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#1 Post by p2oshandi »

I found a very interesting site containing tutorials for drawing anime and manga characters. There are many useful tutorials available for a large variety of categories. Hope this helps you guys out there who needs a guide in improving your art.

http://www.dragoart.com/characters-c310-1.htm

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I can't say those are tutorials that can help improve anything except how to draw other people's characters. :? Even then the drawings in the tutorials themselves aren't that well drawn. There are better tutorials on DA in my opinion.
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I feel the same way...
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People who can draw real people can draw anime. The opposite is not true.

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#5 Post by JinzouTamashii »

I see that kind of attitude at /ic all the time when I'm trying to improve (since I'm a novice in many things, like values, composition, landscapes)... you can take that too far into elitism, though, and completely deny the artistic merits and accomplishments of many mangaka.

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#6 Post by Jake »

JinzouTamashii wrote:you can take that too far into elitism
Not just that, but I wouldn't even say it's particularly true.

It helps to have a good understanding of anatomy before you start drawing manga-styled stuff (or any kind of ultra-stylised style, for that matter) but it's far from a guarantee that you'll be able to do it. I know I'm far worse at drawing manga-style than I am realism, and I have to deliberately ignore a lot of the things I 'know' about drawing from realism to do so - it's a different skillset.




(Not to say I wouldn't agree that learning realism to some appreciable level before trying manga-style is probably useful, and I'd certainly agree that those 'tutorials' don't look particularly useful in the long run.)
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#7 Post by JinzouTamashii »

My issue with those particular tutorials isn't that they're not useful... it's that the majority aren't particularly any good...

Some of them just make me cringe.

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Here's a pretty good one from the frontpage: http://www.dragoart.com/tuts/3195/1/1/h ... -blood.htm

The guidelines and technique is good.

Recently, I've been reading a book I bought from Andrew Loomis and I actually looked at some old How to Draw Manga book someone got for me eight years back as a birthday gift and cringed.

Instead, the free online resource I would suggest is:

http://posemaniacs.com/

They've got a lot of variety and even if the muscles aren't entirely accurate, it's really good as a reference.
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#8 Post by p2oshandi »

To me they looked good. They were simple and nice. Maybe its because my anime drawing isn't that much good. :wink:
You should take a look at these. They are really AMAZING!! I wonder how many years I have to wait to make my drawings like that (probably not in this lifetime)

http://www.designzzz.com/anime-manga-st ... strations/

PS: Does anyone know how to draw anime characters without using a drawing tablet? I mean a special software for drawing anime except for Photoshop and Illustrator?

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Ah, those are indeed very nice. They're definitely using references and brushes and textures and all kinds of little tricks, though. They're far from a bad thing, but they can ruin early works, I think (misusing brushes and textures, I mean—always try to use a reference or draw from life until you feel confident.) While those kind of results are good, sometimes it's good for a beginner to focus in on the basic instead of getting wide-eyed at finished compositions like that which take days to do.

I mean, technically, some of these aren't composited together very well and it shows:

http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs42/f/2009/ ... 62da80.jpg

http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs23/i/2007/ ... ceseal.jpg

While the individual elements are beautiful, the two people don't seem to be sitting correctly on the horse (where is that woman's legs?) and the man holding the staff just looks strange. If you look at where he's holding it, he's not really gripping it in his fist.

The closer you get to realism, the more you approach uncanny valley territory. It's not something I'd expect the casual observer to notice, though. It doesn't diminish their beauty but it does impinge on the accuracy of those pieces.

It's important to maintain consistency throughout the work, including perspective and color and values and overall theme.

This one is superb.

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Hmm... I haven't done something like that in a while. I really ought to.
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p2oshandi wrote:Does anyone know how to draw anime characters without using a drawing tablet? I mean a special software for drawing anime except for Photoshop and Illustrator?
I'm not sure what you mean by "without a tablet", I mean, I used pen and pencil for years before I even owned a tablet.
If you mean 'with a mouse', I'd suggest Pant tool Sai: its vector tools are much easier to use, in my opinion, than Photoshop - I even made a [url=http://renmazuo-.deviantart.com/art/L-really-small-vid-inside-76942173]video example[/url] for a friend, quite some time ago...

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JinzouTamashii wrote: While the individual elements are beautiful, the two people don't seem to be sitting correctly on the horse (where is that woman's legs?) and the man holding the staff just looks strange. If you look at where he's holding it, he's not really gripping it in his fist.
you have a keen eye *lol*

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Ren wrote:I'd suggest Pant tool Sai: its vector tools are much easier to use, in my opinion, than Photoshop - I even made a [url=http://renmazuo-.deviantart.com/art/L-really-small-vid-inside-76942173]video example[/url] for a friend, quite some time ago...
Thanks very much. I'll try it. If you get to know about another please tell me.


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#14 Post by MaiMai »

I wouldn't use the coloring technique of the first tutorial (personal preference really, it could work for someone else's style) . Second and fourth one is good for beginners or intermediate CGers to build off of. Third link has broken images.
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#15 Post by Samu-kun »

Man... Most of these are pretty horrible. At best, they're only useful if you want to learn a certain amateur artist's style, want to learn how to use a certain art software, or if you want to know how to draw a certain character.

In my experience, I think a good way to learn (well, aside from decking out a few thousand dollars and going to art school, but that's neither here or there) is to find some professional artists whose art that you admire. You can learn a lot of new things from looking at their works and you also have something to aim for.

But then, the best way is to just keep trying. The first couple thousands of drawings you make probably will not be any good, but the art world was never filled with much smiles and hugs to begin with.

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