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| How to Draw Manga: Costume Encyclopedia, Vol 1, Everyday Fashion | 
 enlarge | Authors: Hikaru Hayashi, Kimiko Morimoto
Publisher: Graphic-Sha
Category: Book
Buy New: $65.40
Buy New/Used from $24.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  (16 reviews)
Sales Rank: 280784
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: English Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 10.2 x 7.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 4766112571
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.580952
UPC: 824869000335
EAN: 9784766112573
ASIN: 4766112571
Publication Date: December 31, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
"I understand the design, but I can't figure out the actually how to portray my character in the costume." Many have likely experienced this dilemma when trying to develop a character's costume and reached for a book on fashion as a reference. In this volume, manga characters appear as models, and the book illustrates aspects that serve as fashion points showing the characters in various poses and angles. This volume boasts more than 4,000 images. With this as reference, the reader should be able to design an original costume with ease by combining the collars, sleeves, cuffs, and other dress details provided.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 11 more reviews...
 REALLY GREAT September 23, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this for my daughter. I got 5 hugs ! She says that it has really helped her with her drawings and is well worth the money ! If your child loves manga - this book is essential.
Great Reference Book! July 16, 2007
Well, my wonderful daddy bought yet another great book for me. This costume encyclopedia is a great reference for dressing my characters in costumes. I do wish they would add at least a bit more apparel for the men, I mean come on! Just underwear isn't enough and besides, it's just plain creepy.
On the other hand, the clothes included are: Pants, Shorts, Capris, Skirts, Shirts, Jackets, Dresses & a brief lingere section. The other chapters are just collars, necklines & such.
Overall, this book was spectacular! You should totally get it. & it's a kid-friendly book. I know some of the other how-to-draw-manga books contain nudity, this on the other hand doesn't.
 Good reference, but could have been better. June 4, 2007
This book provides lots of reference drawings, sorted by type of clothing. What I didn't like was the emphasis on some clothes, that don't really differ from others pictured on the book. The other thing I didn' like was the incomplete drawings. Only the first pages have complete drawings, while the rest have only upperbodies, legs, or fullbodies, but without faces. Given the talent of these artists, it would be very easy for them to provide complete drawings, with faces and expressions that match the poses. Summing up, a very good book, very useful for the manga artist that already knows how to draw bodies, but needs some help getting them dressed. Special note on the final secction, about folds.
The Best refence yet! April 28, 2005
21 out of 22 found this review helpful
This is one book I ever wondered what I did without. It takes a complex idea, such as drawing clothing, and makes it simple, easy and clean. The book is a treasure chest of examples and ideas that can help you define and polish your outfits. Often I flip through random pages and point, and whatever my finger falls on I design an outfit from, using other elements from the book.
As a previous reviewer started, a men's addition would be very nice. Instead we get a simple, half-page how-to on making a female form look more male. There is one page on men's undergarments, but that's the brunt of it. Otherwise, just use your common sence; a man is not going to want to wear a Medici collared, puffy sleaved shirt unless he's auditioning for Bishonen of the Year.
Still the lack of male content dose nothing to curb my enthusiasm for this book. It's a great buy for anyone studying art and fashion.
 Great for womens reference- but not men April 20, 2005
15 out of 20 found this review helpful
This book was exacly what I was looking for as a clothing reference except for one thing- WHERE IS THE MEN's CLOTHING. I am so tired of the "How to Draw Manga" series focusing mostly on women. News flash- good manga features both men and women. Hopefully volume two will give some coverage- but I doubt it.
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