Step 1 – Draw the Torso. Anime throwing pose torso drawing. Draw the torso almost horizontal to the ground with a slight backwards bend. It will also have a bit of a twist that you can show by making it wider at the top and narrower towards the the middle curving inwards on both ends but more so at the back.
Anime aiming pose drawing step by step. This pose is of a character aiming a gun. It can be common for a scenes like special forces storming a building. In this case the gun is a fairly large rifle but a similar pose can also work for a hand gun. You would simply need to change the position of the arms.
Similar to the running pose the front leg will be bent pointing forward with the back leg being straight and on the same angle as the rest of the body.
There are 5 distinct manga styles: Shonen, Shojo, Seinin, Josei, and Kodomomuke. The purpose of these 5 styles is to describe the audience each story is for. They do not function as genres, but as a label of the demographics, they cater to.
Learning to draw the human anatomy with correct proportions is the key to drawing manga poses and anime characters.
When drawing anime characters, there are differences between drawing female manga characters and male characters.
The most important thing in drawing anime poses is starting off your pose with an action line.
In order to draw great anime characters, you want to pay attention to the character designs.
In the above images, I show you how to draw an anime girl face step by step.
Don’t be afraid to use a photo reference to help you draw poses. Have you ever seen professional painters use a model to create their paintings?