Hello and welcome to MangaTutorials.com. My name is Rio and I own and run the site as well as make and draw a majority of the tutorials. I’m a self-taught artist and should you find any fault in my tutorials, please inform me. I’m constantly improving my ability and knowledge and any manga or art-related advice would be most welcome. Whether I follow the advice is another matter! ;)
Since this is basically a one woman show, your support would be most welcome. You can help keep the site going by patronizing our affiliates and ad sponsors as well as purchasing books and manga supplies listed in the aptly named Stores page. Proceeds will pay for mundane web hosting fees and buoy frequent contests or features such as our Manga Tutorials Groupboard which has drawing and chatting capabilities.
If you would like to help in other ways, I accept book reviews, articles, and tutorials; all must be drawing related of course. You may also join our community from our forum, oekaki, or groupboard. Should you have any questions, hop over to the FAQ (frequently asked questions) page.
Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the site!
~Rio
Manga Tutorials Mini-History
Browsing around the web and finding a lack of online how-to tutorials relating to manga, founder Rio put together a small section of tutorials in her Slayers fan art site called Forever Dramata in 1998. As time progressed, more tutorials were asked by enthusiastic people eager to learn this art form. Rio was more than happy to comply and by 2002, the once small tutorial site outgrew it’s free web space. By 2003, it called for it’s own web hosting. Tucked under an all-in-one site, Eclipse Unleashed, Rio thought it best to finally cut the strings and let the tutorials take center stage. Hence MangaTutorials.com was formed.
After less than two years, Manga Tutorials has become one of the places to be to learn how to draw manga with over 3,000 visitors per day requiring the move of the site to a new web host in Summer 2005. At its move, Manga Tutorials received a face lift and became more streamlined with nothing but the open sky in its horizon.
Presently, Manga Tutorials now houses an active Oekaki and Forum with overall traffic for the site increasing every month becoming one of the number one sites for manga and anime tutorials! There have been some growing pains in the previous months but plans to grow the community further is underway with new tutorials, more services, and even better resources. We hope you’ll come along for the ride as Manga Tutorials rises to the next phase with new and exciting updates!
Who’s Who at Manga Tutorials
Founder of Manga Tutorials
Name: Rio
Rio’s the one who started this site and to this date, still maintains and runs it. Most of the tutorials you see in this site was made by her. Aside from drawing, Rio loves to read, play and make video games, and dabbles in multiple other things from gardening to cooking. She also runs another website called Ren’ai Games, and has a DeviantArt Account.
The Mod Squad
They keep the peace and sanity in the forum. Our moderators come from various parts of the globe and are regulars here at the site. Some even have fanclubs because of their position! D:
Who:
Alexander Hamilton
Chihiro923
DarkMousysMinion (aka Chii)
Dodgy
Hakushin_Ryouga (aka J_Hibiki)
Jubeh
Kupocake
Resalan
Taerl
Tutorial Contributors
Artists who have contributed to the site by submitting their own tutorial(s) or article(s). For more information about each contributor, check out the Additional Notes section of their tutorial located at the bottom of the page.
Who:
Ashura
Chris Riley
Ilayan Spirov (aka BEAR)
Jass
Kapawww!!!
Maiko Covington
Marie Dillingham (aka The Akamar)
Michelle
Neoshaman
VRaider
Zal
General Contributor
The many folks who’ve contributed in other ways from sending in reviews, doing banners for the website, sent in tips to contests, news, etcetera and made this place better because of it.
Who: They are many and vary in what they have done but you know who you are and we thank you for your contribution!
