Manga Mania™: Romance: Drawing Shojo Girls and Bishie Boys

Not a coloring book just a book how to draw the characters it’s cool.

Drawing two people in one frame is difficult, especially when they are touching. Having no reference to go off is just makes it harder and searching online can accidentally being up some rather awkward results.The art style isn't my favorite, but it's a good reference guide (and about two bucks) so decided to go for it.I will surely be recommending it to any students searching for a simply explained How-to-draw guide. :)It came in good shape with only some ware (as it was described) and within a week of ordering. Thanks very much for posting!!

This the second book that I purchased for my daughter, along with the Manga Chibis book and she just loves them. I have noticed her drawing efforts and results are very good. As I mentioned in my other review of these books, she didn't wait for Christmas and immediatley opened them and started drawing with a big silly grin on her face. Needless to say, I have noted a big improvement in her efforts at drawing and she tells me that the instructions and method are very easy and I can tell because she proudly displays her results and can obviously see that she indeed draws and enjoys drawing even more than she did before. And I am very happy that she is very happy.

The drawings and tutorials are nice, and I like how the book focuses on the basics of shoujo anatomy and style. But there honestly isn't much covering romance scenes, to my disappointment, which is kind of misleading considering the book title is "Mangamania Romance." But because the book is helpful in other areas, I still give it 4 stars.

I have been using this book since the eighth grade for references in more work and I love it for wholly encompassing everything you need to know about anime-style drawing. I like the easy to follow instructions and reference pictures and the in-depth descriptions of, not just how to draw, but how to draw well with expressions, appearances, and even creating the panels for your own comics. Christopher Hart is a wonderful artist, and I would recommend most of the books from the "MangaMania" series!

My main issue with this book is that the title "Romance" and the cover of a girl with her arms around a guys neck is misleading.This book goes into (from the table of contents)-Shojo Girls: Basics-Bishie Boys: Basics-Drawing Manga Eyes-Costume Design-Magical Girls and Pets-Cool Bishies-The "ABC's" of scene staging-Finishing TouchesIn this entire book the only thing that has to do with romance is in The "ABC's" of scene staging; Drawing couples scene by scene. That's a joke. It's 6 scenes on two pages (116-117) and they don't even show you how to draw them. An 147 page book and that's the best they could do for romance?Don't get me wrong, the book is helpful and has good reference, I do in fact use this book but I think the title is slightly misleading.Before this book I already had  How To Draw Manga Volume 28: Couples (v. 28)  which is a very good book, and a book I do recommend if you were looking forward to drawing romance scenes or couples, something you won't find in MangaManiaRomance.

I love that book!!! it's great, it does teaches you how to draw and has a lot of beautiful pictures that you just want to draw :) I would highly recomend it! And also it says romance, so some people might think it's for teenagers, but the book is totally aproporiate for all ages, because in pictures they mostly just holding hands. You are looking for a good how-to-draw manga book...search no more, you just found it!!!

I loved this book. I have never seen a book that gave even paneling advice for my own comics. I'm not an honest fan of the manga mania series finding the bigger books more focused on advanced technique as if "expecting" you to know the basics. This book gives both basic, moderate, AND advanced technique using realistic body movement and posture. I feel like I can draw anything now lol.

I bought this book hoping it would teach me more about how to draw realistic and romantic hair, body proportioning, eyes, clothing, men etc...I am disappointed.The pictures are very inconsistent (I believe I read in a review below that they are in fact drawn by a variety of artists).It follows the typical layout of the badly-drawn how-to-draw 'manga' drawn by artists who actually know nothing about the art. Instead of telling you how to create clothing folds, how to design your own hair and position hands and bodies etc, it just shows you a few drawings of a few poses here and there, a few different hand drawings, some different eyes.The few drawing methods that it does include are not amazing. The drawing eyes section, for example. It leaves little room for your own imagination and it seems as though the artist is just trying to interpret the way they draw eyes, in a way that others might understand.Overall, if you are not very skilled at drawing and are doing this purely for nothing other than casual doodling it's fine. Also if you're buying for a child, they will no doubt enjoy it.However if you are a skilled manga artist, or have hopes of becoming one, I do not recommend this book.

Chris Hart books are always the best and most informational when it comes to art. This particular book not only teaches you how to draw romantic actions but it shows you how to draw a whole romantic manga. It gives you tips on all the best angles perspectives and I really love it! Super useful, 11/10

This book was well wished for as a birthday gift - I had been tracking it down for a while to add to my daughters manga book collection.

My daughter loved the books and has be improving her drawing skills even more.

Thank you - great item