How To Draw Manga and Anime: Walkthrough 2

Hello, it's me again. This time we'll try out a different style.

This is the finished product. I used MyPaint, check out my review page to find out more. I had an easier time with this one than on my first walkthrough. Check it out.

Suggestion Time!

I'm thinking of making video walkthroughs and tutorials. I already have CamStudio, but I'll need a video editing software, do you guys have any suggestions? It'd be nice if it's cheap, free ones will be even better. Anything except windows movie maker, even if just for simple editing.

It'll be a while though before I actually make one. Right now I'm just focusing on writing walkthroughs all the while learning from watching other people's works. I made another sketch, just to make it worth the while. Check it out.

Sketch: Beach Girl and Free Cookies

Whenever I watch the jdorama Beach Boys, it always makes me want to go to the beach. If you haven't watched it, I highly recommend you do. Mind you that it's a pretty old series but it's definitely one of the best jdorama shows I've watched. Now you might ask, what does it have to do with drawing manga. The answer is, the beach!!! I made a simple rough sketch of an anime girl carrying a beach ball. When I started it, I didn't really have any kind of setting in mind. If you just keep on drawing and sketching, sometimes an idea will pop up. This is just a rough sketch, I have no idea if I'll finish it or just leave it like that. I have tons of artwork saved on my computer and 99% of those are sketches.

 

Update: One more just for fun.

How To Draw Manga and Anime: Walkthrough 1

I labeled this as a walkthrough because I can't really call it a tutorial. We'll get to the manga tutorials on future posts, but right now I'll just walk you through my design process as I drew a simple character design. Like I mentioned before, we'll start with the very basic. This walkthrough is for beginners only but everyone is welcome to check it out. Hopefully after viewing this, you can be on your way to learning how to draw manga.

On this walkthrough, I used a free drawing software called MyPaint. If you want to find out more about this application, check out my reviews. This is the finished product. Find out how I made it.

Sample Work

Here are some of my early work, they are fairly simple each taking about an hour or so to finish. The applications I used are MyPaint for sketching and initial outline, and GIMP for coloring.  If you're not familiar with Mypaint, please check out my review. On future posts, I'll walk you through my process and show you how to draw something like these. If you work hard enough, you can definitely make something even better. I'm a beginner just like you so let's learn together.

Welcome

Welcome to Game Manga Beat and thank you for visiting. On this blog, I will post beginner tutorials on how to draw manga and anime as I learn them. You see, I too want to learn how to draw and as I learn new techniques, I'll post step by step tutorials and walk you through my process. I can't guarantee that you'll learn from me, but I feel that sometimes it's easier to learn from a fellow beginner than from a professional. Like how sometimes you would understand a lesson better by asking a fellow student rather than from a teacher. We'll start from the very basic and work our way up. I'll also use different drawing software at different times and hopefully you'll find your favorite.

I'll post news and reviews about computer games and hardware that interests me. I'll also show you video clips that I watch online. Do check out my blog from time to time to see updates. Thank you.