How to Draw Manga For the Beginner Step By Step Guide to Drawing Manga Characters
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Manga is a kind of comics which originated in Japan. It became popular in all around the world. And if you want to learn the basics of drawing in manga style, this book will provide you the important things you need to know. Drawing is fun and so is making your own story. You might think that drawing in manga-style is hard and impossible for you to properly do, but with proper technique and style, you can definitely accomplish this. This is an instructional book meant to help you grasp the basics of manga-style art and to have fun drawing it. Learn the very basics of drawing easily by following this step-by-step tutorial and realize that drawing is something that is fun to do, and not something that becomes a cause of frustration. Enjoy drawing!
COLORING THE CHARACTER
When you’re coloring your manga character, it is preferred to start with the skin color. Next is the hair then the clothes. To show you the step by step coloring of the character, we’ll use the character which we made from the start of the book. Skin When coloring the skin, the first tone is added. This is called the base color of the skin. Afterwards, you should add the second layer which is the second tone. This is put where the shadow shows up in the skin like on the neck, knees, legs and underneath the bangs and hair. The second tone could be darker and more powerful than the base color.
Here is a sample of the “skeleton” draft of the character. You basically use lines and basic shapes
for the draft using your pencil. Afterwards still using a pencil, draw the second layer which
further shows the body frame of the character. Then, with the pen, draw the basic figure of the
character. Add the clothes, the hair, the eyes, etc.
for the draft using your pencil. Afterwards still using a pencil, draw the second layer which
further shows the body frame of the character. Then, with the pen, draw the basic figure of the
character. Add the clothes, the hair, the eyes, etc.
Coloring
When coloring the character, you should also consider the shadows and light.
An example is shown on the left side. The shadow is placed in the opposite of the light source.
The back of the cylinder has darker color than what is in front of the light source. It also casts a
shadow on the ground.
An example is shown on the left side. The shadow is placed in the opposite of the light source.
The back of the cylinder has darker color than what is in front of the light source. It also casts a
shadow on the ground.
Same principle is applied throughout the coloring stage. You should take note of the light and
shadows. In coloring the neck for example, you’ll add darker and more powerful color below the
jaws. This adds more effect showing the texture and the shape of the object.
shadows. In coloring the neck for example, you’ll add darker and more powerful color below the
jaws. This adds more effect showing the texture and the shape of the object.
COLORING THE CHARACTER
When you’re coloring your manga character, it is preferred to start with the skin color. Next is
the hair then the clothes.
To show you the step by step coloring of the character, we’ll use the character which we made
from the start of the book.
the hair then the clothes.
To show you the step by step coloring of the character, we’ll use the character which we made
from the start of the book.
Skin
When coloring the skin, the first tone is added. This is called the base color of the skin.
Afterwards, you should add the second layer which is the second tone. This is put where the
shadow shows up in the skin like on the neck, knees, legs and underneath the bangs and hair. The
second tone could be darker and more powerful than the base color.
Hair
Same principle applies with coloring the hair. Apply the base color then add the shadowing. It
can take to multiple layers.
As shown in the left side, the base colors are added. Here the artist used a very light brown a
little darker is added in the parts that should be shown darker. This will make the hair come
alive.
little darker is added in the parts that should be shown darker. This will make the hair come
alive.
Afterwards, a much darker brown is applied. You can see here that where the light hits the hair,
the darker brown is not applied. This will, again, bring more life to the hair.
the darker brown is not applied. This will, again, bring more life to the hair.
Eyes
The eyes is one of the parts of the face that catches more attention. It reflects the character—it’s
personality. You can experiment in coloring the eyes of the
Here is a step by step procedure of coloring the eyes after coloring the skin. You can use a
mixture of mediums in doing this like watercolor and color pencil, or way better, specialized
marker pens.
mixture of mediums in doing this like watercolor and color pencil, or way better, specialized
marker pens.
Next is adding the base color of the eyes and the eye brows. Here the artist used an orange color
as the base color.
as the base color.
Then darker color is added in the top part of the eyes. This is the second layer of coloring. Some
hints of the same color is also added in the margin of the iris.
hints of the same color is also added in the margin of the iris.
If you’re using a watercolor, blend the second tone in the margin of the iris avoiding the lighter
portion like as shown.
portion like as shown.
Then, add a brighter color on the lighter portion to create a powerful impression. Then you can
add more details according to your style. Here, the artist also added white bands along the eyes.
add more details according to your style. Here, the artist also added white bands along the eyes.
Same principle was applied with the sample character.
Several examples and more detailed step-by-step instructions are available inside the book "How to Draw Manga for the Beginner - Step by Step Guide to Drawing Manga Characters".
