Recently, anime style drawings are becoming more and more popular. Just look at a few of these pictures to make the secret of such success understandable. There is something magical in the mesmerizing beauty of the drawings. Pictures attract a richness of emotions conveyed in rather meager ways.
What are anime drawings?
Anime is a specific technique for making Japanese drawings with pencils. The difference from other genre trends is how to draw anime faces and eyes. Anime art is divided into different types, for example, comics or manga. Comics originally appeared in Japan and spread around the world. Most often, “manga” is performed in black and white, which speeds up the process of creating pictures.
From the "manga" came the development of the style of "anime", related to the genre of animation. Japanese cartoons stand out for their oriental style of drawing cartoon characters. But compared to the usual "manga" characters are brighter and more colorful.
Despite the apparent complexity of the process of creating anime pictures, anyone can learn to draw. It is enough to correctly plan the stages of the image of the character. There are entire guides to teach you the step-by-step anime technique for beginner mangaks.
Drawing faces in anime style
The technical side of the anime face image is not particularly difficult. The main stages of how to draw anime faces can be noted:
- draw a circle;
- perpendicular lines to divide it into four identical shares;
- draw a straight line down from the point of intersection of the drawn lines, the length of which from the circle line is slightly less than the radius in the drawn circle;
- the resulting central feature consists of three approximately equal parts. Divide the lower one in half, and from the central sides of the circle (up to the resulting division line) draw two straight lines that will become the image of the cheekbones;
- from the lines of the cheekbones, draw lines to the bottom of the central line, so the chin and jaw will be outlined;
- give roundness to the drawn elements;
- at the central intersection of the circle depict eyes;
- place a mouth at the intersection of the center line of the face and the lower edge of the circle;
- the nose is placed on a line crossing the lower limit of the circle and the central facial line;
- the auricles loom in line with the nose equal to its length.
These are the basic principles of drawing anime faces. By changing the proportions of the picture, you can depict various characters with a wide variety of facial expressions.
Girl face painting in anime style
There is no particular difficulty in how to draw the face of an anime girl . To depict a female image, you can apply the above method, supplementing it with the necessary details. How to draw faces of anime cartoon female characters? Their distinctive feature is the shape of the chin, usually sharp to unreality. Although sometimes the shape of the chin can have an oval, round or almost square configuration, depending on the intention of the artist.
The eyes of the girls are outlined so that the upper edge of the eye is placed under the horizontal center line. The lower border of the eye is located approximately in the middle of the lower part of the circle and the axial horizontal line of separation. The distance from one eye to the other is equalized with the width of one eye.
Ears are depicted at eye level, and their height, as usual, is equal to the length of one eye. Approximately at the level of the lower part of the circle, a mouth is drawn, and the nose is slightly higher.
Upon completion of the face painting process, all auxiliary lines are erased and dashed sketches of the main curls of the hair are done. Then all the lines of the face and hair are clearly drawn, and if necessary, the parts of the eyebrows or ears that are covered with strands are wiped off.
To complete the image, you can finish the girl's neck, her shoulders and frills of the dress. To make the face not look flat, add a few shadows to the face itself and draw a shadow from the hair on the right side of the head.
Features of faces in anime style
The anime face has unique, distinctive large expressive eyes. Glare in them is worked out especially carefully. But the eyes in the closed position are depicted with just a few dashes. The cheekbones, mouth and nose are not so significant and are depicted using thin lines (and still quite small).
When depicting hair, do not draw them in small sections. The contours of the hairstyle are outlined by one mass, and only then locks and curls stand out.
If we talk about how to draw the faces of anime characters, then we can give them a kind of unrealism. Hair can be dyed in the most unpredictable colors, ears have the most unreal form, and other facial features are also portrayed quite unusual.
Pencil drawing anime style faces
To draw anime pictures, pencils are mainly used, but paints and gouache are also used. The main thing is that the pictures are contrasting and catchy. Anime characters always have colorful, colorful clothes. The main nuance is the saturation of colors. You can draw anime with a pencil, even in this case you need to make faces as expressive and contrasting as possible, practically without using partial shade. A hard pencil is used for sketching , and softer for shadow casting.
Anime style guy face painting
The process of drawing anime faces of guys is not very different from writing female anime images. A little different eyes are drawn. They are depicted at an angle slightly beveled to the center of the face. The top line of the ears is at the level of the upper part of the eyes. When portraying the mouth, you can draw a slight smile-smirk, which will make the face more masculine. The shadows drawn in the hair will give them depth and movement. Since
men's faces are rougher, the face of an anime guy should have clear lines. For greater expressiveness, facial wrinkles should be clearly distinguished.
At the beginning of learning the technique of drawing anime, some difficulties may arise, most often due to incorrect proportions. However, with the improvement of the picture will be more and more attractive. In the future, to search for types, you can use photos of real people, noting the various nuances of the expression of their faces.