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| How to Draw Anime & Game Characters, Vol. 1: Basics for Beginners and Beyond | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 54 reviews)
Sales Rank: 37499
Category: Book
Author: Tadashi Ozawa
Publisher: Graphic-Sha
Studio: Graphic-Sha
Manufacturer: Graphic-Sha
Label: Graphic-Sha
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 152
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 10 x 7.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 4766111206
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
UPC: 824869000120
EAN: 9784766111200
ASIN: 4766111206
Publication Date: September 5, 2001
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| Customer Reviews:
 Very Educational October 7, 2004
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Well to start off,I have had this book for years since it first published,and I still use it till today.
Basically this book is not exactly for the absolute beginner to drawing manga but it gives an outline of what to look out for and what kind of techniques an individual can use when drawing manga.Its not a step by step book as others have stated and can be really fustrating for the beginner looking to improve their drawing but can't seem to find the instructions to do so.And for the more advance,this book can serve as a reference and some what a critic in your drawings.I've used the book as a way to measure the quality and level of my drawings by comparing the illustrations presented by tadashi.And till today I find the book very useful and educational,as it had taught me how to keep an eye out for details.(yes the book does tell you so)Its not easy to draw manga but this book made the learning and starting process easier.Though I wished that it could have a lot more step by step details,perhapes so that the readers can grasp the concept of drawing manga better.Overall I recommend this book to anyone who wants to start drawing manga or those who wants to improve ther drawings.
HUGE help August 26, 2004
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
You definetly want to buy this book before the 2nd one (Expressing Emotions)This was very helpful. I had just learned a little about anime when I got this book and was already a little experienced with drawing. Not only did it help with body structures and different angles, it also helped with basic character ideas. I totally reccomend this book to people who are interested in learning how to draw anime, or manga. It's a great reference book and very helpful for beginners. Hail to Tadashi!
 Beginners Only August 13, 2004
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
This was my first art book purchase, recommended by a dear friend who is an accomplished comic artist. On first glance, I was a little disappointed by the simplicity--of the illustrations, of the exercises. But as a beginner, I needed to hone my technique so I went straight through the book and did every exercise from drawing shapes to eventually drawing my own characters. You'll find basic information on perspective, types of characters, hairstyles, eyes, hands and feet. Tadashi Ozawa truly does make it easy to learn to draw anime characters. He helped improve my technique greatly and I would strongly recommend this and the other books in this series for any one who is interested in drawing anime or game characters. One caution: if you are beyond the beginner/intermediate stage, these books may not prove as useful unless you are looking to brush up on the basics.
 Just like everyone else says, not for complete beginners August 8, 2004
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
I am what I would call an "absolute beginner". My drawing experience is virtually nil. Other than seeing lots of anime and comics, I have no hands-on experience. I bought this book hoping that it would have a step-by-step process for how to draw anime characters. While it starts off promising, by having you drawing a cube from various perspective, the book's introductory nature almost disappears after that. To draw heads, the book says to draw boxes and then draw head-shaped ovals inside. But I had trouble even drawing the ovals to fit the boxes correctly. It gives one step-by-step process for a head from one perspective, but that's it. It then gives about 10 different head models and says "if you can draw these, then you can do your own work". But HOW to draw those? I was basically on my own to figure it out by guessing, but heck, I could do that just from copying what I see on websites.
The book's methodology seems very confused, as well. At first it tries to say drawing is like connecting dots. But dot-connecting is never mentioned after that. It says to draw heads in boxes, but I was unsure how to even draw the boxes for the various perspectives I was supposed to draw, and the book gave no indication. No rules were give for face proportions (I ended up trying to make my own rules), but later on in the book there were rules for body proportions.
The examples given of "absolute beginner", intermediate and pro were discouraging, in that the book gives very little help even getting to "absolute beginner". The book makes comments like "this gun looks like a toy" but doesn't explain specifically WHAT could be done to improve it other than by carefully examining the "pro" picture. It gives examples of very fancy outfits but it doesn't suggest how to actually draw those outfits.
I think this book could have been improved by just getting rid of the small amount of absolute-beginner stuff and making it a book for intermediate drawers.
A Great Resource August 6, 2004
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this book hoping that it would be a very detailed step by step book... well it isn't exactly what i thought it would be.. but after having a very few hours of buyers remorse... I picked up a pencil, grabbed my sketch book and realized that after just a few days my own characters were in proportion and my facial expressions improving.... I would recommend this book only to the devote anime fans... if you don't have any dedication this book isn't for you because you have to really work at it.... I do believe that once I have thoroughly worked through the whole book my skills will have improved... then on to volume number two!
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