Step by Step: Drawing Cute Anime Girl Face

3 Feb 2010, tagged in anime, Tutorial

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Anime has rising up recently, the adorable and expressive anime face has its magic to our eyes. now for you who are still learning how to draw and really interested in making anime character, I’ll give you basic anime face tutorial. OK, stop the talking and start the walking.

Since the anime face are the most expressive part of anime character, you need to pay extra attention on how they drawn.

We’ll start with the most popular anime eyes, the large anime female eyes.

The Eyes

Please remember to took the references from real eyes instead of manga eyes only. Just like this eye image bellow.

Start with upward curve line, and you also need to make it more thick.

Next, draw lower curve line, it supposed to shorter and more thin than the upper curve line. Add the eye lid at the left of upper curve line to make it more realistic.

Draw an oval shape within the upper and lower curve line.

Next, draw the pupil in the center of oval shape.

Add the shadow inside the eyeball.

And finally, add highlight at the upper and lower eyeball, please remember that the highlight determined where the light source came from. In this case the light source came from right side.

Other Face features

The nose was rarely drawn in anime, occasionally the nose represented by the wedge, shadow and nostrils. You can simplify it by just drawing wedge to represent the nose.

The lips occasionally defined by 3 line, upper short line, middle line and shorter curve line for the lower lip. In the case of women lip, the middle line often defined by “v” shape line. You even can simplify it by removing the lower and upper lip, and leaving the middle lines.

The ears in anime occasionally drawn with lobe directly attached and simple helix. for the simplified version, the helix removed and only leaving simple curve line.

Face Shape

For the beginning, draw a circle. You don’t have to make it perfect circle, a round look shape would do fine.

Draw a cross along your character face, this line will act as guideline to the character facial features.

Divide the half of horizontal guideline into two. It would guide you, where you gonna put the character eyeballs.

Also remember that the distance between eyes are equal with one eye. Too close or too wide will make your character looks like a weirdo.

Add the nose and lips, always refer to the guide line.

Add the eyeball, pupil and the ears. Remember that the ears are parallel with the eyes.

Add the eyebrows and the hair and Viola! You are done!

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Nika Trie Budiana A stray turtle that stranded at Petshopbox Studio. Nika is a multi talented illustrator. He can do everything from sketching to coloring even massaging. Now that he also learn to master 2D animation, he become very helpful for any other petz. One thing for sure, Nika couldn't work without his headphones.

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i am waiting another tutorial
busy holandia

Thanks for sharing, please keep us posting about this info. I’d like to read it more.
Zeppy

i like this. it helps a lot! thanks ^.~ whats the link to the other hair tutorial? have you gotten it yet?
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thank you for ur tutorial,i am looking forward to ur next one!
http://- teo hui ping

thanks but may i ask wat/which pencil were included and how i draw the line properly,eyes,the line i could not draw properly using normal mechanical
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hi, teo hui ping, thx for visiting our blog page. btw for sketching i use fabercastle 2B pencil, both ordinary pencil or mechanical pencil. but off course it depend on your preference , ordinary pencil would fit enough for making base shapes, and mechanical for the details. in order to draw properly, try to draw freely with confident and avoid erasing too much, if you feel the work look messy, you can use blue pencil for basic shape.
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thx for visiting our blog, just wait for our further articles :)
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your welcome. btw for hair tutorial please check here :)
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thanks it really helps me a lot…I’m still waiting to the next article.
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oh! i like it,it always inspires me…thank you and I’m waiting till the next one!!!
Brenda Lynn

This absolutly fabulouse!! It’s very helpful also! I learned alot from this… thank you so much
Brenda Lynn

I can’t wait either!!!
maggie smith

thank you this helped alot!;)
Lynn_claire123

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Jonahleetrinidad

tnx i learn now how to draw!!! :) (:
michelle

amazing..i love it..
H A Zaghari

hiiii
tnx so much :D
Brenda_figueroa1999

My came out wird but yours did not!!
Bluedogrocks

It’s realyl cool but i tired for hours to draw it and it never came close
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Keep practicing :-)
Gbradsh

It’s a nice tut’ dude, I look forward to your next one.
(For those having trouble, don’t expect to get it perfect / right first time round. :) )
Daniellamarizgarcia

I learn alot.. Thanksss
samantha

thnx now i can finally learn how to draw!!!!!:)
You don’t need to know

This helped HEAPS! Thnx 4 your time! We all appreciate it!
Bubble_butt98

that is a bad example im sprry but i have had way better if u have an ipod touch get the app called paigeedraw it is way better drawings and way better lessons but i reccomend u go to yhis site on how tp draw the head though cuzz that was a good lesson
Ehundsdorfer

a small thing is the order that it is in. I would do the face shape first.
no name

thanks so much!!! the eyes were really hard to draw!
Teresa

Wow I can draw soooooooo better then that how old are you any ways I’m 19
Someing

teresa thats not nice
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Thsi is realyl cool
Tessiec1999

Now only if I knew how to dra the body ;) I only wish that it had more facial features like how to draw the hair and stuff but I liked it! The eyes were the thing I couldn’t draw but now I know ;) thank you!! :D
Shortsistamia

Thank you very much this helped alot!!! :)
Emily

dude. this is basic stuff and for younger kids. Some people older than you seriously suck. And yea, I’m 14 and can draw a hell of a lot better too.
Pokemonrule123123

dude im just 9 but my mom sazid i darw good im an artist in the house XD my cousin cant draw like me dude lolz
chibigirl

oh my god who cares its just a little tutorial and if you can draw so much damn better why did you bother looking at this?
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Servant

KOOOOL!!!!! Thanks! This makes it SOOOOO easy! GB!
Unidentifiable Gurl

This is SOOO good! I failed the first time but im better now! Thank you soo much – please keep drawing!!
Hannah

heyy at least u tried thats all that matters and hell ya i suck balls at this but u know wat it doesn’t matter cuz i luv drawin and thats the way this is goin to be
Cyanicz

Wow, thank you! This tutorial is one of the few that actually helps!
Cutemute147

If you think this is a easy drawing then why’d you bother going on it? Keep your thoughts to yourself, some people might be younger than you or less good at art.
KimmyXP

Thank you so much! I did such a great job and she looks like a real anime girl!!
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animeghost1

I think she checked it out cause she was trying to confirm that her drawing methods are done properly. Well that’s why i’m here..

I don’t see why someone has to rub it in ones face if they can draw better though.

Excellent tutorial btw
animeghost1

I think she checked it out cause she was trying to confirm that her drawing methods are done properly. Well that’s why i’m here..

I don’t see why someone has to rub it in ones face if they can draw better though.

Excellent tutorial btw
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