Templates to Help You Create Anime and Draw Manga

By Rick Feathers

Have you ever looked for other tools beside your pencil to help you draw anime?

There are many simple tools and software packages to help you sketch and create your drawings. Tools that will help you duplicate drawings like a copy machine, and software that will quickly paints your image like Paint Shop Pro, or templates.

That’s right templates, drafting templates to be exact. These templates come in all sorts of patterns and geometric shapes, even lettering guides are plentiful. Templates can help you in many ways, here is an example.

Ellipse or oval shape templates are great they come in a variety of degrees and sizes and are perfect for drawing anime eyes. Have you ever struggled with getting the eyes to look symmetrical or a mirror image? I think everyone has but with an ellipse template you can have great anime eyes each time. Templates can also help you draw other anatomy and they are wonderful for creating anime costumes and other items.

Here is a tip to help you find a good bargain on templates. Now these templates can get expensive if you buy them individually at office supply store or where drafting items are sold. The best way to get good templates is to shop on ebay, people in the drafting field usually sell them in groups of three or more for the price of one. It’s also a good way to see what templates are available for your specific need.

Templates are an excellent tool for sparking new interest because it’s a different way of creating anime. It’s a new approach that will make your sketches look cleaner and your lines to be sharp and well defined. No more eraser smudges or thick lines.

So get yourself a template and open new doors to drawing your anime art and let the creativity flow freely.