William Dela Peña Jr. - How to Draw Manga for the Beginner: Step by Step Guides in Drawing Anime Characters

How toDraw Manga for the Beginner

Step by step guides in drawing Anime characters

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William T. Dela Pea Jr.

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Manga is a term for the drawing styledeveloped by the Japanese that they use in their comic books. Ithas a distinctive look that separates it from the western comicstyle.

Because of its appeal to its viewers mangabecome popular throughout the world, many enjoy reading it becauseof the interesting plot of the story as well as the art andeventually manga evolved into an animated version called anime.

If you want to learn how to draw or if youjust want to advance your skills in drawing manga, this book isperfect for you. This book features step by step instructions andincludes some advanced techniques that will really help you improveyour drawing skills.

Many beginners struggle and loose theirinterest in drawing because of the following factors:

FIRST: SKIPPING THE BASICS

Many beginners jump into drawing withoutlearning the basics. As a result, they end up with many questionsin their mind that make them freak out and lose their creativity.Remember, the basics are your stepping stone to increase yourskills and in order to become a great artist, youll need a strongfoundation that you can acquire in learning the basics first.

SECOND: THINKING THAT DRAWING IS HARD

Yes, Drawing is hard. Looking into a finishedartwork is sometimes really intimidating. But drawing can be easy,just analyze the structures first and break it into its basicshapes and drawing is not as hard as many of you have imagined.

THIRD: LABELING ONESELF AS TALENTLESS

Drawing is just like learning how to write.So if you can write, you can draw. Remember the old days when youwere starting to learn how to write: your lines are timid andshaky. The more you practiced, and the better you have becomethrough the years. Drawing is also a skill that needs to bepracticed and developed.

These few elements of a drawing are the mostcommonly used. Having knowledge of it will help you understand howto draw Manga.

A line is made up of two points that connecteach other. A drawing is made of a variety of lines (straight,curved, and zigzag)

In order to make your drawing more dynamicuse a line that varies in width, this will make your lines moreattractive as well as your drawing.

The picture above is a curved line that hasno variety of thickness. It looks plain and boring while thepicture below has a variety of thickness and looks more dynamic,doesnt it?

A shape is an enclosed space. It is limitedto two dimensions: length and width. Geometric shapes are made upof points and lines which come from geometry while organic shapesare typically irregular or asymmetrical, it is associated withobjects in nature.

The pictures above are examples of Geometricshapes and the picture below are examples of organic shapes.

Value is defined as the relative darkness orlightness of a color, value creates the illusion of depth whichmakes your drawing looks three dimensional.Having a vast knowledgein values will help you creating a great drawing.

Below is a picture of grayscale value.

Manga characters usually have a largestylized eye, small noses, tiny mouths, and sometimes a large head.The Female resembles larger eyes than males and have a thinner neckand smaller chin and also the shape of the face differs from eachgender, female heads are made up of smooth curves and tends to havea semi-rounded shape, while males have an angular shape of theface.

When drawing your character in a childhoodstage, the rules that I mentioned earlier doesnt imply, during thechildhood stage opposite genders can share similar features onlydiffering in their hair style.

Guidelines in a drawing are important toensure the proportion and proper placement of the features of theface.

Step 1: Draw a circle and draw avertical and horizontal line at the center of the circle as shownthe figure below.(fig. 1)

fig. 1

Step 2: Draw a line to the side of thecircle that connects to the end point of the vertical line andconnect it to the opposite side. (fig. 2)

fig. 2

Step 3: Draw a line below the centerof the circle this will serve as the height of the eyes.