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Creativity Camp
Stay creative and engaged this year with Wacom! On this page you’ll find tips, tricks, and tutorials for learning to draw manga, comics, fanart, and anything else you’re interested in. Parent of a creative kid? We’ve got some ideas and advice for you, too.
Learn to draw
Tips and tutorials for drawing comics, fanart, and everything else, from Wacom experts.
Career & school advice
Whether you’re thinking about art school or a creative career, here’s what you need to know.
Learn about Wacom products
We have creative pen tablets for creative kids at every price point.
The best way to practice drawing, with digital artist Sam Yang
Some of the best ways to practice drawing is to go back to the basics. Learn how using a sketchbook to practice drawing can improve your art.
The best products for drawing
Wacom’s creative pen tablets and displays are used by beginners, students, and professionals alike for digital drawing. Check out our range of products.
Learn to draw
Have you always wanted to create your own manga or anime character? Draw your first comic book or strip? Or draw fanart of your favorite characters? We’ve pulled together a bunch of tips, tricks, and tutorials for you to level up your skills, no matter what kind of drawing you’re into.
Learn to draw fan art & comics
Whether you want to draw fan art of your favorite characters or want to create your own original comic, we’re here to help. Below are tutorials on how to draw a head, face, eyes, and more, tips for using Clip Studio Paint software to create your first comic pages, how to improve your superhero drawings using references, and how to make sure your line art is clean.
Wacom Comic Week: Alex Sinclair – Digital Color and Comics
In this interview from Wacom Comic Week 2020, colorist Alex Sinclair explains how he got into comics and how digital tools changed the industry, and walks viewers through his comic coloring process.
How to draw a human head
Drawing the actual structure of the human head correctly is difficult, but doable! Here’s how to do it. Part 1 of a 5-part video series.
Creating a comic in Clip Studio Paint — Part 1
This series of tutorials from Cat Farris walks you through everything you need to know to create your own comic in Clip Studio Paint! Part 1: sketching the “rough.”
Etherington Bros’ Comics Crash Course #1: How to draw heads
Etherington Bros’ Comics Crash Course #2: Hair and head shapes
Etherington Bros’ Comics Crash Course #3: Character design and costumes
How to use references for drawing superhero action poses
Clean line art: Digital inking tips from BaM Animation
How to draw a comic page by Miyuli
Learn to draw manga & anime
How do manga and anime artists create their unique character designs, lay out their action-packed comic pages, and create such gorgeous art and animation? Here’s how. We brought together professionals from across the manga and anime industries to walk you through their processes.
How to draw manga with Mosoko Miyatsuki
In this series of YouTube videos, manga artist Mosoko Miyatsuki walks you through drawing a variety of moods and facial expressions.
Creating traditional-style manga art in Clip Studio Paint
In this webinar from Wacom’s Manga & Anime Days 2021, webcomic artist ZeldaCW shows how you can create art in Clip Studio Paint – that looks like it was done on paper!
Cell shading coloring in Clip Studio Paint
Comic artist Carles Dalmau shows you how to get his signature “cell shaded” art style within Clip Studio Paint software.
How to create your first illustration in Clip Studio Paint
How to draw a manga comic, from start to finish, in Clip Studio Paint
The best Skillshare classes for learning how to draw anime and manga
Wacom works with your software
Wacom products are designed to enable creativity and productivity, no matter what software they’re paired with. Our pen tablets and displays are compatible with virtually every software program out there. From Adobe Creative Cloud to Clip Studio Paint, or educational software like Explain Everything and Kami, Wacom’s compatibility is unmatched. And every purchase comes with a bundle of free software trials to get you started!
Learn to design your own characters
One of the hardest parts of drawing is designing your own original characters. How do you do it? What are the elements of “good” character design, and what should you avoid? Wacom hosted a bunch of professional artists and creators to give you everything you need to know about character design.
MItch’s top 10 tips for character design
In this webinar, professional artist Mitch Leeuwe gives you his top 10 tips for designing your own characters. Consider this a character design crash course!
Tips for creating your own comic character
Webcomic artist Miyuli gives her take on the most important things you need to know when you’re creating characters for comics and animation.
How to design stylized characters
Professional illustrator, character designer, and art director Udi Kalmanovitz gives a masterclass on incorporating your own unique style in your character designs.
Good vs. bad character design: Tips and tricks
Eunbi Kang’s digital painting process using photo references on Wacom Cintiq 16
Learn to draw everything
Maybe you don’t want to make comics, fanart, or anime – you just want to learn how to draw. We’ve got you covered there, too! We’ve got a bunch of advice from professional artists, as well as some powerful exercises you can use to improve your drawing.
The drawing advice that changed my life
Why you shouldn’t wait for inspiration
How Marco Bucci became a pro artist without going to art school
How to use layers for digital painting with Adobe Photoshop
How to design characters for animation: 3 tips from a pro
The best products for drawing
Wacom’s creative pen tablets and displays are used by beginners, students, and professionals alike for digital drawing. Check out our range of products.
Career & school advice
Are you thinking about art as a career? If you’re in high school, you might be thinking about applying to an art school for college. Or maybe you’re already in art school and are wondering what’s next. Wacom products are used by professionals in virtually every creative industry, and we pulled together a bunch of advice from the pros to help you figure out the next steps in your creative journey.
What you need to know to pursue a career as an artist
Concept artist Jose Vega discusses how to navigate and pursue a career in art with insights, experiences, reflections from his own career.
5 essential tips for art school students
Art school is a major commitment, both in terms of time and money. Artist Collin Chan shares five crucial tips to make sure you’re getting the most out of your art school education.
How to turn social media followers into a community
Sam Yang gives an overview of working on social media, highlighting his insights and experience on growing a fan base and building a relationship with those who enjoy your work.
11 reasons traditional artists should give digital art a try
How Marco Bucci became a pro artist without going to art school
Why digital artists shouldn’t ignore traditional art skills
How to set up a killer art portfolio for school or work
Life after art school: Five creative careers you may not have considered
The right Wacom for you & your family
From comic artists, to illustrators, to photo editors, to game designers, to 3D artists, to fashion designers, professional creatives of all kinds use Wacom’s pen tablets and pen displays to create cutting-edge digital art. But students, hobbyists, and artists at all levels use them too! Wacom has a range of pen tablets and displays for every artist, from beginners to professionals. Which one is right for your family?
Wacom pen tablets
Pen tablets, like the One by Wacom and Wacom Intuos, are flat tablets that you connect to a computer. Write or draw on the tablet with a Wacom pen, and those inputs show up on the computer in whatever software you’re using! These are more-affordable devices for beginners or creatives who want more portability.
One by Wacom pen tablet
From learning to create digital drawings and edit photos to digitally completing academic assignments with the more-natural feel of handwriting, One by Wacom brings an easy-to-use digital pen to PC, Mac, and most Chromebooks*. With One by Wacom, digital learning and creativity couldn’t be simpler. One by Wacom is our most-affordable, easiest-to-use pen tablet – and for added value, every purchase comes with a suite of free trials of creative and educational software.
Wacom Intuos pen tablet
Wacom Intuos has been expertly designed for anyone who’s just getting started with digital creation. Whether your child has experience with traditional art and you want them to try digital, you’re looking for the simplicity and reduced mess associated with digital creation, or you want them to start building 21st-century creative skills, Wacom Intuos is an excellent investment – and for added value, every purchase comes with a suite of free trials of creative and educational software.
Wacom pen displays
Creative pen displays, like the Wacom One and Wacom Cintiq, are essentially pen-compatible computer monitors, so creators use the display as a digital canvas with their Wacom pen, drawing or painting digitally using whatever software they prefer on their computer. Pen displays are a little more precise and powerful than pen tablets – and a little more expensive. But Wacom One, our entry-level pen display, is a rugged, long-lasting investment in 21st-century digital art technology that your child can carry throughout their art education.
Wacom One pen display
Your child can sketch, draw and paint directly on the Wacom One pen display’s bright, HD screen – while enjoying natural surface friction with minimal reflection. Our entry-level pen display is everything your creative child needs it to be: paintbrush, pen, marker, pencil, chalk, eraser, and more. The only limit is their imagination! For added value, every purchase comes with a suite of free trials of creative and educational software.
Wacom Cintiq pen display
Serious hobbyists, art school students, and creative enthusiasts who want to use a creative pen display – but are ready for a higher-end device than our entry-level Wacom One pen display – rely on the Wacom Cintiq line for their aspirational artistic creative endeavors. If your kid has big creative dreams, and you want to set them up with the tech that will help them take their work to the next level, that’s what Wacom Cintiq is for.
The best products for drawing
Wacom’s creative pen tablets and displays are used by beginners, students, and professionals alike for digital drawing. Check out our range of products.
Free software bundles for creatives at all levels
Designed with creatives in mind and used by top professionals in a variety of fields, Wacom works with our software partners to provide the best experience possible for illustrators, photographers, video editors, game designers, and beyond. And those partnerships mean we can provide extended free trials of some of the best creative software available, to anyone who registers a Wacom product – so your creative kid can try out different software programs and find the one that fits their creativity best.
Keep Making History
For nearly 40 years, you’ve relied on Wacom products to help bring your iconic and unforgettable creative expressions to life. We’re committed to continued innovation and collaboration that will ensure that you have the tools, services and support to keep making history. Click below to learn more about our history, and to take advantage of all the activities and promotions we have planned for our birthday.
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