Manga Magic Drawing Manga Girls

DRAWING MANGA GIRLS

Once you have a grasp of hand construction, you can look at how the arm becomes

involved. Here is a good pose, with a bended elbow and hand raised up to the

shoulder level. It could be used to indicate a summons.

Draw three ovals, in a

triangular shape. Make

the top left oval broader

at the top. Join them

together with straight

lines, and then add a hori-

zontal line on the right.

Add four circles to the

top of the left oval.

Then add two lines the

width of the oval: these

are the joints of the

fingers. Draw in four

fingers and a thumb.

Now add flesh to the

arm. Join the hand to

the oval elbow joint,

and the elbow to the

oval shoulder joint. Add

the shoulder and neck,

and a line for the side.

Ink around the shoul-

der, arm, and hand. Ink

the gaps between the

individual fingers, and

between the index

finger and thumb.

Now, introduce some

color. Here a flat, pale

pink was used to color

the hand, arm, and

shoulder.

Add shading to suggest

the roundness of the arm.

Shade the area under the

arm, the outside of the

upper and lower arm, the

back of the hand, and the

finger joints.

BEC kONIN g ARM