how to draw a human face anime

by Mr. Kennith Schamberger DVM 10 min read
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And where the character is facing so the line that goes across is kind of like an eye line and thenMoreAnd where the character is facing so the line that goes across is kind of like an eye line and then from where it hits. It kind of hits. Where the lines that connect the jaw and the circle connect.

How do you draw your face like anime?

To draw an anime or manga-style face, start by sketching the basic head shape. Draw a circle, then make a vertical guideline down the middle of it. Sketch a horizontal guideline about one-third of the way up from the bottom of the circle to mark the level where the eyes will go.

How do you make anime faces?

0:532:49Easiest Way to Draw Anime Faces | ANIME FACE ANATOMY - YouTubeYouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipAcross draw a diagonal. Line then connect it to the chin. Using a curvy. Line for the jawline. SoMoreAcross draw a diagonal. Line then connect it to the chin. Using a curvy. Line for the jawline. So draw the eyes in the middle.

How do you draw a anime face map?

3:4345:57MAPPING A CUTE EASY ANIME FACE IN REAL TIME (How To)YouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipOff to the left as well we're going to go for angles today to server' our characters look quiteMoreOff to the left as well we're going to go for angles today to server' our characters look quite interesting now again the center line slightly off to the left as I say and also.

How do you draw a real human face?

Step 1: Start with a circle. Draw a large circle and make a horizontal line below it for the chin. ... Step 2: Draw guidelines on the face. ... Step 3: Draw eyes in the right spot. ... Step 4: Draw a proportionate nose. ... Step 5: Add the eyebrows. ... Step 6: Use a triangle shape to draw lips. ... Step 7: Add the ears. ... Step 8: Draw the hair.

How do you draw a among US player?

0:005:51How to Draw AMONG US Game Character - YouTubeYouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipThis corner bring it down kind of straight a little bit not too much just another curve coming down.MoreThis corner bring it down kind of straight a little bit not too much just another curve coming down. So we're kind of drawing this oval shape.

Why is anime called anime?

The word "anime" is simply an abbreviation of the word "animation." In Japan, "anime" is used to refer to all animation. Everywhere else in the world, people use "anime" to refer specifically to animation from Japan. People who like anime often also enjoy Japanese comic books, known as manga.

How do you add anime blush?

A “striped” anime blush is made with just a few line strokes and is fairly easy to draw. Simply make two sets of angled lines around the cheek areas. For a nicer looking blush make the outer stripes a bit shorter and the inner stripes a bit longer. Aim for a combined shape that can fit inside a stretched oval.

How do you make Naruto?

0:038:38How to Draw Naruto- Simple Video Lesson - YouTubeYouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipHey there today i'm going to show you how to draw naruto. So we'll start with the eyes as usual. SoMoreHey there today i'm going to show you how to draw naruto. So we'll start with the eyes as usual. So on the sides.

How do I look like an anime girl?

3:576:52How To Look Like An Anime Character - YouTubeYouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipLook more cute and anime is to wear hair accessories. Like little balls or pants will really elevateMoreLook more cute and anime is to wear hair accessories. Like little balls or pants will really elevate. Your hairstyle.

How do you draw two people kissing?

0:542:34How to draw two people kissing (Drawing lesson) - YouTubeYouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipDraw on the ears for each of the faces. Starting below the horizontal guide. And finish drawing inMoreDraw on the ears for each of the faces. Starting below the horizontal guide. And finish drawing in their neck. Now is a good time to erase the original guidelines. Drawn some eyebrows.How to draw two people kissing (Drawing lesson) - YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com › watchhttps://www.youtube.com › watch

How do you draw Goku in Dragon Ball?

0:019:19How to Draw Goku from Dragon Ball - Step by Step Video - YouTubeYouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipSo we're going to do is going to start in the middle at the eyes. We do the little wrinkling inMoreSo we're going to do is going to start in the middle at the eyes. We do the little wrinkling in between his eyes so it's going to be a little slight upward curve in the middle.How to Draw Goku from Dragon Ball - Step by Step Video - YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com › watchhttps://www.youtube.com › watch

How do you draw a full body of someone?

0:2611:41HOW TO DRAW BODIES | Drawing Tutorial - YouTubeYouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipSo my technique of drawing bodies is mostly based on dividing the body into geometrical shapes andMoreSo my technique of drawing bodies is mostly based on dividing the body into geometrical shapes and then building their whole body drawing on that construction.HOW TO DRAW BODIES | Drawing Tutorial - YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com › watchhttps://www.youtube.com › watch

How to draw an anime mouth?

Anime mouths are usually drawn without lips but you can add them if you want a more realistic looking mouth. Position the mouth with the bottom lip halfway between the bottom of the nose and the bottom of the chin. Draw the mouth itself as a curve with a break in the middle where the lines curve slightly downwards.

How to draw realistic anime eyes?

To do this by draw a horizontal line through the middle of the face and draw the eyes below that line. Space the eyes so that you can fit another eye between them.

How many lines are there in anime?

Realistic anime head drawing. Anime characters generally have fairly round faces. The bottom portion of an anime face is commonly drawn with two major sets of lines, one going down from the top of the head to around the mouth area and one more from there to the chin.

How to draw hair?

To better understand how to draw the hair it can also be very helpful to think of it as being split into tree parts (as shown in the example above): 1 Red – Front Hair 2 Green – Side Hair 3 Blue – Back/Top Hair

Is it hard to draw anime?

Drawing a realistic looking anime face is a little more challenging than drawing a “standard” anime or manga style face. While the actual drawing process itself is not much more difficult the challenge comes in balancing between semi-realistic facial features and maintaining an anime look.

How to draw anime man head?

Start your drawing by first drawing the overall shape of the head. The top of the head will be close to a circle in the front view and close to an oval in the side view .

How to draw eyebrows in a cartoon?

Before drawing the eyebrows what you first need to do is estimate where the characters hairline should be (slightly down from the top of the head) and going down from the hairline divide the face into three evenly proportioned parts. Draw the eyebrows on the line that is the next one down from the hairline.

Why is drawing a girl's face so difficult?

Drawing a pretty stylized face is difficult mainly because very small changes create large visual results. This means we must set our expectations wisely, and get ready for small adjustments and corrections as we try to perfect a drawing of an anime girl face. Study by Gvaat.

Is anime art grounded in reality?

Gvaat, you wrote a lot about how Anime and Manga drawing is similar to realistic drawing of anatomy, okay thanks, but how is it different? Okay, yes, Anime art is grounded in reality, this is why it is so easy to recognize even to someone who has never seen Anime or Manga art before. It is different in two significant ways

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Step 1 – Drawing A Semi-Realistic Looking Anime Head

  1. Draw a circle on your paper with a vertical line running through the middle. Use a pencil so you’re able to erase your lines if you make a mistake. Lightly draw the circle in the center of a piece of paper so you have room to add features to it. Find the middle of your circle and lightly sketch a straight line that extends from the top of the circle down your sheet of paper so you …
  2. Make a guideline for the eyes a third of the way up from the bottom of the circle. Measure ab…
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Step 2 – Drawing The Eyes

Step 3 – Drawing A Semi-Realistic Nose

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Anime characters generally have fairly round faces. The bottom portion of an anime face is commonly drawn with two major sets of lines, one going down from the top of the head to around the mouth area and one more from there to the chin. The chin itself tends to be drawn either completely pointy or with a tiny curve. For a m…
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Step 4 – Drawing The Ears

  • Position the eyes the same as you would for more traditional looking anime characters (as suggested in other tutorials here on AnimeOutline). To do this by draw a horizontal line through the middle of the face and draw the eyes below that line. Space the eyes so that you can fit another eye between them. Draw the eyes vertically narrower than common anime eyes but larg…
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Step 5 – Drawing The Mouth & Lips

  • While traditional anime noses are often just draw with a dot (in the front view) for a more realistic looking style you can draw a nose that is a lot closer in shape and proportions to a real one. Position the nose as you would for a traditional looking anime character with the bottom of the nose being between the chin and the horizontal halfway point through the face. (again same as …
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Step 6 – Drawing Semi-Realistic Anime Hair

  • Draw the ears pretty much as you would with most other anime styles. Draw the top of the ears to align with the top of the eyes and the bottom of the ears to align with the bottom of the nose. For detailed examples of drawing anime ears check: How to Draw Anime and Manga Ears Please note that the ears in this tutorial will eventually be fully covered by the hair and erased for the final ste…
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Step 7 – Cleaning Up The Drawing

  • Anime mouths are usually drawn without lips but you can add them if you want a more realistic looking mouth. Position the mouth with the bottom lip halfway between the bottom of the nose and the bottom of the chin. Draw the mouth itself as a curve with a break in the middle where the lines curve slightly downwards. You can also draw it wider than more traditional anime mouths. …
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Step 8 – Drawing The Small Details of The Eyes

  • Anime hair is generally drawn in pointy clumps. For more realistic looking hair you can still view it as a set of clumps but without the pointy ends. Instead leave the end of the clump “open” and draw some lines into these openings to give an appearance of hair strands. This will create a hair that is still fairly easy to draw but looks more realistic. To better understand how to draw the hai…
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Step 9 – Finishing The Drawing by Applying Shading

  • For this short step you can simply erase the parts of the head and face that are covered by the hair. Once you are done you should have a clean line with all of the facial features in their places.
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Conclusion

  • After you have the basic line drawing of the face you can go ahead and add in the small details of the eyes. For a step by step breakdown of drawing anime eyes see: How to Draw Female Anime Eyes Tutorial While the eyes in that tutorial are slightly different from those in this example pretty much the same drawing steps still apply. Simply tweak them to look more like the the ones in th…
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Step 1 – Draw The Shape of The Head

  • To finish the drawing you can add some very basic shading. For very generalized shading with no one clear light source shade the areas most likely to have shadows. These shadows will usually be: 1. Cast by the hair on the forehead area 2. Around the eyelids 3. Bottom of the nose 4. Upper area of the neck (cast by the head) 5. Inner/Background area of the hair For shading an anime ch…
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Step 2 – Position & Draw The Eyes

  • It can be a little bit tricky to find the right balance between anime and realism when trying to draw a semi-realistic looking anime character. While this tutorial offers some guide lines there is no one set way to draw these types of characters. You can experiment for yourself by adding more realistic or more stylized facial features and see what kind of a results you come up with. For dr…
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Step 4 – Position & Draw The Eyebrows

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Start your drawing by first drawing the overall shape of the head. The top of the head will be close to a circle in the front view and close to an oval in the side view. Please note that older anime male characters tend to have fairly long faces as opposed to younger characters that tend to have fairly round faces. For the botto…
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Step 4 – Position & Draw The Ears

  • To position the eyes draw a horizontal line through the middle of the face and draw the eyes directly on that line. Anime characters often tend to have their eyes drawn below the horizontal halfway point in the face but for drawing an older man like the one in this tutorial you can place the eyes almost like you would if drawing real people. For the front view keep a distance of the w…
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Step 5 – Position & Draw The Nose

  • This part can get a little tricky. Before drawing the eyebrows what you first need to do is estimate where the characters hairline should be (slightly down from the top of the head) and going down from the hairline divide the face into three evenly proportioned parts. Draw the eyebrows on the line that is the next one down from the hairline.
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Step 6 – Position & Draw The Mouth

  • Draw the ears in the middle section of the three divisions from the previous steps. For more on drawing the ears see: How to Draw Anime and Manga Ears
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Step 7 – Draw The Hair

  • Draw the nose with the tip close to the bottom line of the middle division. Anime noses are often draw with just a line or even a dot but in this case we will draw a hint of the nostrils and one side of the nose. For different styles of anime noses see: How to Draw Anime and Manga Noses
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Step 8 – Line Drawing

  • Draw the mouth with the bottom lip between the bottom of the nose and the bottom of the chin and the top lip slightly above that.
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Step 9 – Apply Color

  • For “combed back” hair like in this example it will reveal the hairline so you can use the “hairline” point created earlier as a reference. Draw some little “teeth” into the hairline area of the hair for a more natural look. For more on drawing anime hair see: How to Draw Anime & Manga Male & Female Hair
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Step 10 – Add Shading

  • At this point you can clean up your drawing and remove any guide lines you created in earlier steps and in the smaller details like the wrinkles around the eyebrows and under the eyes. You can also go over your drawing with darker lines if you need to.
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