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Reid · Jan 27th, 2004, 12:24 PM

Meryl, i'd say you'd be better off finding someone who can give you lessons in style or else try to figure it out yourself.

How-to-Draw books are usually only useful for copying the exact image they want you to as opposed to actually learning how to draw in a certain style which is what you'd probably want more.

It might be a good idea to look at the implied movement that is so important in manga - look at the line use on and around the characters. Focusing on that may be just as useful as trying to draw in the same way as many mangaka.

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Jan 27th, 2004, 12:24 PM	#4
Reid .red house. Joined: Jan 2002 Location: canada Age: 38 Posts: 797	Meryl, i'd say you'd be better off finding someone who can give you lessons in style or else try to figure it out yourself. How-to-Draw books are usually only useful for copying the exact image they want you to as opposed to actually learning how to draw in a certain style which is what you'd probably want more. It might be a good idea to look at the implied movement that is so important in manga - look at the line use on and around the characters. Focusing on that may be just as useful as trying to draw in the same way as many mangaka.