How to Draw a Manga-Style Face (Mark Crilley's "Miki Falls")

[MrVidau]

Mark, you're such an inspiration!

I was wondering if I could ask you to put up more "very basic stuff" videos, like this one?

[darklovewishes]

Ugh, I hate how one thing can screw up your whole drawing. My worst nightmare....

[animeartist1997]

You should do a video on the difference in manga and American comics for beginners so they can give it the manga feel

[Tina29464615]

Oh my, 4 years ago ... Mark-Sama :D

[gabrielajocson]

@kaygirl244 You do know that you annmar was the one who dissed Crilley right? Not 3R3MITE...

[TheOnlyBabeWithBrain]

You are really good, but its not that pretty that hers mouth is so high :(

[Vidov24]

What are u using to erase that ?? pless awnser (new to drawing =P)

[RangerAmp]

@Vidov24 He is using a Artist Eraser it is like silly puddy but it erases thing im not to sure how to describe it but it is very useful because you can shape it into a point to get into a small area that needs to be erased

[Vidov24]

@Vidov24 I know now .... :D

[grrtrixxx]

The sheer thought of you sharing your work on your latest page, comic, or even just drafts for future comics/mangas your are starting or will start is a true joy to see. Your work is fresh and exciting to see, always enjoyable keep it up.

[Deadkizz13]

i know what a large jaw is good for ;D

[MrProdigalKnight]

man, your revelation that you can draw girls with large chins and still have them look attractive really helped me out.

[forastfire202]

moldable eraser ftw!

[bybouch10]

Please for your next videaos

MORE DETAILS :)

[yoppl247]

listen annmar. dont call him a dik

cuz you are one

[hardstylemanga16]

@DGraymanfan200 - i also never had but i can stand alone without any art lessons,:)

[DGraymanfan200]

never had an art class before. :)

[roymaster28]

This is the fist time I've ever seen you erase.....

[kayoenfreer]

Woo hoo! kneaded eraser!

[animegirl11223]

can u teach how 2 draw the full body and the full face plz

[TabshiMagical]

Mark, I am a really big fan of your artwork. To be in all honesty, you kind of inspired me to go to art college :D Which in return, made me more dedicated to my schooling. And I am also creating a series/book of my own. Hope in the future you could watch it ^.^ Take care and tell Mio I said Hello :D Hehe, blessed be <3

[MrSteenstra]

When you pause the video en go from like 0:12 to 7:11 you can realy see the improvement, amazing

[MrBrendon901]

you could barly see what he was doing.

[888MonkeyCheeky]

your so awesomeness :) xD

[devilspride07]

awesomeness?

[bubatu12]

I train at school =o)

[LaPriest]

thats awesome.. im pretty good at sketching..i want to make agreat comic...

[LazySheller]

me too lol

[htyhtyhtyh]

how would you draw the mark of crurse mark sasuke i think these are great 5 stars

[3R3MITE]

@annmar123

Don't be such a dick. If you would have taken the time to look at his upload list, you would see several examples of how to draw female characters.

Think before you speak.

[vampireanimelover11]

@annmar123 im srry but u dont have to be rude hes trying hard he has a carrer or however u spell it but anyway please dont be mean

[3randomactors]

is this just normal A4 paper he is printing on..me and my friend are thinking of making a manga comic ... if any 1 can draw decent manga please contact me ill assign you a character

[LaPriest]

that sounds cool how long you guys been drawing

[3randomactors]

my friend hes drawn for about 2 years me about year an a half :P

[MrSora10]

i was having trouble doing the shape of my manga persons head but i think i seen your vidio on that thanks for helping me. ps you are the master of all drawing!and i can not even beat you, your awesome!

[KRenee14]

How do you get your pencil so sharp to make a mouth that small?!?

[rainwingwolf]

You sketch lighter than I do...

If I'm gonna get good with my manga I need to draw lighter... you erased that so easily. :l

[KevxKun]

He sounds so much more different lolol.

[unforgivenblades]

yeah its a kneaded eraser =P

[lillibell9898]

what kind ov eraser?

[unforgivenblades]

kneaded eraser

[Electroguy1996]

i like the way you say 'manga'

[babyphatsr]

ur the best teacher in manga i have see other people teacher and did not help at all.i see ur i did better in my manga.

[dryad1512]

The sound that the rubber made just like the "hump hump hump" from the monkeys :)

And ... so u make 2 comic pages on 1 paper. What size of the paper u're using? A4?

[OhMuhLawd]

Put Rubber, ii Think xD

[OhMuhLawd]

ii Use That Rubber In Art Class xD ii Forqot What Its Called o:!

[Sentiray]

u good a nice rubber there!:P

[SuperJuniorSungMin]

was that the kind of sqeeze able and play able rubber?????? if taht is i dont like that rubber be cuz that rubber got stuck to everything

[ryuman757]

I never understood why manga drawings always looked so cool...specially since i'm not too much of a fan lol, but Ive always wished to be able to draw manga-like drawing, hope ur tutorials can help :3

[MrL0R3NZ0]

are you holding the camera and drawing at the same time?....damn, calm down wit your multi-talented ass....hahahaha

[DrOpShOtZoMbIe]

hay mike what kind of book shell i use to draw my manga what pen is bes to go around the outline with

[animecraver]

oh wow.. the vid good but quite shaky... i draw much better now after watching ur tutorials. thx mark crilley~!! XD

[josukeajibana]

everytime I listen to your videos and draw at the same time, I draw better than usual...so thanks Mark^^ some people ought to try it to!!

[ValkrieEye]

Whenever I practice and practice and take lots of tutorials my art doesn't look good :(

I'll never be a good artist like Mark Crilley T_T

[TheRamenMan]

lol hahahaha

[russell602]

the trick is to believe in ur self and not worry bout ur work tomuch. my work looks best when i havent really cared about if it looks right

[psychosis182]

I had the same problem when i started. No matter how hard I tried I could not get certain things right, mainly legs and hands. I am a student at the Art Institute and one of my instructors told me something that really changed my work. She said "Your problem is that you are trying too hard". She said that the key was to draw from instinct, not with your mind. Once I learned to let go and just draw each line as itself, things where better. Doing blind contour drawings can help with that!

[sandfire1on1]

I've practiced all this stuff so much... The one thing I wonder about is laying out the panels. How do you decide the designs? I'd really love to see a series of videos explaining in detail how to create tension, do action scenes, etc!!!

Seriously I'm ready to shell out some cash for tutoring, but I'd love to see how YOU do it.

[lolkittehs34]

I agree. I think you SHOULD do one on panel composition.

[skyarsalan]

what type of paper is he using?

[mgw2006]

He uses Bristol Board

[itsyrc2]

how did you decide the layout for that page?

[annamazing12345]

nice vid :D

[HitachiinLover666]

im not that good(im only 13!) but Miki Falls inspired me to star drawing manga (ouran and D-grayman inspired some of my style) i was wondering if you could do a tutorial on how to draw the head? it would be awesome if you did! i love your work!

[XXXkawaiiDJYUKIXXX]

yea that's schould by great

[hiryu78]

I agree. I'd very much love to lurn how to draw a manga head. Also, his work has enspired me a great deal! Thanks Mark. =)

[sheraton68]

I'm not a hardcore manga drawer,but I was wondering if you could post a video on how to be consistent with the eyes because I tend to have trouble with that in particular component.

[Mangaman642]

Do a vid on how to draw the manga face/head, the outline because some of my friends suck @ the heads and now i (srry u) can show 'em how

[TamsosPadaras]

Big chin is more realistic, but in manga is not beautiful... it makes char look like some what fat... sorry, for my opinion...

[TheOneAndOnlyFerados]

i dont think you need to apologize its his character in his world wide sold book... i dont think hell care

[Akoa0013]

I felt a bit sad when you erased the drawing but your redo was much better.

[jamescv572]

no nvm

[jamescv572]

did you make this because i asked you ? maby.

[maryjproductions]

thats what she said. lolz. btw you are an awsome drawer. keep up the good work

[FabulousKhakiFish]

I was thinking of that while i was reading hapsap's comment... :D He is a good drawer

[nightwish568]

You draw so good!!But I actually wanted to watch one of your videos to learn how to draw a proper mouth,but,you didn't do one :(...your video of how to draw an eye helped me alot!Also....don't take that perssonaly it's actually kind of an...honour but sometimes you sound like Crispin Freeman...I mean your voice and that's cool!Thanks for all those videos you have uploaded!They will also help me alot in school,you know how this is,you draw good,you take a good grade at "drawing" lesson :)

[kodama4ever]

He has a mouth video up now; it's called How to Draw Manga Mouths, Four Different Ways.

[nightwish568]

Oh,I see,thank you very much for letting me now ^^

[kodama4ever]

no problem ^.^

[ResplendentRose]

I wish the camera was still so it's much easier to see what your doing...-_-

[AtoZcrap]

my japaneese friend told me that Miki is boys name in japan.. well i dunno

[BeingStupid101]

She's named after his wife

[AtoZcrap]

oh sorry, i heard wrong. it's girls name xD

[katuni08]

Ugh, I hate it when that happens XD

[ihatefasionandmiley1]

JAPANESE RULES I LOVE MIKI falls 4ev <3

[arcane114]

how to you draw so lightly? mine are always way to dark.

[wolveslovetohowl21]

Try using less pressure

[Yondieisthebest]

And holding the pencil farther away from the tip.

[ihatefasionandmiley1]

sometimes u can have like 6b or 8 b or a darker pencil not like hb or something this is how dark it is or u can try to less pressure than drawing to hard.

[hapsap]

or you can buy a harder pencil. With a harder tip, soft tips generally seem a bit darker

[kailuv04]

iloveBSB112 just because someone can draw anime or manga doesnot mean they are japanese! =S

[iloveBSB112]

Do you know why i asked so? That's because in my memory i saw some japanese symble in his manga!! Is that a good answer for you??

[iloveBSB112]

But i don't know if i saw Janpanese symbles exactly in his manga!

[flutisticwonder]

He does sometimes use Japanese symbols, but that just comes with the style of art. He's American, and can speak/write Japanese.

[iloveBSB112]

Such a great answer! I now understand. Just look back the answers from someone else..urghhhh! But i still wonder why he must do that or this is a way to express his love to Japan(ese) where manga ,which he is trying to make, comes from? If i got mistakes (in gramma) then correct them!

[iloveBSB112]

actually, i don't think that he's Japanese but an American!

[deirara747]

I knew that for sure

[iloveBSB112]

Can we read some pages of this manga online and... free??

[Juletrumme]

He's posted a sample of the manga, but its all worth buying it! :D

[iloveBSB112]

Is he a Japanese? Why can he speak English that well??

[fatal965]

he isnt japanese hes american he just so happens to draw manga very well hope that answers your question

[BlanFan2O]

well he's american but just because you're not japanese doesn't mean you can't draw anime/manga

sorry just kinda wanted to get that point across I've heard many others say it too

[Shaxas13]

How do you not smear the pencil is awesome lol. I do that ALL the time.

[raymondx2005]

mikki falls character is kind of ugly !!

[rockthesocks14]

i know what the plan is!

[iloveBSB112]

Are you a mangaka?? Can I know your manga's name?

[shao1hwang]

its miki falls

[georgebito]

yea he is his manga is miki falls

[niggarayreese]

cool

[maddie591316]

Wow those drawings really are sorta life like.And especially the hair.

[joltknight]

his eraser is amazing.

[AndrasDaroczi]

Kneaded eraser FTW!

[dexman2]

Mouths are not that high up on the face.

[mrturkey23]

>Dexman2 Who cares? he did better than you could. I'd like to see you make a successful manga, dexman2.

[OverlordRijii]

i understand why you are upstet at his\her comment but just because he is a profesinal manga artist doesn't mean that everyone must like it and if someone wants to voice thier opinion then it can help the manga-ka improve so i don't think its fair to jump on his case

[mrturkey23]

>OverlordRijii Yeah, you're probably right. I'm just having a bad day, so sorry for jumping the gun.

[Genius314x]

Well, he specifically mentioned in the video that he gives his characters larger chins than normal. It's part of his style.

Also, I think in this specific picture, the character's head is supposed to be tilted up slightly (although I could be wrong)

[0SongFreak0]

I always thought that the mouth higher on the face gives the character a scared or sad impression. But your idea of it is good. (As long as you don;t do it to often in my opinion.)

[RisaLovelyComplex]

i hate the huge chins

[impaxxive]

Agree, huge chins are ugly

[rosydonut]

is it meant to be completely to scale? no..because its a manga..

no one says anything when manga eyes are like 5 times bigger that a real persons..

but still..im not having a go...lol just pointing it out..

[lu3mm3l]

Very, very, very helpful!

Thank u fo' uploading your videos, u do a great job!

I try to use ya tips fo' my images.

Thank u! =)

[MoniMusical]

excuse me but could you tell me where to get Miki falls spring because i can not find it

please reply

[roopd13]

You can ask your local book store to special order it, or you can search it on amazon.

[NalGen3]

i ordered the books from barnes and noble's website, or you could probably ask your bookstore to special order it like roopd13 said.

[BakuganHearts]

thank you

[godsends897]

Hey you should do a how to draw bleach characters

[actrofio]

he in the "past" did some videos on for example how to draw naruto but youtube removed the videos becouse the autors of naruto didn´t want for him to have those videos.

srry abou bad english =p

[mrguitarjoe]

Brilliant instruction. I luv it!

But could you by any chance get a better quality camera? :P

[hwdegen]

the little miki and the left is so CUTE i love that one :D

Mark Crilley FtW !!!!!!

[RLewisH]

How many of those pencils do you have? The black PC ones?

[kiki10020]

Thats one pro eraser

[mattanddaxter]

It's a kneeded eraser

[LittleBigSackAND]

i hate the things, i can never use em.... but now i actually know how becuase he just showed me.....

[ChimpxSpank]

Lmao.. I only realized this at like the 9 minute mark... Hes drawing in his car aha.

[pyroumorc]

lol true true, totally funny

[MangaSweethart]

i dont really like drawing big chins lol

[nephewchan]

yea he makes chin waay to big lol he even admitted it himself

[flutisticwonder]

It's a style, not a fault.

[koolguy698]

LOL AN AMAZING ARTIST. his pencil looks like its from wilkinsons or sumthing that u buy for like 20p

[HarvestMoonGirlie]

Is it beter to draw the body then the head or the head then the body? Cause I draw the head then the body. But my proporions are not so great. ^-^

Thanks to whoever answers... ~_~

[thebulletalchemist]

The head, then the body.

[HarvestMoonGirlie]

okay thanks. :) Really 'preciate it.

[dyingtobethin15]

Yeah, I usully start the head first, but I have to draw light, so I can go back, because I draw it too large compared to the body! lol

[URZeroGravity]

NEVER, i Can draw while holding a Camera on my left hand. Let alone drawing good like that!

[arpp1]

i hope im gonna draw like you some day coz i already have my story but my skills are poor

[damiaez1042]

You could find yourself an illustrator, or a good friend who draws good too. :P

[Joshtika18]

Sorry we all don't want to take your lazy aproach to life. By the way, what if you ARE the friend and want to learn more hmm?

[damiaez1042]

I dunno, then arpp1 should just practise more or just be happy of her art style. But I've seen many people have their own illustrators, and I didn't mean arpp1 SHOULD do it. It's a suggestion. If he/she doesn't want to do that, then it's he/she's choice. :3

[animeta7322]

I love manga

[WGStephen]

hey mark, i was just wondering, how long did you copy other ppls artwork? i am still copying work though i have only been drawing for a couple months and i am pretty good, i was just wondering how to create ur own style, names, and story and stuff.

please reply!!

thanks!

from your fan, Stephen Wang!

[LuffyOniiSan]

lols he won't reply. I think ya copy the whole Dragon Ball manga. And when ya finish, ya will have already developed your own style.

[WGStephen]

yea i know but he replied once.

im not sure if i wanna copy the whole entire dbz manga XD.

i already can copy pics fine, i need to find out how to draw my own characters without copying pics.

[lifetocereal122997]

llol

[AdrielAviles]

Same HERE!

[LuffyOniiSan]

lawls how many pics have ya copied? I can copy pics fine too. But I don't have enough time to train myself... Big exam coming up ARRRRGH. Anyway. More pics copied = Copy FULL DBZ = Drawing like Mark.

[servandovill]

aaaah!!! i want to know how to do the fucking head the fucking shape head normally you just do it and thats all you have to do a circle first or comething!!!

[henz3394]

could you let me know what you used for drawing? beside pencil, and where could i get them all? thank you.

[s4asuke16]

Isn't it really hard to draw the eyes the same and simetricall. That's on of the things that i hate. It is hard.

[FQSilencia]

I know! But look in the mirror, look carefully and you'll see that no eye is the same to another! Even in anime and manga, there are slight differences, I guess it becomes easier with time to make them look more like each other! Hopefully you wont mind my careless meddling!

[s4asuke16]

Thanks

[perfectblackdot]

ur eraser's weird:P

[funkymonkey11179]

Its called a putty rubber my dad uses them when he does the roughs for his illustrations

[puppyxdogxwoof]

ohhhh..cool o-o

[puppyxdogxwoof]

that was a weird eraser o.O

[Kayhem]

Its called a putty eraser, basicly they come in a block like a normal rubber, but are posable like bluetak...vey very useful ^^

[chaoticsoul13]

Putty eraser is a nickname :/ its actually called a KNEADED eraser

[Kayhem]

Ahh, Awsome thats didnt know that! ^^