Anime drawing style is used in Japanese animation. It is most often characterized by the presence of disproportionately large eyes in characters, with a small nose and mouth. But even in the anime style itself, there are many ways to draw a hero. It can be either more realistic images, where eyes are drawn less, and face proportions are closer to real ones, or characters with incredibly huge eyes, in which the nose and mouth are drawn with one point. In most cases, this difference depends on the genre of the anime itself. In this article, we’ll look at two ways to draw the faces of an anime character in profile. So, let's begin.
How to draw an anime face in profile: outline
Drawing a contour of the head, it is best to imagine a few simple forms. One way is to use circles and cylinders. Try to avoid straight lines to make your character look more natural. So how to draw an anime in profile?
First draw a circle, and then two more slightly curved lines that converge downward at one point. In shape, this figure is somewhat reminiscent of an inverted and slightly inclined drop. Place a point where the lines meet.
Divide the figure in half with a horizontal line, just below this line draw a short line and mark with a dot the future position of the nose. Put a dash for the mouth even lower and mark the position of the upper lip with two dots.
Sketch the eye lying on the center line. It resembles a triangular shape. Connect the set points with a line to get a face contour.
Adding Details
Once you have finished drawing the anime head in your profile, you can add the missing details.
Having retreated some distance from the back of the head, draw the ear, add a curved line to the eyebrow and mouth. Two curved lines depict the neck. If you are drawing a female character, the neck should be thinner, the eyebrow slightly higher, and the line of the jaw more rounded.
In some anime, female characters also have slightly larger eyes. For male characters, the eyebrows are lower, the neck is thicker, the muscles of the neck are visible, and the jaw may be slightly more square. However, the younger your character, the less noticeable this difference.
The last step is to draw the hair. You can choose any hairstyle, but it is worth remembering that the hair is drawn at a small distance from the contour of the head.
Second way
How to draw anime in profile in another way? First, draw a circle again. Then we draw a vertical line passing through the center of the circle and going further down. Draw another vertical line next to the left side of the circle.
On the central line, mark the location of the chin and draw a horizontal strip through this point. Divide the area between two vertical lines in half, drawing another line parallel to them. Between the extreme top point of the circle and the line of the chin in the center, draw another horizontal line.
An ear is drawn at the intersection of the central vertical and central horizontal lines. A line drawn near the edge of the circle indicates the front of the face. The bottom horizontal line is the chin line.
After you have created all the auxiliary lines, proceed to drawing the face. On the central horizontal line, draw an eye that has a slightly triangular shape. Over the eye with a curved dash we draw an eyebrow.
From the place where the first vertical line intersects with the central horizontal line, we begin to draw a nose by drawing a small curved line. From the tip of the nose we draw a diagonal strip to the line of the chin. On this line we draw lips. Draw the ear along the auxiliary lines. We finish the jaw, neck and hair of the character.
Advice
In conclusion, we can highlight some tips and tricks on how to draw anime in profile:
- When drawing a line from the chin to the neck, you should not get a right angle. Do not draw the neck with two straight lines, it is better to make them slightly curved.
- The beginning of the eyebrow is at the same level with the upper tip of the ear, and the tip of the nose is at the same level with the lower.
- Do not forget that the hair has its own volume, and therefore they do not need to be drawn directly on the line of the skull.
Do not be discouraged if the first time you do not understand how to draw an anime in profile. The more you practice, the better it will start.