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HOW TO DRAW ANIME & MANGA WITH STEP BY STEP DRAWING TIPS & DRAWING LESSONS
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In this brief tutorial, Julie will share a few tips about drawing anime style hair.
Applying the Tutorials to Other Animangas
I had been asked if I would do some tutorials for other animes. Well, the truth is that there are no need to produce such tutorials when you can apply what you learned from my Tutorials to any other Animangas.
All about the Hairstyles in Animanga
Animanga is very well known for the characters with very diverse variety of hairstyles especially exotic or wild ones as well as their wide variety of hair colors. It can be said that the reason for the characters to look western is to give each character a very distinct appearance so to distinguish the characters in any Animanga (both Anime or Manga)
Drawing Always Takes Time To Learn!
Many people get down to start drawing with big dreams of being an artist (manga artist, animator, etc.), but many of them did not realize that learning to draw something takes a long time. As a result, they get very easily discouraged when their first drawings didn't come out the way they wanted without learning to be patient and become determined to be an artist.
Foreshortening is never really easy and it's something you will have to get comfortable with over time with practice.
In this tutorial, I will attempt to go over some basic methods to draw general anime faces, so you can both get a better idea of how anime faces are drawn and proportioned, as well as an idea of how use what you know to create interesting original characters.
Want to learn how to draw Anime or Manga characters? Listen up. I'm not from Japan, its not from Japan, it's not in my culture, but I spent much of my time studying the Anime design, and I would like to teach you what I know. In this tutorial, you will learn how to create faces, bodies, and other various aspects of Anime. Take your time and keep practicing, and soon, you'll be much better than me.
How to Make a Simple Manga Comic Strip
Drawing a manga is usually tougher than drawing just a fanart because it requires more planning and efforts. Also writing a manga is not like writing a text story, because the pictures in the manga tell a story while the words in the novels tell the story.
The Basics: Can't Start Without Knowing This Stuff!
Before you jump into drawing masterpieces you must first learn the framework on which all things are built.
Materials: What Do I Draw This Stuff With
Here's my list of art materials as requested. I'll do my best to explain what I use and why as well as where to get them.
Just thought to post this here.... Bits and pieces of information I have learned about how to make a manga.
Nudity as a Manga Drawing Tool
Nudity can be quite a touchy subject, but if anyone really want to become more advanced at drawing the anatomically correct Animanga characters in many different poses including the martial arts poses, they may have to overcome any issues they have with nudity and use it as a drawing tool.
Reading the Patterns in the Pictures
A very very very very important drawing method is an ability to read and use the patterns in the drawings which many novice artists often failed to realize before giving up.
It can be very easy to get discouraged if you just started drawing and couldn't become as good as your favorite artist in a short time. That is another reason why many novice artists gave up on drawing by just setting their standards too high for the level of their skills.
Some Pointers on Advanced 3D Manga Concepts
As the artists advance with their drawing skills, they would realize how essential is it to master the basics of 3D in any 2-D drawings since the animated shows and graphic novels(manga) are very heavy in the use of 3D concept espescially the camera points of view.
Training your Brains and Hands
It can be frustrating for you when you couldn't draw the way you wanted or duplicate what's in your mind and worse, your drawings look very irregular, lopsided and misaligned. That's because the muscles in your hands are NOT USED to drawing, and the hands can't read what's in your mind.
You can use this and all the other tutorials connected to it as a general guide to drawing anime, or you can copy this picture as precisely as you want. The choice is yours. If you actually use this to draw Ko-Chan, which I doubt most people will do, remember to give me credit for my character.
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