Step-by-Step Manga Workbook - Gecko Keck

From celebrated manga artist Gecko Keck, the Step-by-Step Manga Workbook is a practical paperback guide designed to build confidence through doing. Created as a companion to Step-by-Step Manga or as a standalone drawing workbook, it combines clear prompts, practical tips and dedicated space to sketch, refine and experiment.

Across 64 pages, Keck covers key drawing elements for developing manga characters on the page. Guidance moves from essential tools and materials through to outlines and hatching, facial features, movement and perspective, with additional insight into conveying emotion and adding depth through hairstyles and fashion choices. For those who enjoy fantastical details, the workbook also explores features such as animal ears and tails. Throughout, a variety of prompts help you practise in different ways, including partial images to complete, faint outlines to build on and blank spaces for free experimentation. The workbook also looks at creating a world around your characters using considered colour choices and graphic effects, before encouraging you to plan out a graphic novel of your own.

Key features

• Workbook format with drawing prompts, practical manga tips and space to draw
• Can be used alongside Step-by-Step Manga or as a standalone drawing guide
• Covers tools and materials, outlines and hatching, facial features, movement and perspective
• Includes guidance on conveying emotion, plus hairstyles and fashion choices
• Prompts include partial images, faint outlines and blank spaces for practice
• Explores colour choices and graphic effects for building a world around characters
• Includes tips and techniques for Shojo, Chibi, Bishie and Shonen styles

Specifications

• Author: Gecko Keck
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 64
• Publisher: Search Press
• Publication date: 14 March 2025
• Illustrations: 200 colour illustrations
• ISBN: 9781800922389

Sizing

210 x 280 x 6 mm

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