Fashion Manga Art School: How to Draw Cool Looks and Characters.

While I was on vacation in IL I ended up stopping at a Border's store, I found lots of books I liked, lots I wanted to read and even started some in the store. While I didn't spend as much time there as I would have liked and I didn't buy all the books on my list I did purchase a book on drawing manga fashion called Shojo Fashion Manga Art School: How to Draw Cool Looks and Characters. While I love to design clothes I've never really been sure how to start or how to draw them, I was hoping this book would help me and let me tell you I am thoroughly enjoying it!

Shojo Fashion Manga Art School has basics to drawing manga, including:

• Drawing Manga Heads
• Drawing Manga Bodies
• Drawing Manga Hair
• Drawing Manga Facial Features

And has more, after that you move onto drawing the clothes, it's a fairly long book and has a lot in it. You learn different styles of clothing,  and there is a chapter for several different kinds.

• Fabric 101
• Drawing Shirts
• Drawing Shirt with collars
• Drawing Sweatshirts
• Drawing Blazers and Long Coats
• Drawing Pants
• Drawing Shorts
• Drawing Swimwear
• Drawing Heels
• Drawing Boots
• And More!!

Shojo Fashion Manga Art School is a book I would definitely recommend to anyone who wants to draw Manga or Anime characters... or takes an interest in designing or drawing clothes. I know that this book will be a good reference for a very long time, it's a good size for a drawing manga book and covers a lot more then just drawing clothes.

Shojo Fashion Manga Art School: How to Draw Cool Looks and Characters is written and drawn by Irene Flores who was born in 1982 in the Philippines and is currently living and working in California. She started her career in 2004, co-creating and illustrating Mark of the Succubus for TOKYOPOP Inc. Among other projects are

• Rumors From the Other Side anthology
• Right to left, back to front
• Weekly weird news

You can visit Irene's website at www.beanclamchowder.com