My Complete Guide to Anime Style Illustration

In this tutorial I share my process for drawing and coloring on Clip Studio from start to finish, using this illustration of Hololive's Ayame as an example. Enjoy :)
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⭐MENTIONED:
Notion - www.notion.so
Fuzichoco-sensei - / fuzichoco
和柄 (wagara) = Japanese patterns
JP Patterns book - amzn.to/3ussBpR
Pureref - www.pureref.com/
Design doll - terawell.net/en/
🎨 My Brushes + Tutorials + PSDs - oridays.gumroad.com/
MY SOCIALS:
🐦 X (Twitter) - / orideizu
📸 Instagram - / orideizu
MY FAVOURITE GEAR:
🎨 Painting app - Clip Studio: oridays.com/clipstudio
⌨️ Left-hand shortcut device - Razer Tartarus: amzn.to/3PjCHSi
WHO AM I:
Hey 👋 I'm Ori, an anime style artist. On this channel I share drawing tips and tutorials.
Clients I've worked with include Hololive, Clip Studio Paint, Coloso, Haoplay, Huion, XPPen, and more!
🌍 For more info see: oridays.com/
For business: [e-mail]
⌚️Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:24 Step 1: 💭 Ideation & Pose
01:24 Concept & Research
02:53 Step 2: 👤 Character Design
03:07 Familiar vs Strange
04:39 Where to get Japanese patterns
05:20 How to add patterns
05:35 My design mistake
06:39 Step 3: 🔍 References
09:22 Step 4: 🗺️ Color Rough
12:03 I didn't follow my own advice
12:54 ISEKAI FANTASY
13:17 Step 5: ✏️ Lineart
14:24 Step 6: 🖌️ Coloring
15:25 How to choose colors for shadows
16:51 Background & Finishing touches
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BGM by しゃろう
PS: Some of the links in this description are affiliate links that help support the channel (at no extra cost to you) ✨

[@ADarkrei_Old]

I had a feeling that the next video would be about coloring when I saw the Ayame art in the community post. Great video again, full of helpful tips and I really appreciate that you also talk about the mistakes you made during the process! I want to point out two tips you mention in the video because I have confirmed myself that they are extremely helpful: 1) The importance of having references on hand and having the drawing planned out as much as possible before doing lineart and coloring. Having the drawing planned out makes the execution so much easier! It can also save you a lot of painful time, fixing mistakes. 2) Studying things you want to incorporate into your art is so helpful! If you don't understand how to draw something, take some time to just look at it and try to understand the shape, then draw it from different angles/in different variations. You can apply this to literally anything you want to draw. Thanks for the guide Ori! Your videos have been really helpful so far on my journey to learn art! And your Ayame art came out so well!🚌

[@oridays]

Yes, exactly this! I wish I learned these 2 points much earlier in my journey. Thanks for the thoughtful comment and support :)

[@ThOnlyHamForYou]

Exactly! At first I didn't understand what it means to "understand how things work" but one time I just got enlightened all of a sudden and boom I understood it. Maybe it's just because of my lil brain still I don't think I'm the only one who didn't get it it's just over a week since I started so that's that

[@cas1iel]

​@@oridaysThank you for the video, your work looks much better than others. I'm from Russia and I watch you through automatic translation of neural network, so all videos with robot voice 😂 I'm a man of action, so I paint every day. In a couple weeks I managed to get some beautiful faces like yours. I'm telling the truth. But for now I only draw the head without the body, every day I draw the head from different angles, erase and draw a new character directly from the head I find it easier that way than looking at a reference. By drawing a new character every day from the head it gives me a chance to work out elements like eyes, mouth nose and so on over and over again. Then I'll move on to the body In addition to this I also draw about an hour extra before work many times lines, circles, squares. Since I am a beginner my hand still sometimes does not obey, so I already feel his hand stronger. God, I've never had so much fun before. All this I'm doing to not be an artist, I need it for animation. I'm an animator. All I want to say is please make more tutorials, but don't forget to rest. I want more knowledge, more lessons from you

[@anggy8912]

tppo's channel and yours is my favorite kind of video tutorial, it is clear, understanding and easy to follow. i hope you still make tutorial like this in future

[@Queen_of_Catastrophe]

Totally agreed for both of their pretty awesome videos 🎉

[@Inksploded]

This one has more actual tutorial tho

[@exceptionallyriso]

@@Inksploded tppo focuses more on the study-lecture aspect

[@ieatmicroplastics]

this is the only channel where i can look at the drawing in the beginning of the video and say "yeah thats impossible", but then at the end of the video i can say "this is totally possible"

[@Dazanii_]

I feel like I learned so much, but I realized that I still have to try it out myself to see results... The grind begins 🚌

[@oridays]

Learning is just one part of the draw-reflect-learn cycle!

[@Saturnite]

Best quintuplet 👍

[@MikeLopez-ix2lt]

I think Miku is best quintuplet but nice pfp👍

[@zeropen0719]

I really want to thank you,like even when I'm growing on my channel I felt like I'm stuck in a wall,everytime I search tutorials I get the thing you said in another video about shadows but not just for shadows but for everything,so having an english anime style breakthrought that doesnt say just do this or just history of what we learn is what,is so amazing.

[@Ailyloves]

ok but I especially love that ‘familiar + strange’ point. familiar 70-90% and strange 10-30%. 💛

[@Hateful_Cat]

This is easily the best Ayame fan art I have ever seen. Every time I see those drawings it motivates me to draw more and more so that one day I can draw like this. 😭😭😭

[@oridays]

With practice you definitely can do it :)

[@archimedeis]

Wow. Seeing how much you put into these it's no wonder these turn out so well.

[@IamSoup09]

Bro taught me how to improve in a matter of minutes 😶 you're tutorials are so easy to follow and understand! Definitely gonna see how this would work with my art.

[@alizee2178]

I've just discovered your channel and I've watched all your videos as all your tutorials feels so complete and helpful Thank you for the time you put in these videos

[@Timmy_Ha]

Thank you Oridays for your valuable advice! I was excited about what drawing tips you were going to give in your upcoming video. Very generous of you to show the inner workings and thoughts of your workflow process :)

[@oridays]

Happy to hear that! :)

[@averya53]

just discovered your channel and it's very helpful info, one of the few people i've seen who's really good at explaining things and your work process, and your art is very good

[@itsnotzura6859]

🚌 this is great, as a budding artist it’s hard to get a clear picture of the order of things in great pieces. Thank you for your video

[@Zorbnog]

bless you for this tutorial, i've been looking for this but with commentary and explanation, so thank you!!

[@BondforgedSky]

This is definitely gonna help me with my workflow. I usually just do a couple of sketches, then the line art, then the coloring and shading. But I'm gonna have to take notes from this video.

[@pinkius]

I never did such big amount of research during my arts and now I know what I was doing wrong. I didn't spend enough time studying stuff which then resulted in time loss in general. Now I started doing a lot more practice because I want to improve, and your vide came out JUST right.

[@r0zmari113]

This channel is very rare and you deserve more subscribers! I don't see much English-speaking art tutorials without mentioning C/o/l/o/s/o 💀. The subtitles and timestamps are very helpful too. This video is veeeery complete, If I was a teacher, I will rate this video 100/100 score. I'm planning to draw anime illustrations all the way because that's the reason why I started drawing in the first place. I wanted to seek genuine Japanese tutorial from drawing illustrations with this kind of art style. And this is exactly what I'm looking for. Thank you Oridays! 🚌

[@lance1811]

Thanks for creating this video. I would be incorporating some of your tips for my next illustration and future ones.🚌

[@reyniewoop]

Thank you very much for the tutorial! It was very interesting and useful to see

[@infectiousssss]

Here we goooo, thank you!

[@blueblimp]

The extensive detail made this a very interesting video. (Especially when going over all the references you used.) 🚌

[@swisdom9117]

1:50 omg this idea is absolutely BRILLIANT ! I can see myself also doing this to ensure the illustration conveys a story instead of being random af. Also, I could note all the techniques I’d like to try, or different elements of composition etc. never thought of all this befor seeing your video

[@NotShunny]

I love it, thank you so much. Very well done.

[@user-il1fd9ir1m]

🚌 thank you for this video, full of the information. I'm watching this from Japan and really really impressed by your enthusiasm about Japan. I'm not good at English, but this video was easy enough to watshing. I was motivated to paint by this video, and I'm gonna focus on details. Thanks to you.

[@amber-zq3lm]

Very great video and the best tutorial ever😍😍

[@MSCardinal]

Very interesting and helpful video! Also nice drawing ;) 🚌

[@BadAnimeDecisions]

Thanks for the video, this was useful to think about 🌟

[@yuomovaeh3028]

17:42 said no Touhou fan-artist ever (the images are often full with particles and other objects) Good video. I like it how you talk about the planning of the image at the beginning. I feel like many beginner/intermediate artist dont do this often and its one of the hardest parts of the process in a way.

[@explosion5022]

Something I found out is that a lot of my process is similar to yours, such as the shadow rules or the clip layer of the lineart. I always thought they weren't efficient methods because I happened to come up with them. I guess it was just me being slow, but good to know that others artists are doing the same.

[@mythkaz]

🚌 Thanks for the tutorial, I usually don't spend much time on my drawings/art, but will keep these tips in mind for when I want to try nicer things, Thanks again!

[@fal4thought]

Great video, as always! 🚌

[@Sb129]

Your rough color looks great to me all on it's own~

[@Skyblade22]

🚌 thanks for the tips, I find I can learn and absorb a lot from watching artists' workflows

[@Fubyuu]

Ori! Thanks for sharing! I just know how to poses and do a body! Your videos are helpful!

[@yukiHanaSs]

I love your artstyle!!! 😖😖!! You got a new sub!!

[@HoshizoraAzure]

greaat. you not just nicely improve your art understanding, but also the gag scene🤣, i hope you can keep the gag scene and... i also miss your chibi scene at your hair drawing video. and thanks for the tutorials too

[@PotatoPandaLilly]

🚌 loved the video!!

[@phaneros8180]

Thanks for another tutorial :D 🚌

[@psk3y5]

This was really helpful. Thanks bro 🚌

[@wolfie1001]

Your illustrations are always so damn cute

[@ahnsa2709]

🚌 that's a lot of information as beginner, im grateful to stumbled upon this video

[@SunlightSparkle]

🚌 it was very interesting and helpful, Now I think my arts will be a lot better. Thank you!

[@NinNinNekoNinja09]

🚎Thank you for advice and tips

[@ramlan1460]

I really love your video

[@Queen_of_Catastrophe]

I almost graduate from graphic design and it feels like you too are a graphic designer, the way you talk about concepts is pretty similar to what I've learned on uni, also your help, analysis and resources are so good like tppo's videos, thank you ☘️🥺

[@raberu8364]

Ahhh Ojou-sama 😍

[@Jelloooz]

🚌I would love a full colour tut and the illustration is great :)

[@kapeecoffee]

Damn you have such good workflow

[@cvrsxdangel]

Thank you so much for the video

[@ladylandlubber499]

I admire the amount of planning you do. Doing studies for parts you're less comfortable with and what not.... I find that I usually just wing it ^^".... maybe I'll try do more planning from now on XD

[@bioaltair01]

🚌 Thanks alot for this, you are great, keep it up !!!

[@chimika5025]

UUWWOOGGGHH very good tutorial 🚌🚌🚌🚌

[@seant47]

Thanks you so much for doing great videos 🚌

[@VegaLyrae]

This is so much info. It’s all so amazing! But my brain is so small 😂 I feel like I’ll probably watch this again a few times later 🚌

[@icey_john]

this is great, i have always had problems with consistency, and usually my drawings is way way different than my initial sketches. maybe i should try taking notes like you did. ":bus

[@Venuz-the-dragon]

🛺 bro seriously i love your artstyle

[@user-vu1yl6je9f]

🚕 very good!

[@Mente_Fugaz]

You are so freaking amazing

[@rinderfon]

🚌 Thanks for the video!

[@SenpaiDis]

Thanks you so much!!! your channel is awesome 🚌

[@siperjff]

I haven't seen a lot of buses, so here's mine, a couple or months late: 🚌 And thanks for the amazing video as always! You are doing a great job! Keep at it!

[@ZayTheOracleArchive]

🚌 great video your stuff has been so damn helpful as well as inspiring

[@KloudDraw]

I was looking for color tutorial but this video is really informative and educational. Subscribe :3

[@rojaux1533]

İ love your videos atleast it helps more than others video ty

[@falenmei]

Your videos are ao helpful since I'm practicing drawing anime art after a loong time 🚌

[@pman839]

very epic video

[@ericadamo4219]

🚌 Great Video!

[@skystar329]

i suck at art i tried to learn like over 10 times already over 15 years just never got it i hope i can learn how to sketch well. it's just that it's so hard to start and drawing and the form doesnt look good is so hard to get thru but right now imma focus on the important things and learn well I guess the first thing is to practice the head and learn how to draw the eyes and mouth using the box method, there is just so many good youtubers popping up in my feed and i still have a burning passion for wanting to learn to draw.

[@bop6980]

Pretty cool video🚌

[@Kusanaiiz]

Even when I draw anime in the traditional way cuz i cant afford a tablet , i feel like i still learned a bit some of ur advice. Thanks you Oridays u are my inspriration for me to improve and continue drawing :3

[@oridays]

You can make art from anything :)

[@zdudex]

Thank u

[@aceocity8601]

Thank you for the tutorial so much! It's really helpful for beginners and it's really easy to understand.Thank you for your hard work! :D 🚌

[@oridays]

Happy to hear that!

[@denise_stormrage]

🚌 thank you for sharing your know how

[@kenzeeato]

Thanks!

[@oridays]

☺️👍

[@kenzeeato]

@@oridays it really help!! TY!! i'm sub!

[@gorillaglue6498]

really great video, thank you! Would be excellent to get a dedicated line art video, maybe with some tips around brush settings/sizes :D

[@oridays]

Happy to hear that :) I've actually already covered some of that topic in the Fubuki Pack if you're interested - oridays.com/fubukipack

[@gorillaglue6498]

@@oridays this looks great, didn't see it advertised anywhere on your page, thanks!

[@CitricAstrid]

🚌 Great video! 🚌

[@gretee8489]

🚌☺ thank you very much! :3

[@YumeiieArtt]

ありがとうございま〜す！！！🚌

[@VickyKujikawa]

Loved this video! I would also like to know how much time did this ilustration took or how much time you would usually need for a piece like this! As a begginner it feels a bit scary, specially seeing all the studies you made beforehand (which I will try to implement as it is a good idea). Thanks

[@LordNNero]

I always thought I was a beginner artist. But after seeing this, I understand how much of a beginner artist I truely am. Man, I do about 10% of your effort. I can clearly see why yours and other professional illustrator's arts look so overwhelmingly better. It's still overwhelming to me, but I at least now have a way to improve. And your videos, seem so much more relatable (even though I never did many stuff you do for illustration) than others. Which is helpful. I am glad, I became one of your followers just yesterday. Also, love your art. They look very nice. A gentle balance between attractive and stylish. Most other pictures I find online are usually full on attractive, that they don't even have cool and beautiful clothes. Some are overwhelmingly stylish that I don't understand. But, yours are quite gentle on the eye and I love it. And I love fantasy stuff, so even better.

[@justagirlchillinghere]

how i finish my drawing >start >pain >pain >regret >finish and happi happi

[@Ikelon__]

The amount of effort you put in is amazing and the artwork looks really good like waow. How long have you been drawing for? 🚌

[@oridays]

I started learning art seriously about 4.5 years ago!

[@Ikelon__]

@@oridays I see, thanks!

[@vampye360]

🚌great vid

[@phoenix_room_art]

8:21 this is real. Even I scared Alien would caught my mind just thinking about the cute girl poses. After closing the door.

[@catsozen]

Thank you for this! It's really helpful! 🙏

[@aliceton1955]

🚌 thank you

[@slerror]

🚌 it's beautiful 😢

[@illust_asashi]

🚌Thank you for sharing your ideas and methods of drawing! I get inspired by your video a lot

[@helloliere3473]

❤

[@strawberrydome]

🚌 tysm for the tutorial! I don't get it from anywhere else❤

[@baron2887]

May I recommend something in your work. A sakura tree in the background should be more depth toning because tone of shadow look not much different from light. It look drop your work down. if you tried to see in gray scale you will notice it easily. don't worry everyone used to mistake this problem also me too. but overall looing good keep going

[@cosmos11131101]

👍🏻

[@AStixMatism]

Bro knows what he's doing

[@Fiqrirhmt07]

Aaaaa~ thank you for subtitles indonesian :)

[@swisdom9117]

I don’t get how this kinda info can be available for free. Seriously, to use two different types of refs and video yourself doing the poses and screenshot are also stuff I never considered!

[@GaBsv16]

me now going get clip studio 🚌

[@thaaboijay7162]

Can you please share how you color the eyes? I have been stumped for days now lol

[@Hatsune-Miku_Fan]

I wish to paint like this!!!! I'm not fan of anime,but those art styles are beautiful 😍

[@felix_xb]

🚎 good video ori

[@Anroel]

🚌Great vid, thank you very much ^^/ Just curious: how much time was spent on this drawing? ._.