
Build a female side-view figure from lumps: head, neck, chest, abdomen, waist, then attach legs and arms, add clavicle, bust, and buttock, and finish with clean lines after practice.
Learn to draw the female back view by noting the neck base, shoulder blades, lumbar flow, and scapula, and compare with the front view to capture subtle differences.
Master leg drawing by mapping anatomy from waist to foot, including pelvis, hip bone, muscles, and joints, and study front and side contours, movement, and gaps with ball-based construction.
Master twisting in pose drawing by tilting the pelvis, rotating the torso, and aligning head, shoulders, and hips to create dynamic, rag-like poses with intentional midline shifts.
Explore drawing fashion models in poses that showcase clothes, adjust posture, head tilt, chin, and hand positions to express cute or sexy themes from head to toe.
Balance character and background by adjusting overlap and space, using the coffee cup example to prevent lines from intersecting the background, and note how light can clarify the scene.
Examine how telephoto and wide-angle lenses create urgency and alter perspective in manga and anime composition, showing how camera position and lens choice affect body, arm size, and room depth.
Learn how to build a strong animator portfolio for Japan, including layout with perspective projection, action poses, sketching, animals, copy, and cleanup for job applications.
An animation anecdote explains how a timesheet marks time stamps and layers A to H with a background, totaling nine sheets for moving scenes.
What is mangAnime おひさま塾 (Ohisama Juku)?
mangAnime おひさま塾 provides learn-anywhere video courses around the clock; where you can learn Manga and Anime drawing techniques from Japanese professionals.
Japan is one of the handful of biggest producers of animation in the world; about 60% of the all animations broadcasted in the world are made in Japan. Anime became greatly popular around the world.
Anime is based on a varied art form with distinctive making methods and techniques that have been adapted over time. The production of anime focuses on the animation of movement, and the realism of settings as well as the use of camera effects, including panning, zooming and angle shots.
The majestic fighting scenes in Dragon Ball, the gorgeous and amazing poses in Sailor Moon, and the tension that Detective Conan shows while catching the murderer...How are these works made?
Let our professional Japanese animator, Kimiharu Obata-sensei, guide you from the basics, right though to the skills you will need to draw your own anime heads from scratch.
Obata-sensei will show you the basics of drawing the figures of Manga & Anime characters, figure form in various shapes, positions and postures (including interaction), and the techniques of shot composition in creating storytelling scene.
Whether you’re a complete beginner, or intermediate at Manga & Anime drawing, you’ll learn things you never knew you never knew.
All videos are subtitled.
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