Cartoonist Mark Crilley has made over 200 high-quality videos showing how to draw people and animals in a semi-manga style. My daughter Jane and I like to watch them and sometimes we draw along with him. Even if you don't draw along with Crilley, his videos are a joy to watch, because Crilley is a very talented illustrator. He has interesting things to say about drawing, too.

The above video is called "How to Draw a Chibi: Winking, Peace Sign." To see all his videos, visit his YouTube channel.

Mark has a book out, too, called Mastering Manga with Mark Crilley: 30 drawing lessons from the creator of Akiko.

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Mark Frauenfelder is the founder of Boing Boing and the editor-in-chief of MAKE and Cool Tools. Twitter: @frauenfelder. Come and hear Mark speak at the ALA conference in Chicago on July 1.

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http://goodsharer.com/ Aloisius

I’m told that those peace signs are actually victory signs outside the US.
- http://twitter.com/incarnedine_v Dan Hibiki
  
  and in Japan it’s a reflex you have when you notice someone is taking a photo of you.
benher

Mark’s videos are great, and really stand out from the rest on youTube in the “how to draw” category. I would also recommend them to anyone of any age interested in drawing along!
http://twitter.com/digitalArtform Joseph Francis

Great if you want to draw that character in that pose. Doesn’t seem helpful for being able to create a new pose, unless you already are good at drawing.

Mark Crilley's how-to-draw videos

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