Do manga artists learn to draw manga or what?

Question:…or are they born with the gift? Their pictures seem consistently perfect and although I know that they have computers etc. to their advantage, even if I spend hours trying to copy a picture, I always muck up somewhere. Usually matching the eyes up to the right perspective.
Maybe I’m just a bad artist though. :)

So, your opinion. For the professionals, is it simply a case of ‘practise makes perfect’?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: …or are they born with the gift? Their pictures seem consistently perfect and although I know that they have computers etc. to their advantage, even if I spend hours trying to copy a picture, I always muck up somewhere. Usually matching the eyes up to the right perspective.
Maybe I’m just a bad artist though. :)

So, your opinion. For the professionals, is it simply a case of ‘practise makes perfect’?

I think it does, i mean i am a manga artist and ive been practicing for about 2 years now. I had drawing talent before i started but i still had to keep drawing for my characters to look perfect.

yeah. my sister draws manga and she used to really suck but she's been practicing for a couple of years now and now she's really good.

Manga is japanese cartooning. While I am not absolutely familiar with Japanese art education (I know it has some things in common with the west on the collegiate level, the relationship between Manga and older Japanese popular arts, such as the Ukiyo-e (Pictures of the Floating World) is the same as the relationship between older American cartooning and what came before it (I am NOT a fan of what is appearing in our comic books today. Even animation is better in festivals than it is from big studios).

Practice makes perfect but look up Hokusai and Hiroshige and the othe Ukiyo-e artists and copy them too.