Making Manga

<B>Do you love to draw manga characters? Do you dream of creating and sharing your own fully realized manga stories but don’t know how to make it happen? <I>Making Manga</I> is for you!</B><br><br>Created by the team at Saturday AM, the world’s leading showcase of diverse manga and comics stories, <I>Making Manga</I> gives you guidance on everything you need to develop, create, and publish your own dynamic stories. Inside you’ll find:<br>  <ul><li><B>A detailed method for building a “storytelling box”</B> that will help you define and frame your concept</li><li><B>Suggestions for developing compelling characters and power systems</B> that can successfully drive your story </li><li><B>Techniques for mastering layouts</B> that ensure your scenes are easy to follow while using visual flow to heighten tension, build drama, or deliver a punchline  </li><li><B>How to enhance your stories</B> with powerful backgrounds and effective lettering techniques  </li><li><B>An overview of options for publishing, distribution, and licensing</B> that gives you potential strategies for getting your work out there  </li><li><B>Invaluable advice and insights through interviews with industry experts</B> on storytelling, writing, character development, creating layouts, lettering, printing, retail, promotion, and more   </li><li><B>Two short manga starter stories</B> inspired by Saturday AM’s hit series <I>Apple Black</I> and <I>Clock Striker </I>that let you explore your new creative skills </li><li><B>QR codes</B> that link to exclusive instructional videos</li></ul><br>Perfect <B>for beginning to intermediate</B> manga and anime artists, character designers, fantasy illustrators, animators, and cartoonists, <I>Making Manga </I>is the complete insider’s guide to producing your own manga from the ground up.<br> <br><B>For more instruction on character creation, <I>Saturday AM Presents How to Draw Diverse Manga</I></B> provides step-by-step tutorials for drawing different heads and facial features, hair types, bodies, and more. <B><br><br>The Saturday AM TANKS</B>, which collect Saturday AM’s manga and comics in graphic novel format, provide even more inspiration for manga characters and stories.<br> <br><B>The Saturday AM TANKS series includes:</B><I>Apple Black</I>, <I>Clock Striker</I>, <I>Gunhild</I>, <I>Hammer</I>, <I>Henshin!</I>, <I>The Massively Multiplayer World of Ghosts</I>, <I>Oblivion Rouge</I>, <I>Saigami</I>, <I>Soul Beat</I>, <I>Titan King</I>, <I>Underground</I>, and <I>Yellow Stringer</I>.