[ SECRET POST #143 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #143 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Early 'cause I'm gonna go take a nap. As usual. Probably. Uh, happy Memorial Day to everybody in the US?

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Comments

[kokamo.livejournal.com]

10. I work at an arts and crafts store, and today while stocking, I picked up a "How to Draw Manga" book. Pricing it and laying in on the shelf was quite possibly one of the hardest things I've ever done. I hate those stupid "how to draw manga" books because what they're teaching people to draw is "American Manga", if that makes sense. The characters in those books are drawn manga style, but it's so obvious they were drawn by an American. I can't explain it, but the look is different, and I sincerely hope no one buys that book. Urgh.

Not sure if this was very relevant to your secret or not, but I wanted to get it out.

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One of my friends bought one when she was starting out. It actually did help her, and she's a pretty good artist now. And thank god, her drawings look nothing like the author's.

It was like a hybrid of typical shoujo manga and 80s/90s American cartoons; more of a Japanese-inspired style than authentic. And the styles differ from artist to artist anyway, so I don't really get why he'd try to stuff it all into one book. He sold his way of drawing, not the Japanese way, and I don't think it should have been labeled manga because it wasn't.

[kokamo.livejournal.com]

One of my friends bought one when she was starting out. It actually did help her, and she's a pretty good artist now. And thank god, her drawings look nothing like the author's.

Well that's good to hear. :) I suppose those books can in fact help aspiring artists, since most people will develop their own style as they improve, anyway. I briefly considered saying something about that in my previous comment, but... no. Your friend's story is... inspiring. X)