Scratch

archmage wrote:

Random_Guy_123 wrote:

I hav an idea. I have now officially changed the title from here to...
How to draw manga in Scratch?!

You draw things in scratch the same way you would draw with any other drawing program.

Also, if you really want to learn just watching anime is bad advice. You probably have watched tons of cartoons but do you understand the process behind making them, probably not. You learn by doing not by watching.

http://www.youtube.com/user/markcrilley … p;ob=4#g/u

I am posting this again because Mark has some of the best video tutorials online for drawing anime. He writes manga comic books for a living so he really knows his stuff. If videos are not your thing or you don't like youtube for whatever reason then a google search on "how to draw anime" produces tons of useful links.

People need to stop telling him he needs to watch anime cartoons to learn how to draw, that not how it works...

I completely agree with this. Watching anime doesn't help because all of the people who draw the moving animations have different ways- some are better than others- but there are no best ways. This is because of all the different kinds of manga- and the fact that the drawing styles can change depending on the type of manga.

Such as in Shouen Manga- you have exaggerated spiky hair, unrealistic situations with superpowers- a example of Shouen would actually be the comics starring characters like Superman- and such- though thats not necessarily manga- to some, but it still qualifies as manga. Shouen is aimed to be watched by boys, and typically of any age- even young ones because its unrealistic and has barely any relation to common life- I think.
Drangon Ball Z, I believe is a shouen.

Why is this so? Because when people think of drawing in the manga/anime style, they think of a Shouju style.

Shouju is more realistic- no exaggerated hair- its actually manga in a more realistic way. The thing thats exxagerated is likely the hair- eyes, and clothes. A lot of anime thats aimed to be watched by preteens and young teenagers- girls particularly- is shouju. I have a few examples that are pretty well known. Shugo Chara- is a shouju. Vampire Knight is also a shouju.

There are also combinations of Shouen and Shouju- I think Hikaru no Go is one, because it has somewhat of a mixed storyline-- but is mostly a realistic Shouen in a Shouju style of manga. I even think that Bleach is one of these combinations as well.

Its really important to know these differences to tell which style of Manga you want to draw- and what books to look at- some are for people drawing in the Shouen style- others are for Shouju- some are both.

This post is pretty much a reference... I was trying to explain different styles of drawing manga- and that attempting to learn how to based on watching anime is not going to work- because once done with the first anime- you might go to another one.

Say- if the first anime you watch was Dragon Ball Z.
Thats in a shouen style.

What if the next anime you watch is something like Vampire Knight, Shugo Chara, -- or even Bleach? Those are drawn in somewhat of a shouju style.

That wouldn't help much at all now would it? It would only confuse the person- if they didn't know the difference between Shouju and Shouen styles of drawing- and if they did- they should know that even animes of that same kind may also have a slightly different style!

This is why you can't learn how to draw manga from anime- in addition to not knowing the process of drawing them.

Well- it is possible... if you have a few years of time. (More than six, as six years is how long it took me to learn... and I'm still working on it.)

Basically, watching anime to learn how to draw manga takes a heck of a lot longer than learning from books or other people- even by yourself!

EDIT: <Offtopicness>Wow... did I just type that in 10 minutes? TAKE THAT PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW A 12 YEAR OLD WHO CAN TYPE MORE THAN A PARAGRAPH!

Last edited by Jaiku (2010-06-22 11:36:58)

Jaiku wrote:

archmage wrote:

Random_Guy_123 wrote:

I hav an idea. I have now officially changed the title from here to...
How to draw manga in Scratch?!

You draw things in scratch the same way you would draw with any other drawing program.

Also, if you really want to learn just watching anime is bad advice. You probably have watched tons of cartoons but do you understand the process behind making them, probably not. You learn by doing not by watching.

http://www.youtube.com/user/markcrilley … p;ob=4#g/u

I am posting this again because Mark has some of the best video tutorials online for drawing anime. He writes manga comic books for a living so he really knows his stuff. If videos are not your thing or you don't like youtube for whatever reason then a google search on "how to draw anime" produces tons of useful links.

People need to stop telling him he needs to watch anime cartoons to learn how to draw, that not how it works...

I completely agree with this. Watching anime doesn't help because all of the people who draw the moving animations have different ways- some are better than others- but there are no best ways. This is because of all the different kinds of manga- and the fact that the drawing styles can change depending on the type of manga.

Such as in Shouen Manga- you have exaggerated spiky hair, unrealistic situations with superpowers- a example of Shouen would actually be the comics starring characters like Superman- and such- though thats not necessarily manga- to some, but it still qualifies as manga. Shouen is aimed to be watched by boys, and typically of any age- even young ones because its unrealistic and has barely any relation to common life- I think.
Drangon Ball Z, I believe is a shouen.

Why is this so? Because when people think of drawing in the manga/anime style, they think of a Shouju style.

Shouju is more realistic- no exaggerated hair- its actually manga in a more realistic way. The thing thats exxagerated is likely the hair- eyes, and clothes. A lot of anime thats aimed to be watched by preteens and young teenagers- girls particularly- is shouju. I have a few examples that are pretty well known. Shugo Chara- is a shouju. Vampire Knight is also a shouju.

There are also combinations of Shouen and Shouju- I think Hikaru no Go is one, because it has somewhat of a mixed storyline-- but is mostly a realistic Shouen in a Shouju style of manga. I even think that Bleach is one of these combinations as well.

Its really important to know these differences to tell which style of Manga you want to draw- and what books to look at- some are for people drawing in the Shouen style- others are for Shouju- some are both.

This post is pretty much a reference... I was trying to explain different styles of drawing manga- and that attempting to learn how to based on watching anime is not going to work- because once done with the first anime- you might go to another one.

Say- if the first anime you watch was Dragon Ball Z.
Thats in a shouen style.

What if the next anime you watch is something like Vampire Knight, Shugo Chara, -- or even Bleach? Those are drawn in somewhat of a shouju style.

That wouldn't help much at all now would it? It would only confuse the person- if they didn't know the difference between Shouju and Shouen styles of drawing- and if they did- they should know that even animes of that same kind may also have a slightly different style!

This is why you can't learn how to draw manga from anime- in addition to not knowing the process of drawing them.

Well- it is possible... if you have a few years of time. (More than six, as six years is how long it took me to learn... and I'm still working on it.)

Basically, watching anime to learn how to draw manga takes a heck of a lot longer than learning from books or other people- even by yourself!

EDIT: <Offtopicness>Wow... did I just type that in 10 minutes? TAKE THAT PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW A 12 YEAR OLD WHO CAN TYPE MORE THAN A PARAGRAPH!

Ahem. I wrote a story for a school project that was 6000 words and I can touch-type. Also I have more idea about PP design that most people (Bill Gates) have at 100 years old! Soz if i'm bragging. You do have a point.