Drawing tips

Zaknafien · Post by **Zaknafien** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 12:23 am

Anyone got any tips for actually Drawing the anime and stuff? I mean, it's good enough talking it, but i'd like to actually make some someday... (I'm not a complete beginner, but I'm always willing for some tips)

Jebadia · Post by **Jebadia** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 6:50 am

learn how to draw normal people first. You need to learn proporitons before you start distorting them.

InuYashawhite · Post by **InuYashawhite** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 6:33 pm

i also need help drawing.....i can draw anime if i'm looking at an anime picture but i want to know how to do it better freehand....i would like to make up my own characters,......if anyone can help i'll be thankful

emopunk1 · Post by **emopunk1** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 7:03 pm

just practice. Practice, Practice, Practice.

All my art teachers keep reminding me that constant practice of drawing anything will help.

If you can, just spend an hour just sketching out one thing (i.e. eyes) then start building up from that. (i.e. eyes with nose) until you feel confident with starting on a full face.

It also helps to practice something other than an anime character once in a while, so you learn to come up with something different and not get stuck in a rut.

x_rex30 · Post by **x_rex30** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 8:30 pm

Draw anything you can see. Study perspective, study anatomy. Take in as many artistic influences as you can. Not just manga and anime.

you might find some good tips at http://www.howtodrawmanga.com/tutorial/tutorial.html

Ryoko_from_Tenchi_Muyo! · Post by **Ryoko_from_Tenchi_Muyo!** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 9:12 pm

InuYashawhite wrote:i also need help drawing.....i can draw anime if i'm looking at an anime picture but i want to know how to do it better freehand....i would like to make up my own characters,......if anyone can help i'll be thankful

There is a book that is called How to Draw Manga and that's what started me. Also there is a continuation of it and it's called How to Draw More Manga. Hope that this info helps!

Zero Beat · Post by **Zero Beat** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 9:37 pm

Ryoko_from_Tenchi_Muyo! wrote:
InuYashawhite wrote:i also need help drawing.....i can draw anime if i'm looking at an anime picture but i want to know how to do it better freehand....i would like to make up my own characters,......if anyone can help i'll be thankful
There is a book that is called How to Draw Manga and that's what started me. Also there is a continuation of it and it's called How to Draw More Manga. Hope that this info helps!

http://www.howtodrawmanga.com/gs/gsprev001.html

someperson · Post by **someperson** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 1:49 am

Personally, I used to pause my VCR or DVD player whenever I liked an anime character's pose. Then I would attempt to copy it. Gradually, I got a bit better and developed my own style.

But the books are good too.

InuYashawhite · Post by **InuYashawhite** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 6:27 pm

x_rex30 wrote:Draw anything you can see. Study perspective, study anatomy. Take in as many artistic influences as you can. Not just manga and anime.

you might find some good tips at http://www.howtodrawmanga.com/tutorial/tutorial.html

Thnx for the tip about the website! i think it wil help me.....thnx

Malificus · Post by **Malificus** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 8:51 pm

I always thought that Cristopher hart made good how-to-draw manga books' (The Manga Mania series)