We’ve talked before about how a character’s hairstyle can change how they are viewed by the audience. Even characters with the exact same face and features can come across as very different
From sweat drops flying up from characters, to lightning striking all around, anime and manga are full of emotive symbols to make scenes more dramatic and entertaining! You may have seen many
This article uses reference images from our friend Sarah at AdorkaStock. Read more about her awesome work in our article here! Here at Anime Art Magazine, and over at our school, Anime
Did you know that listening to music can have lots of great effects on our body and mind? According to PsychCentral, music can: lower our heart rate and levels of stress hormones
Any manga or anime fan will surely have seen scenes and expressions like the one below before! On the left, we have spiky yellow shapes to emphasise the character’s surprise, and on
Have you ever struggled with getting the proportions right for your characters? Maybe the head looks too large for the body, or the legs are too long like a scarecrow’s?? Or maybe
Here at Anime Art Magazine and Anime Art Academy, we’re always promoting the use of reference images as one of the very best ways for our students to improve their anime drawing.
I think hands are an area that most artists find difficult to begin with, but in anime hands tell us almost as much about a character as their face, so it’s important
Today we’re going to be going through some simple yet effective techniques to combat some of the most common mistakes made by students as they’re learning to draw anime style eyes. First
Have you ever found yourself lost when trying to draw Japanese school uniforms? You’ve seen them a lot in anime, but when it comes to actually designing and drawing them yourself… you’re