Massive Online Drawing Tutorials List v.3.0

**Slurpee** · 12-11-2010, 07:17 PM

Now with added lime flavor.

This is from the old MT.
http://www.mangatutorials.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=16

Originally Posted by Yue

Redone the list, the original was a bit confusing!! I haven't finished editing, will clean up during the day or week. But for now, I have to work.

It's bad to see people who ask for tutorials, or sites even though there is loads of tutorials on the other side of this forum. -------> http://www.mangatutorials.com/

Please, look at these sites... even though it's alot to go through but it should proven helpful, so, please look at these sites and don't post stuff which are repeated, they will be locked. Good clean forum, people!

[I]Name:[/I]
[I]URL:[/I]
[I]What it contains:[/I]
[I]Category:[/I]

Please use N if there is nudity in it! Thank you!

>>>>> Click here to see list of tutorials!! <<<<
(Or scroll down if you're not that lazy)

**Deathknight** · 12-16-2010, 12:57 AM

i have some drawing tutorials Im thinking about uploading the to a file share site or torrenting

**Slurpee** · 12-17-2010, 03:26 PM

okay! spread them to as many places as possible! And don't forget to post them here :)

**Rio** · 01-13-2011, 06:51 PM

N = Nudity
I wouldn't recommend you go to these sites unless you're 18 and over.
Also, to reiterate - if you haven't checked them out already, check out the tutorials here at Manga Tutorials. We cover all types of topics.

ANATOMY

Name: Airwalking Studios
URL: http://airwalking.com/lesson/
What it contains: Anatomy drawing instructions mixed with CGing tutorials.

Name: Alien Think
URL: http://alienthink.com/
What it contains: Figure drawing tutorials. Lots of them and very good at that.

Name: Andrew Loomis
URL: Figure Drawing
Drawing the Head & Hands
What it contains: Anatomy tutorials on the figure, head, and hands. One of the most used and recommended anatomy tutorials on the net.

Name: Art School On Line
URL: http://www.angelfire.com/ar/rogerart/measure.html
What it contains: A tutorial teaching you how to draw real-life people and anatomy. Covers drawing people using perspective. If you go to his main page, you will find other tutorials - shading, colors, and more.

Name: BakaNeko
URL: http://www.bakaneko.com/howto.htm
What it contains: Lots of tutorials anatomy tutorials

Name: Bob McLeod Lessons
URL: http://www.bobmcleod.com/lessons.html
What it contains: A short tutorial on drawing realistic anatomy and in motion.

Name: CedarSeed @ DA
URL: http://cedarseed.deviantart.com/gall...ials-and-Stock
What it contains: Lots of excellent antomy tutorials from hands, feet, expressions, flexibility, eyes, and even how to draw animals.

Name: Decisiveorigin
URL: http://decisiveorigin.com/cetriya/tutorial.html
What it contains: soft color, cell color, digital toning, plus videos

Name: Delusion Studio
URL: Proportions & Features: Face, Figure, Hands & Feet, Techniques
What it contains: Various types of tutorials, mainly anatomy, but also have useful articles.

Name: Dustin's Drawing Tutorial (N)
URL: http://www.tigerntigress.com/tutorial/start.html
What it contains: A step-by-step drawing and CGing tutorial. 18+ recommended.

Name: GFXArtist
URL: http://www.gfxartist.com/features/tutorials
What it contains: Has great anatomy, concept, and cg tutorials. Anatomy tutorials include how to draw the head, hands, and how to paint skin.

Name: How to Draw Manga
URL: http://www.howtodrawmanga.com/howtodraw/tutorials.html
What it contains: Lots of anatomy tutorials with other tutorials sprinkled in such as how to tone, draw backgrounds, CG, and use PaintShop Pro.

Name: I Draw Girls
URL: http://idrawgirls.blogspot.com/
What it contains: Lots of anatomy tutorials including others like landscapes, robots, dragons, and other humanoids.

Name: Kitten-chan @ DA
URL: http://kitten-chan.deviantart.com/ar...Hair-145807555
What it contains: A nice and simple hair tutorial.

Name: NeonDragonArt.com
URL: http://neondragonart.com/dp/tutmenu.html
What it contains: Lots of fantasy-related step-by-steps. You can find tutorials elf ears, how to CG, and of course, how to draw dragons!

Name: Online Manga University
URL: Eyes | Nose | Mouth | Ear | Face
What it contains: Anatomy tutorials!

Name: PortraitArtist.org
URL: http://www.portrait-artist.org/
What it contains: A good source of step-by-step anatomy tutorials focusing on drawing realistic anatomy.

Name:Sai-Manga-Tuts
URL: http://sai-manga-tuts.deviantart.com/gallery/
What it contains: Tutorials on how to draw mermaids, faeries, expressions, coloring, and adding tone.

Name: Snigom Anatomy Tutorials @ DA
URL: Female Anatomy Patterns & Male Anatomy Patterns
What it contains: These tutorials give you the what's-what of Female and Male Anatomy

Name: Studio Mica
URL: Faces | Eyes & Hair
What it contains: Basic tutorials on faces, eyes, and hair.

Name: Thinkquest: The Figure
URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/C00547...gureintro.html
What it contains: A good intro about anatomy.

Name: TL;DR
URL: http://hippie.nu/~unicorn/tut/xhtml-chunked/index.html
What it contains: An excellent tutorial covering how to draw anatomy, animals, perspective and more.

Name: Tourning Light & Shade @ DA
URL: http://toerning.deviantart.com/art/A...olour-93113938
What it contains: A nice simple tutorial on light and shading. Particularly covers skin colors but technique can also be applied to other areas.

Name: Warrior Dream
URL: http://wdreams.fateback.com/Stuff.htm
What it contains: Tons of anatomy tutorials focusing on females, males, and robots.

Name: WhiteSpacePalace @ DA
URL: http://whitetrashpalace.deviantart.c...ON-3-182371961
What it contains: A tutorial on anatomy basics from proper heights, porportions, rations, and so on.

ANATOMY REFERENCES

Name: AlexDS @ DA
URL: http://alexds1.deviantart.com/art/Ex...orial-77399204
What it contains: A nice expression reference tutorial. Drawings more on the realistic end.

Name: Careko Facial Tutoials @ DA
URL: 1 & 2
What it contains: A nice reference on facial expressions.

Name: Character Designs (N)
URL: http://www.characterdesigns.com
What it contains: Reference photo sets, textures, event photos.

Name: FineArt.SK (N)
URL: http://www.fineart.sk/
What it contains: A source of anatomy references for artists. 18+ recommended.

Name: Phobs @ DA
URL: http://phobs.deviantart.com/art/face-tutorial-177059553
What it contains: A nice reference for drawing cartoonish-yet-realistic-type eyes, noses, and expressions.

Name: Gesture Drawing
URL: http://art.net/studios/visual/Rebecca/LifeDrawing2.html
What it contains: A good source for gesture poses from a skeleton. Great for those looking to practice their anatomy drawing skills using randomly generated poses.

Name: Michelle7
URL: http://www.michelle7.com/
What it contains: Tons of female anatomical references. 18+ recommended.

Name: PhotoWorkShop Light Cage (N)
URL: http://www.photoworkshop.com/pages/light_cage.html
What it contains: A neat light reference 3D program. If you don't know how to shade your character, this is a great online reference to use! 18+ recommended. Female model only.

Name: Pose Maniacs
URL: http://posemaniacs.com/
What it contains: Body references galore!

Name: Pose Space (N)
URL: http://www.posespace.com
What it contains: Anatomy pose reference site. Nudity present!

Name: Rasysa
URL: http://www.rasysa.com/ (Translated)
What it contains: Hair reference site.

Name: Tentopet Eye Angle Tutorial
URL: http://tentopet.deviantart.com/art/E...brary-10883702
What it contains: A great reference if you're looking for that right eye angle.

Name: TracyJB @ DA
URL: http://tracyjb.deviantart.com/art/La...ions-193978013
What it contains: A wonderful expression reference (and mini-tutorial) featuring cats. More on the cartoonish-style end than furry-style.

Name: Warren Louw Pose Tutorial @ DA
URL: http://warrenlouw.deviantart.com/art/IF ... -163076761
What it contains: A top-notch pose tutorial and reference.

ANIMATION

Name: Angry Animator
URL: http://www.angryanimator.com/word/tutorials/
What it contains: Animation tutorials from the classic bouncing ball, walking animation, lip syncing and more.

Name: BakaNeko
URL: http://www.bakaneko.com/3d.htm
What it contains: Lots of tutorials using 3DsMax. One or two tutorials using Photoshop and Maya.

Name: GIF Make
URL: http://gifmake.com/
What it contains: Make your own Animated GIF without using an animation software!

Name: KarmaToons Animation Tutorial
URL: http://www.karmatoons.com/drawing/drawing.htm
What it contains: A fun and information-packed step-by-step tutorial on how to make and draw animations.

BACKGROUNDS

Name: AlexDS @ DA
URL: http://alexds1.deviantart.com/art/Co...ough-180595569
What it contains: A complete walkthrough of how to color a whole piece from finding inspiration, doing lineart, and coloring the piece.

Name: Backdrop Pitfall - And How to Avoid Them
URL: http://hardydev.com/2010/12/11/backd...to-avoid-them/
What it contains: A tutorial on how to make proper backgrounds from fixing your perspective, watching for bad tangents, creating balanced images, and doing proper character scaling and shading your background.

Name: Flowers.vg
URL: http://www.flowers.vg
What it contains: Tons of flower photos; great for references.

CGING

Name: 2D Digital Art Guide
URL: http://www.2d-digital-art-guide.com/
What it contains: Lots of CG tutorials covering tools, brushes, CGing landscapes, animals, and tons of other digital painting techniques.

Name: 3Dtotal Digital Painting Tutorials
URL: http://www.3dtotal.com/pages/tutoria...sdigipaint.php
What it contains: Lots of CGing tutorials from doing clouds, landscapes, 3D art, monsters, realistic people, and lots more!

Name: Airwalking Studios
URL: http://airwalking.com/lesson/
What it contains: Anatomy drawing instructions mixed with CGing tutorials.

Name: AlexDS @ DA
URL: http://alexds1.deviantart.com/art/Co...ough-180595569
What it contains: A complete walkthrough of how to color a whole piece from finding inspiration, doing lineart, and coloring the piece.

Name: BakaNeko
URL: http://www.bakaneko.com/howto.htm
What it contains: How to do lineart in Photoshop & Illustrator, how to clean it up on PS & Paintshop Pro.

Name: Chiaroscuro
URL: Photoshop 5: Colouring | Illustrator 8: Cel-Style Colouring | Illustrator 8: Basics | Painter 4: Brush Sizes
What it contains: Tutorials and tips on how to color in Photoshop and Illustrator.

Name: Color Schemer Online
URL: http://www.colorschemer.com/online
What it contains: A nice online color scheme app. More info and color scheme available at the main site.

Name: Dustin's Drawing Tutorial (N)
URL: http://www.tigerntigress.com/tutorial/start.html
What it contains: A step-by-step drawing and CGing tutorial. 18+ recommended.

Name: Generic 16 Color Palette (Way of the Pixel)
URL: http://www.wayofthepixel.net/pixelat...pic=4306.0;all
What it contains: Not really a tutorial but more of a reference for limited color palette usage

Name: GFXArtist
URL: http://www.gfxartist.com/features/tutorials
What it contains: Has great anatmy, concept, and cg tutorials. CGing tutorials includes step-by-steps on drawing landscapes, clouds, machines, people, starscapes and more.

Name: Greg Martin
URL: Making a Planet & Making a Starfield
What it contains: Spacescape CGing tutorials by the best of the best.

Name: How to Draw Manga
URL: http://www.howtodrawmanga.com/howtodraw/tutorials.html
What it contains: Lots of anatomy tutorials with other tutorials sprinkled in such as how to tone, draw backgrounds, CG, and use PaintShop Pro.

Name: I Draw Girls
URL: http://idrawgirls.blogspot.com/
What it contains: Lots of anatomy tutorials including others like landscapes, robots, dragons, and other humanoids. Lots of CGing included.

Name: ImagineFX
URL: http://www.imaginefx.com/-2287754330...Workshops.html
What it contains: CG tutorials from professionals. Downloadable too! For a simple listing of ALL the tutorials, go here.

Name: Itch Studios
URL: http://www.itchstudios.com/psg/art_tut.htm
What it contains: An excellent general drawing and colouring tutorial

Name: Kuler
URL: http://kuler.adobe.com/
What it contains: Color palette reference site. Get color combinations if you're stumped.

Name: Lady Nezumi
URL: http://people.happycoders.org/kamih/...ss/?page_id=46
What it contains: Smooth's out movements when drawing on a computer.

Name: Lazy Mouse
URL: http://www.pixologic.com/docs/index.php/Lazy_Mouse
What it contains: Smooth's out curves when drawing on a computer.

Name: Mayshing @ DA
URL: http://mayshing.deviantart.com/gallery/717036
What it contains: Lots of CG tutorials but also includes others like how to draw fights and so on.

Name: Merekat Creations
URL: http://www.merekatcreations.com/
What it contains: Lots of step-by-step CG tutorials from Merekat's own creations to tutorials on how to color hair and so on.

Name: NeonDragonArt.com
URL: http://neondragonart.com/dp/tutmenu.html
What it contains: Lots of fantasy-related step-by-steps. You can find tutorials elf ears, how to CG, and of course, how to draw dragons!

CLOTHING

Name: History.org 18th Century Clothing Reference
URL: http://history.org/history/clothing/intro/index.cfm
What it contains: The Colonial Williamsburg website; chock full of colonial clothing reference

Name: Metamorphose
URL: http://metamorphose.gr.jp/language/en/
What it contains: Gothic lolita fashion site; great for clothing reference

Name: SugarSugarHyperLolly @ DA
URL: http://sugarsugarhyperlolly.devianta...orial-54742341
What it contains: A neat tutorial covering frills, skirts, kimono's and clothes in general.

Name: Patterns
URL: http://patterns.ming-ling.net
What it contains: Japanese patterns for kimono's.

COMIC BOOK CREATION

Name: How to Make a Web Toon
URL: http://www.nas.nasa.gov/News/Techrep...nas-98-014.pdf
What it contains: Step-by-step tutorial on how to make a comic and a website for it.

Name: Rob Davis
URL: Penciler's Rulebook I | Penciler's Rulebook II | The Guy with the Dirty Fingers (Inking) | Coloring for Comics | Beating the Deadline Blues | Beating the Deadline Blues - Again | Conventioneering | Positive Mental Attitude
What it contains: Tips, articles, and tips on penciling, inking, going to conventions and so on for the serious comic book artist.

Name: The Small Press Comics FAQs
URL: http://www.sentex.net/~sardine/spfaq.html
What it contains: It answers all small press related questions from how to make it to printing and distributing.

Name: Stickman Graphics Self-Publishing Resource
URL: http://www.stickmangraphics.com/resource.htm
What it contains: Stickman talks about distributors, printing, paper, marketing, ISBN, and more.

DRAWING MATERIALS

Name: Comic Art Tool Talk
URL: http://www.sentex.net/~sardine/tool.talk.html
What it contains: Tips and info on drawing materials.

Name: Random Art Prompt Generator
URL: http://www.magatsu.net/art/index.php
What it contains: A useful online tool you may use if you are short on inspiration. Great in giving you drawing ideas and subjects.

Name: Studio Mica
URL: http://nugraphite.tripod.com/tutorial01.html
What it contains: Short tutorial on what drawing materials Studio Mica uses. Includes photo of drawing materials.

LETTERING

Name: Blambot
URL: All Articles | Comic Book Grammar & Tradition | Installing Fonts | Successful Logo Design | Hand Lettering Comics | Original Art Dimensions
What it contains: Learn proper font usage, creation, and more.

Name: Balloon Tales!
URL: http://www.balloontales.com/
What it contains: Tons of articles on lettering, production, publishing, and more.

MECHA

Name: Studio Mica
URL: Mecha Basics | Mecha Head Designs | Mecha Accessories
What it contains: Mecha tutorials.

PERSPECTIVE

Name: Backdrop Pitfall - And How to Avoid Them
URL: http://hardydev.com/2010/12/11/backd...to-avoid-them/
What it contains: A tutorial on how to make proper backgrounds from fixing your perspective, watching for bad tangents, creating balanced images, and doing proper character scaling and shading your background.

Name: Fox-Orion Perspective Tut @ DA
URL: Part I & Part II
What it contains: An excellent tutorial that teaches you the basics of perspective plus more advanced techniques and composition.

Name: Olejarz
URL: http://www.olejarz.com/arted/perspective/index.html
What it contains: A great step-by-step tutorial on drawing one point perspective.

Name: Sasha's Perspective Tutorial
URL: http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=181436
What it contains: Perspective. Very in-depth.

Name: Studio Chalkboard
URL: http://studiochalkboard.evansville.edu/draw.html
What it contains: Lots of how to draw perspective tutorials from linear perspective and tough subjects as roof pitches and more. Includes painting tutorials.

TUTORIAL AGGREGATE SITES

Name: About.com Japanese COmics & Animation Tutorials
URL: http://drawsketch.about.com/od/anime..._Animation.htm
What it contains: Lots of tutorials and links to tutorials may be found here.

Name: Artists Hopsital Group @ DA
URL: http://artistshospital.deviantart.com/gallery/
What it contains: Includes many tutorials from basics to more advanced techniques.

Name: Art Tutorials Wiki
URL: http://artwiki.wikidot.com/anatomy-people-links
What it contains: A long link list of tutorials from many people; MangaTutorials also listed.

Name: DragoArt
URL: http://www.dragoart.com/anime-manga-c173-1.htm
What it contains: All kinds of drawing tutorials from anatomy, animals, and so on.

Name: Drawing Coach
URL: http://www.drawingcoach.com/
What it contains: Tons of tutorials, particularly cartoon-style. Drawing Portraits tutorials recommended.

Name: Draw Space
URL: http://www.drawspace.com/
What it contains: Tons of tutorials covering all kinds of topics and skill levels

Name: ConceptArt.org
URL: http://conceptart.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=42
What it contains: Lots of tutorials on all kinds - anatomy, folds, art terms, painting, and more.

Name: Manga-Apps Group @ DA
URL: http://manga-apps.deviantart.com/gallery/
What it contains: Various tutorials from color theory, articles, toning, and more.

WRITING

Name: Articles for Writers & Publishers
URL: http://www.ivanhoffman.com/helpful.html
What it contains: Lots of resources on writing contracts, distributions, foreign rights, copyrights, fair use laws, and lost of other information all writers and artists should know about.

Name: Creating Comics - Writing Resources
URL: http://www.members.shaw.ca/creatingcomics/writers.html
What it contains: Lists links to all kinds of writing-related resources.

Name: Cuiyonea Storyboard Template
URL: http://cuiyonea.deviantart.com/art/S...late-161253274
What it contains: A nifty template you may use for storyboarding your manga or story.

Name: Script Tutorial
URL: http://mangatutorials.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1835
What it contains: Tips and writing tricks by fellow members.

**Slurpee** · 02-01-2011, 04:11 PM

whoa, uh thanks. thats alot o_O

**Rio** · 02-01-2011, 09:46 PM

lol NP! This list has actually been neglected before so I mean to make a nice and proper one this time around. C:

**Hamachi** · 02-10-2011, 11:30 PM

Massive link hub found at http://artwiki.wikidot.com/anatomy-people-links; pick and choose what you like? Some intersections with what's listed here.

**Rio** · 02-13-2011, 11:12 PM

Cool! Nice find Hamachi! I'll take a look at them all individually and add them to our list here just to make it easier... (I'll tackle this tomorrow)

**Hamachi** · 02-14-2011, 12:55 AM

Haha thanks! xD

A few of the tutorials there aren't any good tbh, but if anything I thought the Female Anatomy Patterns and Male Anatomy Patterns by Snigom were pretty awesome as they give a pretty clear visual indication of curve directionality and their differentiations.