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Drawing Manga Faces and Heads in Photoshop

by Eddie Russell

In this tutorial, we will learn the basics about drawing character faces and heads in the Manga style. Software required: Photoshop CS6.

What you'll learn

In this tutorial, we will learn the basics about drawing character faces and heads in the Manga style. The art of Japanese comics known as Manga has been incredibly popular not only in Japan but in the United States for quite some time now. If you've ever wondered how to even start drawing in this style, this is the course for you. We will be breaking down the head and face of both Manga males and females and learning how to draw them step by step. First, we will learn how to master drawing the trademark eyes of the Manga style. From here we'll move on and learn how to render the head from the front, side and 3/4 views. Because hair is so important with this style, we'll spend a few lessons focusing just on it before wrapping up by drawing a few character expressions. After completing this course, you'll have a good foundation to build so that you can begin developing your own style for drawing Manga. Software required: Photoshop CS6.

About the author

Eddie began teaching creative professionals over ten years ago for Digital Tutors. In 2014 Digital Tutors was acquired by Pluralsight and he continued his focus on creating high quality training for artists in both the film and games industries. With a background in graphic design and illustration Eddie has always been focused on visual appeal. This can be seen through his courses in which he shares secrets for achieving production level quality for concept art, illustrations, textures, mater... more

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