Here is a collection of different anime- and manga-style tutorials. Some resources like photoshop brushes and references are also included for you to download. Have fun!



Anime CG Tutorial

A tutorial from base sketch scanning to final colored anime illustration using photoshop and a japanese illustration program called SAI.

Chibi-Style Drawing

This is a mega tutorial of drawing and coloring of chibi-style anime. It also shows some commonly used chibi-style expressions for your reference.

How to Draw and Color Anime Eyes

The tutorials below shows how to draw and color anime eyes. These tutorials are intended for Photoshop use as well as Sai. One is a vector tutorial using Illustrator.

Sketching

This tutorial show you how to do some sketching, scanning to finalizing a lineart or raw drawing ready for coloring using photoshop.

Skin Coloring and Shading

Tutorials for Skin and Lip coloring and shading.

Folds in Clothing, Coloring and Shading

These tutorials shows everything about clothing illustration. Included are tips and techniques on coloring and shading.

Manga Tutorial

A manga tutorial that shows ste-by-step from tips on drawing line-art to finish.

Hair Coloring

This tutorial is about coloring the hair using OpenCanvas software.

Digital Manga Illustration

This tutorial shows you how to draw a manga style illustration with mixing fashion style. You can download the entire tutorial for free. Plus you can download the support files as well.

Vector Coloring

This tutorial shows techniques in coloring a vector anime character.

How To Draw Hands

The following tutorials shows how to draw hands from basic drawing to more poses. This tutorial also explains some anatomy of the hand and what hands are fit to a character.

Manga Backgrounds Using Real Photos

This tutorial teaches on how to make backgrounds using real photos by editing using Photoshop. This saves a lot of time if making a manga since backgrounds are not made from scratch.

Digital Manga

Digital manga tutorial explaining different elements involved in making a manga.

Hair Brushes

Eye Brushes

Anime and Manga Eyes Reference