Drawing anime/manga etc

[a nirvana fan]

OK has anyone got any step by steps guides on how to draw anime and manga and any other japanese style drawings, if so please please tell me, I've looked around on the internet but there all rubbish.

[~SapphireStar~]

I bought some books from Amazon that are very helpful and I also just practised sketching. You may not completely agree with some of the ways people use to draw, just see what you come up with yourself and see if you feel comfortable with that.

[a nirvana fan]

Well I've attempted to copy the styles from Pokemon and Dragonball Z, that failed, I tried doing "my" style, but I just can't get the hang of it.

[Yew-Yevon]

try these sites... http://www.tyrotinge.com/flurgy/tutorial/ http://www.howtodrawmanga.com/tutorial.html

[a nirvana fan]

Ok thanks a lot, I'll check them out now.

[Rocket Edge]

why dont you draw only the bits in the drawing that you need to work up on and draw that. it maybe the eyes, hair, torso etc. try using differant media also, as everybody has differant abilities with differant textures.when i draw, i make sure to concentrate on the direction of the line, and the curves involved in it. hope this helped, if any...

[a nirvana fan]

Hmmm well I think I can draw the basic face from the links, now I know how to do that, I can edit the hair, eyes, lips, facial expressions etc to make my own character.

[moogle maniac]

Try drawing real people first when your reasonably good at that try drawing manga. Also look at other artists work and try and emulate that in your drawings. thats what i have done it works

[Shin Gouken]

i used to be a fairly good cartoonist several years back but that was through serious practice. i cant draw straight up like that anymore, but i found its quite easy if you start of with the basic stick man, then add shapes etc leading into the detail at the end. half an hour practice a day is enough to become really good really quick

[Rocket Edge]

i used to be a fairly good cartoonist several years back but that was through serious practice. i cant draw straight up like that anymore, but i found its quite easy if you start of with the basic stick man, then add shapes etc leading into the detail at the end. half an hour practice a day is enough to become really good really quick

true, i was told that all drawing is is sketching shapes.

[Rocket Edge]

i used to be a fairly good cartoonist several years back but that was through serious practice. i cant draw straight up like that anymore, but i found its quite easy if you start of with the basic stick man, then add shapes etc leading into the detail at the end. half an hour practice a day is enough to become really good really quick

true, all drawing is is sketching shapes...

[KoShiatar]

Did you try the "How to draw manga" book series? They're very helpful.

[Tai-Ti]

look in your local big book store, they sell tuts there.