Of course it’s important to learn all the right artistic techniques and perfect your drawing skills in order to make it big in the illustration industry. But knowing about the mindset of
One of the main challenges we have as writers, illustrators and animators, is to create a great, likeable main character that the audience will want to follow through to the end of
Hair is an area where many artists have issues, and anime hair might be one of the most nuanced and difficult areas of anime art. It’s easy to feel lost, or not
When creating art, light and shadow is an intrinsic part of the process. Have you ever felt that your work lacks a certain sense of reality or weight? There’s a chance this
Any students of our course on Anime Art Academy will know the importance of using good references for your illustration work. This is particularly true for difficult character poses! Even the slightest
Of course it’s important to learn all the right artistic techniques and perfect your drawing skills in order to make it big in the illustration industry. But knowing about the mindset of
Have you ever found yourself wondering how large you should draw your character’s hands in relation to their body? The size of character’s hands actually changes a lot depending on an artist’s
Hit a wall in your studies? Or maybe you’re suffering from a creative slump? Don’t worry – it happens to the best of us! Let’s go through some of the reasons you
As we grow older, our faces change and develop, making our overall appearance change too. Last time we looked at how to show these changes in anime women. So today we’ll be
The face changes and develops as we grow older, and we see a different balance emerge, as well as a change in the skin and features. Since anime is a simplified medium,