Guide For Drawing Anime Manga – This guide introduces the basics of drawing with a focus on anime and manga styles. It offers tips on how to get closer to the drawing process properly and suggests some friendly beginner exercises to help you get started.

This Guide covers the First Part of that List (Basics of Drawing)

1. Make Light Line Drawings First

Draw using light lines first and then trace it over with black lines once you are sure everything is in the right place. This can be especially helpful for large or complex drawings.

Bright lines are easy to erase if you make a mistake and are easy to make (you do not have to press too much pencil, so your hand does not get too tired).

Even though digital painting is still a good idea to make a drawing and move on to clean lines later.

Following your lines will also serve as another way to help strengthen your arm.

Try and draw as few lines as possible. If you make a mistake with your first line, it is best to add more lines until you get the right one but do not draw or draw extra lines as a result. If you make too many mistakes, erase that part of your drawing from the bottom.

2. Use Building Guidelines / Lines

Use the navigation lines to help you draw. For example, if you want to remove a flat head/face with a preview, you can start drawing a horizontal line even though you want to draw a look in the middle of the center. This line will help you make sure both sides of the face are the same width. You can then draw a horizontal line (or several lines) to help you make sure both eyes and ears are at the same level.

3. Edit Your Drawing And Draw Large To Small

Measure your measurements before you start drawing. You can see that in the example above, the girl is 6 1/2 tall (as anime characters usually have big heads in relationships with their bodies and then real people). By comparing the size of the different parts or objects in your drawing with each other, you will not be less likely to make a mistake.

No matter what you do, start with the big picture first. You do not always have to start with the minor details, but you do not always start with the minor details.

When you draw a place, a person starts with the head and then goes down the whole body. Do not paint small details such as facial features until you have a full-body shape.

Drawing in this way will make it much easier to correct mistakes. For example, if you take a full head out with all the facial features, you may find that the body does not fit into your drawing area. You will need to restart and repaint all faces.

Some of these errors can be easily corrected if you draw digitally, but that does not mean you should not learn to draw correctly.

4. Keep Different Parts Of Your Drawing In Same Completion Sections

Try keeping the various elements in your drawing in the same state of completion. If, for example, you are drawing eyes rather than removing the outside shape of each eye and then drawing the condition of each iris. By doing so, you will notice when the first one is out of place, and you will only need to do a little tracking if you make a mistake (similar to the previous example).

5. Draw Hidden Objects

Sometimes it is a good idea to draw things hidden by something.

In the example above, some parts of the head and face will be hidden by the hair in the final drawing, but you may want to draw their basic shapes and clear them later. This is to ensure the correct placement of the visible parts. For example, by making a light second eye drawing, you will check the difference between the eyes, which will help you ensure that the visual eye is positioned correctly. You can also draw the shape of the outside of the ears to measure the amount of hair needed to cover it.

6. Perform Drawing Tests

As a budding artist, you can benefit from simple tests of drawing lines and basic geometric shapes. These exercises will help strengthen your arm and train you to recognize (and avoid) common mistakes.

You can do this for about 10-15 minutes at a time.

Straight Drawing Exercises

The essential exercise is to draw straight lines in different places. Draw horizontal, vertical, and diagonal lines without rotating your drawing area (paper, tablet, etc.).

Tips for Drawing Curved Lines

In addition to straight lines, practice drawing curved lines in different ways and having a nice and smooth curve without jitters or sharp turns. As a straight-line function, do not rotate your drawing area.

Basic Conditions Drawing Exercise

Practice drawing basic shapes such as squares, circles, triangles, ovals, rectangles, etc.

Try and draw each shape with one stroke on each side. Draw a circle and eggs in one solid line from beginning to end.

Don’t worry if your situation doesn’t go well; just improve the following condition.

Mixed Drawing Tests

You can also combine drawing exercises. For example, you can draw a square rather than inside and draw lines from one corner to another, followed by two more lines passing through the intersection of those lines followed by drawing a circle inside the first square. But unlike previous exercises, draw this circle quarterly.

In addition to all the previous benefits, this test is also excellent for learning to draw even shapes.

In the example above, you can see how an anime-style theme can be divided into three simple shapes. The same can be said of other body parts and other things. You do not have to paint all these things every time you want to draw something, but it is an excellent example of why learning to draw primary conditions can be so helpful.

7. Learn Anime Style

To make art look like anime and manga, you must understand their defining features. Luckily there are plenty of tutorials on AnimeOutline to help you learn these styles. Just look at the Anime & Manga Drawing Tutorials section and choose whatever you like to draw.

8. See Errors

If you have trouble recognizing your mistakes, turn your drawing upside down or raise it in the mirror. This will give you a new “perspective” that makes it easier to see yourself.

Conclusion

Doing the exercises and applying the tips suggested above will help you with the basics of drawing anime. Once you have a strong hand that controls your pen or pencil, you can move to more advanced drawing objects.