31 Manga Design pages plus coloring and drawing tips printed on one side of the page

Manga to the Max Warriors: Drawing and Coloring Book

By: Erik Deprince

Rating: 5 of 5

I enjoy coloring both Manga and Anime characters and this is a really fun book to color. There are 29 characters are all warriors with unique skills and costumes. In addition, there are two pages of weapons which are mostly for individuals to draw their own weapons. There is also a page at the end of the book for individuals to draw their own character.

The designs are printed on one side of the page with information about the warrior printed on the back on the page in a light gray print that does not show through when I am coloring. There is a good mix of both male and female characters.

What is great about the way the book is put together is that while the pages are perforated, the information about the character is printed on the back of the coloring page of that character. That way, if you remove a page from the book, their information stays together.

The designs are of the figures and generally have some sort of framing around them. There are no background details. The designs have a good develop of detail but are not difficult or intricate to color.

In addition to the coloring pages, there is a short tutorial on drawing and a few hints on coloring. There are a good number of colored samples included on glossy pages as well.

This is what I found while coloring in this book and testing the paper with my coloring medium.

31 Manga Warrior Coloring Pages including 29 Characters and 3 draw it yourself pages

Designs are printed on one side of the page with character information printed on the back of the page.

Paper is medium weight, white, slightly rough and perforated. It is also noted as acid-free archival quality.

Glue Binding

Designs stop before the perforations

Alcohol and water-based markers bleed through the page

Gel pens and India ink pens leave shadows on the back of the page. India ink pens can spot through as well depending on how heavily they are applied.

Colored pencils work well with the paper. Both oil and wax based pencils provide good color, layer the same or multiple colors well, and blend easily using a blending stick. Hard lead pencils can dent through the page.

I like to use a blotter page below my working page to keep seeping ink and dents from marring the pages below. I use card stock but two sheets of heavyweight paper work well, too. You can also simply remove pages before coloring to keep the rest of the book in good condition as well.