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Want to Watch an Anime with Magick in it?

In no particular order, watch at your own risk. I’m not going to say which ones are cute and which ones rip your soul out:

Shugo Chara

Zero’s Familiar

Little Witch Academia

Madoka Magica

Sailor Moon

Fairy Tail

Tokyo Mew Mew

Cute High Earth Defense Club Love!

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i think im getting a bit better

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For anons who want to improve. I’m no art student I’m a video game doesn student but like, here you go anyway. Made this at 3:45am so sorry if it’s totally messy and not the easiest to read.

Ahhh just realized how messy it is with my layers and even some text is backward.

Ahhhh I’ll fix it later and by later I mean never :P

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*slams interrogation table* How do you do draw manga. I. Am. Confusion. Pretty please? =^=

Ta-da~~~ if you have anymore questions just shot me an ask or a message! :D

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The Genius of Takeuchi Naoko- How to Simplify Your Art Without Sacrificing Quality

I practically much taught myself to draw while reading Sailor Moon, and I think there’s a lot to be learnt from Takeuchi Naoko’s art. She’s one of the best shoujo artists of the late 80s and early 90s and really representative of the style. And she’s amazing at painting!

But one of the best tips I learnt from her is how to streamline drawings without sacrificing quality or the appearance of detail. This is amazingly helpful for a Western manga artist working alone without the benefit of assistants!

Delicate Lines, But as Few as Possible

This is one of Naoko’s best traits as an artist. Look at this panel from one of the first pages of Sailor Moon chapter one. The lines are thin and flowing, and they look really delicate and intricate. But try counting the lines in, say, one of her pigtails. You can do it. There aren’t really that many!

This trait of Naoko’s also shows really well in the many skirts. When in a rush, rather than drawing out the individual pleats of a skirt one by one, she tends to draw the whole shape in one flowing motion, and then add in lines to denote the pleats later. She doesn’t draw all her skirts like this, and sometimes she combines the two methods, adding a couple of fully defined pleats for extra definition.

You Don’t Always Need a Face

Some of my favourite panels from Sailor Moon don’t actually show the characters’ faces. Either by showing only their lower bodies (graceful curves of the leg can convey so much emotion), or by showing head shots with no facial details. Beyond being a time-saver, it can create some really unique and beautiful panels which convey feeling in a whole new way.

Boxy Hands are In

All artists dread drawing hands. I wouldn’t be surprised if even professional manga artists who have been working for years still feel a frisson of fear when faced with a particularly tricky hand pose.

Again, I learnt all my tricks from Naoko. A lot of tutorials for drawing hands advise looking at them as rectangular shapes so you can focus on getting the positioning of the fingers down.

Naoko is particularly good at breaking the hands down into these shapes and then just…very lightly rounding them out? Especially at the fingernails, those details add a lot. It works amazingly well and produces delicate, long hands with a sort of ‘pianist finger’ appearance going on.

I’m still a disaster at drawing hands and can only dream of one day being able to draw such beautiful, delicate fingers.

I could probably think of a million more things I’ve learnt from Sailor Moon, but these are the ones that stand out to me the most. I think it’s an amazing skill of Naoko’s, to break down and simplify her style without the appearance of doing so. It’s something that’s especially notable through the long run of Sailor Moon. I can never quite pinpoint which volume it starts, but starting at around SuperS, you definitely see more streamlining techniques than before.

But you would never say that the art went downhill, not at all! Whether it’s volume 1 or volume 18, Sailor Moon’s art remains breathtaking all the way through.

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How to draw human ears: realistic, manga & anime, simplified

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I have two questions! First: have you ever thought of doing a tarot card suit for your characters? I think it'd work really well for them! And two: help me how do I draw legs

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Hi!! I’ve absolutely been thinking about that, yeah, in fact I recently talked about that to my boyfriend just recently. It’ll likely happen after october! And to answer your second question! I made a thing on legs that i hope you’ll find useful!!

So. I’ve already explained basics on legs here, but I don’t think it hurts to go through some extra details to help you understand legs some more.

The very basic thing is to imagine legs as teardrops. Again, this has already been covered in said tutorial above, but I figured it’s still good to mention even the most basic thing that I know of. I still highly recommend you check it out to get in more detail and to see some other examples and practices that you do. But basically, think of legs in the shapes of teardrops, when it comes to shape. If you need a simple stick-figure to connect the legs in the first place, make sure that they bend at the knees a bit so that the legs don’t come off as stiff and unnatural. 

As you can see, this method works perfectly for realistic legs as it does for stylistic ones. Remember to use these as a guideline, never to be the exact base of the legs you will be drawing. If you draw traditionally, remember not to draw these guides too hard, or they will be hard to erase/do freestyle!

But how do you actually draw out the legs without drawing them perfectly straight, as shown to the left? The trick is to add volume to them, and how you do that can be winged to your own liking. The idea is to think in curves. As no leg is perfectly straight. You may make these curves minimal if you don’t want them to be curvy, but keep in mind, still, that not even your own bones are perfectly straight, so it is highly recommended that you make them bend, at least a little. 

It all depends on how you draw them as well. Say you put your legs together, as shown in this picture, what happens to the fat and muscle? Naturally, they press together, much like how thighs squish on the surface when you sit down (I’m sure most people know what I’m talking about). Make sure this shows in your art! This is very important to keep in mind, because it makes it all look more natural and believable. Try to cross your legs or stand up and sit down again for real-life examples!

The same applies for stretching your legs, more or less, except they appear to become more ‘hollow’ and slimmer. They become less soft to the touch, too, and might show. Try stretching your legs and feel where the muscles tense and where it feels ‘hollow’. This is very helpful with your art.

Many leg tutorials talk about legs without mentioning the behind. It requires a tutorial on it’s own, in all honesty, but this is the most simplest way to draw it connecting to the legs. Remember that it comes in many different shapes, and this is just a super basic guide! Two circles overlapping, while following the line and flow of the legs. Remember the muscle/fat as mentioned above!

Okay, so we got the basics of leg shapes figured out? What if you want o draw them in a certain pose, or with a certain silhouette, but perhaps do not have the reference for it? Or you want to blend your style into it? The key is to not shy away from doodling the form. Make mess, draw lightly and don’t care about the anatomy. That way you’ll get everything down without it appearing stiff. You can clean up the sketch later, always, and if you can, use a reference after you have drawn your pose, to correct your drawing.

Remember that the hips do a lot to the pose of the legs! Make sure they are in flow with your legs, so that it can look more natural. Remembers that hips ‘rotate’ with the spine.

I’ve talked about this method before when it comes to posing, and the same applies for the legs. One way to make legs appear ‘steady’ is to picture them standing in a line, and one of those legs need not to stray from the lines too much, making it steady. If you want a dynamic pose despite the steady pose, you can always have the other leg stray from the line, since it only matters that one leg is steady. This method can create good, casual poses without making them appear boring. (also notice how the teardrop shapes are used here, despite the highly stylized legs)

Do you want a highly dynamic pose, or them to appear unsteady, then skip the line entirely and make both legs aim away from it completely. As you can see, the legs appear more moving, in action, as if they’re fighting, falling, or dancing. As you can imagine, this is not a pose that one could stay steady on, suggesting that it’s taken mid-movement. More about posing and this ‘line’ method is talked about in this tutorial.

Hope this helped you, if you have any questions let me know, and if you’d like to check out all my tutorials they can be found here!

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I hope this helps!

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me whenever a drawing doesnt go my way: that’s it. i lost all talent. i’m no longer able to make art. i peaked. this is it. this is the end of days

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the suffering never ends

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expressions !! 

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I hope this helps!

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not good at non happy faces yet

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my art currently

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Nose coloring tutorial

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I rarely make tutorials so i’m sorry if there’s anything that’s not to your liking! i hope you get something out of it though! :) 

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Tutorial on how I color hair! It’s very stylized, but easy to do. [Note: only works for straight hair, but i hope it’s still helpful!]

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