Hello! Welcome to the Oekaki Tutorial, brought to you by Ninja-Monkey.com! From my personal experience, I've put together a tutorial for you explaining functions and techniques in the oekaki Paint BBS v.2.04. I've done this because to be honest, I haven't found many good oekaki tutorials out there. I remember how frustrating it was for me at the beginning wondering what all the functions were and how to execute some of the great oekakis I'd seen on Kapolo Club's oekaki.

I've divided the lessons into Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced. Also, I hope to have a few guest oekaki experts explain their techniques as well. Though understanding is a good foundation for becoming a great artist (in every media) practical application and experimentation will make these lessons concrete. I recommend both practicing and experimenting with the oekaki functions. Don't be intimidated. We all have to start somewhere.

Finally, I hope these lessons will help you. If you have any questions, I'll work on erecting an FAQ to answer them. Please email your questions to nockerbrat@yahoo.com Happy doodling!!

--René (Z) Brandt-Barr, Webmistress

• Lesson 1--Know your tools
• Lesson 2--Application

• Lesson 3--Portrait with a sketch
• Lesson 4--Full composition with sketching (coming soon)

• Lesson 5--Complex composition with overlapping elements (coming soon)
• Lesson 6--Oekaki Painting (coming soon)

• Niko Geyer--Niko explains his technique while drawing Hikaru from Hikaru No Go!
• Neo--Neo demonstrates her exceptional photorealistic oekaki step by step
• Kiara--With a cosy couple, Kiara shows us how to use the Layer Unify tool.