Muto Anime How To Draw Anime For Beginner ,z...., Male and Female Characters First EditionFa all my ficends and fans who have supported | mee all these, YEU. Thanks Copyright 2000 Muto Anime / Le Trung www, mutoanime.comTable of Content Topic Page About The Author 4 introduction 5 Basic Anatomy Body Size 7 Figure 8 ide View 9 Anatomy 10 Man Chest 1 Female Chest 2 Neck And Shoulder 13 Arm Rotation 4 Basic Drawing 1 Cross 16 Eyes 7 Eyes: Female 18-21 Eyes: Male 92.24 Eyebrows 25.26 Mouth 27-28 Nose 29 Ears 30 Hair: Female 31-33 Hair: Male 34.35 Hands 36-37 Feet 38-39 Basic Female Drawing 40.41 Basic Male Drawing 42.43 Common Mistake F or Head 44 Basic Drawing 2 Body Proportion 46 3/4" View 47-49 3/4" Pose 50 Looking Up 51 Emotions: 52-53 Dramatic Emotions 54 Blinking 55 Bushing Effects 56-57 Folds 5859 Folds: Male Clothes 60.61 Folds: Female Clothes 62.63 Clothes: T! 64 jothes: Wet 65 Clothes: Windy 66 Hair Shading 67 Character Shade 68Table of Content Topic Page Half Naked 70-72 Full Naked 73-74 Clothing Female 15-77 Clothing Male 78-80 Different Style 81-83 Front View 84.85 Side View 86-87 Back View 88-90 Lying Down a1 Action Pose: Female 92.95 Super Deform 96-98 Advance Drawing 2 Cat Girls 100-104 EM 105-109 Samurai 110-113 Sitting "4-117 Dreaming 18-121 winter 122-125 Kimono Part 1 126-129, Advance Drawing 3 mono Part 2 131-134 niform Woman 135-138 Nurse 139-142 Bending Down 143-146 Shoujo 147-150 Conclusion 191About The Author Most of my friends called me Re Torugu back inJapan, Sometimesthey called Muto instead. | moved fram Tokyo to canada when | was stilla kid. Asa kid during ry spare time, | usually spent most of my time drawing anime characters (6 years old) Growing up in Japan, we were surrounded with animes through TV, graphic books, and manga. One of my favorite show when | was a kid were Gundam and M across. Every day | draw pictures over and over again during class time or at home The pictures that | had drawn were very simple back then, but as time passed by my drawing had changed too, 4s grew up| started working on painting anime cells. (don't paint anime cell anymore, but sometimes | do it for ald tine sake, | still prefer anime with calls than those new anime shows with computer graphics, Some say that Vm too old fashion and too traditional, but one thing | know for sure is that time has passed hy very fast far me to get used to the computer animation When I'm not drawing anime, | usually do something else related to anime, | watch anime shows and write reviews on it. | also write anime theme songsfor piano, and lastly | program games. | have made several anime games so far, and thay range from 5Megs te (Gig anime games. The gamescan be download fromthe server or order a ed-rom version from warn. mutoanime.cam,Introduction “How te draw anime for beginner’ waswritten about 2 years ago. The purpose of this book was to show how one could change their current cartoon style into anime style. Therefore, this book was not designed for people who just started to learn drawing fram scratch. Itwas designed for people who had some experience in drawing before. The book is divided into three parts: Anatomy, Basi¢ and Advance Drawing. The basic anatomy section was made for reference only, not ta teach people from seratch However, anyone is welcome to try it, but it wil be a bit harder for beginner The book was written as simple as much as possible to make it easierto understand. It contains over 140 pages of pictures and helpful hints. Furthermore, the video on "How to draw anime for beginner” is available by ordering the cd-rom or by downloading from our server, The ed-rom will contain full resolution tutorials, but the download version will contain only a third of a resolution, because of the limited bandwidth of the internet, Tutorials: To prepare y ourself, you should close your eyes and think about anime style not cartoon, Don't try mixing regular cartoon character with anime character, because it simply doesnt work. You should follow the section one by one, and make sure you fully understand it before going to the next section. Most of the tutorials will contain a video about it, please watch the video after you have read the section. Make sure you practice after each section by drawing it not just reading it Some sections will have tutorials on both male and female, whereas some will only contain one gender. If you see a section with only one gender then it means that it works the same for both male and female anime characters,Basic Anatomy In this section, you will learn the basic anatony. It looks easy, hut it takes many years to get it right. This topic is v ery large and takes years to learn, therefore this books will give the summary only. It should he used for reference onlyMale Female Child Body Size When drawing your subjects, the first thing y ou must know is whether you are planning to draw a male, female ora child You can use the length of the character's head asa ratio of 1 (From the top of the head to the chin.) The upper body of the male character should be twice the length of the head. The bottom ofthe body should be the same asthe head length The female body almost works the same as the male body, The upper body should be twice the length ofthe head, but the shoulder should be less wider than the male character in comparison. The bottom of the body should be the same as the head except that you make it a lot wider than the male character. The child body works different from the male and the female. The upper and the bottom body both should be the same length as the head. In addition the child's shoulder should be drawn less wider than the female character,Figure When drawing a male figure, there are a few things that you should watch out. The shoulder should always be wide for male figure and his arms should be nice and straight, The waist and the hip should be straight. The legs are drawn firmly, and they should be drawn apart When drawing a female figure, make sure it looks more lively by drawing it more freely and not too firmly. Shoulder should be a bit smaller thanthe male character and the arm should be drawn outward as shown in the ex ample. —> The waist is drawn inward and the hip is drawn outward, this is what distinguish between a male and a female character. Another thing you might consider when drawing a female character is her knee tends to move toward each other \ as shown inthe example, You will see this form a lot when they are drawn on the heach ‘wearing a swimsuitSide View Male | This is your typical side view for a male character. Notice how the body is drawn mostly straight line down, There are only a few curves for a male character, mostly onthe back. | | | | Female The female side view is a bit more complicated than the male character, The body should te drawn with more “curve.” The main three spots that must he watched when drawing side view are her breast, waist and hip. Also, notice haw the everall female body is smaller than the male character.Anatomy Here is your typical human body's anatomy. Anime character works the same as a Teal person. This work for both male and female characters, t may be different trom one artist to another artist, but not very much. Please, be careful if you are still a beginner, don't make ft out of proportion as a bad habit because it will be very hard to tix your style later. 10Man Chest When drawing a man chest, you have to decide which type of man you want to draw. There are three types: a skinny person, a normal person, and a muscular person. By making the shoulder and the chest bigger with alittle more details on the muscle you can make a skinny person to a muscular person, When drawing a skinny male character, you should always make sure that the shoulder is not drawn to large, The chest is drawn curve down tothe stomach. Add some lines near the neck and on the top of the chest to show hisbones. Most importantly, don't forget to add the bone on the rib cage by drawing curve lines as shown in the example. Ifyou want to draw a normal male character, you need to make the fof } \\\ shoulder a bit larger than, The chest is curve down only a bit to the | | stomach. Notice thata normal male character doesnt have any { } | hone nor any muscle showing, this can be achieved by drawing only fh __/| | afewcurve tines on the ody. Making the chest looks very plain, and les work for the artists, since we don't have to draw in the (\/ | ieeans JUS if you wantte draw a muscular character, yau need to draw in mare details especially the neck, shoulder and the stomach area, The neck is drawn wider with define detailsto show that he hasv eins an his |\ neck. The shoulder and the upper part of the chest is extra large ta !\ show that he has muscle. Furthermore, don't forget ta add in the | detail for his stomach to complete the work as shawn in the example orFemale Chest Drawing a female chest is diferent from drawing a male chest because you have worry about the breast andthe hip. The breast and the hip will define the characteristic of a female character. Therefore, by changing the breast and the hip se you can draw a super model to a muscular female Here iS a typical female model Her shoulder are drawn close together, Her chest is aradually curve inward to the waist and curve outward toward the hip. The hip width and the breast width should be aboutthe same ste as shown in the example. Furthermore, the two breasts should be drawn about 45 degree angle, The arms tend to be closer to the body for a female character, Here is atypical normal female, Her shoulder are drawn further apart Her chest is gradually curve inward to the waist and curye outward toward the hip asin the model female, However, the hip width is wider than the breast width as shown in the example, The breasts are drawn about 48 degree angle as in the modal female. The arms tend to be a bit further fromthe body for a normal female character. Drawing a muscular female is diferent trom drawing a muscular male character because you don't need to draw in the big muscles. You can achieve the same effect by shading in certain areas namely the shoulder, neck, elbow, and the legs as shown in the example. Also, the hip width is wider than the breast width, The breasts are drawn about 45 degree angle as in the other two females, The arms are drawn further from the body than the other twa females, 12Neck and Shoulder The neck and the shoulder both work the same way for male and female character, ex cept that the female neck and shoulder is a bit smaller than the male character. Muscular The shoulder is drawn upward toward the neck, ike walking up on a hill. The common mistake for a beginner is drawing the shoulder foo flat toward the neck. Astor a muscular person the shoulder should be drawn higher than anormal shoulder as shown in the ex ample 43Arm Rotation The arm rotation is probably the hardest thing to learn when you area beginner, but with little practice you can be @ pro. Some arfists especially beginner dont realize how important itisto make the proper arm rotation. It makes the characters look more realistic, There are certain things yau must know when making the atm moves and that is the shoulder moves with the arm, When you draw the aim up, down, outward or inward, the shouller moves up, down, outward and inward respectively Please study the examples below carefully 14Basic Drawing 1 Inthis section, you will learn haw to draw an anime face. Drawing anime face is very difficult for first timer, but with practice it can be done easily 15Cross Asyou are learning how to draw anime character, the first thing you should realize that every character you draw should start with the head. Before you actually start drawing, you will need to centre the head by drawing alitile cross as shown below. However, you will probably notice that most the anime characters you see are usually facing left or right and you hardly see them facing toward you. The reason for this is because when you make them facing right or left it makes the characters laak more "3D" Facing Left Facing Toward Facing Right Down Left Down Down RightEyes Drawing the eyes is probably the most important thing for an anime character. Therefore, we have decided to break it into two parts. The first part will show you the type of eyes are available for drawing and the second part will teach you how to draw the eyes in detail, There are thousand of ways to draw an eye, but for now you only need to know the three basic type of eyes: oval, triangle and rectangle, The three styles workfor both male and female character. The oval ayes are your typical "Happy Anime Character" or" Cute type" as some of you may call them, It's probably the most common eyes ou will see when you are watching your favorite anime show. The triangle eyes are your typical “Mean Anime Character’ or "Your Bad Guys Character’. You dont see much triangle eyes when watching anime, but occasionally you see some bad guys with triangle eyes The square/rectangle are your "Average Anime Character” or “Innocent GirlB oy" looking type. You wil notice that mast of the anime you see on TV will contain rectangle eyes which will make them look more innocent. When drawing the eyes you should take y our time and draw theme arefully. The eyes will make y aur character what they are, therefore, one should spend at least a large amount of time practice drawing the eyes Most important, when drawing the eyes, try not to forget the top and bottam eye lashes, the sparkling in the apple of the eyes and colour the apple carefully.Eyes: Female QO Ova — Happy Character) Cute type Face looking right f= Triangle Mean Character/ Bad Character Face looking right. © (1 SquareRectangle — ayerage Character / Innocent Type rr a ~ 4 Face looking right 18Eyes: Female Asmention eatlier, the eyes is the most important thing in an anime character, it makes the character what they are. As shown below'this section will teach one how to draw square/rectangle eyestype. Ifyou can draw this then you will have no problem drawing the triangle or the oval eyes type because they work the same. Square / Rectangle 19Eyes: Female ine The first thing you should do for a beginner is to draw a cross. The efoss you see below are facing a ht just toward the left {tis not fully facing straight toward you, but you ean draw itthat way it t makes you feel better The place where the intersection cross, is where you should start drawing your nose. You don't have to draw the nose now, but ifit makes you see better then you should, The top of the nose is where the intersection of the cross meet. Now just draw a curve below the i cross ta represent the nose as shown, Ifyou decide { . to draw the nose now then you might as well draw the mouth, Let's just draw a simple mouth for now, ‘You do this by drawing a litle curve below the nose. and it's done. How do you know where to draw the eyes from the cross? 4.2__———_ Well, in this case sinoe the face (cross) is facing left, pee you must draw your right eyes further then your lett eT \ Byes from the cross intersection. { The distance between the two eyes should be about 1.2 apart as shown. ifthe face (cross) is facing right instead of left, you must draw your left eyes further than your right ey#s from the cross intersection The next step is to draw the top and bottom eye lashes. All you have to dois darken the above and bottom of the eyes and draw some lines sticking out for your eye lashes After that draw a line over the eye lashes to complete the outline of the eyes 20Eyes: Female Female ‘You can draw the sparkling by making a oval shape within the eyes. Dont make it too large, about 4 of the iris sze. iris The iris will contain sparkling and some little white oval shapes. The sparkling can be drawn fromthe top left comer of the iris as shown, You may draw the sparkling from the top right comer as youwish. The pupil should be drawn at the centre of the eyes, Next step is to draw more details around the iris, Also, you can draw some more ov al shapes around the pupil to make move sparkling. Normally, 2-3 glares are good enough.. Now all you have ta do is fill in the top part of the eyes and the surrounding area and you are done with the eyes, Try not to draw too many sparkling because it will make it looks unreal. Drawing the ey esis probably the hardest thing to da for any beginner and it will take some timesto get use to it. Therefore, be | \ H patient and hopefully you will get use to it very soon. Ittakes about 1 minute to draw the eyesor a pro eat? sae hut for beginner this may take about 30 minutes 2aEyes: Male Drawing a male eye is the same as the female eye. However, a male eye is generally a bit smaller and contains less sparkling than a female eye, Occasionally, the male eye can be drawn a bit larger when drawing a male child. ——————_, a oe Cr 22Eyes: Male Male Start off by drawing a cross as in female eye In female eye the eyes are drawn almost in a full circle. but fora male eye the eyes are drawn half a circle. Most male eyes are smaller, narrow, and thicker line than female eyes, After drawing the halt circle, make the eyes more define by adding the eyelids on top The iris is almost a perfect circla, but is partially covered up by the eyelids Do not draw the iris so smallthat you can see the entire eyeballs, 23Eyes: Male Male Male character eyes have light glares in their eyes, too, 7 but they often are not as large or oby ious as in the female eyes. Therefore, one should keep this in mind when drawing the male eyes, Iris — The next logical step is to drawthe pupil. Just draw a smaller + circle within the iris as shown in the example. Pupil As ‘or the glare draw one oval light glare on the left side of the eye, and the other one an the right side. Notice how the glares are not too obyious as in the female glares The eyelids can be drawn thicker than the female eyelids. in most case, they are drawn thicker. a Male characterstend to have darker, thicker p eyebrows, so make sure they are not drawn too thin, Usually, the male eyes do not contains eyelashes, but fyou want to draw it in then there is nothing wrong with it. However, most manga artists don't usually draw the eyelashes forthe male eyes 24Eyebrows Most artists wil draw the eyebrows right after they have drawn the eyes, Drawing the eyebrows is a simple task, but it can make the character Iooks sad, happy, angry and much more. Therefore, you shauld think what you want to do first before drawing and take your time at ittoo. Asa beginner you should keep your ey brows as simple as much as possible. Drawing a regular expression eyebrows is very easy. Allyou have to dois draw a curve above the eyelashes. Female ‘The curve should be thicker asyou are moving toward the centre and thinner as you are moving away from the centre. Male The cue should be thinner as you are. moving toward the centre and thicker as you are moving away from the centre. =, 25Eyebrows Female —— Regular Expression / Happy Expression ( ye ( \ Mad | Angry Very Mad / Very Angry Regular Expression / Happy Expression | Mad / Angry _ Very Mad | Very Angry 26Mouth Drawing a mouth is the easiest thing to do. There is not much you need to learn about drawing the mouth except that you should remember to draw them proportionally ta your character face. Also, the male mouth is usually larger than the female mouth. Keep the mouth as simple as much as possible by drawing a lang thin line for the mouth ‘You may want to add a shorter line to define the lower lip. Basic Mouth ‘Simple Smile QS XN Regular Smile Smile with teeth and lower tip Talking Happy 27Mouth The second part of the mouth section will show you how you can make your anime characters do certain action with their mouths, On the left side you have the mouth drawn with more details for drawing closé up anime character's face, and on the right side isthe simplified version oft — Close for chewing the foods. y. ” Via Drinking water using a straw — > Aboutto kiss oRNose Drawing a nose is not that hard, but just remember that an anime character always has a small nose. In general, if you have a large mouth then y ou should have a large nose and vice versa. Sometimes artists Ike to draw the nose very pointia. itis very usual to have a pointie nose in anime character, but occasionally some artists may prefer drawing it that way. Start drawing the nose below the cross intersection. If the cross is facing right then the nose should be pointing right and vice versa. The top of the nose will start from the cross intersection and curve a bit down, Just remember to make the length of the nose descent size. As a beginner you should not make the nose too fancy, try to keep it as simple as much as possible 2 | | Mey / NS - — Basic Nose = = 29Ear Learning how to draw an ear may looks hard, but actually itisvery easy. Most of the anime characters’ ears you see on TV are very simple. The artists like to keep the ears very plain. The top of the ears should be just below the top of the eyes. The ear lobes should be below the bottom eyelashes, Never draw the ear toward like they are actually sticking out, When the outline are done for the ears, the next step is to draw some curvy lines within the eats. The ears style work the same for both male and female character, In addition, one may add some ear rings to the ear lobes when drawing a female character, 30Hair: Female Drawing a female hairsis probably the hardest thing for an artist. It takes many years of practice and by drawing over and aver again, For beginner first you haveto draw a hair line acrossthe face. The hair line should be about 1.6 higher than the height of an ey 2 Before, drawing the actualy hair, please note that anime hair consists of two parts the bangs in the frant of the character face that hang down over the eyes, and the lamer back portion of the hair that hangs down at the back of the head From the hair line draw curvy ines down; this will be the front bangs The back portion of the hair curve taward anc downward toward the shoulder. When everything is in place, draw the linesthicker to make t more realistic 34Hair: Male Drawing a male hairs is easier than drawing a female hair because it contains less detail Same as before the hair line should be about 1.5 higher than the height of an eye Before, drawing the actually hair, please nate that male hair consists of one part only the bangs in the front and the larger back portion of the hair are in one large piece They are not separate asin the female hair. From the hair line draw curvy lines dowry this will be the front bangs. The back partion of the hair curve toward and downward toward the shoulder. When everything isin place, draw the lines thicker ta make it more realistic 34Hair: Male d |) Playful Character \ 35Hands In real life drawing a human hands are very difficult, but for anime itis not as hard as drawing a human hands. The reasons for this is because in anime character we take out most of the details. When you are watching anime on TV or reading a Manga y ou will rarely see the hands and to lesser extend the feet (cover hiy shoes) Please note that the female hand is thinner than the male hands; and the female hand is, concentrate length wise. Asforthe male hand itis thicker than the female hand and the male hand is concentrate width wise Also, the male hand contains more detail as shown below (ie veins) Male Female 36Feet Anime character's feet is probably the last thing you need to worry. Since you rarely see in manga or anime TV shows, because the feet is usually cover by the shoe However, sometimes an artist need to draw the feet for certain scene. There are only afew things you need to remember when drawing the feet. The first is that the female feet are alway s smaller than the male feet both lenath and width wise. The secand is that the female feet are usually closer together, where as the male feet are farther apart The third is that the female ankle is drawn curve inward: where asthe male ankle is drawn cure downward Female Female Male Male 38se SI My ANBasic Female Drawing Ifyou are drawing a female head for the first time, t won't be an easy task. It takes many years of practice and experience. Female Head Chin Start off by drawing a cross facing cirectly toward you Draw a pentagon shape around the crossto make it easier. Also add a hair ine just on top of the pentagon shape as shown, The height of the hair line is about 1/2 of the pentagon shape The next step is ta draw the outline of the eyes. Inthis case, tis an oval eyes, just follow the same procedure on how to draw a female eyes earlier. Just rememberto draw the ey es proportional to the character face, The distance hetween the two eyes are about 1.2 of the eyes width Then draw a rough sketch of the chin near the bottom of the pentagon shape. The distance between the chin and the centre of the crossis less than 2 ofthe eyes height. Ifthe face is facing directly toward you then the width ofthe neck should be about a little larger than distance between the two eyes. 40Basic Female Drawing 7 When the eyesare dane. Start off by drawing the eyebrows and the nose curve down from the centre of the cross. Then draw a simple mouth below the nose. After start drawing the face line. The face line should be drawn roughly around the pentagon shape. y) When drawing a face line remember that you are drawing a person not a robot (dont draw the face line in a straight ine, but make it curvy). The last thing to drawis the ears. The top of the ear is just below the = height of the eyes, and the ear labes should be just below the bottam of the eyes. The final step is to refine the hairs that you have sketch earlier from the hair line Remember that the hairs are drawn in 2 parts; the front bang toward the eyes and the back bang toward the shoulder. atBasic Male Drawing Drawing a male face is not as hard as drawing a female face because the procedure is basically the same. However, there are afew minor things that need to change for a male face. The first is that the hair is only one section not two as in the female The male eyes are smaller but the eyebrows are larger. The male mouth tands to be larger and finally the neck is wider than the female Male Head Draw a cross facing directly toward you. Draw a pentagon shape around the cross asin the female face. Then adda hair line just on top of the pentagon shape as shown. The height of the hair ling is about 1/2 of the pentagon shape. The next step is to draw the outline of the ayes. In this case, itis an semi oval eyes, just folow the same procedure on how to draw a male eyes earlier. Just remember to draw the eyes proportional to the characterface. The distance hetween the two eyes are ahout 1.2 of the eyes width. Then draw a tough sketch of the chin near the bottom af the pentagon shape The distance between the chin and the centre of the crossis more than 2 of the eyes height, M ale face is usually larger than the female face, The width of the neck should be drawn a little larger than the female neck 42Basic Male Drawing When the eyes are done. Start off by drawing the thick eyebrows and the nose curve down fram the centre of the cross Then draw a mouth below the nose. After start drawing the face line. The face line should be drawn curvy and roughly around the pentagon shape, The last thing to drawis the ears, The ear should be / drawn the same as in the female ear. The final step is to refine the hairs that you have sketch earlier trom the hairline. Remember that the male hairsare drawn in 1 part ony. 43Common Mistake For Head Overthe years it seems that most beginner make the same mistake over and over again. The first mistake is drawing the top of the hair too thin, therefore, giving the impression that the character just steps out from a shower. The second mistake is making the face lines too straight, making it took like a robot face not a human. The third mistake is the ears are drawn too toward. Lastly, the eyes are usually not drawn proportion to the face. 44Basic Drawing 2 In this section y ou will sll learn the basic drawing of anime character. You will learn abo ut anime body pm portion, end ion and most important folding and shading the charae ter. 45Ge \ g 1-s2'h Ge | Japjno ys wyBry oa] SC ypu sue Sc B at ol eeiy, Gi | 88 uy4 Ou Se) ISL ENA OFUIY Ur 4 O} pee H Lo Haus inseause J9nisuco agi] wpeay cup Jo Gay ap io}eLouy' or ep aL ue Ye W) Gung auetL od | EOLU as! peOy ayjiayiea UO,UaM Sy “abe d ayy sep J02 B UIUU hs Saul] Yy.p Jem Iq PUE AeMaplS 'pew.soy BUIpL BIS Jaye) eyo a[eLl ay & Si MOB q WNOUS “Sp POU JeIS Jedis &8 yl) 00/8 Je;9e JEL AleLIS) 84) GUMEU ‘sh YU “UILy Al8A ave SIEM JEL pUE 69] Bud] fio 4.8224 43 U Jape BUD aaa] BYLAIp Oats Uosved fea &Jo Ubi ua) ay] UN oY JUalEIIpS! YyGUa| Apoqs Jap Bley 9 ALLL? uolLodoig Apog 463/4’ View Learning howto draw a 3/4'y iw is very important becau sey ou seeit allthetime Mostotthe anime characters you see inmarga and anime sh ows ae drawnin 3i4y leH Once you have master the 4'viewyoucandrawn many different poses with the same 3ié'face. Inaddiion, to makerna ry differe rtpo ses, 2 3/4'viewrw il ma ke th ech aac ter locks more ike a3 dimension a. ay3/4’ View Draw across facing left. Then draw a pentagon shape with the left sided closer to the cross. The pentagon shape should not be perfact and it should be drawn wrap sided toward the lett side Then adda hairline just on top of the pentagon shape as shown. The height of the hairline is about 1/2 of the pentagon sh ape Thened step isin draw the outline of the eyes. Theleftey eis drawn closer tothe let pert agon side andthe rig hteyesis drawnturthe r away from thecross. The distame between the twoe yes for 2/4. viewshould be ahout1.5 ofthe larger eve, in this case 1.5 the distance ofthe tightere Thenose shouldbe crawnright b ew the cross andhave it pointed left since the face isfac ing lett Themouth isdrawn belowthe no se andit should bedrawn sirall and gentle. Then daw aro ugh sketch oft he chinnear the b atlam of the pe rtag on shape. Thechin should be align tothe right ey es asshown wih the solid ine. The distance beween thechinandthe centre ofthe crossis about2.6-3 afthe eye shei gh. The neck isu sually drawn a bit leftfromthe cente toward th e rightsid e. agThe final step isto refine the hairs thatyou have sketch earlier from the hair line. 3/4’ View Before rainingthe drawing, Check ifthe righ t eye brows is long erth an th eleft, Al so, jhe nase is pointing left. M cst ina rant ty, the iris of the eyes should be lookin grig ht evenif the fa ce is facing left, The face ine should be drarm curvy and roughly around the pentagon sha pe. When drawing in the hairkeep in ind that afe male has twa section and armalehas one se cian only fis looking Fight ag3/4 Pose Be bw are a few a ample swhy drawing 3f4* view isimportant. Just hy drawing one 3/4) viewfacing lft orright onecancrawmary different p cses. Study the exanples below and so on youwillrea ize how important t is when ite omes to draw anime character or any other cartoon character. 50Looking Up Below are a few examples how drawing an anime character looking up is not too hard to drew. Just by drawing one head view ane can draw many different ways of looking up. Study the examples below and soon you will realize how simple itis to draw an anime character loakina up. 6670 degree up 36-40 degree up Looking straight ah eadEMOTIONS Drawing an anime chatacteris easy, but drawing them with emotion isa lotharder, To make an anime character with eration allcne needto da is ch ange their ey ebraw, ey es and mouth, Bydaing these change sa character can have many different ec pres sians There are Many enndtions ane can draw, bit we willanly show you thetour mos. common Wy used. In this case, normal, disappointment, angy and calmness expressian willbe shown here. Norma, | | Norinal expression can he done by having the eyebrow bow ~ downward Themouth tan be normal with juga curve line or it can be dravm as anopen mouth Astor the eye slustdrawth en asyou usually do Dis appointment } Sax || Disappoirt ment expression it / canbe done by having the ‘ ey ebro w danted un suggestin g disappoint orcad. F urthe rm re, f youw ant to make i more sad thenhavethe mauh opena little it apEmotions Mad j Angry Making an expression for angry or mad can be done by drawing the eyebrows slanted down another words draws it as.a"V shape" And have the mouth drawn as a straight fine Calmmess \ | | The last expressionis calmness, it sh ould be the easiest oneof i all because you dont have to } worry ab out the eyes. Just draw two curre inesforthe eyes and do the sarre for the maith lp For the eyebrows just draw them { the same as innomal expression 53Dramatic Emotions One ofthe hardest thing to draw ananime characters oce urs when they are about to cry, especially theterale, The process of crying is show nbel ow, please follow the exarnp les if you want to learn howto draw it Male Version Female Version — Siti | Eyesare dravm “flatter” a About to ery =~ Fidter eyes withmore sparks / i bottom of theeyes. Crying Tears comin gdown from ‘\BIINKING Blinking one ey eis very common foran anime char acter esp ecial ly for female anime chara cer. It's very easy to draw, but beginner alo meket he same mist ake The important ting you need to know isth attheclo sing eye shoul be drawn mid point ofthe opening aye as shown hela we —_—. a= a a we on ABBiusning Elects Blushing isu sed for shyre ss or when the character is errb arrassed The bd tom picture is a norma character, hutthe next page has blushing Efie cts NormalBlusning Eifects Lines One ofthe eff ectire way of show ing blush ing i shy shad ing a rossand he low the eyes. To make more blush ing just draw chade itdar ker Shading This meth cd af blushing Is used mostly in manga besause you cant reproduce the sha dno effect from printing Therefore, by ctawing some short ines start fra mtop to bottom across the aves Tomake more blushing just draw thicker lines. 67Folas Folding is cause by gravity pulling down the clothes. Different material will fold more than ather, Butthe process is stil the same. Usually the thin maierials fald the most such as athin dress. The fold and the shad ow go together, where t here is fold there is shadow. The sh alow should follow the folding direction, Gravity pulls object down, including K | | \ fold on clothing. Dress should go downward and outward. Thin clothe stoldea sier than thick clo thes, By drawing anoth er linerunnin g ao nethe edge, one can maketh eap pearance of the cloth es appear thicker. 6aFolas Folding ontheanns should go dow nwardand out, or downward and in as shown belo w. He Folding occursth emo ¢ near the joint ‘such as Shou Ider, waist, elbow and knee. The fold shou ki go downward and “flow' | with the move ment P “ fh »~ Shape like a fip an ° Samurai is usually a serious charade r, the refo re, the eyes shou Id be drawn sinaller than ath er character. The gebrows should be drawn thick, 444samural Th efeetof asamura should be drawn far apat. To show more manly stand. 442sitting Drawing an anime character sitting down like below example is vety easily because you don'tneed to wory ahout the details on the body. To make iteven easier she is wearing a school physical education uniform, The uniform has asimple T-shirtand the short is, even mare simple. Therefore, you don't need to worry about the folding an the unifarm. 44sitting To make a femake anime ch aacter more cute when siting down, theheal shou Id betilted on on eside. oe 4a The head should be on top of the hands ifyou really want to drawa “cute type” girl 446sitting The school physical education uniform is very simple, therefore when drawing one, please keep the overall character as simple too. 116sittingDreaming Drawing an anime character who is dreaming or thinki ng of something very deeply is not hathardto.do. There are two things one need to do; the firstis draw the head looking a bit up, the second draw more spark onthe eyes. This work the same for serious anime and regular anime characters and for both male and female character. aan:Draw the cross looking up —_ Draw more sparksDreamingreamingWinter Drawing an anime character for the winter scene isa bitharder than a summer scene. The reasons for this is because the character requires to wear thick clothes and therefore, itwill have more folding. Nevertheless, please watch the folding wh en drawing an anime character wearing thick jacket or sweater,Winter Start drawing the face as you usually do. ee Normally the female character would have ascar on Scar fare rarely seen onmae anime character. 403WinterKIMONO Paft 1 Kimono is 4 heautitu| traditional Japanese dress, but it will imita person's movement, since it has long sleeves and is anklelength. In’ modem Japan, not many people wear hem, only shecial occasion lke New Year YUkata is like kimono but one wears them during the summer. In kimono part 1, you will see a typical anime character wearing a tyaical Kimono. in part2, you will'a more mature anime character wearing kimono, 196Aimono Palt 1 The face is drawn like any other regular aime character. ae IE The dl othe sis wrapped very clo sely to the neck and the body. WFKImono Palit 1 Kimono limits the person's movement ne cause it has avery long sleeves and the length of the kimon ois do wm tothe ankie, i's very tight to the bKimono Palt 1Advance Drawing 3 Welcome tod dvance Drawing 3. This part af the book contan 5 drawing rrore"se rious or mature" arime character twill cartainsless detals and bew ery direct. Sore of you may fin dite ade rtod raw the mature anime type style because the body proportion is moreteward areal human and the e yes are crawn smaler and less "big aval eves" 130Kimono Part 2 Drawing a mature anime character wearing a kironois almostthe same as any ather anirre char acter extepttor at ewcharg es, The eyes are drawn smaller and the body proportional are mare ¢ lose Wy to drawing a real hurnan, 1HKIMONO Fast z Start drawing the face as one would usually do, except draw the eyes smaller. The Kimono should be drawn very close to the body.KImono Fart 2 closely to each other when ihe character is standing.KImono Fart 2 +HUnitorm Woman Drawing a woman weatin ga uniform or a businesswoman is the same as drawing a uniform male character The only different betwee nthe two is tha the female legs should be drawn closer together than the male character when they are standing or sitting. Most importantly, watch the female body figure, it should he nice and "rou red." 1HUntiorm Woman Stat drawing the face as before exce jx th eey es aredravm smaller forthe mdurelookonfemde animech aacter. Japanese busin esswoman usually wears suit on top and suit dress for dress. They rarely wear pants. 196Unirorm Woman Folds onthe arms Folds onthe waist Few folds on the dress only.Nurse There is something about drawing a nurse that make most male Japanese artists fascinating The next few pages will show ane what a typical mature anime nurse }ook like. 170Nurse Start drawing the face as before except the eyes are drawn smaller for the mature look on female anime ch aracter. = a fi aS Keep the eye brows an ditheey elashes thin when dr awin ga female nurse. 44go eS,Nurse Don't draw too many folds for the nurse uniform. Drawing afew folds on the nurse uniform is more effective.Benaing Down Drawing a female bending down orhen fing downto herk hee isve ny dificultto draw espe cially if she is wearing a dress When bending dawn as shown inthe etample, the dressrises up therefore, creating mae folds and shad owe To make the character effective one would need to make the folds at the right place to make it looks real 443,Bending Down One should start hy drawing theface looking dawn war d, since the character is bending down. Astheheadmovesdo wnward when she isb ending d own; AS some of the hairssh oud be drawn “flowing” forw ard and in front of he.Benaing DownBenaing Down F ols onthe sh oul der Folds on waist Folds infront of dress: Folds beside the dresssnoujo Shouja is just ike any other manga except it is for girl it ismostly read by Jananese fermale audiences, Shounen manga (lapanese male audiences} fendto focus on action of events, while shoujo manga are mare concerned ‘with feelings, moods, relationships, character, and carmplex situations. Shoujo are usually drawn with the character looking more "handsome" by draving the male and female anime charasterstall and thin. Usually, the male characters are drawn very handsome and ‘coallooking." The example shown is your vpical male sho ujo character. wwshoujo Start of by dr awin gth emale face asyouu sud ly do. Keep the eyebrows aid the gelashes thinto makethe character look mare “handsome.” Keep the shoulder nomal don't draw large musde. 443Snou jo Notice how the body and the legs are drawn very long andthin. This pracess will make ihe characters look more “handsome and cool.” When crawing a character leaning into something inthis case,a wall. One shoud remember to drawthe back of the character curve. Further more, the feet should be away from the wall.snoujo When drawing a mde orfemae shoujo ch dacter pleas eremember f that the overall character should betall and thin. ty a be The hack is curve from the wall. Feet away from the wall.Conclusion In conc hsion, | justwrant to say thatdraving anime characters isnotan easy task. It takes mary years ofpracice and hardwarkto daw perfecty. 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