Manga drawing tutorials, cosplay craft and templates from the makers
Manga drawing tutorials that slow each stage right down, full working sessions filmed from first line to final export, and template files you can open this afternoon. On OtakuOshi, illustrators, cosplayers, photographers, animators, ASMR artists and streamers teach their own methods, then share the brushes and presets sitting in their toolkits.
Manga drawing tutorials, making-ofs and templates: how the category works
Here the point is to pick up skills, not simply to scroll past nice work. You’ll come across three kinds of post, and a single pack can combine all three.
Making-of (process). Normally hidden, this is the graft behind the result. It might be a sped-up recording of an illustration being drawn, a doujinshi production diary, footage from behind the camera at a cosplay shoot, or a prop build (a sword, staff or similar costume accessory) told on video or in annotated notes. Seeing a sketch turn into finished art reveals lessons the final image keeps to itself.
Tutorials. Focused lessons with one clear aim, broken into steps and backed by sample files. Manga drawing tutorials sit at the centre, covering lineart, flat anime-style cel-shading and screentones. Around them you’ll also find cosplay tutorials on anime-style make-up, photo retouching, binaural recording for ASMR and Live2D rigging, where a VTuber model gets the control structure it needs to move. Some lessons assume nothing; others are for people who already know their software well.
Templates and resources. Files you reuse again and again to save time: anime pose bases to draw over, costume sewing patterns, overlays for live streams (graphics laid on top of the broadcast), Lightroom presets, brushes for Clip Studio Paint and page layouts for doujinshi. As well as speeding things up, they keep a consistent look across a whole series of work.
Creators post all of this directly to their followers. Fans pay by subscribing or by buying a single item, and earnings go to the person who made it. OtakuOshi doesn’t sell software: everything here is original material from the community. Complete 3D models have their own home in 3D, avatars and VRoid. Fancy teaching instead? The creators page explains how to begin.
Formats you can learn from
Whether you want one quick lesson or a whole course with practice files, there’s a format suited to the job.
Video lessons and courses
Rewind and replay as often as you like. Typical subjects include editing cosplay photos, colouring manga digitally, a first Live2D rig or getting OBS ready for streaming. Buy one lesson, or a full course split into indexed sections.
E-books and PDF guides
Keep one open beside your canvas. Diagrams, lighting plans, checklists and reference palettes make these the thing to grab when a step has you stumped.
Presets, LUTs and actions
One click and the colour or edit is done. Packs cover Lightroom presets, video LUTs, Photoshop actions (recorded chains of steps) and bespoke Clip Studio Paint tools, with before-and-after samples and an instant ZIP download.
Brushes and digital resources
Brushes made for Procreate, Clip Studio Paint, PaintTool SAI and Photoshop, along with tones, textures, frames and particle effects. Installation steps and usage tips come included.
Templates
Pre-built starting files: sewing patterns for costumes, anime pose bases, stream overlays, cosplay photo album layouts and doujinshi pages marked up with trim and bleed. Drop your own material in and get going.
Source projects
A creator’s actual working file, layers neatly ordered and annotated to explain the choices made. Taking another artist’s file apart layer by layer is one of the quickest ways to learn.
Fans: picking a lesson worth paying for
Nothing is a mystery at checkout. Each listing on OtakuOshi shows previews, what you’ll be able to do afterwards, the difficulty, which software and operating system you need, length or file size, every included file and the licence.
A sensible first test: does the creator explain why, and not only how? Good manga teaching tells you the reason a line sits where it does, not just its position. Next, compare the compatibility table with the version you run, see whether sample files are bundled, and check if the creator ships updates like fixes or bonus presets. Downloads start the moment you pay, and everything is kept in your library.
You can get in two ways. Subscribing to a creator each month unlocks their full exclusive back catalogue, including WIPs (work in progress), Q&A sessions, timelapses and first dibs on new packs. Want just one resource? A single payment unlocks it. How OtakuOshi works covers the details, and the content catalogue lists every other category.
Creators: turn your method into income
Perhaps you film lessons, keep process diaries or build resources other otaku creators would pay for. OtakuOshi gives you a space of your own to teach and be paid directly.
Every format on this page is open to you. Buyers trust a listing that leaves no gaps, so give the syllabus, difficulty, required software and version, length, file list and licence. Publishing finished manga or doujinshi as well? The doujinshi artists page is worth a look.
Money can arrive by several routes. Tiered monthly subscriptions might bring members a fresh preset or brush pack, Q&As, quick critiques or early access. Courses and single packs sell through pay-to-unlock. You can also take commissions for customised templates or presets, accept tips and join the affiliate programme. Sell each pack as a fix for a real problem: retouching skin in cosplay shots, laying out a B5 doujinshi, rigging a Live2D model, basic digital composition or a VTuber overlay set. Our payouts page has the financial terms.
What creators teach here
From pencil rough to live broadcast, these are the subjects that come up most often.
Cosplay photography
Lighting indoors and on location (with diagrams), developing RAW files, cleaning up skin, eyes and fabric, and grading colour for an anime feel in Photoshop and Lightroom. Meet the photographers themselves on our cosplay photographers page.
Illustration and digital manga
This is where the manga drawing tutorials are concentrated: digital inking, cel-shading, painting in layers, tones, lettering, page and panel composition. Scripting and ネーム (name, the manga storyboard) feature too, alongside sound effects and black-and-white doujinshi layout in A5 or B5 at 600 DPI. Browse the artists on our manga artists page.
Cosplay crafting
Cosplay tutorials on wigs, anime make-up looks (idol, gyaru, miko), sewing and patterns, EVA foam and Worbla armour and props, painting and weathering, and how to budget and schedule a build. If you’d rather commission, try cosplay prop makers.
Animation and motion graphics
Keyframes, easing curves, loops, animatics (storyboards set in motion) and rendering, plus animated alerts and graphics for VTubers. Software covered includes Blender, After Effects, Spine and Live2D. Finished shorts and loops are in the anime animation section.
Audio and ASMR
Choosing a microphone, treating a room, recording binaurally, editing in Adobe Audition or Audacity and mastering the result. Scripts for situational voice and character roleplay technique are taught as well. Hear the finished tracks in our anime ASMR and roleplay section.
Streaming and VTubing
Getting OBS set up, overlays and animated alerts, VRoid avatars, Live2D rigs, chat integration and Twitch or YouTube panels and banners. It runs from a very first broadcast to a fully personalised channel.
File types and specs
Teaching resources on OtakuOshi usually follow these standards. Every pack’s listing confirms exactly which it contains.
Video (MP4)
1080p or 4K in H.264 or H.265, running at 24, 30 or 60 fps to suit the material. Subtitles are optional, in languages of the creator’s choosing. Timelapses carry artist notes on screen or underneath in the description.
E-book (PDF)
Clickable contents, working links, measurements given in px or mm, and a colour profile matched to use: CMYK for guides meant for printing, sRGB for screen. Sharp enough for a tablet or a print-out at home.
Presets and LUTs (ZIP)
Photoshop actions (.atn), Clip Studio Paint tools (.sut), LUTs (.cube) and Lightroom presets (.dng or .xmp). Each pack has a readme, a per-version compatibility table and a changelog once updates appear.
Brushes and resources
Native formats per app: Procreate uses .brushset or .brush, Photoshop .abr and Clip Studio Paint .sut. Tones, textures, frames and effects arrive zipped in sorted folders with compatibility notes.
Templates
CLIP, PSD, IDML, MOGRT and OBS scene collections. Print doujinshi templates come in A4, A5 or B5 with trim marks and a 3 mm bleed (塗り足し). A4 is handy beyond doujinshi too: it’s the page size the Embassy of Japan sets for its UK Manga Jiman competition. Stream and social templates come in 1080p, 4K or 9:16 vertical, with clearly named layers and editable placeholders.
Source projects
Blender (BLEND), After Effects (AEP), Premiere Pro (PRPROJ) or DaVinci Resolve projects. Expect placeholders, substitute fonts, sample assets licensed properly and a note of the oldest software version that will open them.
Ratings and what your licence lets you do
Because this category is about technique, almost all of it is rated all ages (全年齢). Occasionally a lesson relies on R-15 or R-18 reference material, for example retouching demonstrated on a sensual cosplay photo. In that case it must be filed in the right rated section, or the example blurred out in the general edition. Only over-18s can view R-18.
A few things are off the table: sharing someone else’s resources without permission, leaking another creator’s paid work, giving away private locations and guides that encourage risky practices. Packs may not pose as official software licences, and the rules set by original rights holders always apply. The ethics policy and terms of service carry the full detail.
Unless a listing states otherwise, you may use resources personally or in limited commercial work that you finish yourself. Running a preset over your own photo and selling the print is fine. Reselling or repackaging the source files, or feeding them to an AI model, needs permission. For merchandise or client jobs, pick a pack with a commercial licence or ask the creator to extend yours.
Questions about tutorials and templates
The things buyers and teachers check with us most.
A Lightroom preset changes a batch of photo settings in one go, such as exposure, contrast, saturation and curves. A LUT (Look Up Table) is a colour conversion table that remaps the colours in footage or stills, and it works in DaVinci Resolve, Premiere, Photoshop and most other editors. Presets are easier to fine-tune; LUTs are faster and travel between programs more freely.
Look for the compatibility table on the listing, which names the versions supported. Pay attention to the minimum one: on older releases you may have to convert files manually. Still unsure? Send the creator a message before buying.
Check the licence first. ‘Personal use’ means private use and nothing more. ‘Limited commercial’ covers finished work you sell, like photos edited with a bought preset. Reselling, repackaging or passing on the resource itself needs an extended licence or a deal with its creator.
Not unless the creator has explicitly agreed to redistribution. Point your students to the official OtakuOshi listing instead so each buys a copy. Passing round paid files without permission goes against the terms of service.
Filter by level. Listings are marked beginner, intermediate or advanced and say what you’re expected to know. A first manga drawing tutorial at beginner level needs no background at all, whereas the harder ones assume you can already handle the software and technique.
That’s up to each creator: you’ll find lessons in English, Japanese, Spanish and other languages, some with subtitles in several. Every listing names its language, and the catalogue lets you filter on it.
A free account at fans.otakuoshi.com, creator mode switched on and your tiers in place. Then post, describing each resource fully: syllabus, level, software and version, formats, included files, licence. Your account goes live straight away, and our how it works guide covers every step.
Only where their licences permit redistribution. Otherwise, tell buyers on the listing to license them separately and suggest free fonts in their place. Nothing from a third party goes into a pack without the proper rights.
Report it through the complaints and reports page, which also handles unlicensed third-party material and other breaches. General queries go via the contact page, and the active response policy lists how quickly we reply.
Jargon buster
Preset. Stored photo-editing settings you apply with one click, usually in Lightroom. · LUT (Look Up Table). A table that converts colours for video work and grading, normally saved as .cube. · Action. A recorded Photoshop macro that replays a run of edits. · Brush. A tailored drawing tool for Procreate, Photoshop or Clip Studio Paint. · Template. A starting file with guides, editable layers and placeholders waiting for your content. · Bleed (塗り足し, nuritashi). The 3 mm of artwork past the trim line, there so no white edge shows after cutting. · Screentone (スクリーントーン). Dot patterns that give manga its shading and texture. · ネーム (name). A manga’s rough plan of panels, layout and pacing, close to a storyboard. · Overlay. Frames, alerts, banners and other graphics placed over a stream. · MOGRT. Premiere Pro’s motion graphics template format. · Rig. The set of controls that lets a character move in Live2D, Spine or 3D software. · Changelog. A running list of what each pack update changed.
Pick up a new technique, or pass yours on
Lessons, filmed processes, presets, brushes and templates from independent creators who’ve grown up inside otaku culture.