Ok, why is it, that when I look up drawing tutorials, all I get is manga, manga, MANGA??? I want to draw in NON-MANGA STYLE people!! Something like Disney or Marvel or whatnot that doesn't have anything to do with Japan or shit like that. Don't get me wrong, I like anime/manga, but I don't want that to be my dominant style anymore. I'm just leaning more towards having my own style. I'm trying to draw myself as a child and am having trouble; I can't get myself to look young enough (It's for an age meme). So I look up "How to draw children's eyes" and what do I get? You guessed it! How to draw MANGA eyes. GRRR OK so there ARE some realistic ones, but almost every other tutorial is associated with manga! Another reason I want to look up tutorials is because a lot of people have told me that my style still looks mangaish because I have drawn nothing BUT manga for so long. I want to change that. So in conclusion, I wish to develop my own style; does anyone know of any good tutorials that show a NON-MANGA style?

You don't need a tutorial to develop your own style. In fact, that's the exact opposite of developing your own style. Instead of bashing the tutorials out there (because I can promise you, there is no tutorial that will teach you to draw in your own style because it had to come from somebody else) take matters into your own hands. If you don't want to draw in an anime style, focus on drawing smaller eyes, more realistic facial features and hair. I do admit, though, you learn a lot from drawing in a 'manga' style. Not much is exaggerated in Manga besides the face, so instead of looking for a tutorial on a specific style, look for individual tutorials on certain segments. Eyes, lips, noses, head shapes, body types. Every good cartooner had to start with classical art and figure drawingm, as such with musicians. Learn the rudimentaries first.

[quote]Ok, why is it, that when I look up drawing tutorials, all I get is manga, manga, MANGA??? I want to draw in NON-MANGA STYLE people!! Something like Disney or Marvel or whatnot that doesn't have anything to do with Japan or shit like that. Don't get me wrong, I like anime/manga, but I don't want that to be my dominant style anymore. I'm just leaning more towards having my own style. I'm trying to draw myself as a child and am having trouble; I can't get myself to look young enough (It's for an age meme). So I look up "How to draw children's eyes" and what do I get? You guessed it! How to draw MANGA eyes. GRRR OK so there ARE some realistic ones, but almost every other tutorial is associated with manga! Another reason I want to look up tutorials is because a lot of people have told me that my style still looks mangaish because I have drawn nothing BUT manga for so long. I want to change that. So in conclusion, I wish to develop my own style; does anyone know of any good tutorials that show a NON-MANGA style?[/quote] Kind of touching on what arcticFOXchic said, I think it's best to go back to realism first. I started with anime, and I think drawing realism really helped me. If you learn the form well enough, it's a lot easier to simplify in it in your own way, and in a more convincing way, because then you understand how it "works". If you know what I mean? If you're copying someone else's style, not only is that not your own style, you're copying THEIR simplification, what they chose to simplify, and you're not understanding what they simplified. Which is why I regret so much starting in a stylized way. I hope that helps!

thank you both!

you could just create your own eyes. If you can't, you could at least copy smoeone's creation and get the hang of it.