People of all ages can use drawing tutorials.
Choosing an online tutorial can teach you to draw popular anime characters at your own pace. Anime characters are Japanese animation from shows like Yu-Gi-Oh, Pokemon, Dragonball Z, Naruto and Sailor Moon. Choose where you get your tutorials based on your ideal learning situation. Some tutorials are step-by-step, with detailed instructions, while others are just pictures showing the artist what basic lines make up the whole picture. Also, some are videos that move on, even when you are not done with a step.
Cartoon Critters
Cartoon Critters is dedicated to teaching people to draw in simple steps. The tutorials are very brief pictures showing the drawer turn the most basic lines into generic and copyrighted cartoon characters. Not all the lessons are for anime characters, but you can find tutorials to draw two types of cats, a mermaid and an elf with anime characteristics. You can also learn to draw Pikachu and Sailor Moon on Cartoon Critters.
Drago Art
Drago Art has many different tutorials, including an entire section devoted to anime character and features drawing. Some of these tutorials are videos, which you have to pause if you cannot keep up, while others are step-by-step pictures with instructions. Sub-sections in the anime tutorial category include lessons on draw Pokemon, Naruto, Dragon Ball Z and generic human characteristics.
Drawing Now
At Drawing Now, users and resident artists can upload tutorial videos and instructions. The artists of Drawing Now claim the tutorials are easy to follow and teach people to draw, sketch and color their work. As of March 2011, there were five pages of anime character drawing lessons with video tutorials that only move forward when the user clicks "forward." Popular anime character tutorials on Drawing Now include Shippo, Naruto, InuYasha, Gaara, Kakashi, Meiling, Shampoo, Yu-Gi-Oh, Miroku, Temari, Nine-Tailed Fox and Vegeta.
Manga University
Manga University is located near Tokyo, Japan, and the company website offers users lessons on drawing, learning Japanese, cooking and cosplay. The artist, Julie Dillion, picked some popular characters to do tutorials on, but warns users that she does not plan to add any additional lessons. Her tutorials are highly detailed pictures with step-by-step instructions on recreate the image. Characters on this page include Dragon Ball Z, Key: the Metal Idol, Ramma 1/2 and Ronin Warriors.
