Making Manga: The Saturday AM Way - Storytelling, World-Building, Layouts - With Two Manga Short Stories for You to Complete! [Paperback]

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?Making Mangais for you!

Created by the team at Saturday AM, the world’s leading showcase of diverse manga and comics stories,Making Mangagives you guidance on everything you need to develop, create, and publish your own dynamic stories. Inside you’ll find:
 

• A detailed method for building a “storytelling box”that will help you define and frame your concept
• Suggestions for developing compelling characters and power systemsthat can successfully drive your story 
• Techniques for mastering layoutsthat ensure your scenes are easy to follow while using visual flow to heighten tension, build drama, or deliver a punchline  
• How to enhance your storieswith powerful backgrounds and effective lettering techniques  
• An overview of options for publishing, distribution, and licensing that gives you potential strategies for getting your work out there  
• Invaluable advice and insights through interviews with industry expertson storytelling, writing, character development, creating layouts, lettering, printing, retail, promotion, and more   
• Two short manga starter storiesinspired by Saturday AM’s hit seriesApple BlackandClock Striker that let you explore your new creative skills 
• QR codesthat link to exclusive instructional videos

Perfect for beginning to intermediate manga and anime artists, character designers, fantasy illustrators, animators, and cartoonists, Making Manga is the complete insider’s guide to producing your own manga from the ground up.
 
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