 Toriyama used black drawing ink made by Pilot, but his color ink was produced by Luma and applied with a ten-year-old fine point Tenshōdō brush.His whiteout was also made by Luma.He received free Kent paper, similar to Bristol board, from a seller connected to Shueisha, and used a 0.5mm 2B lead mechanical pencil and a wide ruler at least 30 cm long.<ref name="Shenlong4"></ref>

When creating a character, his process was to draw their face and body type first, and then the clothes, while thinking if the fighters can move around in them.