowledgeable of.
Latifah Bailor –
Saw this in the library and after returning it I decided to buy one for myself 🙂
No complaints, arrived in good condition. Never bought a used book before and this was in significantly better shape than I thought it was gonna be! 5/5 🌟
It’s not ‘crisp off the press’, but it suits my needs. The bottom edge of the front cover is slightly bent upward, but otherwise I don’t see anything.