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If you want a quick overview of what's in Mastering Manga so as to know what I did and didn't cover in it, watch this video, which covers the main sections pretty thoroughly:[link]
Thanks for leaving your comments-- I look forward to reading them!
If you would like to order Mastering Manga, it is available right now:
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I haven't recieved the book so I don't know if its included, but could you add how to draw the whole body of the manga person?
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Maybe more expression examples and some action/fighting stance pose examples would be nice
By the way bought astering manga! Very helpfull!
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Hey Mark,
So I got the book and while I can say it definitely is good, it wasn't quite what I personally was looking for. Now don't get me wrong I use it all the time and it has some valuable lessons in it. Having said that, For all of your lessons in the book you tend to do situation specific explanations/demonstrations. For example pg 46, a very good lesson for that pose, but not for that body type in general. Which of course, pose specific lessons are a great way for a beginner to learn. But what about more complicated poses. I guess what I'm saying is it would be nice to see a book on technique, so "here is one method to draw x, and this is how you use said method to draw y". Like I said before not bashing the first one at all, great for reference and the like!
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Poses, and maybe weapon placement as well, hair tutorials would be nice too.
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i would like to learn more about the places were the wrinkles appear. i always end up drawing no wrinkles at all or way to many wrinkles in my pictures. (p.s. i LOVE watching your youtube videos!please don't stop make'n them! )
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hand and body drawing really have a hard time with those two
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i would looove LOVE LOVE to learn the mechanics of posing and action poses, i have a problem with those.
also, learning how to draw people sitting down would be great because i cant do that! perspective, too, beckgrounds, how to shade
how to draw elves too would be good, and how to draw animal ears on humans, and EYES AND MOUTHS AND FACES AND NOSES PLEASE
and maybe how to do different make hairstyles, but for boys, like longish hair and bangs and urly hair and BUZZCUTS MOST OF ALL
thats it i think!
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Hair! You did NO tutorials on hair! You just shown us references o.o Also... maybe shading tutorials?
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school uniforms! and more advanced stuff please!
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maybe you could do a few pages on how to make a story for your manga, or how to get an idea for what you want your manga to be like
for example; you could give us some pointers on how to use things in everyday life to come up with an idea for your manga storyline.
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A lot more fighting poses, weapons, and shonen stuff.
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OH AND PLEASE ADD A PAGE ON BODY SIZES! EX. MUSCLES, ABS, FAT AND FACE PROPORTIONS! THANKS!
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can you maybe put how to draw chibis but others like maybe a mischievous brother planning a prank on his sis and a chibi so bored that he's sleeping and drooling at his desk 
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Could you do a bit on people in perspetive with the othere things in a scean like a building and car
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There's something that I have never seen in a how to draw book that i think would be very helpful. How poses correspond with clothing. Like in different poses, how does cloth act?
I haven't got This how to draw book yet, but I plan to very soon.
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you should od alot of more supernatural stuff like angels or demons.
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Yay! I'm so excited! Will you do a bit more detail on crosshatching? I find that kinda challenging.
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I wouldn't mind it if you went into more detail with drawling children. And also something on the more shojan type of drawling (Fist-fighting, Blowing things up, Girls fighting like guys, ect.)
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i love to see a turotial on drawing abs and muscle also loose fitting clothes like robes and trenchcoats id like to see a pregression from beginer to professional intimate moments like kissing poses tips on shading and this might sound weird but digital art like photoshop techniques and digital painting also tricks on getting the anotomy right lol thats alot but oit would make this book incredable
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well you should add more clothing details. it would be awesome if u showed us more on the anatomy. also a little on fighting people look. you should make it a little more complex and have a little more semi realistic but not TOO cartoony. but yea i really enjoyed the book but i really like the perspective section
but yea thanks for the book
I STILL NEED HELP THOUGH!!!
I'm still a beginner so yea
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Hmmm... I read the mastering Manga book and it is very good it improved me alot but, i wish that there will be also accessories, How to draw glasses (Both Male and Female), Then more clothes. But the thing i wish to expand is the Manga Proportions. xD. Then like how to draw scenes (Especially this one). thats all xD
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hmm... how about the little things like accerories that make the charaters more of who they are?
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I've bought a week ago at Barnes and Noble. Its a great book, but it needs work. Like put in some references on: animals, for examples cat, dogs even put in some monster pets. Also, put in a more step by step on make a manga or comic book. Can you please put in some different character personalities? Anyway, it a good book and good luck on the next book.
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HANDS
HANDS
HANDS
MORE HANDS
SO MUCH MORE HANDS PLEASEA
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I Think that you should expand the paneling and page layouts section of the book, you could never get enough information on Paneling 
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I think adding an extensive section on different poses and position in correlation with human body movement would be greatly beneficial to anyone reading. Drawing different poses can be a major challenge and a step by step guide and reference page would do the trick I feel.
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in my opinion what gets me is. Anatomy.
Maybe you could add something maybe shortcuts to successful anatomy.
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Your first book covered all the generals. I'd say for future books, that you should focus on one topic. Example "How to draw Shonen Characters with Mark Crilley" and everything in that book is All about and Only about Shonen characters from the eyes, nose, expressions, stance, hands, feet, positions, fights, battles, effects, style, head shapes, hair, body, weapons, backgrounds, tips, friends, foe, villains, heroes, the do's and don'ts for shonen, a 'wrong' and 'right' section on how to draw a specific thing, etc. The possibilities are endless and this is only covering shonen and that would be great because you are focusing on the whole shonen genre and putting it all in one "how to draw" book. I think that would be a hit, in fact I take that back, I know it would.
You could also do others such as Shonen, Shojou, chibi, realstic, animals, anatomy, figure drawing, portraits, water color, painting, objects, scenery, space, american style, etc. The options are endless, I hope this helped. Keep up the good work
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i would absolutely love to see an expansion on how to draw the folds in clothes (like where they go, how much is too much etc.) a bit more on hair, i only got to see pictures... and the same with eyes. i don't believe that i saw anything having to do with drawing hands, feet, or ears - i have a whole heck of a lot of trouble drawing those. shading is another topic that i think should be touched on as well... 'cause i didn't see much of that in the first book either.... anyways, keep up the good work!
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I would love to see the third view expanded!
Maybe full body 3/4, with guide lines. Also if it could be in 4/4, 3/4, 2/4, 1/4, 0/4 ( basically a 180 degree view) all the same character, it could really help me and others understand how the character would look from all angles. I have a hard time of drawing the female/male body. I think this could help with proportions in all directions. Also above and below would also be great!
Thanks for your time!
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I just received your book in the mail yesterday and there are some things I wish to point out. Overall the book looks good but there was something I wanted to point out. I was looking forward on learning how to draw manga hair. I did like how you listed manga hair styles but for me I think that you failed to show us how to actually draw the hair. Instead you just listed different styles. If you do make a second book I think you should focuses on one subject. So it would be something like Mastering Manga: Hair. This way it focuses on one thing and is right on key. I also really didnβt like how you set up some of the formats. Things like hair, hands, feet, etc were all set up in the category of you drawing a picture for us to see the different ways of modeling a figure. I didnβt like this because it made me feel like I was being forced to draw the pictures to match those certain keys. The book is good but overall needs some improvement. Keep doing what youβre doing though.
~Comic Creation
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I got my copy a couple weeks ago :3
I'ld actually like a section on scars, tattooes and other such things that could be used to make a character look unique. I really enjoyed the small section you had on older characters, maybe you could make a more advance section in your next book about elder characters?
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I think I commented on here before, but I believe I forgot to add something else I'd like to see. MUSCLES ON GUYS! Oh gosh, I just don't ever get them right also maybe some tips on the anatomy differences in the female body and male body? And facial expression and angles from the face would also be lovely for both male and females cause I know how there is a difference in the bone structure usually on the jaws and cheeks. Thanks so much for taking your time in reading this and look forward to buying your next book as well!:3
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make it a more "advanced" book packed to the BRIM with awesome references aswell. Covering a lot more poses and loads of references for those too, along with more proportions not for just standing up but sitting down, laying down, slouched etc..
Your last book has been a huge help to me and i consider it a learning book, now its time to make a more advanced guide to have some challenges in it
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Number one, I would love to see thing more stepped out in detailed instruction.
Number two, I would like to see school uniforms and cosplay costumes.
I love the book Mark, you have helped me improved my drawings 100%, Thank you!
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Hey Mark, I was wondering if your Mastering Manga book was available in Ireland. I'd really love to get it if you can buy it over here, your You Tube videos have helped me improve my drawing so much in the last few months
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Hey Mark, so I've had Mastering Manga for a month or so now and I've used it quite a bit and it's definitely helped me improve. The things I've used it most for are pose reference, hair reference, and proportions (of the face and body).
What I'd love to see in the next one:
-More pose references (including more sitting, lying down, with props (chair, bed, table, etc.) maybe!)
-More in depth post proportioning. One thing I've struggled with is figuring out the proportions of each part of the body in a given pose. So how long should the forearm elbow to wrist be, how long should the foot or hand be. How long should the knee to ankle be etc. etc.
-More in depth hair tutorials. Especially including curling hair (there are only 3 or 4 curly hair references and it's very hard to find various types of curl and in depth how to's for them)
-In depth shading tutorials (which explains lighting etc.)
-Maybe background tutorials or tips.
-Maybe tutorials on foreshortening and perspective/angle.
-Coloring tutorials! With various mediums (ink, paint, pencils etc.).
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I haven't ordered 'Mastering Manga' yet, so this might have already been covered, but I'd like to see things like zombies, and maybe lettering?
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I would like to see animals such as cats,dogs,etc. Also, things you've have covered in your videos but not in the book itself hats,glasses,etc. Last of all, tips on character development so others writing Manga will not create characters that are TOO perfect (I believe the term for characters that are TOO perfect is "Mary Sue"). Thanks Mark you've helped a lot and I can't wait to see more of your work!^_^
~Gabby
11, Florida
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Well i would like so much for you to add somthing like Character Design techniques and clothing and also add swimming suits while your at it! You could also add Somthing like inking, shading and other stuff like that! thanks anyways
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well my drawings have improved alot because of your videos but im having trouble in the chest department guys chest just fine but for girls well.....hey chest ive shouldve used that in my message to you in youtube feel much more comfortable my youtube username is banditking112 by the way
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Mr. Marcus I Enjoyed your how to book very much man. now we need an advanced Artist book. im talking ways to come up with Scenarios, Backgrounds, Etc. and Advanced Character Development even... i have been working on a how to book for years with the same concept as Mastering Manga except i wanted to put it in the full range of all comics and animation. you covered pretty much everything i have in the MANGA section of my memoirs... lol good job bro
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Where to start on scenery and I mean like what object, I was thinking this while looking at a hyper detail scene you drew.
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Well, after so long of studying your book and using it as reference for drawings, I think I have a good feel for it.
I think there's a lot of stuff that could just completely have it's own book. The main thing I'd like to see more of is how to draw poses, especially using guidelines. I've had to combine your method of drawing bodies built on top of a guideline technique that I found in another book, because otherwise, I would not be able to figure out how to get the pose that I wanted. So a book dedicated to drawing poses (fighting, running, walking, jogging, falling, up close and at a distance like what details will disappear as you get further away, etc.).
I really loved how you added children and "fuller-body" and "aged" characters into the book. I've been looking -everywhere- for such tutorials, and only your manga book seems to have them! Perhaps, though, in another manga book, you could add how to draw different face shapes. More full-body, diamond, circular, oval, rectangular, square, etc. Anything else that could make a character look more unique from other characters just via the face shape given to them.
Another thing I have noticed that no anime book seems to add is how to draw the manga face at angles other than the typical profile view, front view, and 3/4's view. I'd personally like to see some tilted up and 3/4's, tilted down and 3/4's, and things like that. I'm not sure other people have had this problem, but for a long time (and even still) I struggle drawing the face at more than one different angle at a time. I've experimented with front view looking up and so forth, but it's definitely a chore.
Then, perhaps you could offer tips for drawing people of different races? I know the facial features of an African American tend to be different from a Caucasian American. And ironically, though anime tends to be placed in Japan, all of the Japanese characters have the big, round "western eyes" instead of the type of eyes you'd typically see of an Asian. But even if the eye thing isn't possible, being able to draw characters of other races would be helpful to me.
All in all, I love the book. Instead of having to go to a dozen different tutorials I have stuffed in my Internet Faves, and looking up two dozen or so others, I've only looked at one internet tutorial, and two how-to-draw manga books, one of them being yours. The other was only to help me draw the body (though I'm still in that phase).
That's my two... or more... cents. Otherwise, I LOVE the book, and I look forward to more!
Also, my sister and I are hooked on Brody's Ghost. We can't wait more more!
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Oh and even more chibis and different hairstyles and the layout of a manga page
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How about drawing clothes and hair and mabey a few fantasy things like angels or wings in general
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I Am A Big Fan.
And i will re-comment once i think this threw more indepth. but for now i would say that its the best to have a mix of beginner and advanced.
also maybe different manga styles and how to create your own for example, 'Brody's Ghost' style is different from 'Panty And Stocking With Garterbelt' art style.
Maybe How To Create your own manga, mainly paneling and story and characters.
Also How to create Digital art with Paint Tool Sai (or photoshop since there very similar) for begginers with a tablet. (like me, i got my tablet a few weeks ago and im not very good with it)
Also Drawing more complex people poses.
maybe how to draw were-people (Anthros/Furries)
How to create your own well-rounded species(creature)/Character.
Other poses, Maybe even character-emotions (Chibi and normal)
Perspective,this is the hardest thing for me. and since my goal is to be a published artists with dark horse, i do want to be able to create perpective art,mainley for begginers.Not just perspective on Items and landscapes, but on faces and eyes and such.like a person with pointing a sword at you(the reader) and how the sword's point and such.
I WOULD LOVE if you did something i havent seen ANYWHERE, different clothing and landscapes from different genre/art styles. for example: Steampunk clothes and places, and notes along with it, and maybe not your stereo-typical fantasy.
OH and maybe how to color TRADITIONALLY since not everyone has a tablet and program, maybe some have copic markers, maybe some even have Crayola crayons, so i think it would help not just you making money but us trying to get there.
How to draw VARIED angel wings,demon wings and even demon horns and characters/clothing since alot of people now-a-days are drawing demons and such. and this is a very famous anime-genre so it would help alot.
Maybe how to draw different fluids, not just in the cup with ice, maybe the ice plopping in theliqued, the puddle splashing, the waterfall, even maybe thicker fluids like blood or slime/goo-ey stuff.
Another thing i havent seen, you dont have to go so in-depth on this but maybe a page, on different views, like how to draw something in the ground, while still showing the above atmosphere and such.
how to draw diffferent 3-d shapes like circles and bodys and such.
GLASSES, something you dont find in books but in anime you fnd ALOT, how to draw different glasses and different characters and how to make them look right on the right character. INCLUDE: your big specs like harry potter, your old lady pink pointed glasses, and your casual teen black thick-ish glasses.
Hands,Feet,Shoes, Clothes, eyes, heads, ears,etc.BUT OF DIFFERENT SPECIES AND GENRE!!
Backgrounds is a MUST-COVER, you gotta do backgrounds DIFFERENT GENRES THIS TIME NOT YOUR USUAL SCHOOL, do something apocalpytic sicne you said u like apocalyptic art in one of your videos (YES IM A CRAZY FAN ^.^)you can even have fun with this. for begginers and advanced.
when you do your clothes part, PLEASE INCLUDE MODERN things from the city views, to the egyptian robes. Like CROP-TOPS AND HIGH WAISTED JEANS WITH PUMPS, To head dresses and dramatic jewelry-filled outifts. FOR BOTH BOY AND GIRL.
different tattoos and markings.,PIERCINGS on tounge,ear,eyebrow ALL OF IT!
I think you should go more in depth with emotions, since u only did 13 in master manga, DO 30 IN THE NEW ONE...and 30 different ones, dont repeat the 12 and then add the missing amount!
How to create a concept page for a character, with the little emotion faces and stuff.
I think you should go getting more advanced as the book goes on, so readers/artists can improve as they go along.
Hats and hoodies, head accesories, NOT THE ONES YOUVE ALREADY DONE, NEW STUFF!!
how to draw a room, messy,clean,rocker creepy! HECK, how to draw a whole house! different houses@ MANSIONS, SCI-FI HOUSE,LABS EVERYTHING.
how to draw people sleeping, different sleepy poses, already sleeping in bed, on the couch, even on the floor with drool!
Wrappers and food. chewed and wrinkled. cans! (look at your brodys-ghost 14-page review post, And youll see what im thinking about)
differnt types of mist.gasses and fogs.
How to draw singers,actors, archeticts ANT OCCUPATION
How to draw ghosts,vampires,lycans etc.
Modern NYC hair styles from curls to bun. and everything in beetwen.
WWEAPONS, from scythes and swords to bow+arrow and Guns!
Different Vehicles.
how to create your own fashion world. like the fashion of Avatar the last airbender (legend of korra) is different, show us how to make our own fashion-filed world!
twords the end you can add a few special realism challanges!
how to draw Car crashes, plane crashes, train crashes!
how to draw the first page of amnga, the large view,the zoom and such, i know uve done this before but something more..idk in dpeth.
arguing shots, couples and enemies,brake-ups and death duels. threw the phone and in a torunament ALL OF IT.
Hmm is there anything else my biggest influence can help us all with....
maybe eyebrows...
robots, mecha, sci-fi stuff. (like i said before)
different places like burgur joints, restaurants, restle-tournaments.etc
hair-pins, earings and purses,etc.
different maps, how to make your own fantasy map and such.
well i gues thats all. i really love you mark. youve taught me life lessons, and i hope you doo all this stuff in your new book. sorry if i repeated anything that u have, i havent gotten your old book, I WILL i really want it! hopefully my parents arent gonna be cheapies and get it for me. <3 you a ton. Maybe one day we can team up...i can only dream ^.^
Much love.
~Sir Deep.
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What about making your own characters? Like, how you would build up, putting everything together to make one final character
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