Let's Draw Manga - Using Color

LET'S DRAW MANGA-USING COLOR You've got your black lines down-now what? Will you use paint or markers? Fill in with the computer or use your brushes? Just how do you mix up "skin color?" Where do all of the highlights and shadows go? What colors will you even use?!

Look no further than LET'S DRAW MANGA-USING COLOR for all of these answers and more! Inside you'll discover the nature of color and the best ways to add color to any of your drawings. You can also take step-by-step lessons on coloring line drawings using paint, markers, or your computer. Find out about other methods for coloring too, and learn all about value, hue, saturation and the other color definition terminology, just like the pros use! LET'S DRAW MANGA-USING COLOR also lets you pick up a quick education in lighting effects and atmosphere and how they affect color. Gain control over the use of color and you'll never look back. This is the digital age-time to draw your manga in color!

LET'S DRAW MANGA-USING COLOR includes text and coloring by John Ott, an American-born illustrator who has worked extensively with colorizing manga for print and CD-ROM, as well as producing color comics for worldwide distribution based on classic anime titles like STAR BLAZERS and GUNDAM. The key line art is by Tokyo-based illustrator You Kusano, well-known creator of many how-to-draw art books and chairman of Kusano Illustration Design Studio.