Product Description
Manhwa?Korean for comics?is fast becoming the next big craze in Asian comics. Many fans of manga don’t realize that their favorite comics, like Priest, Ragnarock, and Island, are actually manhwa, not Japanese manga. This tutorial helps artists master the differences between manga and manhwa, including less focus on big eyes and more on expressions and personality, replacing spiky hair with a more natural look, and drawing characters that don’t typically possess magical powers but are instead fierce fighters made of flesh and blood. Artists learn through a step-by-step process how to draw the entire range of manhwa characters-from the extreme fighting-machine heroes and giant beasts to the sexy women, anti-heroes, and evil warlords.
For aspiring comic book artists and manga artists looking for the latest craze in Asian comics Author’s Manga Mania series has sold more than 350,000 copies in less than three years Manhwa is the Korean name for comics Includes artwork from the very best Korean manhwa artists working today
About the Author
Christopher Hart is the best-selling author of many drawing and cartooning books, including Manga Mania, Drawing Cutting Edge Comics, Human Anatomy Made Amazingly Easy, and Cartooning for the Beginner. His books have sold in excess of two million copies worldwide.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Few examples of Manhwa style and too much generic
This book disappoint me,first explain just few pages in the beginning of the book about the difference between styles,and after cover “many examples from too much variouse artist…
5.0 out of 5 stars
WOW
I enjoyed the detailed comparison between the manga and the manhwa styles which will surely help me going a head in my career.
I got this book because I draw manga but decided that I wanted to do something a little different. The first few pages were great! They clearly showed the differences between manga and manhwa. Then he gives you a lot of pages for you to copy the drawings on and practice. Great idea! Except that its virtually all manga/anime stlye. It seemed just like some of the author’s other how to draw manga books. I got this book because I DID NOT want a manga book but that’s exactly what it turned out to be. If you’re interested in drawing MANGA, this book is actually not too bad.
I love Chritopher Hart’s books but this one was just didn’t cut it. It offered some interesting drawings and differences between anime and manhwa but REALLY, there are just some stylistic changes that any artist can do themselves. You don’t need this book, really.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Instruction
I am new to Manhwa although I’ve been a fan of Manga for quite a long time. Now I am a fan of Manhwa and especially this book.
Somehow Christopher Hart has managed very well to take sole cover credit for books he barely contributes artwork toward. In this particular book Hart is not even listed as a contributing artist! Typical books of this sort “by” Hart average at least 16 pages of his work out of the standard 144 pages. Check out the copyright page of this book and look at the contributing artists listed, Christopher Hart’s name is nowhere to be found for the artwork in its pages.
When I look for how-to drawing instruction books I expect the listed author(s) to be responsible for all the content. Or that proper credit is given to the contributing artists by publicizing them among the book’s ad details and placing their names on the cover.
That said, there’s some good artwork here and to echo a previous reviewer… it’s not much different from standard manga. Better books on this style of drawing are out there and worth taking time to investigate if you’re serious about getting into creating this type of art. The Hart books are on average thin on the details and this one doesn’t even contain art he created, what does that tell you?