Chris Hart

Crime Noir is the most sophisticated, exciting, and dangerous comic book genre around. It is the highly stylized, modern version of such classic 1950s films as "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Asphalt Jungle". Modern crime noir is exploding in popularity with movies such as "Batman Begins" and graphic ...

Sailor Moon, Card Captor Sakura, Magical Girl Rayearth - they're magical girls, and they're some of the biggest names in manga. Magical girls, ordinary schoolgirls given superpowers, are hugely popular in Japan and the United States. Now Christopher Hart shows fans everywhere how to draw these manga...

There is an entirely new look in comics and animation today, characterized by ultra-cartoon-y, retro, and highly stylised drawing style. This is the new face of cartooning as seen in such popular TV shows as Sponge-Bob Squarepants, Dexter's Lab, Kim Possible, and The Fairly Odd Parents. Millions of ...

A guide to drawing cars, trucks and jets. All the most spectacular models are included, from Lamborghini to Lotus to Porsche as well as the entire array of American muscle cars. Timeless classics are highlighted, such as the Jaguar XKE and the Gullwing Mercedes, as are racing cars, such as Formula O...

This title is suitable for children aged 9 to 12 years old. The first title in Christopher Hart's new "Young Artists Draw" series of books for kids, "Young Artists Draw Manga" serves up fun and easy-to-follow kid-friendly art instruction on drawing manga, the super-popular drawing style that has swe...

This most basic and complete book on manga anatomy ever written is targeted to beginners, the widest segment of manga fans. The latest from bestselling author Chris Hart is not your father's anatomy book, it's an anatomy book strictly for the manga artist. Packed with dynamic step-by-step demonstrat...

Targeted to the broadest range of furrydom fans, from aspiring artists who enjoy drawing animals, comics and fantasy art to the ardently devoted fans of all things furry. Furries, also known as anthros (for anthropomorphic creatures) are human-animal hybrids. Hugely popular in contemporary media, fu...

This is a great value book covering everything the beginner needs to master cartooning. It teaches how to draw cartoon people, fantasy characters, layouts, background design and much more. It is from the world's bestselling author of drawing and cartooning books. This latest cartoon title from Chris...

Manga devotees will welcome the latest instalment in Chris Hart's blockbuster, bestselling series. Shonen manga stories feature male protagonists in action-packed, often humorous plots. Boys in particular devour the genre's most popular works, including "Naruto", "Dragon Ball", "Bleach", and "Death ...

With "Manga for the Beginner", anyone who can hold a pencil can start drawing great manga characters right away. Using his signature step-by-step style, Hart shows how to draw the basic manga head and body, eyes, fashion and more. Then he goes way beyond most beginner titles, exploring dynamic actio...

Prolific artist/author Christopher Hart covers all types of animals in his latest how-to-draw book: including dogs, cats, horses, penguins, lions, tigers, bears, and elephants, as well as the favourite sidekick animals - pigs, kangaroos, giraffes, turtles. Simple step-by-step drawings show how to ca...

The Japanese-style comic books known as manga have a huge following in America. Chris Hart, author of several bestselling how-to-draw books, now offers aspiring young artists a complete course in the manga-romance genre. He shows how to create classic manga characters: sweet and pretty girls with hu...

This manual offers techniques that visually simplify and refine the study of the body's muscles and skeleton into concepts that can easily be used by beginning and intermediate artists alike. One example of this is the human neck. There are many large and small muscles in the neck, all rendered in g...

This fourth instalment in the best-selling Xtreme Art series offers kids a fun-filled tutorial on drawing all kinds of manga-style monsters. The book starts with basic tips for drawing monster faces, heads, and bodies. Kids then get pages and pages of mischievous, high-energy renderings, each broken...

Christopher Hart, the superhero of how-to-draw books, has come to the rescue of frustrated artists everywhere with "Simplified Anatomy for the Comic Book Artist", using his straightforward approach to show a simple way to draw anatomy. In clear step-by-step illustrations and text, he shows how to dr...

The follow-up title to the hit title, Drawing Cutting Edge Comics which has been translated into 7 languages, this drawing tutorial shows artists how to draw the exaggerated musculature of super-sized figures in action poses. The guesswork is taken out of figuring out which muscles show through to t...

This fifth installment in the best-selling "Xtreme Art Series" offers kids a fun-filled tutorial on drawing the cute, chunky "mini people" of manga. Sweet and fuzzy characters, mischief-makers, and silly sidekicks will keep kids laughing as they draw over-the-top expressions and crazy antics. The bo...

Interst in anime and manga - the arts of Japanese animation and comics - is exploding in the US children's market. Pokemon, Digimon, Dragon Ball Z and Sailor Moon are just a few of the anime phenomena delighting kids ages 4-12. "Kids Draw Anime", the 8th book in the popular "Kids Draw" series, is th...

Christopher Hart's clear step-by-step drawings (hundreds of them!) and easy instructions let young people convert familiar animals into manga monsters complete with cool claws, horns, feet, and fur. Turn simple rabbits into atomic bunnies...transform ordinary mice into alien mice...make a plain old ...

It's a dream come true for every would-be manga artist: a sketchbook that not only gives them ample room to draw, but expert guidance that will improve their technique and understanding of the form. That's what Chris Hart provides in his new "Manga Mania" series, devoted to fantasy, the overwhelming...

Everyone loves chibi, the newest, hottest manga style out of Japan. Chibi - characters that range from hyper-cute miniature people to bizarrely sexy furry characters - come in all varieties, all roles, including chibi teenagers, fairies, schoolgirls, nurses, mermaids, devils, angels, and everything ...

Written by a master cartoonist with a combination of wit (which every cartoonist needs) and invaluable advice, "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Cartooning But Were Afraid to Draw" is the ultimate cartooning book. It serves as a complete course for beginners as well as a great tool for the m...

Fairies have their legions of devoted fans. The fantastic world of these elfin creatures cries out for an art instruction book that is more than a straightforward step-by-step tutorial. Rather, it requires that the book's overall design and presentation provide the experience of enchantment and enve...

Barbecue is distinctively Southern. So how did two guys from Boston win hundreds of barbecue ribbons, 30 Kansas City Barbecue Society championships, and the biggest prize of them all, the Jack Daniels World Championship Invitational Barbecue? By remaking classic BBQ favorites with new, audacious, an...

This title is suitable for children aged 5-11 years. This is a three-in-one, updated compilation of Chris Hart's popular books "Draw a Circle", "Draw a Square" (9781933027708) and "Draw a Triangle" (9781933027722), now complete with a new introduction and templates. The bestselling how-to author bre...

This title shows aspiring beginners how to draw the most popular style and widely read genre of Japanese comics. By is the world's bestselling author of drawing and cartooning books. It is suitable for the huge international fanbase of shoujo graphic novels, anime, movies, DVDs and video games. Shou...

This title is for a broad audience of aspiring cartoonists and animators who are looking to infuse personality into their animal drawings. It is from bestselling author Christopher Hart. In addition to the many examples of the cuddliest dogs, cats and bunnies, there are a whole host of charming exot...

This title is suitable for children aged 5 to 11 years old. This title is suitable for kids who love manga and want to draw or trace cool characters right away, with little or no practice. It seems that children can't get enough of manga at the moment and this title gives them the Americanised versi...

Covering the three modern generations of this sports car, this book is the ultimate guide to maintaining, upgrading, and personalizing your Corvette. It covers basic maintenance, bodywork, painting, interior upgrades, audio and visual customizations, wheels, tires, shocks, lights, electrical and acc...