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.

Part 1

This is just another one of the many different ways you can draw manga and anime. As you can see, I drew the head outline, kind of like a silhouette. I drew a straight line as a measurement for the shoulders. By doing this early on, I'll have an idea on what thickness I want the body to have. It'll also help be visualize what kind of position the character will be at. On this example, I wanted to character to be leaning a little so I made the shoulder line uneven.

 Part 2

I immediately drew a rough sketch of the face because I already had an idea on my mind and I might forget it later on. I also drew a hairline guide.

Part 3

The look I was going for was a little more mature and I decided on this hairstyle. My inspiration for the hair was Mitsuru from Persona 3 (google if you don't know.)

Part 4

I started on drawing the clothes but I had know idea what to make, so I decided on high collars. I love them high collars, they're my fallback clothes whenever I can't think of something else.

Part 5

Now comes the body. Do you see the curve in the middle? I used that as a guide for the body shape. Since I wanted the character's body to be arching a little, I first made a curved line to represent that. More on that when I post my tutorial on how to draw manga and anime bodies. I also drew a box to represent the chest.

Part 6

The next step is drawing the clothes. Start with basic shapes and work your way up. I also sketched the hand, just enough to give it form and make it recognizable. I'm really bad at drawing hands by the way. We're almost finished.

Part 7

Big leap from the last part. What I did was first clean the line art, and while doing that I realized that the hands were wrong so I made some changes. I have a habit of overdoing folds on clothes and it's not always a good thing. Too much detail can actually destroy a design.

And there we go, the finished product. Hopefully you picked up some pointers that will help you. Thank you for visiting my blog and be sure to come back from time to time.

You can download the images and the ORA file for MyPaint here: http://www.fileserve.com/file/zjTEw87