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Loading ...Mark Crilley: How To Draw People Kissing In A Pose
Here we have another excellent video art tutorial from leading manga and anime artist Mark Crilley where this time he shows you how to draw a couple kissing but placing emphasis on the pose more so than the actual kiss itself.
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He begins by drawing a rectangular box roughly on a 45 degree angle and divides this with a vertical line and a horizontal line. This box will form the basis to hold the proportions of the two manga character’s heads and their upper bodies which just makes everything much simpler when you apply further detail to your drawing.
Crilley explains that the standard and most recognised shape for a manga head is almost a resemblance of a tear drop and so he draws in very lightly with his pencil two of them in the two right hand side boxes. There is an additional diagonal line drawn in which goes from the upper left to the lower right of those right hand boxes and this will be a key line to align the manga facial features especially the eyes.
The left hand boxes as Crilley explains is reserved for the male manga character’s shoulder and upper arm and also the exaggeration that is needed for the female character’s wrist in the sense that it is important to make the wrist more narrow and delicate to emphasise the male masculine body. Again this is all drawn lightly in pencil gaining all the correct proportions and as Crilley says at this stage a lot of the picture you are drawing is interpretative so really use your eye to study what you are drawing and ask yourself questions like ‘Does this look in proportion’ so that if it doesn’t it easy easy to erase and amend.
Throughout the video you will draw of a lot of features and and really get to grips with visualising how a manga pose should be drawn and if you follow Mark Crilley’s step by step instruction then I would say you will have accomplished a very advanced layout in the world of manga and anime. So reach for your pencils and get going with your romantic manga drawing.
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I have studied art for most of my life and would easily say that it was my number one passion. I appreciate everything surrounding art but I gear most of my efforts towards anatomy and the human form. I believe there is nothing more beautiful and rewarding than being creative to produce art which does the human figure justice. I hope you enjoy my portfolio and if you have any questions do not hesitate to contact me. I also travel the world whilst maintaining this website in the hope to broaden my horizons and discover all the different types of art around the globe.
Mark, you’re an amazing artist and you make drawing so easy for me. I really like your work and am working on getting your books. I’v drawn your crying Chibi, your other kissing people and the kissing people in this video. It’s really fun learning to draw from such a great artist. Thank you soo much!!!
I can give you several websites of where people ship a sole boy/boy or guy/guy couple. From fandoms, mostly, though. Name a fandom and I’ll give you it’s yoai ;D Harry Potter, Merlin, Dr. Who, you name it; theres a g** couple of every kind for it :3 and don’t even get me started on yuri…
You say that boy/girl is strange, to tell the truth is you wanting to know how to draw g** couples IS strange. Mostly everyone just wants to see a couple as boy/girl and that’s all people really want to see in movies and drawings.
can’t you just substatute some part, and make little arangements to switch the genders?
Like, for boy/boy, get rid of teh boobies ( x3 ) and long hair, ect. And add some stuff if you wanna make it girl/girl. 
[ Just a suggestian, don't hate me ;~; ]
Markcrilley, i know you only draw anime/manga. But could you please attempt drawing the hunter and witch from left for dead please
I’ve searched all over youtube for a drawing video of it so if you make them you’ll be the first 
Since I am nearly done with my dialogue I have been watching your videos to get my manga skills up to date so I can start doing the illustrations to my book. Hoping it will be done by summer 2013. If I get it published Iwill send you a copy mark.
*gives you a thumbs up* that’s pretty awesome bro but I was kinda wondering about the girls hair, wouldn’t it be like falling down infront of her face? I’m not saying I don’t like it (I really do)I’m just wondering if it’s a style thing?
shut the f*** up you should go suck your f****** thumb easy to say when you hiding like a p**** visit him and tell him to face!! you wouldn’t get any f****** words from your f****** mouth out! this is my teatcher and he teatches very perfect!
Can you please show how to do curly hair?? My girlfriend has curly hair and I want to draw her likeness in a character but i can’t make curls look right. and I think curly hair is beautiful but almost no one ever does it.
could u do a how to draw video on couples holding hands…? I was trying to draw a picture of my two signature characters holding hands on the beach. You know, with their backs to the “camera”? Just wondering.. Thanks!
No blushing !! It looked great without them. I mean if you over use something it’ll lose it’s affect. I read some of miki falls and I think you over use blushing throughout your manga. I Love your videos and the surfer dude thing, lol. Thank you for your time.
Hello Mark Crilley,, I’ve really been a fan of yours for almost 3 or 4 years now, and over the years the question has started to come to my mind because as a kid, i usually started like any other, drawing with a pencil, then i draw with pencil and then color it with Photoshop cs5, now, i have a tablet and now i do all my things digital,now the question i wanna ask is, do you draw with pencil & and tablet?
sorry for being nosey but where did u learn and what classes did u take i am inspired to take classes, because ive always loved drawing but cant do very well freehanded. i mean i can look at a picture and draw it but i want to learn all the stuff u can do like the guidelines and stuff @markcrilley PM me if u can very much appreciated
Hey mark,How do you make your own comics of manga i dont know where to begin and most of all i spend much papers to draw like you, where did you learn it on a school or on youtube would you tell that please!!Lovee u drawing!!
You are an amazing artist, and I’m guessing a great writer… I’ve never read your books, but I hope I get to soon. I really wish I could draw like you, but I find these videos very helpful and I practice a ton! All free-handed, too.
I love your accents! they are so funny! Anyway, the other day i picked up your latest book maastering manga and i have to ay it has changed me ever since. i used to draw all the time but as i got older i kind of grew out of it. Then i started watching your AWESOME videos on how to draw and i was all like, “wow. this crilley guy is like my new favorite artist”. now that i have subscribed i watch all your videos and i read mastering manga. and now i just want to say thank you Mark Crilley!
Never say your drawing sucks or it’s bad! Because it makes you lose your hope of becoming something big in art, I draw Halo , Call of Duty, dragons, and people and that’s hard, but when something gets messed up, I keep trying until I get it right, I bet you are a very good artist.
u r amazing ! i love drawing i’ve been drawing since forever and my friends think i’m good at it but i attend to design more than manga but it has always been i dream of mine to know to how to draw these stuff sooo i think ur magical and i would love to be ur student !!!!!!!
I am an aspiring artist who just wants to be heard. I do time lapse videos on my channel. Can anyone please like or even subscribe to me? Please I just want a chance. Like this so mark crilley can see some of my drawings
I want to be a comic book illustrator but I’m not that good at anime or manga..I really wanna focus on manga though. Please get back to me on how to make it look realistic and where exactly to put the lines int he right place:/
As far as I know, no book stores have Mark’s books on the shelves but if you ask out the counter, they will order it 90% of the time and then you can pick it up. I did it with Miki Falls, Brody’s Ghost and Mastering Manga.
Hello, good evening… First want to say i love your videos. I’m wandering if you could make a video of getting different poses right. When though your videos and it usually a specific pose that you did… If it a no for the video, can you suggest a way of getting different poses when you can find a good reference to the one you want. Thank, will truly appreciate it
I think a thirty minute how to draw video would be absolutely wonderful! I love all the videos you give us, and I think it would be watched far more than you might believe. Thumbs up if you agree so Mark Crilley sees this and gives us what we want!
mark,you should do a how to draw swords vid,and showcase a short sword fo your own design,long sword of your own design and broad sword of your own design,and have some very handy tips on drawing your own designs for swords,it would be great,thumbs up so he can see
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Comment and tell me if you’ve ever had an art-related job or if you would want one. Is your art just for you or do you want fame or wealth bsuecae of it?I’ve never had an art related job, though I have done artistic things in my work (video editing, photo editing/manipulation, etc.). I’d enjoy having some sort of artistic job, if I was better at it, and if I could continue to provide for my family as well as I do today. Right now, my art is just for me, but if I get better, I would not be adverse to making some coin from my endeavors.
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