Muto Anime How To Draw Anime For Beginner ,..-<.. Male and Female Characters First EditionTa all muy frrends and fans who have supported mee all these, YOU'S. 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 22.24 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 58-59 Folds: Male Clothes 60.61 Folds: Female Clothes 62.63 Clothes: T! 6a 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 "4-417 Dreaming 18-121 winter 122-125 Kimono Part 1 126-129 Advance Drawing 3 mono Part 2 131.134 iniform 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 in Japan, Sometimesthey called Muto instead. | moved from Tokyo to canada when | was stilla kid. Asa kid during my spare time, | usualy spent most of my time drawing anime characters (6 years old) Growing up in Japan, we were surrounded with animes through TY, graphic books, and manga. One of my tavarite 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, &s| grew up| started working on painting anime cells. (don't paint anime cell anymore, but sometimes | do it for ald time sake, | still prefer anime with calls than those new anime shows with computer graphics, Some say that Im too old fashion and too traditional, but one thing | know for sure is that time has passed hy very fast for me to get used to the computer animation When I'm not drawing anima, | usually do something alse 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 to (Gig anime games. The gamescan be download fromthe server or order a cd-rom version from warn. mutaanime.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, Basic 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 will be a bit harderfor 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 ¢d-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 avideo 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 anatomy. it looks easy, butit takes many years to get it right. This tople is very large and takes years to learn, therefore this books will give the summary only. it should be 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 bady almost works the same as the male body. The upper body should be twice the length of the head, but the shoulder should be less wider than the male character in comparison, The battom of the hody 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 asthe 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 leas 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 toa firmly, Shoulder should be a bit smaller ‘than the male character and the arm should be drawn outward as shown in the example. —S 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 ta move toward each other \ as shown inthe example. You will see this form a lot when they are drawn on the beach ‘wearing a swimsuitSide View Male | | This is your typical side view for a male character. Notice how the body isdrawn mostly straight line down. There are only a few curves tor a male character, mostly onthe back \ I Female The female side view isa bit more complicated than the male character. The body should be drawn with more “curve.” The main three spots that must be watched when drawing side view are her breast, waist and hip. Also, naticz haw (|. the everall female body is smaller than the mala characterAnatomy Here is your typical human body's anatomy. Anime characterworks the same as a real person, This work for both male and female characters, it 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 it out of proportion as a bad habit because it will be very hard to fix your style later. 413) 45) 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 a little 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 onthe top of the chest to show hishones, Most importantly, don't forget to add the hone on the rib cage by drawing curve linesas shown in the example if you want to draw a normal male character, you need to make the shoulder a bit larger than, The chest is curve down only a bit to the stomach. Notice thata normal male character doesnt hav any | bone nor any muscle showing, this can he achieved by drawing only afew curve lines on the body. Making the chest looks very plain, and less work for the artists, since we don't have to draw in the rib cage you wantte draw a muscular character, you 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 hasveins on his neck, The shoulder and the upper part of the chest is extra large ta !\ show that he has muscle. Furthermore, don't forget to add in the | detail for his stomach to complete the work as shawn inthe example orFemale Chest Drawing a female chest is different trom 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 ste you can draw a super model to a muscular female Here isa typical female model, Her shoulder are drawn close together, Her chest is gradually 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 4 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 aradually curve inward to the waist and curve 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 angie as in the model female. The arms tend to be a bit further trom the body for anormal female character Drawing a muscular female is dfferent 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, heck, 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 trom the body than the other two females, 12Neck and Shoulder The neck and the shoulder both work the same way for male and female character, except that the female neck and shoulder is a bit smaller than the male character. Normal Muscular 4 4 | _ -\ | a ES f So ) 2 i (f ¢ \ The shoulder is drawn upward toward the neck, ke walking up on a hill. The common mistake for a beginner is drawing the shoulder too flat toward the neck, Astora Muscular person the shoulder should be drawn higher than a normal shoulder as shown in the example. 413Arm Rotation The arm rotation is probably the hardest thing to learn when you are a beginner, but with little practice you can be a pro. Some artists especially beginner dont realize how important it isto make the proper arm rotation. It makes the characters look more realistic. There are certain things you must know when making the arm moves, and that is the shoulder moves with the arm, When you draw the arm up, down, outward or inward, the shoulder 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 lnok 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 fornow 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" a8 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 "Av erage 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 our character what they are, therefore, one should spend at least a large amount of tine practice drawing the eyes Most important, when drawing the eyes, try not to forget the top and bottm eye lashes, the sparkling in the apple of the eyes and colour the apple carefully.Eyes: Female QQ Ova — Happy Character / Cute type \ O Face looking right =< Triangle Wean Character/ Bad Character ar Face looking right, © 4 SquareRectangle Average Character / Innocent Type a. a = ro) Face looking right 18Eyes: Female As mention 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 Female The first thing you should do for a beginner is to draw a cross. The cfoss 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 f ' 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 little curve below the nose. and it's done. How do you know where to draw the eyes fram the cross? ‘Wall, in this case since the face (cross) is facing left, you must draw your right eyes further then your lett #7 ¥ Ty ayes 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 on than your right ey#s from the cross intersection The naxt 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Female iis Eyes: 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. The iris will contain sparkling and some little white oval shapes. The sparkling can be drawn fromthe top left commer of the iris as shown, You may draw the sparkling from the top right comer as you wish. 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 oy 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 pat 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 WP the hardest thing to do for any beginner and it will i] take some timesto get use to it. Therefore, be = // patient and hopefully you will get use to avery soon Ittakes about 1 minute to draw the eyesor a pro but for beginner this may take about 30 minutes 21Eyes: Male Drawing a male eye isthe 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. @ e val @,< - Adult Mate 4 Child Male 22Eyes: Male Male Start off by drawing across 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 lis The itis 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, Y 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 ey es, iis The next logical step is to draw the 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 obvious as in the female glares The eyelids can be drawn thicker than the female eyelids. In most case, they are drawn thicker r Male characterstend to have darker, thicker my, /) eyebrows, so make sure they are not drawn - too thin, Usually, the male eyes do not contains eyelashes, but fy ou 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 looks sad, happy, angry and much more. Therefore, you shauld think what you want to do first before drawing and take your time at ittoo. As. beginner you should keep y aur eyebrows 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, Mal ae ‘The curve should he thinner as you are moving toward the centre and thicker as you are moving away from the centre. =, 25Eyebrows —— Regular Expression / Happy Expression Mad | Angry Very Mad / Very Angry 7 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 e Regular Smile Smile with teeth and lower lip Talking Happy 27Moutn 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 close up anime character's face, and on the right side isthe simplified version oft — Close for chewing the foods. ) 7 7 y Drinking water using a straw iF > About to 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 occasionaly 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 | | Se SS - > Basic Nose = SS 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 ears. 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 front of the characterface 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 wil be the front bangs The back portion of the hair curve taward and downward toward the shoulder. When everything is in place, draw the linesthicker to make t more realistic 34General Character and Younger Character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 note that nrale hair consists of one part only the bangs in the front and the larger back portion of the hair are in ane large piece They are not separate asin the female hair. From the hair line draw curvy lines down this will be the front bangs, The back partion of the hair curv toward and downward toward the shoulder. Whan everything isin place, draw the lines thicker ta make it more realistic 34Hair: Male General Character Cool Character Mean Character Cutie Character XI/ 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 thisis 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 iy 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 wony, 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 isthat 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Mi AC Ay Hf A \ | . d\yBasic Female Drawing Ifyou are drawing a female head for the first time, twon'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 to 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 astraight 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 twa as in the female The male eyes are smaller but the eyebrows are larger. The male mouth tands to be larger and finally the necks 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 add a hair line 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 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 between 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, Male face is usually larger than the female face, The width af 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 y to drawis the ears, The ear should be ,f drawnthe same as inthe female ear The final step is to refine the hairs that you have \ sketch earlier from the hairline, Remember ~ that the male hairs.are drawn in 1 part ony. y 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 ji drawn too toward. Lastly, the eyes are usually not drawn proportion to the face Oo Ny i Agydh oOBasic Drawing 2 In this section y ou will st Il learn the basic drawing of anime character. You will learn abo ut anime body pm pottian, ema ion and most important folding and shading the character. 45Ge \ § seh sz | \ Japino us yyBR oF ya] 9 Cy fus |suuy = Fe Red oes}, SL | 88 U4 OUI Sd SERA OF UY L-ULY O} Pee H \ i yo Wallg nee aLe Jeplsuca ag |impeay aly jo 1B ey a Up ‘e Jojal au Jae Jey SUA UE UE Ui Bulg uENOduTsoWU 4131 p Bay ayji ayes uoy dali Sy “aed ayy Ss0.oeb uuu his aul yeh pJenwjseq pu Aemapis'' piem.ojBulpu es Jape eyo aa. ay eB SI AOB G UAOUS “Sp POU JENS Jecis ea y)}>] OOS Jetze JeLD BfeUSy ay BUMEUI'sn UL “UY AlSA Ble SIEM JlBy) ALE Ba] BUO| Aig A 3021 day) Jaq ByO Spe Bj au) AYP IIEdS Wosiad jee Jo U6 Ua] 8 YIU OM ]UaIE}Ip S| YS ual AON S Je NY 5 ALLL uolodosg Apog 463/4’ View Learning howto draw a 3/4'y iaw is very important becau sey ou seeitallthetime Mostotthe anime characters you see inmarga and animesh ows ae drawnin 34'y leH Once you have master the 4'viewyoucandrawn many different poseswith the same 3id'face. Inaddiion, to make mary differe rt poses, 2.3/4'viewrw il make th ech aacter locks more ike 23 dimension al 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 perfect and it should bedrawn wrap sided toward the lett side Then adda hairline just ontop of the pentagon shape-as shown, The height of the hairline is about 1/2 of the pentagon shape Thened step | sin draw the outline of the eyes. Theleftey eis drawn closer tothe let pert agan side andthe rig hteyesis crawnturhe r away from thecross. The distance between the twoeyes for 2/4. viewshould be ahout1.5 ofthe larger eve, in this case 1.5 the distance ofthe tightere Thenose shouldbe crawnright below the cross andh ave it pointed let since the face isfac ing lett Themouth isdrawn belowthe no se and it should bedrawn sirall and gentle. Then daw aro ugh sketch ofthe chin near the b otlam of t he pe rtag on shape. Thechinsh ould be align tothe right ey es asshown wih the solid line. The distance beween thechinandthe centre ofthe crossis about?.6-3 afthe eye shei gh. The neck isu sually drawn a bit leftfromth e cente toward the rightsid e. ag3/4’ View io) t = kis looking night The final step isto refine the hairs thatyou have sketch earlier from the hair line. Before rainingthediawing, Check ifthe right eye brows is long erth an th eleft, Als, jhe nase is pointing left. M cst inrea rant ty, the iris of the eyes should be lookin grig ht evenif the fa ce is facing left, The face ine should be drarn curvy and row ghty around the pentagon shape. Whendra wing in the hairkeep in rind that afemale has two section and armalehas one se cian only ag3/4 Pose Be bw are a few ecample swhy drawing 3f4* view is important. Just hy drawing one 3/4! viewfacing lef orright onecancrawmary different poses. Study the exanples below and so on youwillrea ize how important tis when ite omes to d raw anime character or any other cartoon character. o fo POAT =) 50Looking Up Below are a few examples how drawing an anime character |oo king up is not too hard to draw. 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 loaking up. 6670 degree up 38-40 degree up Looking straight ah eadEmotions Drawing an anime characteris easy, but drawing them with emotion isa lotharder, To make an anime character vith eration allcne needto da isch ange their ey ebraw, ey es and mouth, Bydoing these changes character can have many different ex pres sans There are Many endions ane can draw, bit we willonly Show you the four moa. common Wy used. In this case, normal, disappointment, angy and carmness expression willlne sh own here Normal Normal e xpre ssion can ke done by having the erebraw bow -_— downward Themouth can be = | formal with just @ curve line ar it can be dravm as anapen mouth, Astor the eye sjustdrawth en asyou usually do Dis appointment / Sait Disappoint ment expression it / canbe done by havingthe SN ey obra w danted un suggestin g disappoint or sad. F urthe rma re, } A f you want ta make it more sad 4 it thenhavetnemouh open a 434 ittle it zy \ apEmotions Mad / Angry Making an expression forangry or mad can be done by drawing the eyebrows slanted down another words draws fasa"W shape" And have the mouth drawn as @ straight line Calimess \ } ‘The last expressionis calmness, \ it sh ould be the easiest one of BYALA albecause you dont have to WAY } worry about the eyes. Just draw two curvelinesforthe eyesand _ —< dio the Sarre. for the rn cuth ae For the eyebrows just draw the m a ( the same as nnommal expression 53Dramatic Emotions One ofthe hardest thing to draw ananime characters coe urs when they are about to cry, especially thetemale, The process of crying is show nbel ow, please follow the examples Ifyou want to learn howto draw it Male Version Female Version ~— Sr | Eyesare drawn “flatter” = About to ery = Fidter eyes withmore sparks / é bottom of theeyes. Crying Tears comin gdown from ‘\BIINKINg Blinking one ey eis very common foran anime character especial ly for fem ale anime character. It's very easy to draw, but beginner almo + mekethe same rrist ake. The important tring you need to krow isthatthecin sing eye shout be drawm mid paint ofthe opening eye as shown below. oe, a = aie a a oo aeBiusning Erects Blushing isu sed for shyre ss or when the character is emb arrassed The bet tom picture is a norma character, hutthe next page has blushing Effe cts, NormalBlushing Eifects Lines One ofthe effect e way of show ing blushing isby shad ing a rossand be low the eyes. To make rho re blush ng just d raw shade itdarker Shading This meth od of blushing is used mostly in manga because (J) you cant repro duce the sha dng (|) effect from printing Y/ Therefore, ty drawing some + by | short ines start fro mtop to batto mac ass the eyes Tomake more blushing just draw thicker lines 57Folds Folding is cause by gravity pulling down the clothes. Different material will fold more than other, butthe process is stil the same. Usually the thin maierials fold the most such as athin dress. The fold and the shad ow go together, where t here is fold there is shadow. The shadow shauld follow the falding direction, Gravity pulls object doen, including A i 1 fold on clothing. Dress should go downward and outward. Thin clothe sfoldea sier than thick clo thes. By drawing anoth er linerunnin g ao nethe edge , one can taketh e.ap pear anc e of the cloth es appear thicker. 6aFolas Folding ontheanns should go downwardand out, or downward and in as shown below. Li E ~ — ay? ‘such as shou Ider, waist, elbow and Knee. The fold shou ki go downward and “flow” i with the move ment. ge a ” »— Shape like a flip a Keep itas simpleas po sshle when “, you are ju st starting out.Folas: Male Clotnes The sirnple st for drawing anine ra le character with clothes that have falding are T-Shirt, and short, Drawing folds take many yearsaf eyperienca, therefore, ityou ae just stating to draw try to keepit simple as much as pessibe T-Shirt (Simpletolds) Folds around the shoulder area. Folds nearthe chest area. Short (Simple folds) Folds b dow the belt. Folds below the zipper. ft anFolas: Male Clothes Falds get more complex as the character is "moving am.und." Please study the example bel owe Normal fold s from the back side. More folds near the shoulder and the Chest ea as the arms move hack, More foldsneartheshoulderandthe more folds near the shoulder and the chest ae aas the arms go up. elhow area as the arms cross each o therFolas: Female Ciothes Folding on female anime characteris abit hard er than mde c hara cler beca use you have towo ry ahout extrafold snearthe bre ast area, As rrention before, ify ou areju at staring to draw keen theta lds as simple as much aspo salle T-Shirt (S imp le fo Ids) Folds around the shoulder aea Foldsnearthebreast zea. Draw aline likea wave crass her bri ‘Skirt (Simple folds) Normal folds trom the back ¢ de. Dress (Simple folds) Strip of lines down her skirt. Normal folds fom the bac k side. JusFolas: remale Ciothes Folds get more complex asthe character wears ciffe rent type of clothes P lease study the example as shown he law. Complex T-shirt Complex Shirt F olds con centrated around the breast, Folds concentrated around theb reast andthe shoulder, Complex Skirt Folds con certrated belowthewaist Sweater down tothe bottom of the skirt, Folds concentrated around the breast, waist and the s houldes...Clothes: [nin Thin of Close totrangp arent clo thing isusualy dawnfortemale anime character It'sa lat haderth an normal clo thing bee ause itca nlainsmore folds. In order to make ito re “tran spa rent like," the cistheshaveto tickto theb ody more. Thetaldsgo alongwith the hody curve andthe bo cy cure should be drawn out cle ary 4) More folds 2) Folds goalong the body curve. 3) Body curse sh ould be dravn clearly. G4Clothes: Wet Drawing a wet clothes is amoctthe sarre a drawing atransp arent clothes except that youdaont draw the body cuveas much. Theclothes dick to the bo dy andthe foldsare drawn mp reclo sely together like a sma ligap betwee ntwa lines as shown ‘Wet Draw the cloth ean dthe waistin ward more Normal Draw tuo lines gap for folds. Fold near the shou Ider, breast and waist. Normal Wet Draw the shirt straight down like pant. Drav two lines gap for folds. aSClothes: winay Oceasitn ally, whenwatching an anime an TV arwhen readinga manga, you may fine a few scenes where the wind blow the female anime skit Front View BackView Sideview 65hair shading Shading the hair is ery diffieu to leam and draw, but itwill make the character! ook rm ore realidic. Darkh air should be shade as shown in figure 8 and C, Light hair have’ an a pion af shading or just smple drawing stripe of inesdown the hair lines as shown inf igure A Backv lew, small on topand|arge near the bottom Front iew: large alo ng the hairline Side View. Large ab nathe side af the hair ine 3/4"Vi ew: Large along the hair line and small near the bottam of the hair. Figure A Figure B Figure © a7Character snadaing Shading thee haracter takes many ye ars of @cperie ne and practice. As@ beginner ty not tormakelt too fancy, and keepit simple. The most importantthng abeginner shou id real zeth atthe lig ht sources ae Usually shine from the top ande (sun, lia htfrarnt he ceiling andetc). Occasionally, the lig ht source smay sh ine from dife rert angles, but let's keen itsimple for now. Ple ase follow the diay ram below. Normal Shading 1) Hair need to be shade 2) Above the eyebrows 3) Beside the nose 4) Top haf of theneck 5) Inner armb etwe enthe ‘sho ulder and the arm _ 6) Below the breastAdvance Drawing 1 In this section, youw ill lear howto the an anime charee ter wth fullle ngth. Anime char acter hed y is a bit different from afeal human body, therefore you sha uld look at the eva mnles and practice it regu ary 6aHalt Naked Most peaplethink that draming an anime chara cter witho ut clothe isa lote asier, but it is theapposite The reasonfar this ishecause a rristake onthe clothes are not realy ndic eable, unless when lonking at ity ery carefull. But a cha racterwith out cla the ieif youdraw a bread a bit offtheripeaple wil nolic ei right amay. Therefore, when drawing character wth ile clothing make sureth atall the body pats ee prop attional to eachather The character isfacing let and d ownwad. Therefore, draw thec ross facin g down left inad dition, denend ing an how much the head isfac ingle, one should drawthe twa eve with the head tuming The more the head istumig laf, then the more the lef eyes have tobe closerto the cross and the ridht eyes have to befarther away fromthe cross. Samehing goeswiththefaceline, the left face ine shouldbe closerto the left eyes and thefacelineonthe tohtside shouldbe farther away from the roht eve s The nese shouldbe facing leftsince theta ceis facing left and the mouth shoud be close rto. the le fifa ce lin e. RightEye \ }Half Nakea Normally, the shoulder isdrawn cure down, butin this example itis drawn like @ straig ht line tathe neck Thereasontorthis isto shaw that she iscold, since she isnotweanng ary clothing. Whena personis cad; the aimsare usually wrap aroundthe body and shoulder Up. (4° ViewHall NakedFull Naked The examples below will show the basic Ideas on howto draw a naked anime figure. To draw a decent figure one must make the bady parts propartional to each other. These parts must be inthe right position to make it more “ively.” They are: breast, arts, waist, hip andthe legs. The batten of the breast should be just above the mid length of ihe body, When the breasts are done, draw the body curve inward to make the waist thinner. To rake the character more fit then make the waist even thinner. Then draw the body outward ta make the hip The arms length Including the hand should be just be low'the hip. The legs length should he 1.6 ofthe body length. The breast, waist and the hip are very important, therefore, keep that in rind when drawine a naked figure Adult Femde i ~ = Should er \ Bottom of breast waist