Hey all, I'm the bishoujo teacher and I will be teaching you how to draw anime girls. I specialize in drawing pretty things, and I'm better at drawing girls than guys. I'm decent at hands, but there's always room for improvement. You can view my art in dilandau's sketchbook. If you're interested in learning, sign up below.

Taught By:[Dil*]

Students:
1.[Kememmótar] (heh.. im bad at drawing the babes..)
2.[akhirah] - need to learn to draw teh ladies.
3.[Metalelf]- want to learn how to draw some of my characters in anime-style
4.[crazycatman] - I can sort of draw faces, but nowhere near bodies.
5.[Ilivethelushlife]new to anime and manga scene but i can draw faaces pretty good!
6.[Kiria] - U.U' I'm not good at drawing yet.
7.[chabinka] - Just here to learn!
8.[xerox2] A ok artist trying to improve
9.[~/xCurley x Jeffersonx\~] Just wanting to try a new style of drawing
10. [Lunain] I'm practising!! :) Let ya know how it go's
11.[Akayume]I love to draw!! (escicially manga ^_^)
12. [Samita] I can't draw 4 peanuts!
13. [DragonSorcerer] i want to know to sketch and this looks like a good start
14. [DemonSorcerer] I don't have any clue to drawing

Brief Outline:
1.Tools
2.Face:
eyes
mouth/nose
hair
3.Female form
4.Step By Step of How I Draw
6.torso, difference between guys and gals :P
7.Clothing Folds
8.Constructive Criticism Box

Tools I suggest you use:
-dividers - for measuring headlengths :P
-clear ruler - so you can see what's underneath the ruler and to get things align
-mono eraser -japanese eraser..i think it's the best
-staedler fineliner 0.1/0.3/0.5 - it's waterproof, quick drying ink. it's also very thin and works really well; it's what i use.
-calligraphy pen - i don't use one..but lots of people say it's good.
-Computer coloring/drawing: Photoshop 7 and 8 are excellent. Corel Painter 8 is also awesome.

Faces

-i use a circle and lines to help get the shape right..and eyes are one eye length apart from eachother..even at an angle.

-notice how the eyes and ears are always aligned..and how you use the circle to help you out..

- the lines help align the angles of the eye and such...also it depicts how eyes are usually one eye length apart from eachother.

How to Draw Eyes

-well, i encourage you to get your own style :P and as you noticed..girl eyes are usually larger and have more shineys in em'. Usually, the more eyelashes..the prettier :P.

How to Draw Hair

-the only thing about hair, is people tend to forget to add volume to it..so you can see where the head endes and how much volume you put on top of it.

How to Draw Female Form

-use circles to help get the joints right :)

Step By Step

1. -basically a maniken like model...getting the pose and proportions right. I apoligize for the crappy quality..my scanner...is a crappy piece of crap..yeah.

2. -details in pencil...what's left of the details..after my scanner went through them >.<

3. -Lineart, notice line variation in thickness..it makes it look way way better.

4. -colored version....photoshop7.

[ **** new ***** ]
Sketching and CG to completion, some tricks and tips

Clothing Fold Tips:

--How did I get the hair to do that? Well, I use photoshop7, so I draw hair in strands. I duplicate the layer with the hair strangs in it, then go to filters->Pixelate->Fragment, and it should split the 'hair' strands into different pieces. Cool effect for hair.

Done:

Female Vs. Male Form

Clothing Folds

http://www.howtodrawmanga.com/tutorial/tutorial.html

-an excellent web tutorial on how to draw many things

Constructive Criticism

Post Your drawings below for detailed and complete constuctive criticism. If you want the critism to be private, just message me.

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