How to Draw Manga vol 16

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4.0 out of 5 stars It is exactly what it says it is.

Reviewed in Canada on 15 August 2019

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HTDM: Guns and Military vol. 1 is pretty much what the title says. This volume focuses almost exclusively on firearms. There are a few extras in the way of accessories, holsters, uniforms and such, but it's a book about guns, and it covers a lot of them. There are a few different angles/perspectives of a few different guns, but I would like to have seen more of that type of content. I think it would have been helpful for posing characters and giving them authentic looking firearms regardless as to whether it was one of the guns from the book or one of your own design. I guess that's it right there. There are lots of guns featured, but not enough examples of different vantage points of people using the guns.

Overall, I am pleased with the book. Good information and reference material. Would I recommend it? If you can find it at a good price it's worth having. It seems to range between $30 and $50 which, in my opinion, is a bit high for the content.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great reference source

Reviewed in the United States on 4 July 2010

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I bought this book over 4 years ago... and I've never regretted it. AS a comic artist, this is a phenomenal source book. The wide range of weapons, the alternate angles, and the inclusion of human models holding the firearms all work together to showcase great guiding tools for artists.

Worded details are also included on each gun, talking about the sort of bullets and accessories they are compatible with.

While having an index [The T.O.C.] of everything included, the book actually starts off with 5 pages of assorted colored guns [large and small], which give a great coloring reference for those handy with software like Photoshop... and there is a page that shows colored motorcycles [Still don't know why this was added].

Handguns, machine guns, old cowboy guns, guns from some movies like Robocop etc, are all included. One of my favs, the Mack10-called the Ingram M10 or the Ingram M11-(it was used extensively in the Matrix movies with extended cartridges) is included, and the artist/author of the book does an excellent job in presenting different views and labels to his crisp inked artwork, allowing you to even note joints, sliders and little engravings on the weapons that affect the functionality/adaptability of the guns.

There are no sci fi futuristic weapons in this book, but you can always twist the presented references and use your imagination to make something unique.
These days, I still use this book... and I also draw guns via internet references.
Great book! Get it!

5.0 out of 5 stars Best reference

Reviewed in the United States on 28 July 2011

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I spent a long time trying to find references for guns to draw and aside from the gun magazines (which wasn't what I was looking for) I could not find a good reference for multiple guns. Finally, I found this book and am very impressed. Its in the how to draw manga series but the only manga aspect is the people holding the guns. These gun illustration will work for any medium. From what I can tell this is the best reference for putting guns into your artwork.

This book does not actually tell you how to draw the guns step by step but I encourage beginners to get it any way. If you are willing to use a ruler emulating a majority of the guns in the book are not that difficult. To draw most of the guns draw the outline with a ruler, you could even measure the actual picture in the book, and fill in the detail. From what I've seen there aren't really any "beginner" gun instructions anywhere.

This is another very well made book in the How to draw manga series, and I recommend it.

4.0 out of 5 stars Not For First Timers

Reviewed in the United States on 1 August 2008

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This book does not give steps, and as such you must be able to draw from reference material to make use of it. As a reference book, it does fairly well. The guns are shown from different angles, and the technical data given assists with research (provided the selection of firearms lines up with your research). Flipping through it a few times, I've yet to see any errors. The book also gives reference pictures of aiming postures and uniforms, making it a good reference guide for artists who don't want to spend two hours on google images trying to find that one useful picture.

4.0 out of 5 stars Great examples and references.

Reviewed in the United States on 10 January 2022

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Love the book, the only reason I didn't give it five stars is that it didn't teach how to draw so much as give good examples/references.