The abs can curve up or down it really depends on the preference of the artist. Just don’t draw them straight or your character will not look natural. Draw the shoulder muscles sort of “cutting” into the arm where they then split into the arm muscles such as the biceps. Draw a hint of some of the neck muscles.
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Beginner Guide to Drawing Anime & Manga
The shape of the lower part of the face is as follows:
How to Draw an Anime Character Drawing Close Up
The abs can curve up or down it really depends on the preference of the artist. Just don’t draw them straight or your character will not look natural. Draw the shoulder muscles sort of “cutting” into the arm where they then split into the arm muscles such as the biceps.
Draw the outline of the body as follows: 1 Make a vertical line through the middle of the drawing area to help see if both sides of the body will be of relatively equal width. 2 Draw a hint of the head (or the entire head if it’s easier for you). 3 Add the neck going down from the bottom of the ears. You can draw it just a tiny bit wider towards the bottom. 4 Going downwards from the neck in light curves draw the trapezius muscles. 5 Down from the trapezius draw the shoulders with just one curve each. 6 Add a hint of the arms. Make them fairly thick as this is a muscular character. 7 Down from the arms draw the body getting narrower and then doing a sort of “wave shape” around the waist area where it gets wider and then narrower again. 8 From the waist area the body will get wider again as it transitions into the hip/leg areas.
Draw the outline of the body as follows: Make a vertical line through the middle of the drawing area to help see if both sides of the body will be of relatively equal width. Draw a hint of the head (or the entire head if it’s easier for you). Add the neck going down from the bottom of the ears.
Draw a hint of the head (or the entire head if it’s easier for you). Add the neck going down from the bottom of the ears. You can draw it just a tiny bit wider towards the bottom. Going downwards from the neck in light curves draw the trapezius muscles.
They should start from just below the collar bones and go down well past the shoulders.
Down from the arms draw the body getting narrower and then doing a sort of “wave shape” around the waist area where it gets wider and then narrower again. From the waist area the body will get wider again as it transitions into the hip/leg areas.
In this case it will be the “sternocleidomastoid muscles” starting from the inner ends of the collar bones and going towards the ears.
It’s important to note this as sometimes anime characters can be drawn with very exaggerated proportions to look absolutely huge. If drawing on paper it’s recommended that you make light lines up until the final step of the tutorial. This will make it easier to erase any potential mistakes.