How to Draw Anime

8 minutes in pen! thats somebody who loves to draw!

.. thats why i'm in cgi.. couldn't draw that well, or especially that fast! I'll leave it for the truly talented!

.. .mmm panstu... :)

thanks for the video I will try it ^__^

very nice lineart from your illustrations many moons ago!

Very nice work. Your's too Danny! ^_^ I use to draw a lot in high school. Don't have anything scanned though. Might have to do that someday....

Truly amazing she is, big props to Kurot!

Pantsu...

She sure is a talented artist, people who can draw like that in short time surely is :) Too bad I won't be able to attend this month's Comiket, I could have bought her doujinshi and get her autograph, nuuu >_<

I have to erase.I make too many mistakes.^_^"

Experience and high concentration show through even under interrogation...the only thing I can draw are lop-sided figures...

Wow. That's some nice art.

Om nom nom originates from Team Fortress 2 I believe?

Go watch the "Meet Heavy Weapons Guy" video.

Very nice artwork... And that kissing scene around the Tokyo area was very nicely done by you Danny... =) I couldn't even draw that kinda picture if i wanted too lol

Om Nom Nom, if i'm not wrong, is from the blue Cookie Monster from Sesame Street, where he always grabs a cookie and goes Om Nom Nom Nom... Haha, i guess that's where it is from, correct me if i'm wrong though, cause this term seems to be used almost everywhere on the net...

And Mirai-chan cryin because she is finally getting animated and drawn, or maybe even thanking you Danny for creating her and her sisters =p

Wow! She is an amazing artist. Thanks for posting the video.

I always envy those who can draw... they can bring their fantasy and vision into reality!

I've always loved Kurot's artwork~ I've been watching her for a couple of years, and she's just been getting better and better. So talented.

I myself have been doodling for a long while, but too embarrassed to post them at times. >///< Always look funky or strange whenever I scan them, lol.

Very awesome!
I need someone like Kurot to give my blog a mascot... though my blog still lacks dedication to be worthy of someone this good. :P
She has a very awesome moe style that seems to have become her trademark, which is the sole thing that separates pro illustrators from amateur ones IMO.
Danny's illustrations are pretty good too. I'm no good at it... could never get proportions right.

Anyways, about OM NOM NOM, the first time I saw it was on a pic with a tree that looked like it was eating a fence. It's previous to LOLCats, but I can't find it nowadays anymore.

I have it somewhere stashed on one of my image backup DVDs... will write a post on it if I manage to find it.

That's so awesome. I wish I could draw like that!
Hey I'm from Vancouver too. Does Kurot give lessons? :P

Danny had an artist in him back then, very nice; Kurot's illustration of Mirai was gorgeous! For her to do the illustration on a pen/marker was an amazing display of finesse in art.

Kurot is very talented, I think I will start stalking her... umm... I mean follow her work.

Danny om nom nom is the sound some people make when they are really hungry and eat really fast. So I think that's where it comes from. ^_^ lol

8 minutes.. while conversing.. with a marker... insane... T-T haven't been able to draw as much as I used.

as for your skills, Danny, that's quite an improvement in just a span of 2 years. What of your pen skills these days?

Miss Kurot has such a lovely style. I think what draws my eye is the puchi-cheek look she often gives characters. XD They're so adorable <3

I've been following her on dA for a while, so I was surprised to see this article! How lucky to meet each other.

LOL Illus of first love story... :3c

Hehehe, watched the vid yesterday That timeline is awesome!! I can totally see some Ah! My Goddess influences early on in there. And one I can't put my finger on....I recognise it... but can't place it... Getbackers? The late 2000 scan/lineart one...

Wow that's amazingly good for 8 minutes looks so nice looks like it would have took for ever to draw

Mirai-chan is crying cause you stole her pantsu and started running around the streets with it on your head :P

Looking forward to Kurot's doujin in next year's AE... not many original doujin we can find here in Vancouver..

that was as a very fast drawing, takes me hours to pull one off. And Danny your drawings aren't that bad, no need to give up your programing skills for it.

Yay, Kurot :) Love her work. And yay for you too, Danny! So much detail in the background of the first picture.

I stopped uploading to DA ages ago; kept going on hiatuses ;_; but I did end up uploading some of my art at my blog. I'm still working on a portfolio -___-;;

Also, om nom nom = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqz9ZXUoUcE Cookie Monster!

@kurot: wow, interesting art development! impressive!
Love the chibi mascots too :3

@Danny: image ID#83571 - wow didn't notice ur drawings of the surroundings were so detailed!

8 minute art work.. There's only one word to describe Kurot art work SUGOI!!!

LOL Danny can really draw good artwork there .

I seem to like Kurot's artwork .

As for The "om nom nom " it originates from this video

the ability to be able to draw cute girlies is a talent/gift that is truly godsend. ^^;

Amazing Amazing! Kuro is amazing! :DD

Danny couldve been an architect! XD

Cute. Both Kurot and Mirai XD

Didn't know she was from Vancouver.

wow, just amazing. Like Kurot artwork ^^.

Danny your art not that bad, the building was very detail @.@'. At least I can't draw something like that...

Kurot's amazing talent never ceases to amaze me > u < <33333

I can't wait to see the finished chibis! Wonder what they'll be used for...

Her art are getting better and better as the time goes by...

d@@b

Makes me wish I would have kept going with artwork. But at the same time it lets me appreciate the effort, skill and potential of other artists beginners to masters.
Her skill is impeccable IMO.
I like the drawings you have there. Love the crisp detailing and perspectives.

Ah she's really good (:
But hard work needed indeed.

Wow that's an amazing drawing for doing it in just 8 minutes O.O

Kurot's style is very cute! It's amazing you were able to meet each other and even more that you were able to put the drawing session on video! ^^

You, too, have good drawing skills, Danny. ^^

Mirai-chan has a tears in her eyes because she stubbed her toe. Poor Mirai ~

I loved watching Kurot draw, I always seem to make some goof when drawing with permanent media(markers, pen) when I don't do a pencil guide first. Though if I really concentrate I can do well, I just haven't drawn like that in so long. Always like seeing how artist have progressed. I look back at some of my old work and think it's so bad now, when at the time I thought it was SO great! It's cute now looking back.
Now that I work full time it's hard to find a lot of time to work on my art. I had to find work outside of my art just to make money. Art is most important to me, but it seems like it was hard for me to break in to it. But it's okay, because I haven't given up and seeing other artist I admire work gives me motivation.

http://jherron.deviantart.com/ (deviant page, posted when I did my own Mirai fanart)
www.busstopdays.com (my personal/business art page)

Illustrator Kurot....... BEST!
That kawaii quick sketch of Mirai is amazing!!
Suggoi :O!
Danny your lucky to have Kurot drawing Mirai for you XD

Inspiring ^_^ great work and thanks for posting.

Nice!! Wish I can draw like that using a marker. If it was me, I wonder how many scribbles and mistakes I'll make, not to mention in less than 10 mins!! >_<

Really nice clean artwork!! d^^b

Love her style :D Seeing the evolution of her art is pretty interesting too, she's come a long way since 1995 ^^

I'm stuck in your late 2000 era of drawing... @_@ Haven't been able to move past that... >_<

I shouldn't give up on drawing huh, after seeing those "drawing over the years" it really tells me that it takes a long time to get good! I'll keep going!

I'm more impressed by Kurot dedication to drawing. Very impressive.

Very inspiring to see another fine artist draw. Beautiful art work I must say.

very kawaii illustration! do like :3

I would gladly trade my computer literacy skills to draw like this.

Just seeing Kurot drawing Mirai-chan in that video really inspired me to keep drawing :)

To just draw with a marker pen is amazing enough. Most impressive.

Nice art =p

Very neat and it's impressive

Yeah, shes amazing, great work!

8 minutes with a marker pen O.o, that amazing the art was very good.

omg Mirai-chan so cute in that art >.<

i love the progressions... yea, practice does make perfect

Nice art..from a newbie into a pro's!! i like the MOE pic..8 minutes was hard to draw that fast..2 thumbs up Kurot ^|||^

I think I might try a timeline of my drawing myself... my style has changed drastically and improved a lot in the course of even just 1 year!

And why does Mirai have tears in her eyes? Is it the wind blowing in her face?
(Please just tell us the answer Danny! ^^)

Kurot's an inspiration. :O She is very talented at what she does, can't believe she drew that without a pencil underlay or anything. Brilliant!

And not too bad on your own drawings there Danny, do you still draw?

Her art is so lovely!! And wow, 8 minutes for THAT?!?! *__*

Seeing the progression of art picture gives me hope for myself someday, hahaha. I like to look at my art from the past from time to time just to remind myself that I AM improving... Just gotta keep going.

http://kassie.deviantart.com is my deviantArt page. :]

I am in love. Hey Danny, send her my way. =P

8 minutes under interrogation, simple amazing.
Your both wonderful artists, better then I'll ever get at drawing anything :}

Wonder if Kurot will draw me an original 2D bishoujo that I can call my own-not as in my own artwork(thats just wrong) but as in an original character I can use around the net. example: avatar, site mascot(dont have a site though), story character n such.

awesome, Kurot's from my hometown, Vancouver!!

Wow! Very impressive drawing improvement through the years.

I guess Mirai's tear is due to happiness, after someone she love proposed to her ^_^

>< The progression puts a big smile on my face. I loved Kurot's reaction to Danny's sugoi na, WHAT?! hahaha

When I draw, I have to use about a billion lines and erase the extra 999million lines to get a line ^^ I haven't uploaded anything new to my deviantART since my more recent drawings were ecchi requests from a certain someone > > Danny's drawings are cute too.

.....just amazing. And it gives a good timeline for how long it will take to become that good: 15 years! BTW your artwork is bery good too Danny ^^

wish i could draw like that sigh

Great artwork. It was cool seeing her draw in real time.

As with anything, practice makes perfect.

WAO! かわいいね！^^

ダニーもパースがとてもうまいよ！！
驚いた（＠o＠）

I really like the chibi style of the girls rather the actual.

I'm a crappy artist with bad drawing but I do wish I'm able to draw moe 2D girls.

Like Kurot's current style, it's great to see how she evolved throughout the years, must have taken a lot of work and required lots of passion. Keep up the great work! ^^

A shame there's not photo where we can fully see Kurot-chan herself, there's just something about cute female illustrators~ <3

ooh would like to see some overseas artist at comiket more often

Wonderful art work! Great art-icle ^_^

Mirai-chan has tears of happiness after Danny explained how much she means to him. Although he will never be her father, she is always his daughter - that's why she is also flushed with pride! Ahhh!

Great art work indeed ^^

Awesome drawing! The reason for the tears? .. It was a happy moment to draw Mirai live?

Hehehe, this is it, your kinda level is what I'm aiming for all these years.
Been drawing for 12 years and I'm still only a noob compared to you ^_^
No giving up though, I swear someday I will be as good as you \(^o^)/

Give me 8 years and I probably still wouldn't complete that drawing. Amazing work of art.

No way I can do that with a marker...

Kurot has an amazing talent. I've been a little fan of her's for a while now ^^
Oh yes, and my deviantART link if anyone wants it is right here :3 www.morgan-lamia.deviantart.com

wow she draws so perfectly for just 8 minutes! Would take me like the whole day to do that haha ^^;
Love the timeline, it's really interesting seeing the change of art styles and improvements over time.

Danny, your work is amazing too, I'm guessing you done some tech drawing during your school years.

下書き無しでサインペンの一発書きでコレかよ。スゲェ。
95年からの変革を見ると、やっぱり描き続ける事が大事なのね。

12 years into that...Wow!! now that's what i call a lot of dedication and interest into something. I have a lot of interests here and there, but non for as long as 12 years....:(

That's some improvements over a period of time... Like the saying "Practice makes perfects".
Applause for Illustrator Kurot!

Danny: u got some basic skill there... brush it up! =D

Wow! Impressive work. You can really see the improvements through the years. This shows that if you are hardworking and determine enough, you will achieve your goals.

And looks like Nendoroid or Nendoroid Petit Mirai might be out soon ^-^

Nice drawing, OMG >_> 12 years drawing, that's a very nice experience Great Work Kurot!!!

Oh yeah, saw this on your YouTube channel earlier. And it's still awesome!

my best is stickyman..
i bought a tablet with intention to learn digital drawing/coloring, but ended in massive FAIL =__="

Love her drawings. They are very good. Yeah Nom Nom was from Cookie Monster. Watched for a long time when I was a kid. Cookie Monster was my favourite. Sesame Street is 40 years old so is Cookie Monster. He stuffs his face with cookies and goes Oh Nom Nom Nom

As a former deviantart user ( im still in DA but rarely now ) What Ms. Kurot stated was the truth and nothing but the whole truth itself. Keep practicing, have a chat with certain artists, accept critics, accept change and by the end of a certain session you will learn something to enhance your capabilities towards art may it be manga style, painting on canvas etc.

A quick history of 'OM NOM NOM':

Back in 2007 ago while I was lurking around 4chan, Anonymous posted a screenshot of Nishizawa Ayumu (Hayate no Gotoku) along with the text 'OM NOM NOM'. This was due to the fact she was not a main chara yet and was merely shown quick 10-20sec cameo shots of her always eating something delicious.
Ayumu quickly became known an 'OM NOM NOM tan' during S1 of HnG.

Just like caturday originated from 4chan, the phrase OM NOM NOM has quickly spread over the internets and has become a popular internet meme

Whether OM NOM NOM had any remote reference to the Cookie Moster is unknown. IMHO, it is merely a coincidence that Anon used the same phrase as the Cookie Monster.

im the creator of om nom nom
*gets bricked*

its scary how kurot doesnt work with a skeleton to guide her drawing.and it still looks so anatomically correct.
and im guessing mirai made a confession or something.
the plot thickens D:!

Excellent artwork :)

I like her style, really pleasant and charming.

It's really impressive to draw something like this without any pencil sketches. And it's moe! :D
Used to doodling a load during classes when i was still in school but not anymore. Would love to pick up a skill or two in drawing and cg-ing anime characters for sure. Lotsa hardwork needed. ^^

aww, I only spotted Taiga once.

i always love looking at all my drawings in consecutive order, and seeing how each time they get better little by little, i hope to be as good as kurot someday

Now that's really something! You can see that she is really talented to be able to do that straight to pen without any pencil sketches. I can't draw at all so I'm really impressed.

I was very impressed when I saw the video at the frontpage yesterday, drawing Mirai-chan went so fast ^w^

the style of Mirai is so cute! amazing to just use a pen under pressure! Great to see the progression, hard work is key. beautiful work Kurot!

A fellow Final Fantasy fan eh? Hehe , your art is great Kurot

Absolutely amazing! This is what you call "to tame the pen". I was stunned by the fact that she managed to draw it so accurate and fast without sketching any roughs beforehand.

Your drawings look great, too, Danny! I really like the street one.

Very skilled artist and amazing skill to be able to start from the eyes and build outwards

i love to draw and although i always get told im very good i never really thought i was that great ^^
i've been attempting to draw with skeleton/bases recently and have improved alot!

Wish I had that talent too....

I watched the vid yesterday, very awesome and cute ^^

Danny was very encouraging :P

I haven't CG'd for a long long time and I still suck at drawing straight off without a sketched base lol

Kurot's drawing are awesome! So are Danny's back in the day.

I can't draw to save my life. Learned that lesson pretty early.
So I stick with just giving colour to stuff, like GK. I can do a bit of sculpting tho...

Amazing...years of practice put in use...& of course gorgeous artwork as well....

Really nice to see Kurot's progression chart! I had a bad habit of not dating my art so its a bit hard to make something like that :P I do have some of my older works here and there, makes me cringe when I look at them sometimes ^^; I had been drawing for longer than Kurot but I think Kurot must really love what she does to be able to keep it up :) Ganbare Kurot san! :D:D

Where did that background music come from? XD

I didn't know you drew, Danny! Love the perspective on the cityscape.

My DA account is poofiemus.deviantart.com, though I haven't updated it in ages. Maybe I'll post some of my animations there when the quarter's over.

Beautiful drawer, really liking the art work with the slight smile.

Great illustration, Kurot!

1. copy the same style as every other artist, because it's the only one that sells.

2. ?????

3.profit!

Wow! It looks like she has always had a gift for drawing anime! She is livin' the dream and that is so great! <3

I think your drawings are quite nice Danny! Backgrounds are damn hard! That is a lot of detail going on there, nice work.

I love your accent too Danny! It's kind of British! xD

I'd be nervous drawing on camera too, but I am glad that you taped it and could share with us her drawing in action! It looks so cute finished!

I have a rather abandoned DA and a mangabullet.
http://www.mangabullet.com/runimina/profile
http://dizzytenshi.deviantart.com/

Very nice work! And so quick! I can draw, but only with tools or AutoCAD. And then I can only draw buildings/dungeons. And I'm not n architect, so no strut stress diagrams or anything like that. I like her voice, too.

Since everyone else has answered the Om nom nom thing, I won't.

Wow Kurot art is really good, yes drawing is a lot of practice i am not so good but you can see some of my drawings here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40009766@N02/
hope you like it

Can´t agree with you more Danny. Lovely :)

Nice art Kurot!!

Good jobb Danny to encourage Kurot all the time as I do think we all agree: It´s just lovely :)

That is amazing. One talent I wish I could have. Very well done mate, bravo!
Panstu!! :3

That is amazing, I wish I could draw like that! Nice pencil skills, danny, I can't draw buildings like that.

I would love to have talent for drawing.

Beautiful stuff.

Here is some of my own artwork:

http://www.fifthdreamtoday.com/gallery.html

Awesome Drawing :3

Wow enjoyed the one which showed her works thru the years as it show us that she really worked hard all these years. It's really nice to see how her works progress through the times ^_^

Could someone tell me the figure name that is in the desktop of the video the How to Draw Anime video and if is still available ? Thanks!

Man the popular people on the internet are meeting up! So cool~!

She's really awesome!
my deviant is http://ponygirlilh.deviantart.com/

btw your accent rocks! (^_^)

Kurot is so so nice and cute! I briefly met her last year during the winter Comiket and was dead speechless at how popular she is. I've known her since her Oekaki days and never cease to be amazed by her art and how much she has gotten herself out there.

Massive awesome-ness all 'round! If I could have a pic of me that wouldn't break a camera, I'd ask either of you to draw me anime-style... *sigh* I couldn't draw a stick figure even with a tutorial!... Kudo's to all of you artistic folks, I live vicariously thru you!!....

I'd give up my programming skills to be able to draw like that. Then I'd have a cute girlie everyday for the rest of my life ^^ Seriously. heheh

Do you still draw from time to time danny? I mean, you got the skills...show us your doodles or what not over the years. :D

I would love to be involve at the dinning table

wooo so impresive ^^ i want draw like her ^^" i will practice hard and with love every day ^0^

one word....amazing....for Kurot and also danny ^.^

me thinks om nom nom is from the cookie monster from Sesame Street. although it seems like a number of folks already answered that question. ^^;

is she cute?

I'm not drawing myself but some of my friends are. They started their own studio during the years as students and is now the largest and leading manga studio in Sweden. I have seen this success story from the beginning and know that it is fully possible to make a living as a freelance manga artist if you put effort into it.

Yokaj Studio have published several books now and one of them is "How to draw manga". Unfortunately the books are so far only available in Swedish. But they have an English site, check it out: http://www.yokajstudio.com/index.php?lang=eng

Amazing. No mistakes and in eight minutes. Never thought such a thing is possible.^^;

Very impressive, and with a marker - no easy drawing tool! I like your city drawing too, luvin' the clean line-art.

I used to be able to draw quite well (other people think so at least, me not so much) but school managed to take the fun out of it for some years. I do find myself drawing more and more now-a-days, it helps me to solve programming problems!

I found my niche in drawing machines and technical drawing I still try and draw anime but found I excel better with the aforementioned and monsters.

Wow, the drawning is really cool ~~~

Good job Kurot-tan! It's a nice progression work from when you first started :)

Wow, looks super awesome! She's so talented and from Vancouver too (double win!)

Kurot looks cute from what little I see from that pic too ^^

that is awesome! wish i could draw that good....

Wow that's amazing, I wish I could draw that fast and w/ a marker.

Amazing. It'd take me at least 2 hours to draw something that beautiful and even then it wouldn't have that Kurot factor :3

lol.. tegaki-E seems so empty :p http://www.unowen.net/tegaki/dblog.php?u=7359&e=81437

Very Nice

Oh! makes me wanna draw again.

oh madness orzlll

it'll take me ages to reach her level!!!! but i shall not give up after looking at her progress over the years!

btw your not doing too bad yourself danny! :D

wow 12 years! that's indeed love of drawing.
It's been probably about 12 years or a little longer since I first started drawing myself, but I've been on and off for such huge periods of time that I probably only have about a year or little over a year of drawing experience under my belt. That is to say, my drawing still sucks lol.

Her level of skill is really something to aspire for though, especially after seeing her improve and improve so much to what she can do today. I love her current style! punipuni de kawaii!

I'll be brave and share my URL: http://joey1058.deviantart.com Don't expect award winning art, however. It's one of those "it's in my head and it's gotta come out" kind of sites.

@Kurot : Never get tired of loving your art

@Danny: I hope you ve improved now

Great artworks, both yours & Kurot's (^_^)

sugoi sugoi! you have a gift in youre hand, wish i have something im good at

My jealousy of such great illustrations will be my fuel to continue drawing. :P

Such an awesome perspective there danny~

Who she draw fast..

If i were to draw, it would prolly take me 8 hours or even 8 days instead :)

12 years? no wonder she rocks~

for me it's been 6 years of drawing but it still sucks, not that i'm seeking improvement anyway :)

Very impressive - drawing from scratch, no base sketching. She's definitely spent more time drawing than I have.

I have much to improve on!

amazing, keep up the great work, can't wait to see more