Sunday, September 27, 2015

My Second Blog: Anime Fundementals~Hair

Week 2: Hair

Step 1: Start out with a simple drawing of a head and shoulder. This is going to be the base where we are going to start drawing the hair. You can do anything you want to do to the face; in this case I'm just going to give her normal facial features. From the left side of her face, draw a circle that exends to the right side of her face and down to her shoulder. Add an upside down "V" that starts between the left eye and ends on the right side of the right eye. Add a curve outside the face that goes down the shoulder. Draw a thick line from the right side of the V that goes to her chest.



Step 2: Start drawing lines for the lines we started at the top circle going down to each curve of the hair, some stopping in the middle. Make most of the curves in the middle area where her eyes are go down to her eyebrows. Make sure you erase the top of her  head. We only need the hair to be showing. Add a line that comes from her ear and goes down her shoulder. After that make a few more lines that go all the way to her shoulder on the right hair part. Have some of these curves go under her hair that is on the shoulder.
 

Step 3: On the curve left to her face add a new curve that goes a little past it and ends on her arm. Start drawing curves from her left chin to her shoulder. Add a thick curve starting a little to the side of the point of the chin going down to her chest. (Optional): Decorate the girl by giving her a shirt and decorating her eyes. Darken every line.Shade all of her hair in a very light shade. To do this, press on the pencil very lightly. Don't shade the curve that is on the outside of the left part of her hair because those are only strands of hair.

Sunday, September 20, 2015

My First Blog: Anime Fundamentals -- Eyes

Hi everybody! For the next few weeks, I am going to be showing you how to draw the basics of anime. I will be showing you guys how to draw eyes, hair, faces, and bodies. I hope you enjoy my blog and that you learn something useful about drawing anime.


Week 1: Eyes



Step 1: Start out with a small sketch of a square. Add a thick semi circle opening downwards near the top of this box. Then add a smaller curve a couple of centimeters lower opening upwards. This is going to be the circle where the eye is going to be lying on.

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Step 2: Draw an oval which starts from the top semi circle, and ends a little above the lower curve. In that oval draw a smaller oval with the top missing. This is going to be the pupil.

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Step 3: Erase the box. Then above the original semi circle add a small curve above it that is half of its size. After that, add lines that extend from each side of the first two big semi circles. Finally, add a few small circles near the pupil: this will make it seem like the eyes are glistening.

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Step 4 (Shading): Start by outlining the bottom of the eye. After that, start shading the bottom of your original semi circle. Once you have done that, shade in the pupil. When that is completed, shade the top of the eye dark, and go lighter as you are going down. Make sure not to shade the small circles we drew. You can be creative when shading or coloring.

 
Most importantly, make it your own and have fun with it! I hope you enjoyed my tutorial on how to draw an anime eye.