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This piece will to be the first of a bunch of manga articles that will guide you through the strategy of how to sketch manga.

Even if you have never really been interested in manga tutorials, don’t be so swift to write off these lessons.

You’ll be amaze at just how much manga drawings apply to figure Sketching and how much it take advantage of human anatomy. Just give these manga tutorials a shot, and I promise you will be amaze at how much you’ll learn and how much your Sketching skills will improve.

An Introduction To How To illustrate Manga

To start off this manga tutorials series, I’d like to give a brief introduction to this art form of Illustrating manga.

Manga began from Japan. It is the static (comic book) cousin of anime, the animated version of manga.

The word “manga” literally translate to “absurd pictures.” These absurd pictures makes for a fantastic story telling application.

Since it’s development, manga art has turn out to be a international phenomenon, and it is particularly renown in the west.

Part of the reason manga art has become so in demand among artists, even traditional figure Drawing artists, is that it permits for amazing creative expressions. It’s wild and fanciful style also makes for some gorgeous art works.

It’sinfluences are felt in hit films like Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away (2001) and even in films based on Frank Miller’s work (the renounced author of “300″ and “Sin City”)

Manga has also spread the animated world in the form of anime. These TV shows and movies and become very popular, especially among youth. Today, it’s almost impossible to go anywhere without seeing some sort of reference to manga or anime.

If you are a traditional artist, it would be to your advantage to at lease become familiar with this art form. Manga is huge and it is growing very fast. If you are a working artist, it is only a matter of time before you run in to a client who will want you to do some sort of manga influenced art project.

In addition to this, learning about manga drawing will only make you a better artist. There are many things about manga that could help you become a better overall artist. It will help give you another perspective on human figure drawing and how to draw portraits.

I trust that introduction has made you excited about learning how to draw manga and looking forward to the upcoming manga tutorials.

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