How to Draw Cartoon Socks
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This tutorial shows how to draw socks, stockings and tights in the anime and manga style with some simple examples and basic tips. Socks, stockings and tights are all very commonly seen items in anime and manga, especially due to many of them featuring a high school setting where these are often worn with the school uniforms.
When drawing an anime character’s body, the arms should reach approximately mid-thigh. No matter what kind of body style you’re drawing, following these guidelines will ensure that you create proportional anatomy. At this point, you will have a full-body sketch of your anime character.
When drawing an anime character’s body, the arms should reach approximately mid-thigh. No matter what kind of body style you’re drawing, following these guidelines will ensure that you create proportional anatomy.
We’ll begin by drawing the top of the socks. Start by drawing two sets of rectangles with a slightly curved edge to them. Inside each of these shapes, draw a few horizontal lines across to create this pattern.
Now the next thing you need to do is draw two sets of parallel lines going downards. It should look like this now.
Then you’ll want to extend the first line down by drawing a curved line as such. Do this for the second pair of socks as well.
Now join the top line to the other line by drawing a curved line for the front of the socks and then a straight horizontal line for the bottom of the socks. Repeat this process for the second pair as well.
At the front of the socks, draw a curved line and then draw another curved line facing the other direction by the heel of the socks. Do this again for the next sock.
Now comes the really fun part and that’s adding some kind of pattern to your socks.
And finally, here I have included an image with the drawing filled in with color. You can go ahead and color your own drawing with shades you like.
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 ...
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.
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.
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.