Hot Drawing & Illustration How-Tos
How To: Draw Plankton from Spongebob Squarepants
If you want to learn to draw Plankton from Spongebob Squarepants this simple guide will take you through the steps from start to finish easily and quickly. Drawing this character from the popular television series is a snap if you follow the free tutorial below -- it's a simple lesson that shows you how to do the drawing, sketching, and coloring of this guy. This one-eye villain may be bad, but he's so fun to draw! Give it a try and see how easy it is.
How To: Learn the basics of body proportions for manga drawing
"Miki Falls" manga creator Mark Crilley presents a tutorial with tips on how to render a male body in proper proportion to the head. Learn how to sketch for anime or manga by watching this video drawing tutorial.
How To: Draw Stormtroopers and Clonetroopers from Star Wars
Star Wars artist Matt Busch takes you through the steps to drawing elite Stormtroopers. Using basic shapes, Busch shows you how to construct three-dimensional trooper armor. Learn how to sketch Star Wars by watching this video drawing tutorial. If you like drawing Star Wars, this video will make you happier than a Wookie in an Imperial garbage chute.
How To: Draw a Wookiee or Chewie from Star Wars
In addition to going over sketchbooks, this video tutorial focuses on all things Wookiee, and shows tricks on how to render a drawing without even a photo reference to look at. Learn how to sketch Star Wars by watching this how-to art video.
How To: Draw and Ink Han Solo and Darth Vader from Star Wars
Artist Matt Busch goes over how to build graphic contrast with several inking techniques and styles on Han Solo. The episode also shows how to paint in the darkest darks with acrylic paint, as progress continues on the 30th Anniversary STAR WARS Poster. Learn how to sketch, ink, and paint Star Wars by watching this video drawing tutorial.
How To: Draw Luke Skywalker from Star Wars and complex figures
This video tutorial features all kinds of tips on drawing the human head; in this case you will learn how to draw Luke Skywalker and make starships out of simple shapes. Learn how to sketch Star Wars by watching this drawing video.
How To: Draw Star Wars Storm Troopers and learn light &shadow
Artist Matt Busch shows how to render a full value monotone comp for his STAR WARS 30th Anniversary movie poster. In addition to getting into the nitty gritty of light and shadow in sketches, see Matt show you how to draw Stormtroopers, as well as busting out his killer happy dance! Learn how to sketch Star Wars by watching this video drawing tutorial.
How To: Draw Sasuke from Naruto
This tutorial drawing video will teach you how to draw Sasuke Uchiha from the manga and anime known as Naruto. Sasuke is Naruto's friend in the series. This manga drawing video will show you how to draw Sasuke and pretty soon, you'll be an expert!
How To: Draw Star Wars Comic Books Focusing on Shots & Angles
Star Wars artist Matt Busch returns- this time giving tips on taking drawing skills to the next level: comic books! This episode focuses on how to illustrate through visual storytelling in panels through shots and angles. Learn how to draw Star Wars by watching this video art tutorial.
How To: Draw a Star Wars Poster with Colored Pencils
As artist Matt Busch completes drawing the 30th Anniversary STAR WARS poster, you'll see great tips on how to render color, texture, and details with colored pencils you can't otherwise get with a brush. Learn how to draw Star Wars with this instructional art technique video.
How To: Draw hands for anime, manga or comic book characters
Mark Crilley, creator of the manga anime series "Miki Falls," shows how to sketch hands for characters. Hands can be complicated to sketch, but follow along with this cartoon and comic drawing tutorial and learn how to render hands in no time!
How To: Draw anatomically correct people
Drawing an anatomically correct human figure isn't difficult when broken down step by step. Learn how to slow sketch people by building the frame from simple boxes to a refined and finished human body. Follow along with this video tutorial and start drawing people in no time!
How To: Draw a realistic human man
Learn how to draw a realistic and proportionate male human body on the computer. Learn how to draft a man's figure on a paint program, from basic sketch to developed drawing by following along with this instructional drawing video.
How To: Draw an exotic African okapi animal with Jan Brett
Celebrated and award-winning children's illustrator, Jan Brett, shows how to sketch an okapi, an endangered, African mammal, in this fun demonstrational video. Learn how to draw this beautiful and unusual animal by following Jan's simple instructions that go from making easy shapes to the finished product. Even kids unfamiliar with Jan's work will enjoy sketching along.
How To: Draw a bunny rabbit with Jan Brett
Celebrated and award-winning children's illustrator, Jan Brett, shows how to sketch a bunny in this instructional video. Learn how to draw and paint a rabbit by following Jan's simple directions that go from making easy shapes to the finished product. Let kids join in the fun and draw their own bunny rabbit from these basic steps.
How To: Draw a horse with Jan Brett
Celebrated and award-winning children's illustrator, Jan Brett, shows how to sketch a horse. Jan teaches how to draw a colt and the Friesian horse breed specifically. Learn how to draw a baby horse by following Jan's simple instructions that go from making easy shapes to the finished product. Jan's friendly demeanor and basic instructions make this a great tutorial for kids as well as adults.
How To: Draw a Siberian Husky dog with Jan Brett
Celebrated and award-winning children's illustrator, Jan Brett, shows how to sketch a Siberian Husky dog. Learn how to draw a dog by following Jan's simple instructions that go from making easy shapes to the finished product. This video tutorial gives instructions simple enough for even children to follow along.
How To: Draw an African guinea hen and a zebra with Jan Brett
Celebrated and award-winning children's illustrator, Jan Brett, shows how to sketch a guinea hen and a zebra. Learn from this video tutorial how to draw and paint these exotic, African animals by following Jan's simple instructions that go from making easy shapes to the finished product. Fun for kids to follow along as well.
How To: Draw a chicken with Jan Brett
Celebrated and award-winning children's illustrator, Jan Brett, shows how to sketch a hen. Learn how to draw a chicken from this instructional video by following Jan's simple instructions that go from making easy shapes to the finished product: a hen. Even kids can follow along
How To: Draw a boy vs a girl in an animated style
This video tutorial gives tips on how to draw boys by highlighting some of the differences showing what makes a feminine drawing vs. a masculine one when drawing in a kind of animated style.
How To: Draw a basic cartoon face step by step
This instructional video teaches how to draw a variety of basic cartoon faces. Learn how to make simple changes to sketch different comic characters.
How To: Draw a circle with the dot trick.
Check out this video to learn how to draw a circle with a dot in the middle without lifting your pen. It can really work.
How To: Make straight lines
Learn how to make a simple device out of stuff you can find around the house (including a bubble tape container). You'll have straight lines each time you use this device.
How To: Draw and paint Al Gore
This video is a time lapse drawing and painting of former Vice President Al Gore. Attempt to make "Mr. Global Warming" look like Mr. "hottie" Global Warming. Stage 1 is a pencil drawing. In Stage 2, scan the drawing, adjust the mid tones digitally, and then reprint it. In stage 3, do an underpainting with markers (both paint and illustration markers). In stage 4, build up layers of opaque and quick drying acrylic paint to get a fanciful Al Gore. In stage 5, do the detail work (such as drawing...
How To: Draw a caricature in a different way
This is one of the ways that artist Merrill Kazanjian makes his caricatures. He shows the viewer how to make a traditional/digital hybrid (tradigital) collage portrait. Look for interesting eyes, noses and mouths from different photographs. Make an oval for the head and paste down the facial features. Watch to learn more.
How To: Draw freehanded like an architect
First in a series of many tutorials on "retro" architectural drawing as it used to be done pre-computer. This sequence will teach you how you can draw basic shapes and other textures in order to draw an architectural structure.
How To: Draw race cars
Does your budding artist also love race cars? A professional illustrator shows you how to draw a sports car, a dragster, and a Formula One car.
How To: Draw manga eyes in 100 different ways
"Miki Falls" creator Mark Crilley embarks on a quest to study one hundred styles of manga eyes. Watch to learn how to draw them all.
How To: Draw manga Luke from "Tales of the Abyss"
Watch to learn how to draw the character Luke from the manga/anime cartoon "Tales of the Abyss."
How To: Draw an eye from a side view
Drawing and sketching an eye side view (profile) lesson video free online lesson. Learn how to draw eye side view (female, woman) Step by Step how to video tutorial lesson. Learn from beginning rough sketch to finish drawing online lesson for comics cartoon illustration.
How To: Draw and sketch a female StarCraft marine
Learn how to draw Mecha Mecha: StarCraft Marine Combat Soldier woman, female, girl, with inspired armor Manga and Anime style step by step with costume step by step. This drawing, painting video tutorial shows you from basic rough sketching to finish drawing quick sketch for comics cartoon illustration, manga, anime. The video demonstrates how to quickly create an efficient concept design from concept idea into visual. Video tutorial. Cartoon, illustration, comics, anime, manga learn how step...
How To: Draw Joker from Batman for manga & comics
Check out this video to learn how to draw and sketch the Joker from Batman for manga, cartoon and comics. Learn how to draw the male villain character, the Joker, in this Step by Step video tutorial. Learn from basic sketching to finish drawing quick concept for comics cartoon illustration, manga, anime, and figure drawing.
How To: Draw portraits
Artist Merrill Kazanjian breaks down the process of drawing from a photograph and simplifies it in to three steps. A time lapse demonstration is done at the end. It is a great video to see if you want to impove your portrait drawing skills. This video covers, contour drawing, drawing from observation, crosshatching, tones, breaking drawings in to shapes to simplify the drawing process and drawing the features of the human face. It is an instructional, traditional drawing, video.
How To: Draw manga of your own
Learn how to draw the Japanese genre of comics, manga, in this crash course for drawing your own. You will need some drawing pencils, a drawing pad, a kneaded eraser, and perhaps some manga examples. Before you know it, you'll be drawing those quirky and hyper-expressive characters.
How To: Draw a landscape with dry pastels
If you want to learn how to paint with dry pastels watch this video demonstration.
How To: Draw a boy using the word "boy"
This is a fun trick to show the little artist in your life.
How To: Draw great caricatures
Want to make some extra money? Learn how to draw caricatures with this tutorial and you'll be on the boardwalk sketching for cash in no time.
How To: Color an anime/manga illustration
'Miki Falls' manga creator Mark Crilley presents the first half of his 'How to Color' video. The focus of this segment is demonstrating the application of watercolors.
How To: Draw an anime/manga style angry young man
"Miki Falls" manga creator Mark Crilley presents part one of a tutorial on how to draw an "angry young man" in the manga style.
How To: Draw a manga/anime girl
"Miki Falls" manga creator Mark Crilley presents a real time tutorial showing how to draw a seated girl, taking his drawing from the rough sketch stage to finished inking. [correction: The Micron Pigma pen is mistakenly said to be available in comic book stores; it is in fact much easier to find in art supply stores)