Hart, Christopher Shoujo: Manga for Beginners
Watson-Guptill (see Random) 2010 192p 21.99
978-0-8230-3329-4 ms/hs E-BN
This title presents fundamental art techniques for the Shoujo type of manga graphics that targets mainly female characters. It is a vibrantly colorful book that will teach the beginner how to draw these characters. Includes a table of contents and an index. This title presents fundamental art techniques for drawing the Shoujo type of manga graphic art. This type of artwork that is the basis of many manga books features mainly female characters and is marketed to females in the ten to eighteen year old bracket. Many of the stories written in this manga sub genre involve romance. This is a vibrantly colorful book that will teach the beginner how to draw these characters. Some of the skills the book focuses on are coloring, character development, and putting it all together. The contents contain chapters on such subjects as the face, female bodies in motion, Shoujo girls, and Shoujo boys. This is a book for beginning artists who want to learn how to draw this type of manga style characters and for those who want to sharpen their skills a bit. The subject is quite popular and from the time the book arrived in the school library, I have not been able to keep it on the shelf for more than a few hours. Although the Shoujo manga centers on female characters, both male and female students are interested in this title. This title would be an excellent selection for middle school and high school libraries; perhaps some elementary schools could use it as well. Recommended for Tristate Books of Note because of the quality of the book and especially because of the popularity of the topic. Weinraub, Tina
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Though I am not a fan of manga, many of my students love this art form. I would like to read this book as a way to better understand manga and, perhaps, even come to enjoy it with my students.
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