No painting skills. I want to study comics and illustrations. Ask for advice.

Actually, it's not too difficult. Let me introduce my experience (I studied painting for eleven years and taught myself comics):

(1) Books of this kind will be sold in bookstores outside, and the counters should be "comic book techniques" or "art techniques". Just look at the art counters.

(2) To learn this style, you must have a good foundation of lines. Practice by yourself. There will be teaching in the book. Don't rush to draw or anything. Practice your lines first. This will be painful, but it is necessary. Practice lines until you feel light and comfortable, and then you can practice the draft;

(3) Practice the particularly beautiful things such as the background separately first, that is, just draw the background, find this beautiful background on the Internet, type it out (draw), imitate the painting, draw more, and don't color it. This is a long process, but not too boring!

(4) When you feel that your manuscript can be drawn with "light lines but not messy", you can practice coloring. Use watercolor, be careful not to use gouache (I have experienced it personally. Too much water will be particularly disgusting), stationery stores, art stores have. It is good to use ordinary thick sketch paper for paper;

(5) Generally, first color and then tick, and some may not tick. The painting you send is hooked with a brush (it should be a small or laurel pen), usually a brush or a needle pen, and you should practice lines when hooking. Note that the hook is very light;

(6) The book will introduce special tools for drawing cartoons. Beginners don't need to buy pencils, white paper and erasers. If you can insist, buy according to your own needs in the future (some things are expensive ...);

In fact, it is not difficult to say this thing, and it is not easy to say it simply. It's entirely up to you to practice and draw. If you like it, stick to it and don't give up!

I 17 years old, and you 16 years old. There should be no problem, but I have been learning to draw since I was 3 or 4 years old, and I have a solid foundation. Come on!