how to draw anime girl step by step

by Dr. Sonya Graham III 6 min read
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How to draw anime girl?

1. Make an outline of the anime girl using stick figures and shapes. First, sketch a circle for the head. Add an angled shape on the lower part of the circle for the chin and jaw. Use a line for the neck down to where the pelvis would be located. Draw an inverted dome shape for the thorax and attach more lines to the limbs.

How to make anime hair look wavy?

Design a hairstyle for your anime character. You can use curved strokes to make the hair look wavy or make the hair limp, as if it were wet. Add a C shape on each side for the ears, peeking a little from the thick hair of your anime girl.

How to draw a thorax?

First, sketch a circle for the head. Add an angled shape on the lower part of the circle for the chin and jaw. Use a short line for the neck. Connect a curved line from the neck down to where the pelvis would be located. Draw a four-pointed shape for the thorax and attach more lines for the limbs.

How to draw a sprite?

3. Sketch the eyes. Position it, or, more conventionally them, with the help of the crossed line as an outline. Add small curved strokes for the eyebrows. Sketch an angle for the nose and a small curved line for the lips. ...

Where did anime originate?

Anime is a style of animation/drawing originating from Japan. Most anime drawings include exaggerated physical features such as large eyes, big hair and elongated limbs. In this tutorial, you will learn how to draw an anime school girl, an anime girl in swimwear, a teenage anime girl, and a younger/child anime girl. Steps.

How to draw anime girl head?

Start by drawing the head without any of the small details. In the front view you can draw a circle to help you get the shape of the top of the head. In the side view it will be a slight oval. For more on drawing anime heads and faces see: How to Draw an Anime Girl’s Head and Face.

How to draw shoes anime?

Start by drawing some lines that indicate each item of clothing. Draw these lines in smooth curves that hug the shape of the body.

How long should an anime girl's legs be?

Anime girl leg structure. The legs should be about half the length of the entire body. The feet (when drawing the side view) should be about as long as the distance from the wrists to the elbow. For more on drawing the legs see: How to Draw Female Anime Legs Tutorial.

Why do you draw two views at once?

If you are drawing two views at once you can add the horizontal lines to make sure that the different body parts match up in both views. Drawing both views at once is a good exercise. If you are good at drawing one particular body part in one view but not so much in another this can help you.

How to draw a girl's mouth in anime?

Beautiful anime girl mouth drawing. Place the mouth where it’s bottom lip (not actually drawn) would be about halfway between the bottom of the nose and the bottom of the chin. Make the mouth fairly small with a very slight downwards curve.

How to position eyes in a cute girl?

To position the eyes you can horizontally divide the head in two as shown with the example above . For the “beautiful girl” character you can then place the eyes slightly below this halfway point. the large forehead will add to the “cuteness”.

Is it a challenge to draw an anime girl?

However drawing an anime girl to look beautiful is actually a bit of a challenge as most of them are drawn to be fairly cute by default.

Is it hard to draw a female anime character?

As mentioned at the start of the tutorial, female anime characters tend to be cute by default so it can be hard to draw one that is supposed to be beautiful. However using the proportions and facial feature placement in this tutorial can help create such a character.

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.

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.

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Step 1 – Draw The Overall Shape of The Female Body

One of the most important thing to keep in mind when drawing the full figure is the proportions or the relation of one body part to another. Everything has to be the right size or your character will look odd. Certain styles may deliberately exaggerate certain proportions (like the big anime eyes for example) there are still rules to fol…
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Step 2 – Clean Up Your Drawing

  • Clean up your drawing after you have established the basic shape of the body. You can also add in some of the smaller details such as the neck collar bones and the a hint of the knees in the front view. For more on drawing anime necks see: How to Draw Anime Neck & Shoulders
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Step 3 – Draw The Details

  • Drawn out draw in the details such as the hair and various facial features. We will not go into the details of drawing those in this tutorial as they are already covered in other tutorial on this website. You can refer to the following for more information: 1. How to Draw Female Anime Eyes Tutorial 2. How to Draw Anime & Manga Male & Female Hair 3. How to Draw Anime and Manga …
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Step 4 – Draw The Clothes

  • For the clothes we will draw a few basic items. We will draw a shirt, shorts and socks. If you would like to draw shoes see: How to Draw Anime Shoes Step by Step Since these type of clothes are fairly thin and tight it will follow the overall outline and shape of the body. Start by drawing some lines that indicate each item of clothing. Draw these lines in smooth curves that hug the shape o…
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Step 5 – Add Color & Shading

  • For the finishing touches add some basic color and shading. In this tutorial we will draw as if our character is standing in fairly normal lighting conditions either outside or indoors and facing towards the light source that is up above her. Any part of the body that is less exposed to light will be darker. In this case the you can add some as follows: 1. Neck/shoulder area 2. Inner parts of t…
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Conclusion

  • There is a lot keep track of when drawing a full body of an anime character. You have to make sure to have good proportions while still maintaining the style. Fortunately most common anime style bodies are still somewhat similar to real bodies so you can look at photos of real people if you need some reference material. For drawing a male anime and manga style characters see: 1…
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Step 1 – Draw The Center Guide Line & The Top of The Head

Star by drawing a vertical line through the middle of your drawing area. In this case it will be tall enough to accommodate the height of the head, neck, and the top part of the shoulders. The purpose of this line is to act as a guide that helps make sure that both halves of the head/neck/shoulders are of relatively even widt…
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Step 2 – Draw The Bottom of The Head

  • From the lower half of the circle project two lines downwards and angled towards the center line. These should then transition into curves and then go on an even sharper angles to finally join at the curve of the chin. You can see the break down in the illustration above.
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Step 3 – Draw The Neck/Shoulders

  • Make the neck fairly thin in relation to the head and fairly long. It should eventually transitioning into the shoulder muscles which should then transition into the shoulders. A slender and long neck will help emphasize a beautiful character. As this tutorial mainly focuses on the face we won’t go into too much detail on drawing these. For more information on drawing anime necks s…
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Step 4 – Position The Eyes Horizontally

  • To position the eyes you can horizontally divide the head in two as shown with the example above. For the “beautiful girl” character you can then place the eyes slightly below this halfway point. the large forehead will add to the “cuteness”.
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Step 5 – Space The Eyes Horizontally & Draw Their Basic Outlines

  • When spacing the eyes horizontally you will want to leave about enough room between them that you can fit in another eye. When actually drawing the eyes make them fairly narrow with relatively thick sets of top eyelashes. At this stage you can simply outline the basic shape of the eyes without drawing all of the smaller details such as the eyelashes. The goal is to first correctly pla…
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Step 6 – Position & Draw The Eyebrows

  • Fairly high up above the eyes draw the eyelashes with thicker and slightly raised inner ends. This will help give the character a certain personality. For more examples of various types of anime/manga eyelashes see: How to Draw Anime Eyelashes Step by Step
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Step 7 – Position & Draw The Nose

  • The nose will be slightly above the halfway point between the horizontal line for the middle of the head and the bottom of the chin. Draw the nose itself close to a tiny oval in shape with the side closer to the center of the face slightly flatter.
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Step 8 – Position & Draw The Mouth

  • Place the mouth where it’s bottom lip (not actually drawn) would be about halfway between the bottom of the nose and the bottom of the chin. Make the mouth fairly small with a very slight downwards curve. It’s very important not to draw too much of a curve or the character can get an unhappy looking expression.
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Step 9 – Position & Draw The Ears

  • Position the ears with their tops slightly below the top of the eyes and their bottoms slightly below the bottom of the nose. For this particular character the ears will be drawn slightly smaller and slightly lower down than is recommended for other character types here on AnimeOutline. For the other placement example as well as more information on drawing ears see: How to Draw Anime …
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Step 10 – Draw The Sides of The Hair

  • After placing all of the facial features you can move on to drawing the hair. To emphasize that the character is beautiful (takes care of herself) we will give her a fairly neat hair style. When drawing the hair you can think of it as being split into the sides, front and back/top sections. For a more detailed explanation of this as well as examples of other hair styles see: How to Draw Anime an…
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