A comprehensive guide that every manga illustrator needs to have—with scores of full-color examples from dozens of professional illustrators!

In this beautifully illustrated book and complete coursebook, award-winning illustrator Shinji Matsuoka presents 80 striking case studies from leading Japanese manga artists. He explains in detail how these artists use the time-honored principles of composition, framing, cropping, color use, perspective and character posing!

In hundreds of detailed notes and tips, Matsuoka also teaches you how to use color, shapes, framing, shadows and focal points to communicate your stories in a clear and engaging way.

イラストや漫画を描く上で欠かせない「構図」について解説
構図を使いこなすコツ、描画テクニック など、知っておくべき基礎知識を網羅