Synopses & Reviews
With its stylistic characters and vivid colors, manga has captured the imagination of millions. However, creating it from nothing can be difficult, no matter how inventive an artist is. But now, following the success of Manga Matrix, which taught readers how to create manga characters,
Super Manga Matrix will inspire and guide them to create both manga characters and manga stories!
Never has character making been approached as methodically as in Super Manga Matrix. Using the unique matrix system, the creation of manga can be plotted and cross-sectioned on a matrix diagram. The result is the remarkable creation of new types of heroes, evil creatures, and multi-formed beasts whose forms and costumes can be designed infinitely. Super Manga Matrix explores a myriad of creatures including angels, demons, dragons, monsters, phantoms, spirits, robots, human, beast combinations, and visionary beings.
Regardless of age or skill level, from budding artist to polished professional, anyone with an interest in creating manga will find Super Manga Matrix a valuable resource.
Hiroyoshi Tsukamoto is a veteran artist and educator of fine art and graphic design. He has been actively working in the field for over 30 years. Tsukamoto's designs and artworks are numerous, including a mural for the pediatrics ward for the Japan National Cancer Center, character illustration and exhibit design for Nagoya Marine Museum, and character, stage, and costume design for the musical Borocchino!. Tsukamoto is also the author of Manga Matrix and the Japanese bestselling titles Manga Bible and CharaDeza Smash!
Synopsis
Following the success of Manga Matrix, which demonstrated how to create manga characters, Super Manga Matrix by Hiroyoshi Tsukamoto will help aspiring artists and professionals create awesome manga characters and manga stories! Using a unique matrix system invented in Japan, artists of all skill levels—from beginner to advanced—can create new types of heroes, evil creatures, and multi-formed beasts, as well as plot their stories on a matrix diagram. Perfect for lovers of the enormously popular manga, Super Manga Matrix is a simple, yet innovative, way to for anyone to easily create manga!
Synopsis
The follow-up to the hugely popular Manga Matrix, Super Manga Matrix reveals an innovative Japanese arithmetic method to create stunning manga. Using simple addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, readers will learn to create an infinite number of manga characters with unique physical attributes, costumes, skills, and personality types, as well as secondary characters that they can engage with in a manga story.
About the Author
Hiroyoshi Tsukamoto is a veteran artist and educator of fine art and graphic design. He has been actively working in the field for over 30 years. Tsukamotos designs and artworks are numerous, including a mural for the pediatrics ward for the Japan National Cancer Center, character illustration and exhibit design for Nagoya Marine Museum, and character, stage, and costume design for the musical Borocchino!. Tsukamoto is also the author of the Japanese bestselling titles Manga Bible and CharaDeza Smash!