How to Draw Anime Faces for Beginners
- 1). Form the outline of an anime head: Draw a large "D" on your paper. Ensure that each side of the letter is curved and that its right side rises up slightly.
- 2). Form the right eye: At the intersection of the horizontal and vertical centers of the face outline, draw a large "U." Then, connect its top points with a curve that bows upward slightly. Make the height and width of the "U" about the same size. Ensure the letter's size is about one-quarter the height of the face outline, and make the letter's top right point slightly higher than its left point.
- 3). Form the left eye: Draw another "U," whose left edge joins with the face outline's left edge. Make the width and height of this "U" three-quarters of the same dimensions in the right "U" (eye). Align the bottom edge of the left "U" with the bottom of the right "U."
- 4). Form the right eye's iris (the circle surrounding the pupil): Draw a large "U" inside the "U" of the right eye. Align the top of the iris "U" with the outer top of the eye "U." The new U should fill most of the space inside the outer U, and have the same amount of space on the left, right and bottom sides.
- 5). Color the iris: Fill the iris with a medium gray value. You can achieve this by applying moderate pressure with the wide edge of your pencil tip.
- 6). Add the highlight: Using a small eraser, clear two circular spaces at these positions: the iris's upper left and lower right corners.
- 7). Create the pupil: Draw a black "U" at the center of the iris. Align the top of this "U" with the iris's top.
- 8). Repeat steps 4 through 7 to create the left eye's iris and pupil, but leave no white space at the iris' right edge.
- 9). Draw each eyebrow as a wide, thick, dark, upside-down "V" over each eye.
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Form the nose as a small, backward "L" below and in between the eyes. Ensure the L's long leg slants slightly up and right, rather than straight up. - 11
Form the lips: Draw a tiny "M" at the midpoint of the space between the nose's tip and the face's chin. A small space below the "M," draw an equally tiny line that curves very slightly upward. This line is the shadow under the lower lip.