Go mad with manga! Manga Sketchbook is the ultimate guide to learning how to draw a variety of iconic manga-style characters. A must-have for every fan, this book provides tons of tips and details the building blocks to drawing both male and female manga characters. Including graph paper practice pages both with and without helpful guides, children will spend hours sketching and perfecting dozens of drawings! Also included are in-depth character profiles to draw, color, and bring to life.

This step-by-step manga art course for beginners makes it simple to learn the creative techniques behind the most popular Japanese comic style. One hundred and forty colour illustrations, plus easy-to-follow directions, are divided into three sections: basic tutorials; how to turn raw ideas into finished comics; and projects from the masters, with exhaustive detail on producing professional-grade artwork. Draw Manga covers not only traditional media such as coloured markers, pencils and watercolours, but also computer-generated manga. And there's advice on special techniques for drawing the distinctive eyes and hairstyles that are the genre's hallmark, as well as on character creation, developing a first sketch, using colour and motion, sequencing, pacing and more.