How To Draw Manga, Volume 13: Super Tone Techniques
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Unkaku Koyama
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- File Type: PDF
- File Size: 47.3 MB
- Book Language: English
- Total Page Count: 138
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How To Draw Manga, Volume 13: Super Tone Techniques
How To Draw Manga, Volume 13: Super Tone Techniques is an English-language digital guide by Unkaku Koyama. This PDF edition explains screen tone techniques for manga and black-and-white illustration.
The book is available as a digital download with instant download access after purchase. It covers foundational tools and methods before moving into character work, backgrounds, effects, and finished examples.
Some examples contain adult-oriented and risqué imagery, with a strong focus on female characters.
Book Overview
Unkaku Koyama presents a structured guide to using screen tones in manga artwork. The opening chapter covers tone types, craft knives, white ink, tone values, etching, attaching and cutting, layered tones, overlap, and tone placement.
The later chapters show how tone can be applied to female faces and bodies, clothing, leather, backgrounds, clouds, lightning, light, smoke, and other special effects. The final chapter demonstrates completed tone work in several finished illustrations.
Category: Education
Author: Unkaku Koyama
What You’ll Discover Inside
- Types of screen tones, including dot, pattern, gradational, and digital tones.
- Guidance on choosing tools and selecting a craft knife for tone work.
- Methods for attaching, cutting, etching, layering, and aligning screen tones.
- Approaches to tone values, shadows, forms, facial features, and female characters.
- Techniques for simulating leather and applying tones to clothing.
- Background and special effects, including water spray, cherry blossoms, clouds, lightning, light, and smoke.
- Finished examples featuring a girl in a wedding gown, a girl with wings, and a girl posing in a garden.
Why How To Draw Manga Matters
This volume documents practical screen tone methods used in manga artwork. Its progression from basic tools and processes to applied character, clothing, background, and finishing techniques makes it a focused reference for studying black-and-white illustration.
The book also records both traditional and digital screen tone terminology, including tone-density values and manufacturer-specific tone references presented in the supplied text.
Book Details
| Title | How To Draw Manga, Volume 13: Super Tone Techniques |
|---|---|
| Author | Unkaku Koyama |
| Format | |
| File Type | |
| File Size | 47.3 MB |
| File Size Bytes | 49630299 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 138 |
| Publisher | Graphic-sha Publishing Co., Ltd. |
| English Edition Publisher | Graphic-sha Publishing Co., Ltd. |
| First Published | 2000 |
| English Edition Publication | 2002 |
| First Printing | July 2002 |
| Edition | English edition |
| ISBN-10 | 4-7661-1260-1 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-4766112603 |
| Series | How To Draw Manga |
| Rating | 4.1 out of 5 stars |
| Review Count | 18 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,119,863 in Books; #251 in How to Create Manga |
| Dimensions | 7.25 x 0.5 x 10 inches |
| Item Weight | 1 pounds |
| Cover Drawing and Coloring | Unkaku Koyama |
| Main Title Logo Design | Hideyuki Amemura |
| Japanese Edition Editor | Motofumi Nakanishi (Graphic-sha Publishing Co., Ltd.) |
| English Edition Editor | Glenn Kardy (Japanime Co., Ltd.) |
| Cover and Text Page Layout | Shinichi Ishioka |
| English Translation Management | Lingua Franca, Inc. |
| Foreign Language Edition Project Coordinator | Kumiko Sakamoto (Graphic-sha Publishing Co., Ltd.) |
| Printed and Bound In | China |
| Printer | Everbest Printing Co., Ltd. |
| Distributor | Japanime Co., Ltd. |
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The PDF can be opened with appropriate Kindle apps, tablets, desktop computers, mobile devices, or compatible reading apps. Compatibility may vary by device and application.
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Download this focused reference for studying screen tone techniques in manga artwork.
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