Tokyo Urban Hip Hop Culture

Tokyo Urban Hip Hop Culture by Nakajima, Makoto. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781569709696.

This unique drawing tutorial gives artists and in-depth look at the styles that make the Japanese urban and hip hop trend the dominant culture it is today. It takes artists through some of the distinctive urban environments, city living conditions, and youth entertainment that are essential elements in drawing urban-hip hop manga. To give artists a sample of what a finalized urban and hip hop youth manga would look like, this book offers a rough layout of urban manga staged in cosmopolitan Ikebukuro.