| Digital Edition UME SS UU a Le Tae (UN sa AWESOME INSIDE! eg f EXPLORE THE RICH < : HISTORY OF MANGA 5 FOLLOW THE ART WAVE BLEND GENRES ; ito GENZOMAN COMBINES TWO DISTINCT GENRES .. TOP TIPS FROM ROSS TRAN TO CREATE A DYNAMIC MANGA COMPOSITION ~ ~~ e AND ILYA KUVSHINOVhad dAdaAdadadaddaddAdddsaddadaaa.WELCOME TO ‘We ll know that manga’ terally translates as ‘comics; but there's more tot in the Imagine universe. There's te tractional flat comic style, end there's the slighty more detalles, shaded and worked-up syle. Then there's the highly textured, polished and painterly styles. No matter how broad the styles that fall under the term theres one thing that unites al the atin this "Ms-page special. The majority of thi volume s workshop based, and you ‘can follow along on your own computer re-creating the amazing artwork ‘with the help of our videos, but thore are aso features and intavows, sketchbooks and galleries galore, all to get you fied up to start making your ‘oon manga art. Weaim to inspire you and help enhance your artistic arsenal ‘by whatever means necessary (okay, maybe not whatever means). You can ‘50 final the files you need to get re-creating the atin tis book, jgrabbable from the lmagineFX blog. And utimately thats the purpose ofthis 'bookc toh you start creating your own manga masterpieces. Nomatter what they look ie, the most impertant thing i that you have a blast creating ‘them, Good luck4 L FUTURE 4 res Beis SEX sateCONTENTSLe susesveury 12u cartare Sas 180 seseaite 13M) Greets manse Paint a heroine 1m Fallout 4 Zesheu Chen pitts believable character she Fallout ge unierseoly eee for detail and polish, ‘which combined with eats htc ois Ren eec esa red eens ron en ss The muted value range Pere eu caieeeSoa Hi Br ee Rae aS eee! Pentel eoteten seuss Percents fererertiad mee OF | ;sansa “Nadia has a distinctive style and an eye for intriguing and unique characters ~ from heroes to robots! 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