What are /r/AnimeSketch's favorite Products & Services?

From 3.5 billion Reddit comments

It's obviously bad of course. There are so many wrong things I don't know where to start... For example - this Too short legs, arms are different length, face proportions are all messed up, strange hair etc.
It may sound harsh but it's true. Obviously it's impossible for someone who stared drawing only 2 weeks ago to be good, but now is a good opportunity to actually start learning how to draw. Not "anime style", but in general. So what I suggest is - google some tutorial videos, there are plenty of them and they are easy to find. Something like from this channel - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0373FA2B3CD4C899 etc. And usual advice - practice more, use more references, don't be afraid to trace something you like to see how it's working etc. Find artists whose art you like and try repeat how they do things.
But first - anatomy and proportions. When you'll know how to draw proper humans - it'll be easy to simplify them into whatever style you like.

What I suggest is - make forehead a little bigger, move ear more to the right, and change shape of the jaw a little. Like this. So head looks a little more turned. And change eyes shape more like this. And as suggested earlier - shift the irises if you want to make her look at the viewer.
Hope this helps

You don't have to learn rigorous anatomy to draw anime, but it does help to know the fundamental principles. Andrw Loomis' Drawing the Head and Hands is an excellent book, and Proko is a good teacher of the methodology who simplifies things down a lot. Then, Mastering Manga should clearly explain how to modify the proportions for a manga portrait. Just two cents from someone who couldn't draw portraits at all up until recently.

I recommend Drawing Drapery from Head to Toe (a PDF can be found easily online). The last section of Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing from Life also contains a section on folds. Read, observe and copy, and then do your own examples from life and imagination.

Hey it's not a comic for once! No more shameless self advertising! Yaaaay!

Wait... what's that?

What's that mysterious watermark "P" in the background? Oh no... oh no could it be? Is... is it a subtle shameless ad in the background? One that links to a popular website for sustaining artists and rewarding its audience with rewards on a regular and scheduled basis?

No... no I would NEVER stoop to that level. EVER.

... would I? ^^Elleran ^^have ^^mercy

So, I watched this tutorial, and I think it's pretty terrible >_>. He doesn't explain almost anything, downplaying his tutorial by saying that it's about consistency and in the end fail to explain that too... sigh Anyway. I made this comparison with what he drew http://clip2net.com/clip/m85587/63302-clip-906kb.png Basically your face is off center. He didn't drew center line in his tutorial, but I suggest you to do so. Ears are different size. As well as eyes. Also eyelids u drew are cutting trough the eye. Which is not surprising, cause he didn't explain why he drew eyes like that in the tutorial too... Also u didn't flat out low part of the eyes as he said. Eyebrows are also wrong, they shouldn't bend like that. He didn't explain eyebrows either lol. Then you drew no jaw(which he did but again didn't say anything about it). Same can be said about the hair. I'd suggest you to learn anatomy and realistic facial structure first. It'll be better than just blindly follow this kinds of tutorials imo.

I suggest you to draw eyes differently. The way you draw them looks like eyelids will cut eye in half what doesn't really make sense. Draw them more like that.

Lol I totally did a hair practice last week but I didn't know it was a weekly prompt. So I didn't even save it, all I have is this shitty clip2net screenshot from very beginning... It's funny coincidence...

I suggest to add more folds to clothes - it'll give drawing more volume and realistic touch ;) Also I think you should fix neck and shadows a little. I quickly drew what I mean. My folds turned out a bit random but if you look at some reference you'll draw them a lot better.

This is a good trick... but what happens when he or she actually wants to draw a head-on view? Avoiding the basics will only get you so far.

I concur with /u/Ryuubu above - do it in pencil first and foremost. Also, grab the book "Fun with a Pencil" by Andrew Loomis and read through the first 50 pages or so, if you just want to draw heads. Essentially, the method he uses for the head is likely the most helpful I've encountered for a full frontal drawing, because it makes it easy to check for proportions. From the drawing above, I can see you drew both eyes too close to one-another - they're usually one full eye-width apart at the edges, with the nose in the center. Measure their length, put them on a plane and sketch with a pencil.

So well... Aside from anatomy(symmetry is a little of but it's easy to fix) the pose is bugging me. It's impossible to stand like that, I tried lol =E. The thing is - try to raise your shoulders like that - it's really uncomfortable, and more - it's just impossible to grab your hand which goes behind like that with raised shoulders... You just can't do it.

So what you can do is fold both her hands under her chest, it'll be cool looking pose, but because of this hand placement chest will deform in another way etc. so it'll be too much to redraw.

So I suggest you just lower her shoulders. It'll automatically fix hands proportions and pose won't change very much. Other than that - right hand must go in front of the body. Also make hips wider and move waist up a bit. I drew what I mean, so it's easier to understand.

But it actually looks good even without any fixes, but I think it's not hard to make them and sketch will look even better. (Sorry I make suggestions even there is no [C\S] tag, but I wanted to point this things out).

The my basic rules are:

Realize you will never be fully satisfied with your drawing ability. And knowing this, try to not get too frustrated.

Draw what you love to draw, and supplement it with drawing from life and using references a lot. Consider this as an example of how you can use reference when drawing from imagination . Reference doesn't have to mean just drawing what you see.

However! Learning to draw what you see is also very important. The book Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain can help with that (you can skip getting all the fancy materials she tells you to get, you just need pencil and paper and to adapt the exercises to what materials you own). I'd also recommend one good anatomy book. I like Anatomy for the Artist by Peck. There's always google images too.

Learn what you're curious about. And when you come across something in your drawings you don't like, examine why you have trouble with it, and how to correct it. For me this usually means studying/refreshing my memory of anatomy, but everyone wants to draw different things.

Avoid those "how to draw manga books". Learn to draw how people look in reality, and also copy your favorite anime/manga/cartoon/anything artists. Once you know how to construct a realistic human body, you will understand WHY your favorite artists exaggerate the form the way they do.

I also suggest looking into gesture drawing, as well as your own research into topics that interest you.

But also realize that everyone learns differently, especially in art. This is just my interpretation.

Practice is really the only option. As with any skill, Drawing takes time. Like so many other crafts, it's a marathon, not a sprint race. Make sure to practice every day, even if just a little. Keep in mind proportions and the shapes of the human body as you do - block out characters, put them in poses. Practice the human face and its proportions - keep in mind the height of the ears and the angle you're using, the general position of the nose and lips.

Do check out the books by Andrew Loomis I mentioned in my previous post. Fun with a Pencil will start you with these basic proportions, and from then on out, as long as you keep them in mind and practice, practice, practice, you should be fine!

There's nothing wrong with browsing some other places to get inspire to draw something. However, you must understand the difference between inspiring and demotivating ideas (Reddit is just for being lazy). Avoid thinking that "I can't do this", this is the same feeling I had 3-5 months before I actually attempted to spam r/Touhou and r/Anime with my random drawings on a tablet. If you start out like that, you'll never begin drawing. Instead, either simply draw want you want or get some ideas (i.e. I respond to post that is somewhat related to Momiji or Touhou). If you can't think of one, how about learning the basics of figure drawing? Sometimes I find myself stumbled on a certain posture and I give up, but having a strong concept in figure drawing will help you draw what you want. Andrew Loomis's Fun with a Pencil will help you begin your lesson.

Wow I love the colours on this, they look so good!

/u/faildogg said a bunch of stuff I agree with, but I'd also like to point out her ear is very close to her face... or at least it looks like it is. As it is right now her jaw extends further than the ear and so the ear looks like it's on the side of her face rather than coming up off her jaw. I hope that makes sense D:

Maybe fix it like this?

Hello everyone, thank you for all the upvotes yesterday! x.x

I drew over a photo from pexels.com to add this background.

The photo is really nice, I didn't do it justice.

Photo

Found this tutorial while browsing /c/ one day. /a/ uses it as well.

https://sites.google.com/site/jjaaba/main

It's mostly the instructions for the eyes that were kind of confusing. I ended up just tracing each shape separately and moving them without combining shapes

Hey there! Pretty great job on the symmetry on the jaw. And the hairstyle is fine X) You might just want to pay more attention to the lighting when it comes to the highlights. For now, it just looks like it's randomly placed. Same with the hair ties; your lighting there looks like the light source is coming from behind,but the rest of her face has no shading.

Do you know the basic guidelines for drawing faces? I just did a tutorial that might be helpful. https://www.patreon.com/posts/2618820

The eyes definitely should be lowered, brows added etc. The eyes are slightly different shaped but you're generally doing really really well. One quick way to check for symmetry is to get a mirror and look at your picture through it. Another way I sometimes use when I don't have a mirror handy is that I look at the backside of the picture while facing a bright light. But most of all, drawing the basic shapes and using guides, especially when you're starting out is especially helpful.

Do study actual human anatomy. When you understand real world proportions, it'd be that much easier to stylize. X)

Hope that helped.

He's an original character and this is the source. For future reference if you ever need a source on a photo you can use a site called SauceNao

Mmm maybe arms are kinda short(but not way way way way lol)... or body is too long... I tried to make arm a little longer Do you think it's better like that?

Basically I do what BakaTaichou said - quickly draw curvy line in one stroke http://clip2net.com/clip/m85587/1392002261-clip-55kb.jpg It's a matter of practice, I guess (and I actually drawing on my screen, it's easier than using drawing tablets). As someone smart said - you'll learn how to draw hair with time and patience :) (or something like that hehe) Some parts of your hair goes with the flow, but some don't and it's disturb overall feel http://clip2net.com/clip/m85587/1392002782-clip-176kb.jpg

If you can play Diablo 3 and Lol and stuff then drawing shouldn't be any problem at all. Unless you go for the insane resolutions I sometimes use (10 000 x 10 000 pixels lol...) but you never need to go that far. Just remember check the minimum requirements for the tablet though, just in case!!

And if you want drawing software I would strongly recommend Paint Tool SAI! It's really good and it's cheap :D

Thanks! I use a free software called Krita that's geared towards digital illustration to do my drawings. For brushes, I don't usually use any brushes that are special and I typically just use a rectangular brush that works like this most of the time and a typical round brush. So, when I detail bits like the trees I usually take a pretty long time since I only really use default brushes.

Draw Chaika, love to!

But there's a queue for this series =/ She'll be on the 24th this month if you can wait... However, since season 2 is coming soon, I might draw her anyways! We'll see c:

(red>white>purple>black>blue)

EDIT: comma

Have a read of Andrew Loomis' book Figure Drawing for All It's Worth. It's a slog to get through, but it's a very comprehensive guide to anatomy for people of all ages.

It's in the subreddit wiki.

You should start with fundamentals. Learn the head and what it consists of. There are some great channels on youtube you can check out in particular Sycra, MB Workshops and Sinix. I learned a lot from them about the head and its proportions and for books I would recommend "Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist". You should really start from the mentioned sources, that's as much as I can help you for now. Oh and live head studies are a nice practice, too. So take this information to heart and become a great artist! Good luck!

https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/279814/?page=1#:~:text=%E2%80%9COC%E2%80%9D%20stands%20for%20%E2%80%9Coriginal%20character%E2%80%9D.%20It%27s%20simply%20a,a%20couple%20other%20traits%2C%20it%27s%20my%20%E2%80%9Coriginal%20character%E2%80%9D.

How much is the non-pro version? I was looking at this:

https://www.amazon.com/Graphic-Drawing-Function-Battery-Free-Pressure/dp/B07DPC98DT

It looks like there is some kind of coupon available for 5% off (which is like $2.50, but whatever). You might be able to find a cheaper one used for like $20-$30 if you're trying to test drive one.

hi all

if you like this feel free to follow on tumblr and pixiv and stuff, it'll really help me out

http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=15965611

https://www.tumblr.com/blog/t-ippers

that was me trying to sell myself

i hope it worked

If Deviantart isn't your thing for some reason, Here's the drawing on:

• <strong>Tumblr</strong>

• <strong>Pixiv</strong>

New update note:CSP update:

As for asset, CSP has huge library both officials and user made for download on their community that directly link to the program. The asset are available both free and premium.

Just so you know she is Rena from Higurashi, its tone is completely opposite from what is depicted in that picture :p

Hello everyone, thank you for all the upvotes yesterday! x.x

I drew over a photo from pexels.com to add this background.

The photo is really nice, I didn't do it justice.

photo

^Sorry ^whenever ^someone ^mentions ^rhythm ^games ^I ^just ^have ^to ^mention ^FFR ^and ^Stepmania... ^I ^love ^rhythm ^games ^but ^I ^never ^got ^the ^appeal ^of ^OSU...

Most of the few I played feel more like watching the show but having to click every now and than to continue it. I did enjoy the little I played of Katawa Shoujo as I had more choices of where my character wanted to go.

Yeah, I kinda never bothered to do proper coloring, seems like too much work and I'm too lazy and kinda busy with stuff so... I did pretty ok(I think) coloring in the past I guess http://clip2net.com/clip/m85587/3112f-clip-76kb.jpg but in retrospect I kinda always liked draw just pencil sketches more...

I don't understand why your lines looks like stairs lol... But color and shadow parts are smooth like they suppose to be.

Use different brush or something.

I know I'm super late with that, but my internet was dead for almost 5 days -_- So um... I think collarbone and shoulder won't go like that.
It'll move up and back a little and will look something like this.
Also I added rounder hips, I think they'll look better this way.

What kind of tutorials did you watch? Because you see... It's like the first thing they must explain - how to make sure your proportions and anatomy are right... Like in this picture - standard stuff like distance between the eyes is roughly one eye etc.

It's embarrassing, but volume without shading is something I need to do, because I suck at shading... hehe (oh and actually even if I delete most of the strands volume won't all go away. It'll be like different style or something )
I was just like that - random irregular drawings etc. Somehow I manage to get better occasionally, but I couldn't draw people at all. And if I could somehow drew anatomy which reminded human, faces was like big NOPE. For example I drew this http://clip2net.com/clip/m85587/1392007405-clip-73kb.jpg and that's all. I didn't know where to go from there and I struggled like several weeks for it to look like that... It was really sad times =D So like about year and a half ago I thought - what the hell? And started to really learn anatomy, face proportions etc. I copied some manga drawings, sometimes traced, sometimes used references. And actually started to draw regularly... yeah... that helped... a lot

I see, hey try going on art street, there are many things there that may help you.

&#x200B;

https://medibang.com

&#x200B;

If I am to share an idea of mine for a protagonist: I had the idea of a "destined savior, young yet sworn to a lively duty to both pacifism and protection in a world both accursed by both men and god alike, the protagonist will have to face this odds and through it rise above it, or doom his people." I didn't develop but you can see that I got the idea of the themes and character.

Take this chance and try something here with it:

https://medibang.com/contest/3rdmcpomanga/

I'm also going to publish something there as "Lunathe". Just always remember me if you win something xDDD

The best of luck for you and your partner ;D

I have not used it, but I have heard good things about it visiting conventions and the like! I think it's probably a better tool for cell-style art, while Sai is great for painting.

I basically only use PaintTool Sai -- it has pen stabilization which is really a must-need for tablet users, plus a million and one different types of brushes (ink, airbrush, watercolor, marker, pencil...all of which draw pretty reliably as those types). The only thing PaintTool Sai lacks is layer blending options, but I make up for that with Photoshop.

Sai is only $50 (with a free month-long trial period) and has been a really reliable tool for me: http://www.systemax.jp/en/sai/

There's a good selection of brushes actually, Here's what's right on the website. I did play with a pencil brush and thought it was pretty true to an actual pencil

CamStudio for capturing your screen. You can set the frame rate at which to record at and also the frame rate which it plays back once you stop recording so you can speed up the video right away. VirtualDub for any further editing. You can change the frame rate again using this to speed up or slow down your video. That's the combo I used to make some sped up videos.

Nice! The second sketch looks exactly like this character

He made a post earlier asking people to help him draw it in case you're interested in helping out.

I'm gonna grant you the Holy Grail of Line Art:

https://vk.com/doc-54852533_320642019?dl=2adb531b0cfc88e2e8

This resource is fucking amazing

No idea why that guy is saying it's "not that hard" to learn on your own, because it is, especially if you're an adult working full time with other responsibilities. I'm all about practicality, and The DC Comics Guide to Inking is just that. It will tell you why artists ink how they do, so THEN you can start looking at other people's line art and trying it yourself.

>No variation in line thickness,etc.

Tell him WHY you do it, you don't vary line weight for the sake of varying line weight...

Which celestial spirit do you want to have? Comment your thoughts. Also, I used an online mind map maker in case you are wondering. This map is editable so you can also modify or create your own :)

How to Draw Anime

Start drawing Anime with this first-class Anime drawing guide book.

Learning to Draw Anime

Do you have a kid who loves Anime and dreams of creating some of their own? Then this book is the right choice for you. It teaches to draw all sorts of Anime with fun and ease. From the elementary level, this book leads them step-by-step to more complex drawings.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08XRXQ2Z5

Thank you!!! It took me about 4 hours. I got the figure off amazon here is the link: https://www.amazon.com/Banpresto-Piece-Diamond-Action-Figure/dp/B077SCC45M/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&amp;keywords=one+piece+nami+figure&amp;qid=1633996693&amp;sr=8-5 it will make a very sexy gift lol

Might i suggrst the xp pen innovator 16 It is a really good and imo much more affordable tablet for the money. I had a huion kamvas gt...something. i don't remember exactly and i am kind of through with huion, they seem behind on the tablet game. Also had experience with wacom and although they are great, the price is too much. If you have any questions about my current tablet, just dm me or something, i just am absolutely happy with my current tablet for the price and everything it has to offer.

Girls Are Scary book

Hi, this is Kelvyn, author of The Many Adventures of Peter and Fi. WOW! Thank you so much for this wonderful piece, I love it! Seeing Fi in your style is so, so awesome and is filling me with inspiration. I especially like the pigtails decision, it looks so cute!

For anyone curious about the series, you can find out more over at r/peterandfi and check out the first book on Amazon

Get 'Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain' by Betty Edwards. Work through it. Become awesome!

There is quite a lot about this drawing that is off, but just saying what wouldn't be helpful in the long run, you need to be able to see these things for yourself. That's where this book comes in. It doesn't teach you how to draw, it teaches you how to see things as they are, and drawing, even in anime style, is all about seeing first, putting lines down second.

I'm not going to say that it's bad advice, but rather that my personal approach is different.

It looks like you're reading Fun With a Pencil right now, but the advice you quoted specifically said draw from life. From what I can tell, that particular book is aimed at drawing cartoony people rather than realistic people, so I don't think that's the right book for you. I usually see Figure Drawing for All It's Worth recommended, but I'll focus on heads and faces since that's what you're doing right now.

In my opinion, you don't need to read any books for drawing heads, this channel on YouTube is enough to get the fundamentals down. He has made several videos on the face (figure drawing as well actually), and he based his methods on Loomis' approach.

I think it's a waste of time to become an expert on realistic facial proportions and anatomy. You're aiming to draw manga, so all you need is the fundamentals. Why learn exactly how to draw a realistic nose when noses are almost never drawn detailed in manga anyway right? Not to say it won't be helpful to learn it, but you should think about what kind of style you're aiming for and consider if it will be helpful or not to learn it.

Once you learn how to draw the shape of the head in a general approach, such as the one in the video I linked, just find some manga drawing you like and try to "copy" the face with your new skills just to get a feel for drawing manga. Note that this isn't how you should learn to draw manga long-term, but just to get your feet wet.

After you get a good feel for drawing faces, try and get into figure drawing as fast as possible so you don't become a "face guy", a person who only draws portraits.

Oh, just one last thing: remember to take all advice you get with a grain of salt, and this includes my advice. Try to evaluate it and see if it aligns with your goals or not. Everyone has their way of doing things after all.

Echoing the comments around figure drawing. I received the same feedback here and immediately picked up Loomis' Fun with a Pencil and currently working through the Figure Drawing book. Helped so much more than I expected.

Look up CruzSchiffer on this subreddit and hunt down his relevant page references for the Loomis book plus the guides to learning anatomy - immensely helpful!!

Sorry I didn't get to answer your question earlier. The two books I really recommend from Loomis are: Figure Drawing For All It's Worth (I think that's what it's called if I remember right) and Drawing the Head and Hands. Good to see that you're practicing! Do you use guidelines at all when you draw?

Ok, no problem. I've learnt the ball and plane method - managed to fill up several pages worth of heads. I've also been experimenting with other methods, plus trying to develop the structure without the guidelines to see how much of it is retained in memory. Sadly I stuck it too far to the left of the neck here, then drew the body too far below the neck.

The skeletal structure was a great help (also a couple of YouTube series that were recommended here), but I have difficulty putting the muscle and skin over the structure. Particularly the legs. I saw your comment to another post about your process with Fun with a Pencil so I'm going to revisit it again with that in mind.

Ill post some pre clothed/skinned pics next time!

I've been looking into Loomis books - there's several that seem to be readily available, such as Fun with a Pencil, which I see has been mentioned a few times in other posts - is there one that you would recommend over the other for any reason?

Hands are hard because you don't understand them. Take a look at Drawing the Head and Hands by Loomis. Make it a point to draw at least 5 hands a day, all from different angles. Proportions aren't too great either so study up on anatomy more as well.

Clothes are hard because you don't understand the body. Clothes go on top of it, and depending on how tight/loose they are it will dictate how the folds will be. Look at yourself in the mirror or other people or pictures of people to get an idea of what I mean. Also be aware that different fabrics/material fold differently as well. Like with hands, just practice.

Thanks! Loomis is definitely a good teacher, and the fact that his books are royalty-free by now makes them a pretty good target for beginners.

I agree. There's a plethora of Draw Manga tutorials and books, published even, by people who really have no business teaching it. I don't see how multiple illustrations of eye shapes and eyelashes are extremely relevant to the beginner - we know what Animu eyes look like for crying out loud. It irritates me to see just a basic front-and-side panel of human anatomy displayed with little expansion on why it's relevant. "Draw a circle for the face then a line for the eye height" is useful, but without telling the reader why it is basically wasted effort. It's why I recommend Fun with a Pencil so much - because it starts out explaining exactly why you're doing this and showing you how relevant it is.

There are some great Manga books out there, no doubt. But from experience the major part of them are garbage.

This is the best "How to Draw Manga" book I have ever read. It basically shows you how to think about realistic anatomy and then translate it into a more simplified, manga style.

Ah yeah DEAN that's the guy I was thinking of. I suck at remembering names.

As for the torso-shoulder relationship goes, I get what you're going for but it is literally impossible to jut one shoulder forward without shifting the torso along with it. My dad gave me this book when I was a kid called Dynamic Anatomy and it pretty much changed my life (from a drawing perspective, that is!).

Also, if ever you want to feel better about your own anatomy / proportions, you might want to have a look at this. Hehehe. Enjoy >_<

you should try to work on proper proportion first. get the book "Figure Drawing for all it's worth" by andrew loomis. http://www.amazon.com/Figure-Drawing-All-Its-Worth/dp/0857680986

don't be afraid to spend the 20 bucks. take it slow, but books like that can help you.

if you don't want to do that, then look at pictures of people + anime characters and notice the proportions. look at how big the arms are in relation to the head.

this is a decent start in terms of diagrams to look at. scroll down and check out the diagrams on the general proportions of body parts http://www.drawinghowtodraw.com/drawing-lessons/drawing-faces-lessons/dme-good-human-proportions.html (the diagram has the person at around 8 heads tall; for women, you could go a little shorter and do 7 - 7 1/2 heads)

Here are some links I found:

http://www.amazon.com/Copic-I72B-Ciao-Markers-72-Piece/dp/B000MRWHBQ
http://www.amazon.de/COPIC-ProfiPinselmarker-sketch-72er-4511338003756/dp/B007RHAH8Y

Are those the right markers?

I remember buying this book when I was younger. The author definitely knows what they're talking about (the book goes through a lot of fundamentals, but in an entertaining way) and it leans towards the 'shounen' genre. I think it would make a pretty cool gift if that's what he's interested in (although it would probably make sense to buy the first volume given the choice lol).

You've got some things to learn, but it is a nice drawing nevertheless :D. This guy's youtube channel helped me a lot when I started to learn how to draw. He's got a lot of awesome tutorials, he even wrote a book about drawing manga. Hope you'll have find these useful :)

It's very rare for there to be vertical folds in the cleavage. They can make it look like there are "boob pockets" in the top. The folds should be horizontal and run between the breasts.

I'm not very good at drawing folds either, but I've found Drawing the Clothed Figure to be helpful.

I remember this book from high school when I first started. I remember not liking the style that much though. It seems too simple.

I just recently found one that I think is better and covers a variety of styles, anatomy, and different techniques ( digital, hand drawn, paint, ink, etc.) I feel like of all the "How to Draw Manga" books I remember from high school don't compare to what I found in this book after picking it up a couple months ago.

http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Guide-Drawing-Manga-Exclusive/dp/1438002734/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1421722654&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=the+complete+guide+to+drawing+manga&amp;pebp=1421722660210&amp;peasin=1438002734