How to Draw Guide - learn how to draw manga, cartoons and others

Today I’m going to show you something a little different than our usual drawing tutorials.  As me and Mike, both witnessed one awesome Metallica concert a few days ago, with the lead singer on great form, I thought I would post a tutorial on how to draw James Hetfield. To start it off, here is a photo of James, so all of us can have a clear picture of who we are aiming to draw.(Photo credits go here)

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Hey everybody! Today I’m going to show you how to draw a star, using a quick 3 step guide that will get you there in no time. A basic 5 corner star is our goal and we’re gonna achieve it in just a couple of minutes.

Now that we had a look at our 5 corner star, let’s get drawing!

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I have prepared something special for today’s lesson, a 5 step guide on how to draw a cartoon dog! Man’s best friend, what better character to light up your drawings, than a puppy, just like the one in the picture bellow?

What we are going to do is take it one step at a time, going from basic shapes, like circles and curved lines, to a fine looking doggy, as seen here. In every step of this guide on how to draw a cartoon dog, all you have to do is follow the red lines and that’s all there is to it! Let’s get started!

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I’m going to show you how to draw a cartoon fish, today. There is a very simple way that you can use to create a nice looking character, just like the one in this illustration. All you have to do is follow this quick 4 step guide on how to draw a cartoon fish.

These simple set of images(as examples) and instructions will teach you how you can go from basic geometrical shapes, like squares and triangles, to a very lively tropical fish. So, here we go:

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Today we are going to learn how to draw a cartoon pig, just like the one shown in the image bellow. I will show you a really simple way to draw our pink friend, so don’t worry if it seems too complex, it isn’t really.

In order for you to be able to show off your drawing talents with minimal efforts, I have prepared a quick 5 step how to draw a pig guide, illustrated with pictures. All you have to do is follow the red lines and before you know it,, you’ll have a nice pig, like the one shown here. Read the rest of this entry »

We are going to learn today how to draw cartoon frogs. Should not be that hard as all of you know how a frog should look: a green tiny thing with big eyes and skinny legs.

We’re going to have a quick 4 steps how to draw a frog guide, and then a couple of videos. So let’s start learning how to draw a frog. In this quick guide we’re going to learn how to draw our frog step by step. The red lines represent the things you have to draw on each current step, while the grey ones are were drawn before. That’s only to make this how to draw a frog guide easier for you to understand.

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For the first time on this blog, we are not making a post that should teach you something. No, this is just a post with lots of pictures and videos of Mickey Mouse and his friends: Pluto, Minnie, Goofy, Donald and all the others.

Why are we making such a post?  Because we liked those Disney characters so much when we were kids, and since Mickey is immortal, we know kids still like them nowadays too. So, we thought it would be a great idea to put some smiles on their faces.

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Since you learned a couple of days ago to draw manga eyes, i thought it will be a good idea to continue those manga drawings lessons. Today, with a couple of guides showing you how to draw manga hair, for boys and girls both.

Drawing manga hair is not easy at all, as you might have noticed that most of the characters from manga/anime series have quite funky hairstyles. But once again, we have here today a couple of thorough videos from the master himself, Mark Crilley, showing you step by step what you need to know when drawing a boy’s or a girl’s manga hair.

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Now that summer is finally here, i believe it’s time to learn how to draw some flowers too. And we are going to start with a bunch of videos showing you how to draw a rose. And then we’ll focus on other flowers too.

But first, a couple of pictures with red and yellow roses, just to find your inspiration before seeing how to draw a rose.

 
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Back to drawing manga and anime. And today we’re going how to draw probably the most important part of a manga character, the eyes. And, in order to learn how to draw manga eyes, we’re going to have first a vast collection of manga eyes so that you can choose some of the ones you like. You can even try to copy them by your own and adapt them to your manga character.

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