Professional Manga Course for Beginners
How to Start Learning Manga?
Many people are now interested in learning manga. So, how can one master manga drawing? How should beginners get started?
Learning manga drawing isn’t difficult! Whether you are learning hand-drawn or digital manga, it’s essential to start with the basics.
Scroll Below To Find Out More about Steps to Kickstart Your Manga Learning Journey!
Step 1: Build a Solid Drawing Foundation
- Practice sketching and line work to master basic skills such as lines, perspective, structure, and proportion. Start with tracing to get the hang of it.
- Study human anatomy, dynamics, and different poses. Practice gesture drawing to improve your figure drawing skills.
- Learn about light and shadow, understand the relationship between light and dark, shading effects, and color theory.
Step 2: Learn Manga Techniques
- Storyboard design: Learn how to break down the manga story into visual scenes, including camera angles, perspective changes, and composition.
- Manga Character design: Create unique and recognizable manga characters, including manga’s appearance, clothing, and expressions.
- Background drawing: Master the skills for drawing settings, enhancing the spatial sense and narrative quality of the scene.
- Dynamic manga’s expression: Draw fluid action scenes, showing rhythm and tension.
Step 3: Create Your Manga Story
- Plot development: Understand the structure of a story (beginning, middle, and end) and learn how to write scripts and dialogue with your manga characters
- Character development: Make characters more three-dimensional by developing their motivations, personalities, and backstories.
- Narrative pacing: Control the pacing of the manga story to interest your readers!
Step 4: Master Manga Drawing Tools & Digital Art Software
- Traditional medium & tools: Learn the techniques for manga drawing using pencils, pens, markers and medium like Drawing & Sketching, Acrylic Painting and Watercolour Painting!
- Digital drawing: Learn how to use beginner friendly digital art software (e.g., Procreate, Photoshop, Ibispaint) and digital tablets like iPad, Microsoft tablet. Click Here for advice on how to choose the right digital art device & software!
- Post-production: includes digital art coloring, text layout, and adding special digital art brushstroke technique effects
students are learning how to draw manga character using digital art software
student proudly showcasing his completed manga character on his digital art device
teacher is guiding student on the manga drawing skills and technique on digital art software
be guided on the right digital art brushstrokes & software on how to create your manga characters, beginners friendly session!
Professional Manga Course by Visual Arts Centre
The Singapore Visual Arts Centre offers manga courses covering both hand-drawn and digital manga. From fundamental manga drawing techniques to full manga creation, the courses feature comprehensive content. With guidance from professional instructors, students can build a solid foundation in manga art throughout the learning process.
What You’ll Learn in this 12 Sessions Professional Manga Course:
Recommending 6 sessions Manga Drawing on Traditional mediums like Drawing & Sketching, Acrylic Painting, Watercolour Painting.
Recommending 6 sessions Manga Drawing on Digital Art Software & device like iPad, Medibang, Krita, ibisPaint etc
Learning Outcomes from this Professional Manga Course:
- Learn manga drawing on traditional and digital art skills & techniques
- Prepare drawings and paintings for digital or print.
- Apply the knowledge of traditional manga drawing
- Freedom to create manga project pieces based on subjects of personal interest.
- Individualised guidance by professional teacher to complete and improve manga and digital art skills.
- Explore Digital Art Drawing and Painting software and its tools to create artwork, learning how to use different button, brushstrokes, paintbrushes choice & layering features effectively.
Join us and embark on this exciting manga & digital art journey!
Lesson Schedules:
Monday: 7:30pm-9:45pm
Thursday: 3:30pm-5:45pm
Saturday: 6:30pm-8:45pm
Course Fees: 12 Sessions $1,188nett (*digital art device is not provided)
Venue: Visual Arts Centre Dhoby Ghaut Art Studio (within Dhoby Ghaut Green Park, above Dhoby Ghaut MRT exit B- left turn 20m)
