Tutorials
Anime & manga drawing tutorials
Step-by-step lessons to draw anime and manga with a pencil: heads, eyes, hair, bodies, hands and poses. Each one breaks the drawing into simple shapes you can practice today.
BeginnerHow to draw a box in perspective, step by step
One face, three edges for the depth, the hidden edges: then turn the box any way you like.
BeginnerHow to draw an anime face, step by step
Build the head as a volume, then place the eyes, nose, mouth and hair on it, one at a time.
IntermediateHow to draw an anime head from any angle
Turn the head as a volume, then let the eyes, nose and mouth follow it, from the front to the profile.
BeginnerHow to draw anime eyes, step by step
Build an anime eye in four stages, place it on the face, then change its style and emotion.
BeginnerHow to draw anime hair, step by step
A mass around the skull, big locks from the parting, then spiky, long, curly and tied-up styles.
BeginnerHow to draw anime expressions, step by step
Build every emotion with the eyebrows, the eyelids and the mouth, then push it the manga way.
BeginnerHow to draw an anime body, step by step
Measure the body in heads, build it with simple volumes, then draw the outline and the clothes.
IntermediateHow to draw anime hands, step by step
A box for the palm, an arc for the knuckles and five fingers in segments: hands become simple.
IntermediateHow to draw anime poses, step by step
Start with a line of action, build the mannequin on it, then add balance, depth and action.