What are some art supplies for drawing manga, comics, illustrations, and for learning how to draw both digitally and traditionally?
You may use any supplies to create whatever you want. People look at my work and ask: “Is that really watercolor”? My acrylics look like oils. Don’t let any materials marketing get in the way. I’d be really curious about what makes up “manga art materials”. I’ve never seen them in a separate Manga corner of my art supply store.Try doing some Manga on some cardboard boxes. Make that your thing. Betcha no one else is. Use some tempera paint. Be a rockstar. Get out of your head.
What are some of the best art supplies for comics, manga, basic drawing, illustrations, traditionally and digitally?
For manga: traditionally, copic markers for coloring and regular pencil for sketch. (White paper) or if you want to experiment with other papers to make the brighter colors pop, try strathmore toned tan paper with prismacolor pencils.For manga and comics: digitally, «clip studio paint»!
What're some good art supplies for drawing professional manga, comics, illustrations, anything, both traditionally and digitally?
For traditional you’ll need…..A pencil……or a pen……some computer paper (take a few sheets at a time and keep them in a folder to carry)……or a multi media sketchbook from your local craft or grocery store……maybe some colored pencils…..or some watercolors (use with the multi media sketchbook).For digital art, you’ll need……a phone or tablet..…or a desktop or laptop computer…….if on a computer then, a mouse (not IDEAL, but can work)……or a graphics tablet (more ideal, BUT it can be a little costly and take a while to get the hang of it)……or (for mobile) a pen stylus, if your phone/tablet didn’t come with one...…and some digital art programs. There are free ones and ones you can buy. You can check out a list with both of them here!And there are ones for your phone/tablet like Procreate (iPhone) and Sketchbook.And there you go!I’ll bet you’ve pretty much already got everything or MOST of the things you need. And the other things you can probably get very easily and cheaply.Being honest, you don’t actually need any big, fancy things. It’s not about the supplies you have, it’s about how you use them. Okay, okay, I’ll admit, having higher quality supplies CAN help your work look cleaner, smoother, finer, and may be brighter or more pigmented, BUT you won’t get that out come if you don’t know how to use that tool in the first place. Also, if you’re just starting out drawing in general, I’d highly suggest staring with traditional art and working your way to digital.Get good with with crappy and cheap supplies first and learn how to fully handle them and mix in some of the higher quality stuff when you feel ready. BUT research. Learn about professional manga artists and what they use. Read about the products they use. Learn WHY they use them.If you’re just starting out, you really don’t need anything fancy. Heck, I’m an intermediate level artist and I still use a lot of the same kinda stuff I did in high school (protip: there actually isn’t THAT much different between Crayola and Prismacolor pencils).Believe it or not, most pros don’t use all the super expensive stuff all the time either.The tools are not what makes the artist a professional, it’s what they do with the tools they have.
What are the best art supplies for drawing manga and anime?
20 bucks is good to start building up your art supplies, so I'll list the very very basic necessities. This usually includes regular pencils or art pencils. Art pencils do not have an eraser and you can choose whether or not you want them hard, dark, or black. Since they're just pencils, it's not absolutely needed, but nice to have. For pens, I suggest Copic or Sakura, because when you eventually get markers, regular ball point pens bleed and can ruin an already inked drawing. The Sakura Pigma Micron Set of six pens is reasonably priced at about ten dollars on Amazon. But unless you are planning to buy art markers, you don't need these just yet either. Just depends on whether you want the quality of the art pens or sketching with just a ball point pen. Now on to colored pencils! I personally love Prismacolor. They blend well and give a nice color. Unfortunately, large sets of these pencils can cost up to almost 50 dollars, so a smaller set would be best. The Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencil 24 color set is about 17 dollars. So if you plan on just getting colored pencils, these are the best option! There are probably smaller sets, but this one is just the right size when starting out. For later on if you decide to expand your variety of manga and anime mediums, I suggest buying a small set of art markers. These give that almost printed-out digital look of digital anime. BUT they are extremely expensive, with a set of 12 markers being pretty much $50! Some brands are Copic, Design2, and Prismacolor. Although, I would wait on these. For a sketch pad, Strathmore is a good brand. An 8 x 10 with 400 pages is almost 8 dollars, so if you want a basic sketch pad, this is the way to go. Canson is great too, but their sketch pads are a little more expensive. If you're willing to go a little higher, to about 14 dollars, Pentalic has a nice wire bound sketchbook. But when it comes down to it, it isn't the material you use that makes your manga and anime drawings good, it's how you use your supplies. I've drawn with a ballpoint pen from a hotel in New York and colored it in with Crayola colored pencils and it still looked like the art you see online! But it is also very good to have nice supplies as well! Hope this helped!
What are the best art supplies for drawing manga (traditionally and digitally)?
Digitally:Graphic TabletLaptop or PCArtist GloveA good software. Ex. Photoshop, Fire Alpaca, Autodesk, Clip Studio Paint.
What're some good art supplies for starting out in drawing?
Pencils. Always pencils.Have you ever drawn something you really liked in pen and then someone bumped you and you ruined it?…I have.Using pencils mean you can use rubbers to rub out the mistakes you made. Of course, you need to learn how to not use a rubber to challenge yourself, but it’s not the best to jump into the hard stuff first, right?It also means you can experiment with techniques, like shading, crosshatching, strokes, etc.Pencils also give you a lot of freedom - they only need to be sharpened with a good one that lasts long.As for types of pencils, I recommend HB pencils for drafting, 2B for outlining and 4B or 6B for shading.There are also coloured pencils! I would recommend brands such as Faber Castell and Derwent Academy/Artist/Studio for now.When you become more experienced, use other, more expensive brands because then you’ll know how to draw with those materials, such as Prismacolour and Copic brands, which are an extreme waste of money if you don’t know how to use them.Hope this helped :D
What are some of the best manga art supplies?
It really depends on what you want.If you’re a digital manga artist like me, then I would recommend Autodesk Sketchbook, Photoshop but mainly Ibis Paint X.Autodesk Sketchbook is pretty good because it’s easy to get used to and you can download extra brushes on Windows/Mac. It also has a time-lapse button on IOS and Android versions. However, if you’re using a normal tablet, not an actual drawing tablet, you can’t use the specific manga brushes pack that you can download.I’ve never used photoshop before, but I’ve heard from friends who use it that it’s pretty good, just takes time to get used to.Ibis Paint X is also really good, but I found it very limited because I didn’t really know how to use it, although I do now use for my line art.There is also Procreate, which I found really good too, but it’s only for iPad devices.For digital art, you’ll also want a Wacom or Huion tablet that connects to a computer so that it can use the drawing software you have installed. There are probably a few YouTube vids that can show you how to do so.For traditional manga, I'd recommend using a different variety of graphite pencils, and some normal paper. Not too fancy, but I do know that Faber Castell has a large selection of pencils and pens specifically designed for the manga art style.My methods:Draw artwork in pencil, then outline with pen.Take photo, import to Autodesk Sketchbook/Ibis Paint X.Colour digitally from there.Hope this helped :)
Art Supplies for a beginner Manga Artist..?
I'm a young artist too, so I have a little experience here. Coloured pencil: I've found prismacolours to be the best. If you can't afford the tin sets, they sell a prismacolor scholar that is really good for the price. Then I guess if you like the quality, you can pay for the legit ones. I've found the expensive ones to be really creamy, with a really nice laydown and pigmentation. The scholar is less of those, but still A LOT better than crayola. xD Markers: Faber-Castell and are really good alternatives. Faber-Castell sells some nice manga marker sets (I own) and it's got cool and warm grey brush markers, a black brush marker and some liners in various sizes. Also prismacolours are good for coloring. Liners: Prismacolor, and Fabercastell are good liners. I also find Sakura Micron to be a good outlining/sketch marker. I think I prefer Microns though (dry faster, permanent, thin). Watercolor pencils: Probably any will do. I've found watercolours (I use mainly watercolours) to look really nice still with cheapy cheap watercolours. I have a General's brand water color pencil set to be fine. :3 Eraser: Using pink erasers are bad. They can leave marks, and are a lot stiffer. Use a soft, white eraser. I use Factis erasers because they are really soft and don't tear paper. Also gum erasers are good. Pencils: I'd just get a cheap pencil set with the different softnesses (HB, 2H etc) Paper: When buying paper look at the lb or the gsm. The higher the number the heavier the paper. Usually a drawing paper can handle a light watercolor. If you use a lot of water, it buckles. If you plan on heavily using water, invest in a watercolour pad. Bristol is good for heavy marker use, but drawing paper works fine. I usually use Strathmore, Canson has good paper too though. Canson makes a really nice mixed media paper if you plan on heavily using both (cheaper alt. to Bristol) Also make sure you look at the textures of the paper, more textured paper handles more pencil and smooth paper smudges graphite. More texture also can show up under marker. So that's why marker boards are completely smooth. xD :3 GOOD LUCK. I learned all of this from experience. xD