How To Draw Anime Characters? Here are some tips

Anime is a popular drawing style that originated in Japan. Drawing anime characters is easy. There are some steps you can follow.

To draw anime characters, start drawing an anime head and face. Start drawing an oval and divide it into four sections. While drawing faces, make the oval narrower towards the bottom to draw the chin. Then draw a horizontal line through the center of the oval and a vertical line that intersects the horizontal line.

Draw the eyes underneath the horizontal lines. Eyes are drawn as big and exaggerated. Then sketch eyebrows just above the horizontal line. Draw a long downward curving line for the eyebrow.

Add a nose halfway between the horizontal line and the chin. Make the nose as the smallest feature of your character. Anime mouths are also drawn simple. Draw mouth halfway between nose and chin. 

Then add ears to the side of the head. If a character has long hair, you can skip drawing ears. If short hair is needed, draw an oval on each side of the head. 

Finally, draw hair on your anime character. Generally, anime hairs are with pointed ends and distinct sections. 

Now remove the horizontal and vertical lines and sketch from your anime body.

Essential Manga and Anime art supplies that you should have

Anime, like any other artwork, needs a few essential art supplies like pencils, pen, and paint brushes among others. Let’s explore some of them.

Paper Pencil for rough linework: Use H, HB, or B pencils, depending on the darkness you desire to have in your work.

Mechanical pencils for precision work: Use varying lead diameter to add depth to your lines.

Pen and ink or marker pens and ball pens: Marker pens are usually the cheaper amateur version of pen and ink. However, even professional artists use markers to give life to their artworks.

Paintbrushes: A lot of artists use brushes for their linework and coloring. A stable hand is mandatory if you dare to use brushes for drawing your outlines.

Inks: Try to use the best quality ink to make your art looks exceptional. You can use Indian ink, drawing ink, or industrial ink.

White ink: These are used to add details and highlights to your drawing. They can also be used to correct inking mistakes.

At the end of the day, all that matters is your desire to draw. Get a piece of paper and a pen and draw your heart out.

Steps to Draw an Anime Female Body

Imagine messing up the body of your anime character after spending so much time on drawing its head. We all can understand the pain and frustration.

Here are five steps to draw a female anime body.

First, lightly sketch the basic shape of the head on top of the paper, leaving enough space to draw the hair on top and the body below.

Anime female characters are usually 6.5 heads tall. Draw a vertical line down from the top of the head and make markings using head length as the base.

Leave some space for the neck and draw two circles within the first two markings below the head. Join the circles to form an hourglass shape for the torso.

Draw arms starting from either side of the top edge of the torso. Add joints of elbows and wrists aligning with the narrowest part and bottom end of the body, respectively. 

Draw legs from the bottom of the torso to the end of the guides. Add the knees and ankles at four and six heads from the top, respectively.

Add features to the face and draw hands, feet, and clothing to complete your drawing.

How To Draw Male Anime Eyes: 5 Simple Steps

Anime eyes are drawn big and exaggerated to show expressions and emotions. There are some easy steps with which one can draw the Male Anime Eyes.

First, sketch the upper and lower lash lines. Male anime eyes are usually drawn narrower. Draw the curves on upper and lower lash lines as slight for not getting a round shape.

Secondly, draw an oval between the lash lines and this will be iris. 

Next, draw a small circle near the top of the oval. The circle can be drawn on any side like left or right. This circle will later look like the light is reflecting off the eye.

Fourth, make a smaller circle near the bottom of the oval on the opposite side. This circle will also look like reflected light while giving shading.

Fifth, draw a smaller oval inside the first one and fill it in to make the pupil. Shade it with a pencil and make it look darker. Finally, shade your eyes. 

Drawing Anime Hair: Tips You Need to Know

Anime hair is a very complex subject to draw because it includes drawing different shapes and forms.

Hair of anime characters need to look more expressive. A simple technique in drawing is to split the hair into different parts as fronts, sides, and top. Follow these simple steps to draw anime hair.

• Start by drawing at some distance right above the head because hair does not lie flat on the skull.

• Sketch a simple outline of the hairstyle. The main part of anime hair drawing is to sketch basic outlines. 

• To make face appear more visible, outline the bangs or move hair to the sides.

• After the steps above, draw the inner outline of the hair.

• Find the secondary rhythm in hair and mark it with lines and curves.

• Outline the rhythm lines, creating strands of hair.

Finally, draw additional lines repeating the rhythm. Try to follow these simple steps and draw beautiful hairs for anime characters.