How To Draw Manga Covers

Starting at the very beginning this is a quick where to start walkthrough that will cover the basics of learning to draw this unique japanese art style.

How to draw manga covers. Draw lines where the fold or draping occurs in the cloak and hood. First draw your curved eyelash line as you did for the female eye. Leaving an area clear of pencil lines will highlight. Then draw a second curved line a bit thinner this time underneath to represent the bottom eyelashes.

Near the middle of the top draw a small circle for the pupil and surround that with a larger half circle for the iris. Manga tutorials relative difficulty. This is the beginning of a youtube series where the artist takes you through the basics of drawing anime. Use a sharpened 2b pencil and lightly draw a hood around the subjects face and shoulders.

Shapes inscribed on your cover page can bring out contrast or add to the framing of the scene. A cover gallery for the comic book how to draw manga. This line shouldnt be as long as the one on top. As the shape of your cover page will most likely be square the shape that offers the most contrast is the circle though you might find other shapes layered in the background can give pop to your cover art.

The section on gear is especially helpful as well as tutorials on how to draw the male figure which is somewhat rare it covers everything from the basic figure to cg coloring. Use contrast to highlight your cover content. This site contains over 80 manga drawing tutorials and is extremely comprehensive.