Why are proportions important in anime?
Anime drawing and character design is unique in that it allows for open-ended creativity while still remaining within standard design principles, like proportions.
Is it easier to draw anime feet or hands?
According to Skillshare instructor Pluvias, drawing anime feet is actually easier than learning how to draw anime hands. In this course, she will show you how to create feet for your anime character from different angles and positions. 14. Anime Clothes.
How to draw anime characters?
While artists have varying preferences about how to structure an anime character’s head and face, they all start with the same basic principle: First draw a circle, and then draw a horizontal line and vertical line directly ...
How to draw anime girl eyes?
Start by sketching a curved upper eyelid, then draw a short line extending down from the outer corner of the eye. Leave the inner corner of the eye open for a softer look. Then, add a circle in the middle of the eye as the iris. Draw a smaller circle—the pupil—in the middle of the iris.
How long should an anime character's legs be?
The legs of an anime character should be approximately as long as the top half of the character, from the top of the head to the waist. Finally, add in the arms. A good rule of thumb is to align the elbow with the character’s waist, and then extend the rest of the arm (including the hand) to about mid-thigh.
What pen do you use to highlight a character?
While you will mostly ink with a black pen, it can also be helpful to have a white jelly pen on hand—you can use this to add highlights, like the reflection points in the character’s eyes. You may also choose to add additional colors with colored pencils or medium of your choice.
What is the difference between a character's nose and mouth?
The character’s nose and mouth will typically be much smaller and simpler than the eyes. The nose, for instance, may just be two small lines that represent the nostrils. Similarly, the mouth may be a simple curved line.
How to make a reflection in the eye?
Leave the inner corner of the eye open for a softer look. Then, add a circle in the middle of the eye as the iris. Draw a smaller circle—the pupil—in the middle of the iris. To create primary and secondary light reflections, add in one or two additional circles within the iris.
Step 2 – Place and Draw The Eyes & Eyebrows
- For a cuter look place the eyes even lower down than normal. Also make sure that you draw the eyes big and tall. In this case we will actually place the eyes by first placing the eyebrows. To do this draw a horizontal line exactly through the middle of the head and draw the bottom of the ey…
Step 3 – Placing & Drawing The Nose
- Draw the nose between the line through the middle of the face and the bottom of the chin. For more on drawing anime noses see: How to Draw Anime and Manga Noses
Step 4 – Drawing & Placing The Ears
- The ears will be covered by hair in later steps but we will go over placing them in case you want to draw a different hairstyle. Place the ears between the top of the halfway point between the top of the eyes and the chin. For more on drawing anime ears see: How to Draw Anime and Manga Ears
Step 5 – Placing & Drawing The Mouth
- To place the mouth draw it exactly between the nose and the chin. For a cute look make sure to draw a small mouth. You can also draw a little break inside the mouth line. For more on drawing anime mouths see: 1. How to Draw Anime Mouths Tutorial 2. How to Draw Anime and Manga Mouth Expressions
Step 6 – Drawing Cheeks & Blush
- To give the character an even cuter (but also more childish) appearance add some blush on the cheeks. For the line drawing version you can do this by drawing some angled lines.
Step 7 – Drawing The Hair
- For a cute looking character you can make the hair fairly “puffy” drawing it a good distance away from the head. For more on drawing anime hair you can see: How to Draw Anime & Manga Male & Female Hair You may notice that there are also some collar bones and clothes added in this step. For more on drawing these you can see: 1. How to Draw Anime Neck & Shoulders 2. How to Dra…
Step 8 – Coloring The Character
- You can pretty much color a cute character character same as you would any other one. Simply fill in each area with the appropriate color and add some basic shading afterwards. Add some shading on the head as there will usually be a shadow there cast by the head and some shadows on the face cast by the hair. You can also add some very light red/pink to the blush on the cheek…
Conclusion
- As this tutorial was for a “cute” looking anime character the proportions were slightly different than the ones recommended in some other tutorials here on AnimeOutline. Please keep in mind that while these proportion are based on the general trends for cute looking anime characters there is no one clear set of guide lines that will fit all of them. You can always experiment with di…
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