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Maybe once in a lifetime I should make my own tutorial lol. I've submitted a few video tutorials in my fb, but I guess not everybody could learn just by seeing. So, now I'll try my best to explain the 'step by step' when you draw a full-body character. Here, I use Kushieda Minori from the anime Toradora. (coloring video of this piece will be available in my facebook: hibari.kyoya_light@yahoo.com)

STEP 1: "Stick Man", your very first scratches on paper or tablet or whatever media you use. After imagining what kind of pose you want, try to 'picture' it in a simpler way, then draw the stick man with that pose. *Experienced artists are usually able to skip this step and draw the "Block Man" directly. But later if you want to draw 2 characters or more, this stick man will guide you to achieve a better proportion and composition.

STEP 2: "Block Man", you started to roughly draw the body of your character. This step can be done easily by linking the outlines of the stick man. If you don't use the stick man, it'll be harder for you to draw this step. *The proportion of the block man can vary depending on what style you use. For instance, here I use the deformed style (moe) of Toradora anime, so the head appears 'bigger' than it should be is okay.

STEP 3: "Basic Outline", after doing that messy draft of stick man and block man, of course you'll want a cleaner sketch for later. You can start outlining the block man (decrease the opacity of the 1st and 2nd step layers if you draw digitally, or take a new paper to trace it if you draw traditionally). In this step, you also started to add the details of your character such as hair and hands.

STEP 4: "Soft Sketch", now you begin to draw the additional matters of your character. For clothes, try to sketch as clean as possible if your clothes is simple enough for you to follow through the 3rd step guide. Such in here, school uniform is quite easy to draw because it doesn't have too much folds and mostly follows the body of the character. For a more difficult clothes, you may start first with a rough sketch, then clean it later. You can also take references from internet, magazines, or anything if you're not good with fashion.

STEP 5: "Lineart + Color", the happiest part during your work lol. Because now, you only need to trace the soft sketch and then you'll be free to play with colors. Not much to describe because there are so many variations for coloring technique, try to find the one you think suits you best. Or if you still had no idea, you can watch my coloring video of this piece.

Finished Picture here: [link]

Description
Maybe once in a lifetime I should make my own tutorial lol. I've submitted a few video tutorials in my fb, but I guess not everybody could learn just by seeing. So, now I'll try my best to explain the 'step by step' when you draw a full-body character. Here, I use Kushieda Minori from the anime Toradora. (coloring video of this piece will be available in my facebook: hibari.kyoya_light@yahoo.com)

STEP 1: "Stick Man", your very first scratches on paper or tablet or whatever media you use. After imagining what kind of pose you want, try to 'picture' it in a simpler way, then draw the stick man with that pose. *Experienced artists are usually able to skip this step and draw the "Block Man" directly. But later if you want to draw 2 characters or more, this stick man will guide you to achieve a better proportion and composition.

STEP 2: "Block Man", you started to roughly draw the body of your character. This step can be done easily by linking the outlines of the stick man. If you don't use the stick man, it'll be harder for you to draw this step. *The proportion of the block man can vary depending on what style you use. For instance, here I use the deformed style (moe) of Toradora anime, so the head appears 'bigger' than it should be is okay.

STEP 3: "Basic Outline", after doing that messy draft of stick man and block man, of course you'll want a cleaner sketch for later. You can start outlining the block man (decrease the opacity of the 1st and 2nd step layers if you draw digitally, or take a new paper to trace it if you draw traditionally). In this step, you also started to add the details of your character such as hair and hands.

STEP 4: "Soft Sketch", now you begin to draw the additional matters of your character. For clothes, try to sketch as clean as possible if your clothes is simple enough for you to follow through the 3rd step guide. Such in here, school uniform is quite easy to draw because it doesn't have too much folds and mostly follows the body of the character. For a more difficult clothes, you may start first with a rough sketch, then clean it later. You can also take references from internet, magazines, or anything if you're not good with fashion.

STEP 5: "Lineart + Color", the happiest part during your work lol. Because now, you only need to trace the soft sketch and then you'll be free to play with colors. Not much to describe because there are so many variations for coloring technique, try to find the one you think suits you best. Or if you still had no idea, you can watch my coloring video of this piece.

Finished Picture here: [link]