How to Draw Manga: Male Characters Paperback – July 15, 2002

Like most people I have an easy time drawing girls, but a REALLY hard time with the guys! This books goes step by step explaining how the male body should be drawn, then moves on to clothing the character, and finally only the features of men. It's really helpful, the shipping is quick, and now I find drawing men really fun and easy because of this book! I really suggest you buy it! Also because it's a really good deal on Amazon. It's too expensive elsewhere =] Enjoy!

This is a great book for artists and covers many different aspects of drawing male characters. Not only does it go over basic anatomy (and more detailed anatomy) it goes over many stances, poses, and even goes over clothing options. The book also goes over the many positions of hands and feet (which is great if you're like me and can't draw either). This is designed for an artist who is somewhat familiar with drawing the human figure but you certainly don't have to be an expert.

This book is for anyone already with some knowledge of drawing Manga. Book is amazing! It has easy to follow step by step instructions. It goes into detail which is great! I would recommend this to anyone who wants to practice drawing male manga figures. The only reason I gave this 4 stars is because the book was slightly damaged around the edges.

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.

Well well written and drawn book - truly exceptional work - nice publication with tons of drawings - a whole art class in a book

Have you noticed that a girl takes center stage on ALL the other How To Draw Manga books? They look great, they're fun to draw! But I find that myself and almost everyone else i know who draws manga have an easy time drawing girls and a hard time with the guys. Well here we go! Finally a book to help us out with that! It's very well done, plenty of good, useful advice.

I was finally able to obtain something that will help me develop my drawing skills for drawing the male body. Most drawing books for anime or manga mainly focus on the female figure.

I have used many of the "how to" series books, I was always looking for this one since I had others. The only thing I didn't like about it was there isn't much advice on how to draw the male figure. Like when draw the female figure, there are a lot points on how to keep the figure slender, eyes shape feminine, and hands as well! But for the males, its like, "oh, just remember men are more boxed-shaped and women are more round..." -___- Geez! Thanks for letting me know something I already knew! I was hoping the book was going to have some advice on how to keep a male look like a male besides from broad shoulders and muscle definition... But that's just me.

This book was described as being in good condition, but the dust cover was horribly ripped and stained in places, most of the pages were in good condition so I was able to use it but a lot of repair work was needed on the cover I've had better books delivered that were described as "moderate". Aside from this it lives up to all the expectations of a "How to Draw Manga" volume, having collected these books for many years I can say now that the information provided in this volume is invaluable and presented in an easily understandable manner.