My little training wheels...
How to draw...
Information:
I love buying 'How to draw' books; especially when they are about Manga! They give me a lot of inspiration and pointers.
I also buy Christopher Hart books; but I rarely read what he has written. I mean, I'll decide for myself if my princess has long blonde hair or not, and if I give my character long gloves, it does not automatically mean she's evil! *nod* I'll decide that for myself; thank you very much. Also, I've seen someone put away a how to draw book by him 'because it is Christopher Hart'; without looking at it on the inside (Judging a book by its cover author, anyone?). With beginners, he is loved. With more experiences artists, he seems to be 'a bit disliked' (understatement). I judge every book by itself; despite the author.
You can read reviews about these books here, but there are links behind the books as well.
Collection:
- Advanced Photoshop Magazine editions 33 till 43 (got cancelled and continued as Photoshop Magazine)
- Photoshop Magazine editions 1 till 19 and nr 32
- Advanced Photoshop Magazine: Fantasy Art, 3D Art & Design
- How to draw Manga series:
- Ultimate Manga Lessons Volume 1 till 5 (Complete)
- Computones Volume 1 till 5 (Complete)
- Compiling Characters (Dutch)
- Compiling Application and Practise
- Dressing your characters in Casual Wear
- Developing Shoujo Manga Techniques
- Martial arts & combat sports
- Getting Started (Dutch)
- Maids & Miko
- Female Characters (Dutch)
- Bishoujo; Pretty Gals (Dutch)
- Bishoujo around the world
- Illustrating Battles (Dutch)
- Occult and Horror
- Body and Anatomy (Dutch)
- Male Characters
- Couples (French)
- Costume Encyclopedia Volume 1 till 4 (Complete!)
- Making Anime
- Girl’s Life Illustration File (gift from a friend)
- More about Pretty Gals
- Special: Colored Original Drawing (Copic)
- Animals
- Ninja and Samurai portrayal
- Putting Things in Perspective
- Anime and Game Characters Volume 1 till 5 (Complete; old print)
- How To Draw Manga: Von Accessoires bis Zubehör im Manga (German)
- How To Draw Manga: Manga aus der richtigen Perspektive (German)
- How To Draw Manga: Manga-Figuren in dynamischen Posen (German)
- The new generation of Manga Artists Volume 1: The Koh Kawarajima Portfolio (French version)
- The new generation of Manga Artists Volume 2: The Gensho Sugiyama Portfolio
- The new generation of Manga Artists Volume 3: The Renga Portfolio
- The new generation of Manga Artists Volume 4: The Omnibus Collection
- The new generation of Manga Artists Volume 5: The Kao Yung & Kuan-Ling Portfolio
- The new generation of Manga Artists Volume 6: The Kazuko Tadano Portfolio
- The new generation of Manga Artists Volume 7: Special Edition - Nouveis Logic
- The new generation of Manga Artists volume 8: The Yasuyuki Tsurugi Portfolio
- More How To Draw Manga
- Vol 1. The Basics of Character Drawing
- Vol 2. Penning Characters
- Vol 3. Enhancing a Character's Sense of Presence
- Vol 4. Mastering Bishoujo Characters
- Christopher Hart series (titles may vary from their English counterparts - might have more)
- Simple Anatomy
- Fantasy Art
- Japanese Comic Art (Manga Mania?)
- Japanese Animation Art
- Manga Art
- Heroes and Villans
- Fantasy
- Kids draw Fantasy
- Shoujo
- Manhwa Style
- Manga Bishoujo
- Chibi's and their friends
- Magical Girls
- Kids draw Animals
- Drawing Animals Amazingly Easy
- Occult and Horror (English; ever seen the Dutch Cover?! That one is horrible!)
- Dragons
- Manga Mania Romance
- Manga Mania Girl Power
- Manga Mania Shonen
- Manga for Beginners
- Fast cars, monster trucks and fighter jets
- Mecha Mania
- Figure it out! (Eenvoudig Mensen Tekenen)
- Manga for Beginners: Chibis - REVIEW
- Harige Hondjes en Woeste Wolven (How to draw Cartoon dogs, Puppies & Wolves)
- Grote en kleine katten (How to draw Cartoon cats, kittens, lions & Tigers)
- Manga for the Beginner - Kawaii
- Manga Meisjes Tekenen voor Beginners (Shoujo for Beginners)
- Basic Anatomy for the Manga Artist (Dutch version)
- Fashion Design Studio - REVIEW
- Katy Coope: How to Draw Manga
- Disney:
- The Little Mermaid - REVIEW
- Disney Princesses
- How to Draw the pixies from Pixie Hollow
- Learn to draw - Favorite Fairies
- How to draw Disney Pixar
- Lilo & Stitch
- The Princess and the Frog
- Tangled (Rapunzel)
- Learn to draw: Brave
- Learn to draw: Mulan
- Learn to draw: Winnie the Pooh
- How to draw: The Lion King
- How to draw: Aladdin
- How to draw: Beauty and the Beast
- Learn to draw: Chip 'n Dale - Rescue Rangers
- Learn to draw: Frozen
- Various Cheap Books by nameless artists (but still very helpfull!!); mostly about angles, animals, dragons and fauna
- Manga (unknown to me who wrote or write it O.o it was a series of 4 at that time: Women, Action, Techniques and Robots and Monsters)
- How to Draw Trollz
- How to Draw My Little Pony
- How to Draw Avatar
- Kana de Manga 1 and 2; Kanji the Manga 1; in a special Christmas Boxed Set
- Kanji de Manga 2 till 6
- Kana de Manga Japanese Sound FX!
- Kanji de Manga Yojijukugo
- How to draw Pokémon, Pokémon Sinnoh, Johto Heroes, Sinnoh Superstars
- The Monster book of More Manga
- Draw your own Manga:
- All the basics
- Beyond the basics
- Honing your style
- How to draw Neopets
- The complete fundamentals of drawing (Het complete tekenboek) - Barrington Barber
- Doug DuBosque or Damon J. Reinagle:
- Jungle Animals
- Wild Animals
- Dinosaurs
- Fantasy - REVIEW
- Perspective
- Desert Animals
- Sea animals
- Insects
- Omnibus that includes: Jungle animals, Wild animals, Insects, Dinosaurs, Fantasy, Cars and Perspective
It does include Cars, but it doesn't include Desert animals and Sea animals. The only title I miss is Aliens, but I doubt I will ever need that one...
- Shoujo Manga Techniques - Writing Stories
- Let's draw! Illustrating with Copic
- Enchanted - The Faerie and Fantasy Art of Linda Ravenscroft (Art Book with beautiful watercolours)
- Het Elfenrijk - Tekenen & Schilderen (Linda Ravenscroft)
- How to draw Manga with Yuu Watase (German edition)
- Het aquarelboek (met kleurenschijf)
- Anatomie voor de kunstenaar
- Manga Mode Tekenen (Shojo Fashion manga art school) Part 1 in Dutch, Part 2 in English
- Shojo Fashion Manga Art School - Boys
- Gothic Lolitas - How to draw manga step by step
- How to draw Shojo Manga (Tokyopop) - REVIEW
- DragonArt (Draken and andere fantasiefigurentekenen) by J. Peffer
- ImagineFX - Manga
- Digitaal Elfen Tekenen
- Harige en Pluizige Fantasydieren tekenen
- Digitale Manga Technieken
- Easel does it: Manga Art
- Digitaal MangaMeisjes Tekenen
- Step by step painting with Wyland
- Fairy - The Art of Jasmine Becket-Griffith (it does hold 2 tutorials, but it is an art book XP)
- Dynamic Figure Drawing - Burne Hogarth
- Shojo Wonder Manga Art School and 'Manga Magic' - Supittha 'Annie' Bunyapen
- 404 Fun things to draw
- How to draw 101 Baby Animals
- How to draw 101 Really Cute Characters
- Fun to draw Mini Mangas (Chibis) - T. Beaudenon
- I Love to Draw! - My Little Pony
- I Love to Draw! - My Little Pony Equestria Girls
- Heroic Fantasy - Comment dessiner un Manga étape par étape (French)
- Probably more to come...
- I also got 'How to Draw Trees' by Frank M. Rines. While he draws beautifully, I'm simply missing the 'How to Draw' part in this book. If you want examples or drawings of how the artist did it, you can buy this book, but it's simply NOT a How to Draw book.