Anime sketches for beginners: guys, girls

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Many artists choose anime style for themselves, as it is very popular in animation. There are a huge number of sketches for copying on the Internet that look sensual and very touching. This style has become very popular especially in recent decades, so it will be useful for beginning artists and beginners to study the basics of this direction.

Features of anime style in drawing

Anime is a separate cartoon genre, which is well known to fans of Naruto, Sailor Moon and other cartoons. This is one of the trends that is liked not only by children, but also by teenagers and adults. Comics are released in the anime style, large exhibitions and other large meetings of fans of the genre are dedicated to this trend. This is a separate culture of Japan, which quickly spread throughout the world.

There are several basic rules for drawing in anime style:

Features of the direction	Description
Proportions	The heroes of anime cartoons do not look exactly like ordinary people. For example, such characters always have very large eyes, which can take up most of the face, a very tiny mouth and nose. The legs of the heroes are several times longer than the body and look very graceful.
Colour aesthetics	Anime welcomes bright colors. Therefore, the characters' hair or clothes can be very bright and unnatural.
Versatility	In the anime style, animals are often humanized, giving them human-like features. Men and women in this style can also be depicted almost identically. As a rule, feminine features are welcomed.
Emotions	They should be expressive even beyond measure. That is, more attention should be paid to expression.

You can use different tools in your work, but it is believed that the original anime were depicted with paints. Although today you can safely use pencils, markers, colored pens, crayons, etc.

How to draw people in this style correctly

Anime sketches for copying will be useful for those who want to learn how to use this direction in their works. Sketches always turn out very interesting and unusual.

Face

When drawing in anime style, artists usually start the sketch with the character's head.

The sequence of actions is as follows:

First, draw the base of the head as a slightly elongated oval. The chin is often pointed or very narrow.
Two lines are drawn through the center of the oval. The result is an intersection that will allow you to further determine the location of the eyes, eyebrows, mouth and nose.
After that, large eyes are drawn in the upper part. In the picture below, they are relatively small, but often artists make them even larger and more expressive.
The next step is to remove all unnecessary guidelines using an eraser. For this reason, the basis of the drawing should always be created using a simple pencil of medium softness.
After that, approximately in the center of the face (it is possible a little lower) depict a very miniature nose and a little lower the lips. They are usually barely noticeable. Sometimes the nose and mouth are depicted simply as a dot and a small line. But if the hero smiles or shouts something, then the mouth, on the contrary, should be large and wide open, since in cartoons such characters often speak very loudly, almost shouting.
Next, work on the chin and remove excess lines.
Now we can move on to the neck. In anime style, it is usually very thin and quite long, as disproportionate as the characters' legs.

After this, you can move on to detailing the eyes. Even if the main elements are not drawn so clearly, the eyes should always attract attention. To do this, draw pupils and outline highlights in them. They will add shine, as if the character is about to cry.

Once the face is worked out, you can move on to the hair. Most often, it is done in the form of separate strands.

Also, anime characters often have unusual accessories on their heads. For example, it could be a headband in the form of animal ears, a crown, or other decorations. Moreover, the image may create the impression that these elements are an extension of the head, and are not worn separately.

This is typical for characters who are half-animal or can transform into them.

Body

Anime sketches for copying, in which the character is depicted in full growth, also need to be created according to certain rules.

Typically the sequence for drawing the body is as follows:

First, draw only a schematic sketch of the body on paper, that is, create guidelines and think over the pose in which the hero is. It is necessary to remember that the upper part of the body is much smaller than the lower. A similar technique is also used by manufacturers of Barbie dolls, whose legs are usually very long and thin.
After this, the body can be given volume. The hips can be quite lush, but the legs almost always resemble matchsticks, that is, there are no clearly defined knees and calves.
Next, the artist moves on to drawing the details, namely, the clothes. It can be multi-layered, the most unusual combinations and color solutions are welcome.

For ease of work, it is more convenient to use spheres and ovals, which will mark the main zones of the body. After that, it is very convenient to combine them with smooth lines.

All that remains is to remove all the guides with an eraser, and most of the work is done.

Emotions

When depicting a character's emotions, it is important to remember that in anime there is no such thing as "too much" or "over the top."

If the hero cries, then the tears from his eyes flow like a fountain in different directions, and if he laughs, then his seemingly very miniature mouth increases in size tenfold. There are different techniques for drawing emotions.

Some of them are more realistic, while others, on the contrary, are more reminiscent of the expression of emoticons in text messages.

Anime Sketch Drawing Tips for Beginners

To learn how to copy or create your own sketches, it is worth using several recommendations:

You need to choose a good and high-quality sketchbook. It can be a beautiful notebook or even a notebook, it is important that the paper is thick enough.
The most convenient way to sharpen a pencil is with a sharp knife or scalpel. Then you won't have to sharpen the lead as often as you would with a regular sharpener.
For the first works it is better to use simpler drawings for copying, which do not have many small details.
When creating images, you can use different techniques. For example, neat shading always looks good. This will add volume to the images, but does not require such painstaking work as when completely painting over the images.
Having learned to redraw popular characters, it will be interesting to try to come up with your own characters or even a whole story about them and create corresponding illustrations.

Naruto Uzumaki

Anime sketches, which are often used for copying by beginning artists, often tell about famous characters of the most popular cartoons in this style. Learning to draw such a hero is not difficult if you follow a few simple steps.

Having mastered this technique, you will be able to redraw almost any image much faster:

On a horizontally placed sheet of paper, step back a little from the edge and start drawing the lower part of Naruto's face, that is, the chin and cheeks.
Now you need to outline the uneven oval at the top. This is just a sketch, so don't press too hard on the pencil.
The next step is to create a markup for the future face. To do this, it is enough to draw two intersecting lines inside the oval, which are slightly curved in accordance with the contour of the head.
Now draw the skeleton, that is, determine how long the arms and neck will be, and where the main bends will be. These are the places where the joints are located, allowing the limbs and the body itself to rotate in different directions.
In the next step, go down and continue drawing the skeleton, its upper part. It is also worth noting the width of the hips and setting the pose of the character. In this case, the body is slightly offset.
From the extreme points of the hips (it is more convenient to make them in the form of circles) go down and set the length of the legs and their position. It is also worth adding feet, or rather boots. You still do not need to press very hard on the pencil, since all these lines will be deleted later.
Next, step back a few centimeters from the chin and draw a fairly wide open mouth in a smile.
Now you can add a neat little nose a little higher. To do this, just draw a triangle without the widest line.
After this, you need to draw the upper part of the eyes above the horizontal line of the face. They should be almost identical and quite large.
The next step is to draw the eyebrows and characteristic facial features of the cartoon character (as shown in the picture below).
Now you can erase all the auxiliary lines on the face with an eraser and draw small ears. You can also add a few short segments in the mouth to depict the line of teeth.
It's time to work on the character's hairstyle. It's quite simple and resembles a sea urchin with long, thick needles. The bangs should be made of thinner angles. Part of it goes down onto the character's face and slightly covers the eyebrows.
Now you can go down from the head to the shoulders and draw the neck. It is quite thin and long. But do not overdo it, because if you make this part of the body very long, it will look illogical and not at all in the anime style.
Next, go down even lower and, using the skeleton drawn earlier as a guide, start drawing the sleeves of the T-shirt. They should be quite loose, with folds.
In the next step, add the hand, but only up to the wrist, since the rest of it will be in the pocket of the pants. Therefore, there is no need to work on such complex elements as fingers.
Next, you can complement the T-shirt by drawing it on the waist. It should not be too tight to the body.
Continuing to go down, add pants. At this stage, it is enough to draw them up to the knee. The created skeleton will also help to determine the direction of the legs and clothes. As you draw new elements, it is worth immediately deleting the guide lines. This will simplify the next steps when you will be detailing the image.
Naruto has pretty short pants, so all that's left to do is add a little extra detail to his lower body.
The bare legs should be visible from under the pants. This section is very easy to draw using two almost straight lines.
All that remains is to draw the boots at the very bottom of the image. They are quite high. This is convenient, since you don't have to think about where the legs and shoes connect.
The drawing is almost ready. All that remains is to add details. For example, you can add some hair around the neck. On the pants, you should draw pockets into which Naruto put his hands. You can also add a few lines on the clothes that will give it volume and complement the T-shirt with a simple drawing. The boots can be left as is, or erase part of them and add toes.
The character wears unusual open shoes. But if this step seems too complicated, you can leave everything as is.

Coloring the finished image

Anime sketches for copying assume that the drawing should be unfinished, that is, it is required to leave it as a sketch. But today many fill sketchbooks with sketches, and next to them draw a second version of the picture, which looks completely finished. In fact, each artist decides how to draw, since this is a completely creative process.

If you decide to color the character, it is more convenient to perform this process in the following sequence:

You can use pencils, paints, and markers for your work. First, it is best to add a tint to the skin. Orange is suitable for this, and you need to paint over the face, arms, legs, neck, and ears. If you use paints or pencils, you can add a little pink and shade the image.
Now, using yellow, paint the hair and eyebrows. The shade should be quite bright, so it is not at all necessary to adhere to realism.
The T-shirt should be made in a warm beige shade, and the design on it, on the contrary, will look good in red.
The pants and boots can be painted in one color. Dark blue would be great. You can add a little purple.

Naruto is ready and will be a great decoration for your sketchbook. You can create other images in the same way, using ready-made pictures from the Internet as a basis.

Ideas for copying in a sketchbook

Previously, we looked at an example of how to depict a guy in anime style.

But most often artists choose girls, because in this case they can create more unusual hairstyles and come up with completely unpredictable outfits:

Many people like to give preference to sad images. In this case, you need to remember about the glare on the eyes. For example, they can be created in a simple way by drawing elongated ovals of white color.
Anime sketches for copying - one of the options for a sad girl.
And this is a great example of combining an animal and a human. In this example, you can clearly see how the accessories and jewelry merge with the hair. It becomes obvious that this character is not quite human. This makes him look even more adorable. The example shows double highlights on the eyes and another feature of the images - several oblique strokes on the cheeks. This immediately gives the character's facial expression a slightly embarrassed and discouraged look.
You can focus on the hair. In the image below, the artist has worked out each strand of hair in detail. Thanks to this, the girl's voluminous hair looks very voluminous. The image can also be supplemented with other elements, for example, a funny bird, which is drawn in a few seconds. By the way, one of the principles of sketching is the speed of drawing. This means that images should be created as quickly as possible.
The images may only be partially colored. Also shown below is that in anime it is sometimes impossible to tell a man from a woman. The characters' affiliations are not at all clear in the picture, which only adds to the mystery.
Eyes don't always have to be wide open. When anime characters laugh or cry hard, their eyes turn into elongated stripes. This can be seen in the picture of the laughing guy. It's also worth paying attention to the sharp chin, which is almost always present in such pictures and sketches.
If the face is not working yet, you can create a more mysterious sketch. This example is very simple, but the artist has conveyed the atmosphere well. The picture shows a sad guy who bowed his head. The artist also resorted to a very convenient technique for drawing hair, when only some strands are visible.
The sketch can be made brighter and more interesting by adding a very pale color. On the one hand, the image looks unfinished, but it looks great without the addition. Thanks to the careless lines, the picture turned out very light and airy.
An artist can have his own vision of a variety of objects. The picture below shows how the character is connected to the element of water. But it is done in a very interesting way. The sketch turned out to be mysterious and even a little mystical.
If you can't stick to symmetry when drawing eyes, you can use a profitable trick and draw long bangs that cover half of the face. This trick is applicable both when drawing guys and girls in anime style.
Below is another example of how to give a character a blush with just a few strokes of red or pink. In this sketch, the artist emphasized all the main elements that are characteristic of this style.
It is not necessary to create images in which the character is turned full-face. If you draw a face from the side, the nose should also be miniature, but should not disappear completely. Also in this case, you need to be able to draw ears, which may seem like a difficult task for beginners.
And another interesting option on how to draw a wide smile. If you highlight one tooth in the form of a kind of fang, you will get a more expressive emotion. This technique is very often used in cartoons, so it is worth taking note of it.

Ready.

Tips for Drawing Anime Hair

Anime sketches for copying come in different styles and directions, as today it has become a separate direction of art. Although the main emphasis is on large eyes and disproportionate body parts, the pride of anime is also hair. Hairstyles can be both elegant and unkempt. Often the characters have very thick hair, which can reach the heels and even more.

Drawing hair is quite difficult. It may seem that to get a good effect you will have to draw each individual hair. You can go this way, but it is very time-consuming and will be especially difficult for beginners.

Therefore, you should follow several tips:

First, it is worth setting the general direction of hair growth. For this, you can also use guide lines, which are then deleted.
The roots of the hair should be depicted slightly above the head line. This will give the hair more volume.
The curls in the hairstyle can never be perfectly even and located absolutely symmetrically. This immediately loses the naturalness of the image. Therefore, it is better to create arched and non-repeating lines.
To avoid your hair looking like a plastic helmet, remember to leave some space between the strands at the bottom. This will create the effect that the hairdo has become a little sloppy in the wind.
It is most convenient and easiest to draw the roots from the parting. It does not necessarily have to be even and go through the center of the head.

If some part of the hairstyle didn't work out, you can always add decorations that will hide the sketch's flaws. If you diversify your album with anime-style sketches, you'll get an interesting and unusual selection. At the initial stages, artists use examples for copying, but gradually they develop their own creative ideas.

Sketches can be either colored or black and white, made only with a black pencil. Ink looks very stylish, but it is much more difficult for beginners to draw with it, but experienced artists will be interested in trying something new.

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