Manga Artist Help?

Question

I'm 13 and am interested in making my own Manga can anyone give me any advice because i'm constantly shown up by my best friend i want to get better so any one got links to good sites or helpful advice

Answer 1

Well, I'm also 13 and for some reason, I feel in your position...

1. You should determine what type of manga you are going to do (shoen, shojo, genre of the manga etc.) before you actually start. Rough sketch out characters, settings, I even write out the plot like a play before I start to draw it. My friend (who's better at mangas then me- I just make one kind drawings- just goes with whatever she feels like and the pages end up with a lot of erasing...)

2. Certain point of views for each panel is really helpful. Certain angles can be really difficult to draw. When I need help, I just read more manga and get ideas (and maybe trace those angles ^_^")

I don't know if this can really help but go for it ;D. oh and try to scan it so I can read it on the web ^_^

Answer 2

first of all, thank u for making this decision at a youung age. I'm 17 and i wanna do the same. Check out the examples I drew:
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q155/yugioh_1_fan/Arielsevilsidetakingover.jpg

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q155/yugioh_1_fan/arielsevilside.jpg

My problem is I don't think they're good enuff for colleges, ya know? But my advice to you is to practice drawing EVERY SINGLE DAY and perfect any area u think u aren't too confortable with. Practice, u just gotta. Watch more anime, get some ideas, but DON'T COPY. Read more mangas, and see the style u like and keep an eye out for the artist's point of view and the way he drew and made up the characters. trust me if u do these things, U WILL succeed- garantee it. Hoped this helped- I love helping ppl who wants to become an artist!
- Eva

Answer 3

Your best friend shows off?

I recommend the "How To Draw Manga" series and it covers a lot of anime themes you need to know.

Check out: http://www.howtodrawmanga.com/

You can also visit these helpful manga drawing tutorials:

http://www.mangarevolution.com/tutorials.php
http://www.mangatutorials.com/
http://www.polykarbon.com/tutorials/
http://www.bakaneko.com/howto/
http://www.pencilkiller.com/tutorial.html
http://www.oop-ack.com/manga/soundfx.htm -a list of helpful sfx
http://manga.clone-army.org/
http://www.howtodrawmanga.com/tutorial.html

Have fun drawing.