Once you finish a picture of a manga person, add some good clothing. Today, I will teach you how to make clothing the right way. Most people just draw jeans and a tee. That's great, but where are the wrinkles? Look at your clothing, no piece of clothing on earth doesn't have wrinkles. Even the tight clothing has small wrinkles on them. Wrinkles on clothing are simple really, just add lines and connect them.
      Most wrinkles are shapped in "V"'s or "Z"'s and never in the shape of an "X." Why? Clothing with exact "X" shaped wrinkles are impossible to create naturally. Therefore, do not intersect the lines into an "X" to create wrinkles. Also, wrinkles vary on the kimd of clothing. Loose, baggy clothing have more, longer, and wider wrinkles that go into folds, overlapping over each other. This applies to heavy winter jackets, cargo pants, etc.
   Differences in wrinkles
     Tight clothing that clings to the skin have smaller, shorter wrinkles, indicating that it's smaller or skinnier such as skinny jeans or tank tops. For rips, it's very similar to wrinkles, it is just lines closely packed together. Also, pay attention to gravity! If the character is running, obviously, the clothing isn't going to stay the same as when the character is just standing there. Know what direction the clothes go, that way, you can understand what the character's actions are, and if the wind is blowing their hair, clothes, etc. Then, you can make accessories if you'd like! Scrunchies, headbands, ribbons, they all have wrinkles. Add them to the character to define their traits!
     Adding Value
     For example, a sporty individual would have their hair short or in a tight ponytail, and excercise clothing. It adds character and makes the person more interesting. As for the mainstream things, there are uniforms, which are used very frequently in animes and mangas. The usual uniform consists of a inside shirt and a jacket, a tie then a skirt or pants. You can do pretty much anything though, just try different styles, increasing overall value of your picture and draws more interest. Until next post. Later!

     Feet and Shoes. Drawing feet and shoes is as important as drawing hands. More things to learn, and more poses! Feet are also quite simple, and a bit easier to draw than hands in my opinion. But, you must also learn how to draw it correctly, and not stiff, just like the hand. Let's get started!

     First, draw a circle as big as you want the foot to be, which serves as the front base where the toes connect. Then, draw another smaller circle for the sole and heel. Connect the two circles as the two sides of the foot by curving in on each side. Then, add the toes. Remember, they aren't all the same length and bunched up together. It doesn't look appealing or real that way. The toes are just little ovals. Add the toenails, erase guidelines, and you're finished! 

     Hands, that is today's topic! Hands are just as important as side-views. It allows a variety of poses to be drawn of a manga person. Hands make the illustration more interesting instead of just standing there, doing nothing, no matter how well drawn the picture is. Most people tend to struggle with drawing hands because they don't practice, or they don't know the tips that can make drawing hands easier. So, I will give you a few tips on drawing hands.
     Firstly, examine your hand, know that your fingers aren't all the same length. There are also lines and etches on your palms and fingers. Your own hand is your guideline, use it! Just look at it in the position you want to draw it in, and copy it on the paper. Adjust the hand's size to the appropriate size if you do not want it to be life-sized. Or, ask someone, so you don't have to use your other hand. Also, do not make the fingers all the same length and stiff, bunched up all together, make them like what they are supposed to look like.
     Fingers are also broad near the bottom, and get skinnier at the top. Add lines on the hand as well to make it more realistic and make the hands a bit spaced if it is normal, like a high-five. In addition, don't make the fingernails into a sloppy fat "U." Make them what their supposed to look like! Just follow your guide, your hand, and you'll be fine! Don't always trace the hand, or put them behind the back, just practice, and shade the hand in if you'd like!

MizMaxter from deviantart draws excellent hands.

Picture of sideview by Spiffy-Deviant from Deviantart

     Sideviews! You have learned frontview manga faces, but I haven't addressed sideviews yet! The sideview is not all that different than the frontview really. Most people find sideviews difficult because they either haven't practiced it, or something is off and looks unnatural. They are actually less work than a front view, and here's why: Sideviews only need one eye, since the other eye cannot be seen, you just need to learn how to draw it correctly. Also, you only need one ear to draw and the hair and face is less space consuming. It is important to know how to draw sideviews to unlock new poses to draw and experiment, such as when a person is chatting to another and their face is turned. 

     So, let's get started! The most simple way when you're not familiar or confortable with the sideview is to first draw a circle. From the circle, draw a curve for the nose outward, but not too far or short unless you purposely want to do that. Come back in like an arched "V" and slowly bank down until you find that the face is long enough, then come back up in an arch which serves as a chin. Then, add any hair you would like! Finish off with the eyes. It can be drawn normally, or you can do a ">" or "<" shaped eye style as a guid to help you. Till next time!

     Today, I will teach you about shading/pressure. No matter how amazing a drawing is, without proper shading, or any shading at all, it hasn't reached its full potential. The same thing applies to any drawing style, not just manga. Shading also adds dimension and detail, allowing a person to distinguish where the light source is in a given area. Okay! So shading is really quite simple, it is going from dark to light or light to dark by applying pressure into your drawing utensil. Obviously, add more pressure for a darker result in shading, and start to release pressure as it gets lighter, then remove pressure completely when you are finished. The was you hold your pencil, etc. also differs too. I prefer holding it close to the tip with the eraser top not sticking in the air, but more leveled with the tip so that you can cover more space faster! Also, try not to use a mechanical pencil, but a regular old-fashioned wooden one. Lead from a mechanical pencil can easily snap and break, also, it is too dark for my liking, making it at a slight disadvantage for light shading. In addition, know where the light source is, and don't make everything too dark or too light, it's not natural that way, you want to make it blend and look natural! If you have trouble blending, try using your finger or a tortillion to help you blend, but don't rely on a tortillion too much, because you want to try and be less reliant on tools.

     Also, for manga hair, each strand should be loose looking, so you should start the strand of hair as light, add pressure, then slowly, release the pressure from the paper and not sloppily connect it into chunks. Try to practice shading and strokes and experiment. Bye for now!

Can you tell the difference between these two easily mistaken things?

Manga and manga comics has always been popular worldwide for its unique style, varied genres, and format of reading right to left, and its amazing inking and artwork that captures every single detail, allowing the reader to feel as if they are in the story. Most manga's become anime's, but the manga is almost always the original one which may or may not have events that the anime does and it is almost always longer than the anime. You may be thinking, most manga's become anime's? I thought manga was anime. 
Truthfully, they are not the same. Therefore, manga is not anime. There are distinct differences from the two, and here are the differences.

Manga:
Manga is usually found in comics or the Japanese illustrations read right to left instead of the usual left to right format. The illustrations are inked and sectioned out for easy reading, also, like I had stated before, It's usually first and the original before the making of anime and may have a few different events added or left out from the anime as well as the fact that it is usually longer or ahead of the anime. The anime might be fifteen episodes, but the manga could be fifty chapters with extra information important to the story line that you never knew when you watched the anime like Zombie Loan. The quality of manga is a lot better than anime because drawings are more detailed and defined. Manga is preferred because of the fact that it is more in detail and has the original story line and plot so you can distinguish what truly happens when you read the manga and watch an anime of the same thing. Also, it is not colored, but the inking and background techniques make up for that.

Shugo Chara in the manga

Anime:
Anime sounds like animation, and that is exactly what it is, Japanese animation, the opposite of the comics and illustrations. Anime provides a good experience because of it being in color instead of the black and white manga so you can distinguish the character's hair color,etc. and voice with animation, but is less detailed and the events are usually slightly different. In addition, the manga is the true original story line, so keep that in mind.

Shugo Chara in the anime

In general, Manga is illustrations or the comics, and Anime is the animation,  but the manga is the original. For example, in Soul Eater the manga, Crona, one of the characters, is a girl. However, in the anime, Crona's a boy. Also, in Shugo Chara manga, Amu ends up with Ikuto most likely, in the anime, Amu is more lkely to end up with Tadase. Both are enjoyable, but I am more fond of manga. After all, that's why my blog is called "Manga Madness" not "Anime Madness." I will consider adding posts on my favorite anime's and manga's though. That's all for today! Later~

  Hey, again! This time, I am doing things a little differently. Today, I just wanted to inform and recommend you about a really good and free action  manga MMORPG called Elsword by Kill3rCombo and KOG. Elsword is an animated computer game which makes it anime, not manga. Manga is illustrations, know the difference. MMORPG stands for massive multiplayer online role-playing game. Elsword is just one of them that I wanted to take note of because it has really good graphics and you don't  need to pay anything or spend money to progress in the game story-wise. It has a pvp arena system which means player vs. player and a pve system which means player vs. environment, such as monsters. In addition, it allows you to progress in the story-line and quests through dungeons. They keep well updated on the events so you almost never get bored, as well as guilds you may join to play more efficiently with friends. What I admire the most about Elsword is the stunning artwork and detail of each character and advancement and it is very manga-like with it's comic-book like fashion in the story-line http://www.elswordonline.com/ This is the link to Elsword Online and I hope you have fun!