Editorial Policy

Short version: every tutorial has to be drawable by a beginner, from the text alone, and we fix what we get wrong.

What we publish

DrawingIdeas.net publishes step-by-step drawing tutorials for beginners and kids, one subject per page, plus idea lists and a random drawing generator. Every tutorial page has the same structure: a finished example drawing, a nine-step sheet, the nine steps written out, style variations, tips, and answers to the questions people most often ask about that subject.

The nine-step method

All tutorials follow one construction method so that skills transfer from one subject to the next. Steps 1 to 7 add lines: light guide shapes first, then the main contour, then the parts, then small details. Step 8 inks the drawing and erases the guides. Step 9 adds flat color. Each step adds only a small, visible amount, and every step names concrete shapes, how many, and where they go, never "add details" or "refine". In the step sheet, blue lines are guides, gray lines are what you already drew, and red lines are what to add now.

How a tutorial is made

Each tutorial starts as a written specification: the subject, one fixed pose, the list of parts, and the nine steps. The specification is checked automatically for internal consistency (every part is introduced exactly once, in an order that makes sense, guides are erased at the right step, and no step is empty or oversized). Only then is the step sheet illustrated, and the illustration is reviewed panel by panel against the written steps. Sheets that jump ahead, redraw earlier lines, or leave guide shapes in the final drawing are rejected and redone. Roughly a quarter of first drafts fail this review.

AI assistance disclosure

We use AI tools throughout production: to draft step text from our method and specification, to generate the illustrations, and to run the panel-by-panel review. Humans set the method, write the rules the checks enforce, spot-check results, and decide what gets published. We do not claim that any page has been individually drawn by hand. We think this is the honest way to describe how the site is made, and we would rather say it plainly than imply otherwise.

Originality

All step sequences, text and illustrations are created for this site. We do not scrape, spin, or republish other artists' tutorials, and we do not copy other publishers' step sequences. Subjects are chosen from what people actually search for, so the library covers what learners want to draw rather than what is easiest to write about.

Accuracy and limits

Proportion rules and anatomy are checked against standard references, and we keep every tutorial at a deliberately simple, cartoon level so that it stays drawable. We do not invent statistics, make claims about learning outcomes, or attribute research we cannot link. Licensed characters are excluded when we cannot produce an original drawing of them.

Corrections

If a step is unclear, an illustration does not match its text, or anything is simply wrong, email hello@drawingideas.net with the page address and "Correction" in the subject line. Corrections are handled ahead of new content. When a tutorial is regenerated, the page's modified date in our sitemap is updated so search engines re-crawl it.

Advertising

The site is supported by advertising served through Google AdSense on tutorial pages only. Ads are never placed inside the step-by-step viewer, and advertisers have no influence on which subjects we cover or how we teach them. See our privacy policy for how advertising cookies work.