World Famous Comics: Kids Draw Manga Shoujo (Hart, Christopher. Kids Draw.)
Kids Draw Manga Shoujo (Hart, Christopher. Kids Draw.)
By: Christopher Hart Publisher: Watson-Guptill Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Watson-Guptill Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 64 Publication Date: April 01, 2005 Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Book Description: Kids flock to manga—they watch the television shows, they go to the movies, they carry the licensed products everywhere. And the most popular manga of all is manga shoujo (pronounces MAHN-gah SHOW-jo), a clean-lined style with stories about friends, romance, school, and magic. Girls love it, boys love it, and parents love it, too, because it’s bright, cheerful, and appealing. Kids Draw Manga Shoujo starts with basic heads, faces, bodies, and costumes, then goes on to show dozens of high-energy characters in Christopher Hart’s easy-to-follow step-by-step drawings and clear, engaging text. Teens, school kids, magical girls and boys, fairies, elves, demigods, and goddesses are all part of the world of manga shoujo—and now kids everywhere can be part of that world with Kids Draw Manga Shoujo.
This is not manga. Being a manga artist myself, I must declare- Hart is not a manga artist. His work is just mere cartoon with a little touch of manga. Before buying this book, I advise you to look inside. If you are going to buy this book for your child as most people do, then buy one of the HTDM (How To Draw Manga). If you present this as a first manga book for your child whatsoever, then it will just ruin his or her art style.
As of what I have seen, this book will attempt to make you or your children copy his mere artwork. All of his steps are exactly like many other manga books, only the art is much much worse.
My final line is, I DEFINITELY do NOT reccommend this book. If I could, I would have rated this 0 stars. If I was him, I wouldn't go selling books before I learn more about Manga.
To western! I am a huge shoujo fan and this is deppressing. The art in this book doesn't even LOOK like manga. Even a begginer can figure that out. I mean I showed this book to my friend who doesn't even like manga and she could even figure out that Hart is terrible at manga. Beggieners or advance stay away! Instead of wasteing your money on this dinky little 60 paged book try the how to draw manga series. You might accually LEARN how to draw real manga!
Do something smart, buy this book I like Manga, as do my children. We have bought other Manga Shoujo books but we prefer this one, by far. We enjoyed the drawings, the step by step instruction and how Christopher Hart captures the Manga Shoujo attitude. Our family really enjoyed this book.
how NOT to draw manga shoujo! Well the only words that describe this book is.Cheap,Pethetic,Crappy,Not helpful and american.Be smart. Don't buy this book.
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THIS IS NOT MANGA!!!!! THIS IS NOT MANGA! THIS IS A RIP OFF! IF YOU WANT MANGA, READ RANMA 1/2 OR FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST! AND DON'T WATCH THE ANIME! READ THE MANGA! THIS IS AMERICANIZED GARBAGE
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