What is mangAnime おひさま塾 (Ohisama Juku)?

mangAnime おひさま塾 provides learn-anywhere video courses around the clock; where you can learn Manga and Anime drawing techniques from Japanese professionals.

Manga and Anime have long been at the heart of Japanese culture, with a consistent wave of popularity between the generations. They have developed its own visual language to show a character's inner thoughts and feelings. Manga and Anime uses a minimalistic style to build character expressions.

In Japanese Manga and Anime, the facial expressions play a big and important role in conveying the mood and actions of the story. Successful pieces often hinge on having characters the audience strongly emotionally identifies with. How do the Manga Artists or Animators draw the cute, lovely and shy expressions of girls and charming and angry expressions of boys? Can I draw faces for expressive characters?

Yes, of course you can! All you need to do is to start with the FACE, which is the most important element in character design.

In this course, I will demonstrate how to draw faces in various views, step by step; as well as manga eyes, nose, lips, ears, and hair. I will also share with you how to enhance the overall emotional expressions by using other parts of the body.

Whether you’re a complete beginner, or intermediate at character drawing, you’ll learn things you never knew you never knew.