how to draw anime face female step by step

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So first off we're going to draw a circle for where the head is going to be. And then we will draw aMoreSo first off we're going to draw a circle for where the head is going to be. And then we will draw a straight line through it vertical line for the centre of the head.

How do you make a feminine anime face?

0:065:33How to Draw a Manga Face - Front View [Female] - YouTubeYouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipStart off by roughly sketching a circle. And then draw a vertical line and a horizontal line goingMoreStart off by roughly sketching a circle. And then draw a vertical line and a horizontal line going through the center.

How do you draw anime face for beginners?

Outline the jaw for your character. Draw a line from the side of the circle that's slightly angled toward the vertical centerline. Continue drawing the line until you reach the mark you made for the nose. Once the angled line crosses the nose guideline, continue drawing it toward the mark you made for the chin.

How do you draw anime girls step by step?

How to Draw a Beautiful Anime Girl Step by StepStep 1 – Draw the Center Guide Line & The Top of the Head. ... Step 2 – Draw the Bottom of the Head. ... Step 3 – Draw the Neck/Shoulders. ... Step 4 – Position the Eyes Horizontally. ... Step 5 – Space the Eyes Horizontally & Draw Their Basic Outlines. ... Step 6 – Position & Draw the Eyebrows.More items...

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 make an anime face?

0:0216:42How to Draw Faces for Beginners | Anime Manga Drawing TutorialYouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipNow I'm trying to create that jawline started from left making sure the actual tip is not too sharpMoreNow I'm trying to create that jawline started from left making sure the actual tip is not too sharp as the tip of the jaw.

How do you make an anime smile?

2:3138:54HOW TO DRAW SMILING HAPPY EXPRESSIONS (Real Time)YouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipThis will be doing the same sort of thing but just a little bit wider. And sweeping down to theMoreThis will be doing the same sort of thing but just a little bit wider. And sweeping down to the outside edge a bit more. And then i'm just going to come down. Here bring in that shape.

How do you get an anime body?

0:0715:30Want A Superhero Anime Body? DO THIS!! - YouTubeYouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipChoose your aesthetic. Like what type of body you're trying to go for you're trying to be bigger areMoreChoose your aesthetic. Like what type of body you're trying to go for you're trying to be bigger are you trying to smaller.

How do you draw a cute simple girl?

0:076:28How to draw a Girl Easy and Cute #1 - YouTubeYouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipLike that and then come back down with a sweeping curve. Like that and that's one side of her hairMoreLike that and then come back down with a sweeping curve. Like that and that's one side of her hair and we can go draw the other side.

How do you draw a cartoon girl for beginners?

1:585:49How to Draw A Cartoon Girl - FOR BEGINNERS! - YouTubeYouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipIt's a little more of a feminine look this isn't your female character a couple eyelashes. And we'llMoreIt's a little more of a feminine look this isn't your female character a couple eyelashes. And we'll give her bangs. They're kind of kooky bags like this. And pad the hair up here. And bring it down.

Who is the most beautiful anime girl?

Bishoujo: The Most Beautiful Female Anime Characters EverHinata Hyuga: Naruto/Naruto Shippuden.Boa Hancock: One Piece. ... Kuronuma Sawako: Kimi ni Todoke. ... Inori Yuzuriha: Guilty Crown. ... Chitoge Kirisaki: Nisekoi. ... Inoue Orihime: Bleach. ... Kaga Kouko: Golden Time. ... Asuna Yuuki: Sword Art Online. ... More items...•

How do I get anime like my eyes?

To get anime eyes, apply a concealer or foundation around your eyes that is lighter than your skin tone so you have a base to work with. Next, add eye primer to help keep your makeup in place and make the look more long-lasting.

How do I look like an anime girl without makeup?

2:148:38How to look like an Anime girl without circle lens or falsies! - YouTubeYouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipIf you have a double eyelid or have these deeper set eyes then I recommend use a thinner lineMoreIf you have a double eyelid or have these deeper set eyes then I recommend use a thinner line because you don't really need thick eyeliner as much as I do because my eyelids are absolutely tiny.

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.

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

How to draw anime female?

How to Draw an Anime Face (Female) You just need paper, a pencil, a pen, and an eraser. The more you draw and practice, the less you need these guide lines. This drawing isn't the best because I used guide lines. I tend to draw better without guide lines. Keep practicing to become an artist!

How to draw a face with a pen?

The top of the eyes is where the top of the ears are. On both sides, draw a curved shape down to the second horizontal line. This will be your ears. Now go ahead and trace the face out with a pen. After that, erase any pencil marks except the top of the circle. Ask Question.

How to draw a symmetrical face?

Draw a vertical line in the middle of the circle. The line will divide the circle in half, allowing you to be able to draw a more symmetrical face. Make sure the vertical line is long, past the bottom of the circle.

What does a Chibi look like?

On the left, the shorter the jaw is, the more child-like it looks (Chibi style). In the middle, it has a longer jaw, so it looks older (Maybe teenage years). You can experiment around with how long you want your jaw to be, just as long it doesn't exceed the length of half of your circle (as shown on the right). Ask Question.

How to draw a chin?

Place a horizontal mark for the chin underneath the circle. Find the distance from the center of the circle to the line you drew for the nose. Measure down from the bottom of the circle (or the nose line) to the distance you just found and make a small horizontal mark on the vertical center line.

How to make a simple nose in anime?

If you want to make a simple nose, just put a dot on the point where the nose guide line and the vertical center line intersect.

How to make a female neck?

For a female character, place the lines for the neck closer to the chin so it’s narrower. Make straight vertical lines extending from the jaw on each side of the face to make the neck. Younger manga or anime characters will have a narrow neck since they aren’t as muscular or defined.

How to draw a sprite?

1. Place ears on the sides of the head between the eye and nose lines. The top and bottom of each ear will line up with the eye and nose lines you drew earlier. Sketch oblong C-shapes between the guide lines for your ears so they connect to the sides of the circle and jawline.

How to draw a boy's neck?

When you’re drawing a young boy or girl character, make the neck lines closer to the chin that the sides of the jaw. Hold your drawing out in front of you to see if the neck looks too long or short while you’re drawing it. Erase or extend the lines further depending on how it looks to you.

How to draw a jaw in a sandbox?

Outline the jaw for your character. Start on either the left or right side of the circle at its widest point. Draw a line from the side of the circle that’s slightly angled toward the vertical center line. Continue drawing the line until you reach the mark you made for the nose.

How to draw a circle on paper?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Step 2 – Place & Draw The Ears

  • Please note that the ears will actually be covered by the hair in later steps so drawing them can be optional. However it can still be a good idea to at least show their outlines (even if you erase them later) as it can help you judge weather or not your character looks right. Drawing the head witho…
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Step 3 – Place & Draw The Eyes

  • Bigger and wider eyes tend to make characters look younger. For an older anime characters draw the eyes vertically narrower and with slightly smaller irises/pupils in relation to the rest of the eye. To position the eyes you can use the horizontal line made though the middle of the head in the previous step. Draw them directly below it. For the front view draw the eyes roughly far enough a…
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Step 4 – Place & Draw The Nose

  • When placing the nose you can again use the lines in the previous step. In this case it’s bottom will be on the same line as the bottom of the ears. For drawing the bottom portion of the nose in the side view you can see the next step as it’s pretty much tied into drawing the lips. When drawing the front view of the nose you can show it as two vertical lines. The little gap between t…
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Step 5 – Place & Draw The Mouth & Lips

  • Anime mouths are usually drawn as a single line (often broken up in the middle). The lips are generally not shown at all or just hinted at. However older characters tend to sometimes be drawn with more pronounced facial features so in this case the mouth will be slightly better defined. The woman will also be wearing lipstick which means that the lips can be shown as well. Position th…
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Step 6 – Draw The Hair

  • For this hairstyle draw the top part of the hair somewhat tracing the shape of the head. As the hair goes down you can draw it splitting into various clumps with some light curves/waves in them. For more on anime hair see: 1. How to Draw Anime and Manga Hair – Female 2. How to Draw Anime Hair in 3/4 View Step by Step 3. How to Draw Anime & Manga Male & Female Hair
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Step 7 – Clean Up The Drawing

  • Once you finish the previous steps clean up your drawing and erase any guide lines as well as the parts of the head covered by the hair. You can then trace over your lines to darken them. However do not trace over the outlines of the highlights and shadows in the eyes. Leave those lines light so that they pretty much blend into the color/shading added in the next step.
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Step 8 – Color The Drawing

  • To color and shade your character first fill each area such as the hair and skin with a solid color and add the darker shadows afterwards. You can either leave the highlights like the reflections in the eyes, hair and lips white if drawing on paper or draw them in later if drawing digitally. For some generic shading darken the areas that normally tend to be away from the light. In this case most …
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Conclusion

  • For older looking anime characters draw them with a longer faces and narrower eyes than you would for a younger ones. If you look at few photos of real people generally kids tend to have rounder faces and larger eyes (in relation to their head) than adults. As anime characters are fairly stylized these difference can be even more exaggerated. For drawing a younger looking female f…
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Step 1 – Drawing A Semi-Realistic Looking Anime Head

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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 2 – Drawing The Eyes

  • 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 3 – Drawing A Semi-Realistic Nose

  • 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 4 – Drawing The Ears

  • 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 5 – Drawing The Mouth & Lips

  • 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 6 – Drawing Semi-Realistic Anime Hair

  • 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 7 – Cleaning Up The Drawing

  • 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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Step 8 – Drawing The Small Details of The Eyes

  • 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 9 – Finishing The Drawing by Applying Shading

  • 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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Conclusion

  • 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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