How To Draw Anime Characters Side View

Making Feminine + Masculine Features (Stylized)

Fine art ADVICE ARTICLE #eleven: TIPS FOR Drawing FEMININE FEMALES AND MASCULINE MALESI'm not saying that all female characters should look feminine and all males should look masculine, not at all! But the betoken of this practise was to effectively convey a character as either male or female despite hair length, clothing, etc. Every and so oftentimes, I run across people working in anime manner asking how to make cartoon/anime guys look male even if they have long hair, and so I made this to help in these situations. For this practice, we'll take the same base sketch (and so, in this instance, we're not changing either the hairstyle or the face shape), and and then use certain visual cues to brand one look female and one, male person. The results are interesting. : D, Base SKETCH. I started off with an androgynous face and hairstyle for the base sketch. This is the same sketch used in all the drawings in this article.LINEART. The beginning thing I did was vary the lineart manner. This is optional, simply we're just throwing all options out there, and it's interesting to see the difference it makes. ,For the heart 1, I turned the line stabilizer ON and used smoothen, curving strokes. For the rightmost ane, I turned the stabilizer OFF and used straighter lines and more than jagged edges.Before we even get to the face up, yous can encounter the difference the lineart style alone makes. Now allow'due south add the bodily facial features...,Here, I drew the face, using the same lineart technique described above. In addition, I used the following differences:FACIAL FEATURESSparse, curves eyebrows vs. thick, athwart eyebrowsCurves for drawing eyes (round, oval) vs. straight lines (rectangular)Upper lip vs. no upper lip Rounder bottom lip vs. more rectangular lesser lipSmoother jawline (information technology could have even been rounder) vs. angular jawlinePointed or rounded chin vs. square chinNeck curves inwards to appear slimmer vs. straight lines for neckI didn't even add eyelashes and makeup or facial hair; it wasn't necessary. These items in a higher place, alone, were enough to make a difference.It's of import to notation that almost of these in the list above are non actual, real differences betwixt the faces of real men and women. Instead, they are ideas for stylistic decisions(*) to chop-chop become the idea of "female or male" across to the viewer.I kept the same face shape for this example to keep the base of operations sketch unchanged, just you lot can, of form, vary face and bone construction, etc. In fact, this is encouraged!CLOSINGThese are non chemistry lab instructions - you lot tin pick and choose what yous exercise, do things differently, etc. and it won't accident up in your face. XD However, it shows several things you can practice to brand a character look male or female person, without changing the bones character pattern.These are 2 articles I recommend reading in conjunction with this one. (*)The kickoff explains what style really is (and walks you through finding your ain), and the second explains why studying realism volition assistance you make ameliorate cartoon/anime art:,Fine art Advice Upshot #v - How to Detect your Ain ModeBaronial 16, 2016By far the most common business concern I see people on DA,,The Misconception Backside 'Study Realism'November 28, 2020 ART ADVICE Event #10 - THE MISCONCEPTION BEHIND(I'm sorry, I can't put them one adjacent to the other)I promise someone finds information technology helpful. : )OTHER ART Advice Articles:Issue #i - Don't Allow Anyone Make you Feel Bad About your Art: Assumptions & Creative VisionResult #ii - Dealing with Art Mistakes: How to Accept a Positive OutlookIssue #3 - Advancing in Art: The 3 PsConsequence #4 - a - Bones Tips to Make your Art Look Better b - Advanced Tips for Photographing Traditional ArtIssue #v - About Manner and How to Find your OwnIssue #half-dozen - Dealing with Art BlockEffect #7 - How to Ask for and Provide CritiqueIssue #8 - Random Traditional Fine art TipsIssue #9 - Debunking Common Fine art MythsIssue #10 - The Misconception Backside "Study Realism"Yous can also find these (and other helpful stuff) linked in the "Art Motivation Corner" (green) widget on the bottom right of my profile page.