Practical Encyclopedia of Manga - Tapa dura

This highly practical book covers all the essential techniques of the art of manga, and offers encouraging instruction for the reader to begin creating their own lively and well-composed strips, both by hand and digitally. The first section of the book explains the theory behind the practice of successful character design, including anatomy and dress style, narratives, background settings, clear panel composition and more. The second section of the book clearly explains the complexities of digital manipulation. With its inspirational galleries of examples, clear exercises and more than 1500 illustrations, this guide will be an indispensable resource in this unique art form.

tim Seelig has been a freelance illustrator and designer for eight years, during which time he has provided mxed media cover art for albums, books, comics, and graphic novels. He has provided Photoshop tutorials for several magazines including Computer Arts Magazine, Computer Arts Projects, Digital Creative Arts, Net, PC Format, and Digital Photographer, and is an annual visiting lecturer on the Digital Media course at Canterbury Christchurch University in Kent. He wrote and edited for the Dream Factory magazine in 1999-2001 whilst studying for his degree in Media Arts and English literature, as well as helping to run Exeter's only comic shop. Yishan Li is a professional manga artist living in Edinburgh, Scotland. Her work has been published in the UK, USA, France, Germany and Switzerland. With many published books under her belt, Yishan also draws the monthly strip, "The Adventures of CG!" for CosmoGIRL! Her Beijing-based company Yishan Studio, is made up of a small group of artists who have worked on many manga titles in the USA.