manga and anime job?

[Minxy]

hi, I'm 22, and living in Australia, Victoria.
and currently unsure on what I would like to do as a career,
but thinking that because I LOVE anime and manga both comic and movies and TV shows
I was hoping to find something I can do in this field,
But I've only studied Beauty, hairdressing and accounting, and
I have no idea where to go
or what I could do about getting
into the production of anime and manga;

so, could someone please help or maybe let me know
what I can do or where I could look?

[CartoonM!ke]

Here some of my ideas about your post, Minxy. These are my opinions and others may differ. And that's good. The more information you get the better.

First off, study art, anatomy, graphic design, and related fields. Take life drawing classes.

Remember that Anime is just a part of Animation, as Manga is part of comics. To separate Anime from Animation, Manga from Comics, is a fool's game and most times has a marketing aspect to it that is just to sound "cool". Look at the whole. Expand your horizons, read/watch things outside your comfort zone.

Draw from life. Don't worry about 'emulating' a specific style/school of drawing.If you must emulate, figure out why certain artist do specific things.

Draw all the time.

Your own style will evolve. It will take time. It's been said that all artists have 100,000 bad drawings in them, so get them out and don't be discouraged if you think they look like rubbish. Look to the long game, you will improve the more you draw and learn how to draw better.

Google "Andrew Loomis" and find the site that has his public domain art instruction books.Avoid the How to draw Manga Books, they will hamper you more than help you. Michael Hampton has a book titled "Figure Drawing - Design and invention" and it's a good one to learn from.

Draw using every spare moment, watching TV, waiting for the bus, what ever. Just draw.

Be prepared to give up a sizable portion of your social life, it takes much time to learn how to draw, render, etc and then it takes much time to do the work.

Oh, one more thing: Draw all the time. Fill up sketchbook after sketchbook. If you can't afford a sketchbook, then get copier paper. Never, never, practice on ruled paper.

Don't worry about getting a job until you master basic figure drawing and design & compostional skills. Join forums for artists. Google is your friend.

Good luck! Hope this helps a bit.

PS -- Draw every moment you can. Faces, hands, abstract doodles. Just Draw.