Manga for the Beginner: Midnight Monsters

Christopher Hart is the world's bestselling author of maga, basic drawing and cartooning books.. Renowned for up-to-the-minute content and easy-to-follow steps, all of Hart's books have become staples for a new generation of aspiring artists and professionals.

PRAISE for Christopher Hart: “Hart is an excellent teacher, and the easy-to-follow, kid-friendly instructions of Young Artists Draw Manga will inspire, not frustrate, a beginning artist, just as previous books of the series have done. In fact, Hart’s books have sold more than 3.1 million English-language copies; have been translated into 20 languages; and have been selected by the American Library Association for special notice.”—Examiner.com

• Introduction 9 The Basics 11Major Character Types 12Drawing Heads 21Powerful Male Goth 22Victim 24The Wild One 26The Seductress 28Young Teen Goth: Male 30Young Teen Goth: Female 32 Drawing Bodies 35Front View Basics: Male 36Front View Basics: Female 39 Girls from the Dark Side 43Gothic and Lolita-StyleFemale 44Dark Gothic Girl 48Possessed Child 52Girl Witch 56Zombie Girlfriend 60 Boys with Lost Souls 65Vampire Boy 66Hunter of Vampires 70Sorcerer 74Fallen Angel 78 Vampires: Rulers of the Underworld 83The Ever-Popular Victorian-Style Vampires 84Modern Vampires: The New Stars of Graphic Novels 92The Bewitching Beauty of Female Vampires 102 Magical Beasts 111Dragon 112Werewolf 114Human-Creature Hybrid 116Magical White Tiger 118Elk Monster 120Flying Snow Fox 122Unicorn 124 Backgrounds 127In the Garden of Death 128The Baron’s Castle 130Church Steeple 132Lost in the Woods 134Abandoned Farmhouse 136Things That Go Bump in the Night 138 Color Theory 145Color Palettes forSupernatural Characters 146Color Backgrounds 152Interpretive Colors 156Black-and-White versus Color 158 Combining Genres and Expanding your Art 161Sports and Supernatural 162Traditional Japanese Characters and Goth 164Fantasy (Fairies) and Horror 166Samurai and Goth 168Magical Girl and Horror 170Moe and Goth 172Taking Your A.R.T. to the Next Level 174 Index 176