hard while drawing anime

zullig8736    April 17, 2023    Comment   

For a little while I wondered whether I should post this article in my anime or drawing blog. But since this seems to interest those who like anime more, I posted it here. :)

Anime is one of my favorite drawing styles, and one of the reasons I like to draw. I am sure many people share the same view as me, seeing how the Internet is full of fellow anime artists out there.

But the journey to draw anime is not the same for all of us, and some end up wondering why is Anime hard to draw, which is what I will try to answer here the best way possible. So, here are some reasons why:-

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Like I said above, drawing anime may sound easy at first, giving how one can draw an anime character by making few lines and all. But that doesn’t mean it is that simple. Because even few seemingly simple lines takes some skills to make. So working on your drawing skills is the first step you need to make.

Besides your drawing skills, you need to understand the human body or any object you want to draw before you can draw it correctly. Since you are drawing a human character, even for anime character, you still need some understanding of the anatomy to draw it correctly, while all of us know how the human body looks like, most of us won’t understand what it consist of until we study it. Understanding the body starts from looking at it to studying its full anatomy. How much understanding you need depends on what is the final result you want to achieve. For one, drawing a very simple figure wouldn’t require too much understanding of the body, while a detailed muscular figure would require that you know every muscle location that appear in it, or you won’t be able to draw it the right way.

Besides understanding the human body, anime has its own unique style you need to understand, for simple anime drawings, that may not be an issue, but chances that you are likely going to imitate your favorite anime style sooner or later.

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Let me give you an example, despite looking simple, there are many subtle differences in some of anime eye, many lines and shapes are combined together to give you the feeling of how the eye looks like. Yes, it is all done with simple lines and shapes, but it is done in a smart way that takes some time to understand.

While other parts of anime character like the hair or chin may appear simple, some of the other parts are totally not, like the clothes, which tend to be more detailed, and in some cases, really detailed.

If you already have good drawing skills, then drawing anime is going to be much easier. But you still need to do things like understanding how the proportions of anime drawings are different.

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When I started drawing anime, I was okay, but as I kept doing it, I got better and better. To show you my progress, here is my drawing of Kurumi form Spiral and how well I got to draw her at the end:-

I believe that I have a lot of way to go, as I don’t consider myself that great yet, but at least I am moving toward my goal of becoming a great artist someday, and so you can :)

While I already presented many concepts to you here, while leaving out some of the concepts you will need later, like perspective, don’t let that overwhelm you. I am just trying to say that Anime drawing may seem simple that it deceives people into thinking that it is easy, that is can be learned very quickly. And when someone tries to do it that way, they end up getting frustrated and probably doubting themselves, and that’s what I am trying to help you avoid here.

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The more your hand gets used to it, and the more you use techniques like guidelines, the easier it will feel. There are many things that will come as obstacles along the way, like proportions. Also, some other areas can be devil, like the hands, all these obstacles will requires you to set some time to study & practice them individually.

I know this advice is hard to follow, as you would be very likely want to draw your favorite characters. But let’s face it, drawing simpler characters is easier, and it will help you gain some of the skills you need to draw the more sophisticated ones with time.

To make this advice easier to follow, try to find a simple character you like, drawing a Chibi version of your favorite character is one way to get around that. As any anime character can be drawn that way.

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While browsing the Internet, you may have find some books that teaches you how to draw anime or Manga. And that you may be wondering if these books are good. The answer to this question is yes & no. Yes, because such books may help you understand how the anime/Manga style work. No because they usually won’t teach you what you need to know to be great at drawing, like many of these are things I mentioned above.

If you are interested, JBox has a good collection of books , which ranges from moe characters to military uniforms. So feel free to check out those books out by clicking here.

Let me be honest with you, while I tried my best to show you some details of what you need to get your hand on anime drawing, there are many things I omitted because they are outside the scope of this article, plus, I really wanted to make the article simple to understand. There are additional concepts & exercises that you need to look at a later time of your learning, like perspective, composition, guidelines, simple drawing exercises, and many more. And again, you need to learn what you need to achieve your goal, if your goal is to copy an anime picture you have, then you only need the things I mentioned in the first part of this article, but if you want to draw what you want, and ultimately express yourself, then you need to dedicate some time to learn something about each of those.

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I hope you found my article useful, and that you don’t think that anime is hard to draw, at least not as much as you may have done before you started reading it.Getting better at drawing anime can be a challenge, but you can become very good at it if you have the right approach to do it. I’ve been drawing for more than 15 years, and anime was the reason I started. 

In this article, I want to share my experience and process with you so that you can get better at drawing anime. Let’s get started! 

You can read every blog about drawing anime or watching every video about getting better at drawing anime. Still, if you never take a pencil, a sheet of paper, and start drawing, it’s doubtful you’ll see improvements. To get better at drawing anime, you need to practice; practice a lot. Behind any great anime artist, there is a ton of hours drawing and thousands of sketched sheets of paper. 

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Of course, some people have some predisposition to draw better, but I assure you they went through thousands of hours of drawing practice before getting to the level they are right now. With enough practice, anyone can learn to draw because drawing is a skill, not a talent. 

When determining your drawing routine, I recommend you dedicate at least one hour a day to it. However, if you can practice drawing for more hours a day, by all means, do it. Depending on the amount of time you draw daily,  the time it takes to learn to draw anime can be shorter. (That blog I just linked to can give you a general idea of the time it takes to learn to draw anime and what results to expect as time passes)

Tip #1: Be patient with yourself. It is normal if your drawings don’t look like you want them to look as soon as you start to draw. That’s, in fact, the natural process of learning anything. Just keep drawing and practicing every day; when you give yourself the time to improve, results will naturally show. 2- Learn Basic Anatomy

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Almost any drawing style requires artists to have basic knowledge about anatomy, and anime is no different. Anatomy is a topic so big it can be overwhelming, but the idea is that we study it little by little. Since we’re just starting to learn to draw anime, having basic knowledge about anatomy is more than enough to start. 

Of course, you can study it as in-depth as you want, but remember this is not the only thing you need to study to improve your drawing skills. Make sure you still have time to learn other drawing fundamentals. 

Your main goal when studying anatomy is to understand how lines give form to the

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