Learn How To Draw Anime and How To Draw Manga

Discover The Secrets To Drawing Anime and Manga Like a Pro - Heads, Faces, Bodies, Hands, Feet, Characters and More!

From: Anna Johnson
Wednesday, 10.30 a.m.

Dear Anime and Manga Artist,

How do pro anime and manga artists – you know, the anime and manga “ninjas” - draw such cool characters, incredible action scenes and stunning backgrounds?

You know, those guys and girls are so good, they can whip up a cute character, or a fight scene, or an explosion, in minutes!

Imagine being able to do that. Being able to draw anything, from any angle, in any position, without effort.

And drawing entire illustrations, even comic books or storyboards for cartoon series, that are simply… AWESOME!

No wonder they’re pros. I mean you’d have to be really good to be paid to draw. (Now there’s a career – getting paid to do what you love, all day long. And having thousands of fans adore your work and eager to see your next creation. How cool would that be?)

Well, a while back, I was desperate to know how to draw like a pro. Why? Because I wanted to create my own anime and manga characters.

But, no matter how hard I tried – no matter how many times I sketched all my favorite anime and manga characters - I just couldn’t seem to produce drawings that looked as good as the ones I saw in the comics and magazines.

Sure, I bought all the “how to draw anime” and “how to draw manga” books – I’ve got about 12 of ’em and a stack of ebooks – and I visited all the free tutorials on the web (you should see my list of “Favorites”). But some of them were just too basic, others too advanced, some skipped over the essentials, others were just plain boring, and some were in poor English that I could barely understand.

And as for learning at an art school or college… well the schools and colleges where I live (Melbourne, Australia) just don’t offer courses on how to draw anime and manga! And anyway, who wants to trudge through months, maybe years, of classes on perspective, figure drawing, drawing portraits, painting, and all those general art subjects… when all I want to draw is anime and manga!

(Not to say those other things aren’t worthwhile or important – I just want to get straight to drawing what I love).

So I Asked the Experts!

It didn’t take me long to work out that the only way I was going to find out how to draw anime and manga like a pro was to…

…ask a pro to show me! Preferably more than one (so I could learn more tips, tricks and techniques!)

So, I worked out exactly what I wanted to learn – from how to draw faces and bodies, to how to draw action scenes – and decided to ask a few top anime and manga artists to show me, step-by-step, how they did it.

Now, I paid over $1,000 for this “private tuition”. But then I got to thinking…

What About You?

What about everyone else? What about you?

You want to know how to draw anime and manga like a pro too, right? But can you afford to shell out thousands of dollars to get some professional anime and manga artists to personally show you their secrets?

Probably not, right?

Well, it occurred to me that there were probably lots of other budding anime and manga artists like you. All eager to learn all the tricks and techniques that the pros use to produce their amazing illustrations…

…but who can’t afford to pay all these artists to teach them.

So how could I help everyone else? How could I share what I learned?

A Course for Everyone

Well, being a bit of an entrepreneur, I thought that maybe I could share what I learned by putting together a course that included everything I learned from the pros.

And so, this course, Fundamentals of Drawing Anime and Manga was born.

But Fundamentals of Drawing Anime and Manga isn’t like any other course.

What You Want to Learn, How You Want to Learn

Unlike the books, ebooks and web tutorials on how to draw anime and manga that you may have seen, and unlike most art classes and courses, Fundamentals of Drawing Anime and Manga is based on what YOU want to learn, how you want to learn.

It’s not some brain-dump of what I think you want to learn. It’s based on asking students like you what they wanted in a course on how to draw anime and manga. And guess what, I got 122 students to tell me. Yes, that’s right – 122 people from around the world have contributed to this course!

Now, don’t worry. I’ve made absolutely sure that the course includes everything the professionals say any anime or manga artist worth their salt must know… but I’ve also made certain it contains the other things that students desperately want to know too (that a professional may skip over or forget about because they think it’s obvious… when it isn’t).

Everything You Need to Know

In fact, Fundamentals of Drawing Anime and Manga is jam-packed with everything you need to know to draw brilliant anime and manga.

Now, let me clear – this course is 100% about how to draw. It’s not about how to use special tools (like manga pens or graphics software), or how to write a manga comic, or how to animate. You can learn those specialist skills in other courses. But before you can master any of those skills, you must be able to draw well. Learning to draw anime and manga comes first. And that’s why we’ve squeezed everything you need to develop extraordinary drawing skills into this course.

You’ll learn everything - from the principles of perspective, to drawing realistic and proportional bodies, faces, hands, feet, clothes, original characters, to creating spectacular action scenes, to composing breathtaking backgrounds.

You Can Learn Anywhere, Anytime

Because Fundamentals of Drawing Anime and Manga is available online all you need to access it are the latest versions of Macromedia® Flash Player and Adobe® Acrobat Reader (both free) and a PC or Mac with a high-speed, broadband Internet connection. It doesn’t matter where you live, what time zone you’re in… or if you want to take six months off to travel the world! You can access the course wherever you are, whenever it’s convenient.

Your Skills Will Skyrocket!

We’ve specifically designed Fundamentals of Drawing Anime and Manga to skyrocket your skills. By applying everything you learn in this course, you won’t just improve a little… you’ll be well on your way to becoming an anime and manga “ninja”!

Fact is, you’ll learn more and much faster by taking this course than if you tried almost any other way to learn how to draw anime or manga – by copying characters from manga comics and anime posters, by reading a “how to draw” book or ebook, or by viewing a web tutorial.

Why? Because our course is designed to maximize your learning.

You see, you learn more when you're more engaged in what you’re learning – when more of your senses – hearing, sight, touch, and so on – are involved.

That’s why we’ve designed Fundamentals of Drawing Anime and Manga to be in an interactive, multimedia format that utilizes text, illustrations, animation and audio.

It won’t be like those books, ebooks or web tutorials where you’re expected to “read and learn”. You can’t learn how to draw just by reading! You have to stimulate all your senses to learn. You have to read, watch, listen… and most of all, draw!

Instead, Fundamentals of Drawing Anime and Manga consists of an interactive, multimedia Macromedia® Flash presentation...

....and a 108 page Course Manual.

Fundamentals of Drawing Anime and Manga Course Manual

So, you’ll hear me describe how to draw something and you’ll see vivid examples of how it’s drawn. Later, you’ll be able to read what I’ve said and refer to more detailed examples. And then you’ll do certain exercises and assignments yourself and be able to compare your drawings with those of professional manga and anime artists.

And apart from all that – it’s FUN! And if you’re having fun, you’ll definitely learn more.

But don’t take my word for it – here’s what some of our students are saying:

What Some Of Our Students Are Saying

“The course is really great and it looks like a lot of effort was put into it.”

Vikar Singh
Durban, South Africa

“I think the way the course is structured is very interesting and well presented. I hope it becomes a huge success, thank you for giving me a chance to participate in it.”

Luke Edmundson
London, United Kingdom

“I am enjoying the course very much! I have also been sharing your tips with a friend of mine, who is infinitely better at drawing than I am, and she tells me that your advice had really helped her improve her drawing. Thanks again for providing so many good tips, I really do feel that my drawing is improving.”

Aoife Delaney
Dublin, Ireland

So What’s In The Course?

Let’s get specific. Fundamentals of Drawing Anime and Manga is a 6-lesson course, packed with over 80 illustrations, that takes you step-by-step through everything you need to know to ramp up your skills and draw fantastic anime and manga. You’ll learn:

The fundamental “rules” of drawing heads that look realistic and in proportion… and which rules to break to draw anime and manga heads.
The simple, yet powerful trick, for drawing heads in any pose, from any perspective.
The 4 critical facial features you must get right to give your faces that distinct anime and manga look.
How to exaggerate one or more of these crucial features to make the faces you draw look less realistic and more cartoon-like… and how to do the opposite!
How to draw different faces for different kinds of characters.
The 4 key factors to consider before you draw eyes.
The two different ways of drawing stunning anime and manga-style eyes.
The sure-fire method for getting your eyes looking in the right direction.
The 7 things you must consider when drawing a character’s hair.
How different hairstyles can give your character a totally different look, and how to give your characters the right hairstyle to accentuate their unique personality and situation.
The 3 different ways of highlighting your characters’ hair depending on whether you’re drawing anime or manga-style.
The powerful method pros use to determine the height and proportions of a human body.
The 9 crucial body parts you must get right for your bodies to look realistic and in proportion.
The 10 key differences between males and females.
How to draw anything and anyone faster and more accurately with this simple, yet powerful technique.
How to draw any body, in any pose, and from any perspective, from scratch.
How to draw 10 different “classic” anime and manga characters.
The easy-to-follow, step-by-step method for drawing hands and feet.
How to choose the right clothing for your characters.
The slick little technique for making your clothes look realistic.
The secrets to making your characters unique, compelling and attractive – from cute “chibi” (cute, little characters) to drop-dead gorgeous “bishoujo” (young, pretty female characters) to fat, stocky men!
How to draw your characters from any angle, in any pose.
The powerful, step-by-step, system for drawing realistic, accurate and proportional bodies.
How to use perspective and foreshortening to make your characters even more interesting and compelling.
There are only 4 facial features that you really need to change to reveal your characters’ emotions – do you know what they are?
The 5 main emotional states and the 4 variations of each that you must master to give your characters life and energy.
How to change a character’s posture and pose to convey his or her personality and feelings.
How to draw different kinds of classic anime and manga characters in different emotional states.
The killer, yet little-known, method pros use to give their characters movement and action.
How to draw your characters in the 5 essential everyday actions.
6 dramatic fighting moves that you can draw in any fight scene.
How to use foreshortening to create riveting action and fight scenes.
The single, most important purpose of drawing a background (and it’s not to make your drawing look “nice”).
How to choose and draw props to help tell a story.
The easy, sure-fire way to draw realistic looking buildings.
The little known trick for making sure your characters never look out of place or out of proportion with the background.
How to compose your drawing to maximize storytelling and drama.
The one thing you must do before you draw anything.
The 3 questions to ask yourself before you put pencil or pen to paper.
How to use perspective, lighting and shading to create 3D objects.
The simple, yet powerful method, for drawing anything more accurately and quickly.
The 20 different variables you can play with to turn an average drawing into a masterpiece.
The three principles you must know to give your drawing unity and power.
The 8 things to consider before composing any drawing.
And much more!

Six Step-by-Step Lessons

As you can see, we’ve squeezed just about everything we can into Fundamentals of Drawing Anime and Manga. But you can be sure that you’ll learn everything in a systematic, logical way, where what you learn in one lesson builds on what you learned in the lesson before.

In fact, let's take a closer look at each lesson in detail...

Lesson 1 – Sharpen Your Drawing Skills

In this lesson you’ll learn the fundamental – and extremely powerful – skills and techniques that will take your anime and manga drawings to a brand new level. You’ll learn how to see and draw properly – from seeing and sketching simple lines and shapes to drawing three-dimensional objects. You’ll learn the different kinds of perspective, and how to use perspective to make all your drawings look realistic and in proportion. We’ll reveal the powerful building blocks you can use to quickly and accurately draw anything and anyone. And you’ll learn how to use shadows, light and shading to create interesting effects and to give your drawings more realism.

Lesson 2 – Draw the Head and Face

In Lesson 2, you’ll discover the principles of drawing anime and manga heads and faces. We’ll show you how to draw hair, eyes, eyebrows, nose, mouth, ears – every single facial feature – in the right place, size and shape. You’ll learn how to draw different types of anime and manga faces – from the more realistic to the more comical. And we’ll show you how to draw them in different poses, and from different angles – even the most difficult poses and angles! What’s more, you’ll begin the first step towards drawing your very own, unique anime or manga character – you’ll draw his or her head and face.

Lesson 3 – Draw the Body

In this lesson, you’ll learn the principles of drawing the human body. We’ll reveal how to draw a range of different kinds of anime and manga characters. You’ll discover the key differences to focus on when drawing males and females. You’ll learn an easy-to-follow, step-by-step method for drawing hands and feet (never fear drawing hands and feet again!). You’ll learn how to use perspective and foreshortening to make your characters much more compelling and interesting. And we’ll teach you how to choose the right clothes, and how to actually draw clothing, to bring out your characters’ personalities and predicaments. Then, for your assignment, you’ll draw your own anime or manga character in full – you’ll draw his or her body.

Lesson 4 – Draw Emotions

Bring your characters to life! In this lesson you’ll learn how to express your characters’ personalities and emotions by drawing different facial expressions and bodily postures. You’ll practice drawing the key emotions for a variety of “classic” anime and manga characters – not only how their face looks, but what their bodies do. And you’ll get to draw a range of emotions for your own original anime or manga character.

Lesson 5 – Draw Action

Lesson 5 is about drawing action. It’s time to get your characters moving! You’ll learn how to draw different types of anime and manga characters in a range of routine actions. Then we’ll show you how to draw them fighting – essential to know if you want to draw action manga comics or anime cartoons. And you’ll discover how to use perspective and foreshortening to make your actions scenes even more dramatic and thrilling. Finally, you’ll get to practice drawing your own character in various action poses, and then select one to perfect.

Lesson 6 – Compose Your Drawing

What’s the difference between any old sketch and an illustration that looks complete and perfect? It’s composition! So, in this, your final lesson, you’ll learn how to turn your drawing into a masterpiece. First, you’ll learn how to draw backgrounds and props. And we’ll explain what you must consider before choosing or drawing any background or prop. Then we’ll explain how to properly lay out each element of your drawing – your characters, your background, your props - for maximum drama and impact. And finally, you’ll get to complete your own composition, with the character you’ve been working on throughout the course as the star!

What’s The Tuition for This Incredible Education?

If you’re sick of spending way too much time struggling to get your heads, bodies, faces, hands, feet, characters and other anime drawings looking right…

…if you’re eager to catapult your anime and manga drawing skills to a new level…

…and if you want to learn the real secrets, tricks and techniques that professional anime and manga artists use to draw phenomenal anime and manga…

…then, no question, Fundamentals of Drawing Anime and Manga is for you.

This course will teach you exactly what you need – and what you want – to know to catapult your anime and manga drawing skills towards mastery.

But you’re probably wondering, if this course is so unique, so superior, so comprehensive, so jam-packed full of powerful tips, tricks, techniques and secrets… isn’t it going to be expensive?

Well, it’s not.

Remember how one of my motivations in creating this course, was to save you money? So you don’t have to pay the thousands of dollars I spent to learn all this stuff?

It’s true. You don’t have to pay half – you don’t even have to pay 10% - of what I paid to learn how to draw awesome anime and manga. And I didn’t just invest my money – I invested my time. I spent literally months, working with a team of pro anime and manga illustrators, carefully constructing Fundamentals of Drawing Anime and Manga into the systematic, logical sequence of lessons that you’ll enjoy… delivered online for your convenience… with animation, audio, illustrations and downloads to maximize your learning.

In fact, because this course is so new, and because I want to attract as many students as possible, I’m setting the tuition at a fraction of what the course is worth, at just $37. But wait - if you enroll now you can enroll for just $14!

Yes, that’s about the same as... a couple of movie tickets!

And it’s a drop in the ocean compared with enrolling in a course at an art school (and way more relevant to building a career as a professional anime or manga artist)!

So, for just ~~$37~~ $14…

You’ll get access to the complete 6-lesson course, where you’ll learn, step-by-step, everything you need to know to draw stunning anime and manga.
You'll be able to learn more, better and faster by immersing yourself in our stunning Macromedia® Flash Course Presentation - complete with audio, illustrations and animation.
You'll get our 108 page Course Manual, jam-packed with easy-to-understand explanations, high quality illustrations, exercises and assignments that you can view onscreen or print at your leisure.
You’ll be able to access the course from anywhere, at any time. Most students will be aim to complete one lesson per week (the really keen ones may do two per week) – but you can take as long as you like.
And you can start immediately! Once you enroll, we'll send you your username and password to login to the course. All you need is Macromedia® Flash Player and Adobe® Acrobat Reader (both free) and a PC or Mac with high speed Internet access.

But that’s not all…

Free Bonus

Once you enroll in Fundamentals of Drawing Anime and Manga you’ll also get a FREE bonus subscription to our Anime & Manga Drawing Tips Newsletter.

Pretty cool, huh?

But you must enroll NOW to get Fundamentals of Drawing Anime and Manga for just $14!

There’s also one other thing you’ll like…

Our 60 Day Money Back Guarantee

I promise you that Fundamentals of Drawing Anime and Manga is the best, most “kick ass” (sorry, I couldn’t resist the pun!) course on drawing anime and manga available today… but if you’re not satisfied – guess what? You can drop out of the course at any time within 60 days for a full refund.

Here’s the deal. Enroll in the course. Once we send you your username and password, log in. Take a look at the lessons. Take as much time as you want within 60 days. If you don’t like what you see – or if you decide that you don’t want skyrocket your anime and manga drawing skills just yet – log out and let us know. We’ll give you a full refund, no questions asked.

There you go – the risk is entirely on us and you have nothing to lose!

Yes, I Want to Catapult My Anime and Manga Drawing Skills by Enrolling in Fundamentals of Drawing Anime and Manga!

I understand that for a measly ~~$37~~ $14 I get all this:

Access to the stunning 6-lesson Macromedia® Flash powered course, where I ’ll learn, step-by-step, everything I need to know to draw stunning anime and manga.
Access to the 108 page Course Manual, jam-packed with easy-to-understand explanations, high quality illustrations, exercises and assignments that I can view onscreen or print at my leisure.
A full subscription to the Anime & Manga Drawing Tips email newsletter.
I’ll be able to access the course from anywhere, at any time.

Are you tired of struggling to draw well? Are you ready to catapult your skills to a new level? Do you want to draw awesome anime and manga? To draw like a pro? Then click here to enroll now.

I can’t wait to personally welcome you to the course, and to see your anime and manga drawings improve one hundred fold!

Happy Drawing!

Anna Johnson

Anna Johnson
How To Draw Anime

P.S. You must enroll in Fundamentals of Drawing Anime and Manga now to take advantage of the $14 price tag … I can’t guarantee that the tuition will be so low the next time you visit this page. Once we have enough students in the course we’ll be increasing the tuition. So click here to enroll now.


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