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Contents

■ Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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■ Keys to Drawing Poses . . . . . . . . . . .

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Standing Poses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

■ Everything You Need to

Know About Drawing the Head . . . . 10

Sitting and Reclining Poses—Important Tips . . . . . . 76 Expressive Sitting and Reclining Poses . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Secrets to Drawing Shiny Eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Drawing the Anime-Style Head—The Basics . . . . . . . 14

■ Developing a Sense of Style . . . . .

Drawing the Girl’s Head in Five Easy Steps . . . . . . . . 16

Character Design Tip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Drawing the Boy’s Head in Five Easy Steps . . . . . . . 18

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Super-Simplified Expression Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

■ Shading and Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Troubleshooting Hairstyles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

First Draw, then Color, then Shade . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Modern Hairstyles—Boys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

What is Cel Shading? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Keys to Creating Character Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Work in Stages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Character Types—You Decide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

■ Basic Body Proportions . . . . . . . . . .

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The Ultimate Proportions Tip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Drawing a 180° Turn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

■ Drawing the Hands and Feet . . . .

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Creating Atmospheric Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 From Concept to Completion—Trapped Angel . . . 116

■ Drawing Couples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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The Romantic Hug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 The Playful Hug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 The Protective Hug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

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The Kiss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Front of Hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Back of Hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

■ Drawing People in Backgrounds 132

Practical Hand Poses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

The Kitchen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Hand Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Baseball Diamond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Drawing Feet—Examples and Angles . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Science Lab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Introduction This book is the ultimate resource for the aspiring anime artist.

If you want to improve your drawing skills, this book will show you how. With an assortment of helpful tips and tricks, you'll learn how to draw all popular character types. All of us have encountered sticking points when we draw. Where do you go for answers? This book will give you the information you need to draw faces and expressions, bodies and poses, basic proportions, and even hands, feet, shading, color, and backgrounds. Each chapter introduces new techniques and popular subject matter. There are more than 100 hints that will make drawing anime clear, simple, and fun. n

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Everything You Need to Know About Drawing the Head In this chapter, we’ll cover all the basics of drawing the male and female anime head. We’ll focus on the eyes, hair, and maintaining the look of the character at different angles (called head turns). You’ll also get hints for adding finishing touches, which is always fun to do. Each lesson is clearly demonstrated with an abundance of steps, giving you the roadmap to get your drawings right from the start. So...let’s get started! n

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Secrets to Drawing Shiny Eyes You can’t draw anime characters until you know the trick for drawing this luminous feature of the face. In this chapter, we’re going to put our focus on one technique: How to make the eyes glow.

Eye—Front

The eyelids are feathered.

Start with two basic shapes: a curved eyelid and an oval eye.

Draw a small shine on the pupil.

Draw two big shines on the iris.

Draw the pupil in the center of the eye, and draw a curved shadow over the top half of it.

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Eye—Side

TIP

The more shines you add, the more dramatic the eyes will be.

Eyelashes extend off the front.

Notice the crease line just above the upper eyelashes.

Big shine

Small shine

A shadow covers the top of the pupil, leaving the bottom ready for color.

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Basic Body Proportions Using a few basic proportions, you can learn to draw bodies that look correct. Proportions simply means checking to make sure that things look like they’re in the right place. Proportions are a great tool to use when a character you’ve drawn doesn’t look quite right. A few adjustments to the proportions will fix it fast. This chapter will give you some useful tips to remember.

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The Ultimate Proportions Tip

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To maintain a consistant look to your character, maintain consistent proportions. Note the proportions as we draw the same character in a front, 3/4, and side pose.

To break the symmetry of the pose, draw one hand in the pocket.

Front View

Wide shoulders and basic ribcage section

Level hips

As a young teen, there’s almost no muscular definition. The figure is defined by its outline.

Wrist is just below the hips

Long legs

Draw the legs evenly apart.

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TIP

Center the tie and lapels.

The cut of an outfit should appear the same at different angles.

The turquoise colored hair and red tie offset the dark jacket and shoes.

Cuffs usually fall below the wrist and onto the hand.

The bottom of the jacket is drawn just below the beltline.

Draw a welldefined crease to add an interior element to the pants.

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Drawing the Hands and Feet Wouldn’t it be wonderful if every character wore mittens? We’d never have to worry about drawing fingers or thumbs. Okay, back to earth. This chapter breaks down the essential elements of drawing hands and feet. The diagrams in this section are concept drawings: You don’t need to draw them. Just by absorbing the basic concepts, you can improve your drawings.

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Front of Hand There are two considerations for drawing the palm side of the hand: its overall shape and the interior features. We’ll look at both.

Palm—Fingers Together

Palm—Fingers APart

Artists use guidelines to keep the fingertips and joints aligned.

The palm “pyramids” at the base of the middle finger.

The center of the palm is slightly concave.

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Darken the flat of the palm

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Don’t make a character’s fingernails too long or she’ll look like a vampire.

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Thumbs vary in their ability to spread widely.

Everyone is unique. But if everyone is unique, aren’t we all the same? It’s a paradox.

Back of the Hand Accessories say a lot about a character. A teen wearing a skull ring has a different personality than one who wears a gold bracelet.

Back of Hand—Fingers Together

Back of Hand—Fingers Apart

Pressed together, the fingers together create a narrow look.

The hand is widest at the knuckles.

An outward curve happens only on the last joint.

Base of thumb protrudes, but the pinky side does not.

A sliver of shading along one side of the fingers prevents them from looking flat.

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The best poses are simple, but expressive. Let’s see how it works.

Keys to Drawing Poses

Poses communicate a character’s attitude.

As an anime artist, most of the characters you draw will assume standing poses. By adding a few simple touches, you can transform an ordinary standing pose into one that is energetic and engaging. A simple bend of the knee, a tilt of the head, and a new pose is formed. You’ll want to use a variety of poses to convey different emotions and intentions.

Once we conquer the standing pose, we’ll move on to sitting and reclining poses.

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Expressive Sitting and Reclining Poses Now let’s add some context to the poses. We begin by creating a body expression. Draw what you feel. A pose is more interesting if it’s imbued with some feeling or attitude.

Sad Girl (Knees Up Pose) Here we see how effective a pose can be in creating a bond between the character and the viewer. Pulling the knees up to the chest is a lonesome look. We start to care about the character. We almost want to comfort her.

Draw the legs in a 45-degree angle.

Her whole body draws into itself, conveying a sense of being alone.

The toes point downward and slightly inward.

Knees together; feet apart.

Hair falls forward, as the head tilts downward The hips are prominent at this angle.

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Her hand cups the elbow.

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Poignant moments can get the audience to care.

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STYLE TIP

To add style, When you create choose a popular a character, genre or character look for ways type and add to enhance or splashy visuals. highlight an aspect of it.

Developing a Sense of Style Developing a drawing style doesn’t mean that your drawings have to look radically different from everyone else’s. It simply means emphasizing a theme or concept in an eyecatching way. For example, if you want to draw a magical girl, you might emphasize princess-style hair and a mystical dress. All the characters in this chapter are based on a popular anime theme. Let’s see how we draw them with style.

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Character Design Tip Each of the characters in this chapter has something extra that makes them stand out. Remember this tip: It’s better to exaggerate one main aspect of a character than to tweak a lot of minor ones. schoolgirl Kemonomimi (Fox Ears) Kemenomimi is a Japanese term for any human anime character with animal ears.The most popular animal ears are feline, but they can also be fox, bear, bunny—mostly anything cute. Kemenomimi can be seen in all genres. This character contrasts unique fox features with a conventional schoolgirl outfit for a look that stands out.

Big smile, bright eyes

TIP

Combine the conventional with the unconventional.

Pointed ears tilt away from each other.

Arms straight up Draw elbows at waist level.

This joyful walk is punctuated with a back kick.

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Knees together

The long tail creates a sweeping line for the eye to follow.

Draw a line to suggest interior of ears.

The tips of the ears and the tips of the tail are darkened—just as they are on a real fox.

This unconventional character is dressed in a conventional school outfit, creating an interesting contrast for audiences.

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Shading and Color

If you’re looking for a way to make your characters and settings eye-catching, then learning to apply shading and colors is the way to go. The approach to shading and coloring demonstrated in this chapter works for all media, including pencils, markers, and digital coloring tools. Before we begin, bear in mind that a little shading goes a long way. Therefore, use restraint when you add color and shading.

This, however, creates another paradox: if you use restraint all the time, are you really using it?

TIP

A little shading goes a long way.

But don’t overdo it!

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Creating Atmospheric Images Let’s say you envision your character in a mystical, enchanted environment. In order for the image to be most effective, the character and the environment must work together. Some lighting effects should do the trick.

Plan your characters with colors in mind. For example, flowers will be a good accessory for a colorful highlight.

TIP

Shading can be done in light, medium, or heavy tones.

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Flat colors are good, but need shading.

Notice how shadow is used to create details, especially in the hair and the folds of the dress.

The shafts of light from overhead give the scene a magical aura and indicate the light source.

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Drawing Couples

Everyone wants to draw couples, but many anime fans don’t know how to begin.

There’s a trick to drawing couples. Start with rough drawings without detail, and use them to establish the position of the two characters.

Don’t even start on the details before you settle on the composition. You could draw the best looking characters in the world, but if the layout is poor, there won’t be any chemistry between them. And remember this: Simple compositions work the best. We’ll put this advice to work in this chapter.

TRICK

When drawing couples, sketch both characters loosely until you have the placement the way you want it.

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The Playful Hug Romantic comedy is a staple in anime. It usually features an uneven infatuation. In many such stories, the girl is persistent. Very persistent. Therefore, in this pose, only one character is doing the hugging.

Smash her face next to his.

Draw an ordinary sitting pose to start.

Loosely drape her arms over his shoulders.

Elbows go on top of the knees.

Fill out his arms and legs.

Hip curves out

Side-byside knees

TIP

In anime, romantic comedy often features an uneven infatuation between two characters.

His thigh can be seen.

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Not even a mixedmartial-arts fighter could get out of this hold.

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Drawing People in Backgrounds Like a familiar outfit, audiences associate certain characters with certain settings. For example, if you have a character who always eats by himself in the school cafeteria, then that becomes identified with him. But the character must always remain prominent. This is done by paying attention to where you place the characters in a scene.

TIP

Match the setting to the character type.

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The Kitchen This teenager would rather eat her breakfast at the school vending machine, which has, like, the best sea salt caramel chips ever.

Unfortunately, her mom knows the feed-the-dog-under-the-table trick. It can get you in trouble, but depending on what’s being served, it might be worth it.

TIP

Kitchens are built with rectangles of varying sizes.

The table is drawn at her Floor line hip level.

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Table narrows in perspective.

The table is at her chest level.

Mom is tall, which is a dominant pose.

Draw counters behind the mom. This suggests depth.

You don’t need this much detail for the island. You could just make it a simple block.

Verticals

Daughter is lower, which is a weak pose.

Door frames girl’s head.

TIP

Adding a door prevents the room from appearing like a sealed box.

Shelves are drawn diagonally

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Index A

baseball diamond 137–139

character types 42–45

angel, trapped 116–119

bashful type 40

hairstyles 34–37

anger 28, 41

best friend 38

apprehensive expression 29

body proportions 48–57

head 18–19, 22–23, 6–27, 42–45

approval, sign of 64

back view 56

atmospheric images 114–115

boys 50–55

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girls 56–57

front view 50–51, 56, 57

braided ponytail 33 busy teen 101

C cel shading 110–111

backgrounds 132–142

180° turn 56–57

chair, sitting on 76

baseball diamond 137–139

side view 54–55, 56

character types 38–47

kitchen 134–136

3/4 view 52–53, 56, 57

bashful 40

science lab 140–142

boys

best friend 38

bangs 31, 34

body proportions 50–55

boys 42–45 cheerful girl, annoyingly 39 dishonest 43 geeky 45 girls 38–41, 46–47 handsome 44 honest 42 quick-tempered 41 thin face 47 cheerful girl, annoyingly 39 choppy hairstyles 33, 36 classic hairstyles 33, 37 color. see shading and color comedy types 45, 99–100 couples 120–131 kiss 130–131 playful hug 125–127 protective hug 128–129 romantic hug 122–124 cropped hairstyle 37 cross-legged, sitting 77 cup, holding 62

D deadpan expression 28

E expressions 28–29 eyes, shiny 12–13

F face, thin 47 feet 66–69 fist 62 fitness fanatic 104 fox ears 88–89 friendly type 38

G geeky type 45 girl from another dimension 92–93 girls body proportions 56–57 character types 38–41, 46–47 hairstyles 30–33

desk, sitting at 82–83

head 16–17, 20–21,24–25, 38–41, 46–47

dishonest type 43

good-to-go hand signal 65 143

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kissing 130–131

hairstyles 30–37

kitchen 134–136

bangs 31, 34

kneeling pose 78

boys 34–37

knees up pose 80–81

braided ponytail 33 choppy 33, 36 classic cuts 33, 37 cropped, closely 37 girls 30–33 layering, extreme 37

L layered hairstyle 37 legs, in standing poses 72–73 lighting effects 114–115

long with straight bangs 31

long hair with straight bangs 31

pigtails 30

lucky expression 29

random 32, 37 schoolgirl, basic 33

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short 33, 36

180° turn 56–57

side bangs 34 side sweep 37

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uncombed 35

pencil, holding 63

hands 60–65

petting 63

handsome type 44

pigtails 30

happy expression 28, 29

pocket, hand in 74

hard shading 110–111

pointing 64

head 10–47

ponytail, braided 33

basics 14–15

pop-culture girl 90–91

boys 18–19, 22–23, 26–27, 42–45

poses hands 62–63

angel, trapped 116–119

character types 38–47

sitting and reclining 76–85

team captain 103

expressions 28–29

standing 72–75

atmospheric images 114–115

eyes, shiny 12–13

positive reaction 28

cel shading 110–111

thin face type 47

process 108–109

thinking 28

stages, working in 112–113

turnaround 56–57

girls 16–17, 20–21, 24–25, 38–41, 46–47 hairstyles 30–37

Q quick-tempered type 41

side view 24–27 3/4 view 20–23 honest type 42 hugging

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scoundrel 96

stylish pose 74

settings. see backgrounds

swordfighter, master 94–95

shading and color 106–119

T tearful expression 29

short hairstyles 33, 36 side sweep hairstyle 37 sitting

U uncombed hair 35

random hairstyles 32, 37

on chair 76

reclining poses 79, 84–85

cross-legged on ground 77

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victory hand signal 65

playful 125–127 protective 128–129

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romantic 122–124

sadness 28, 29, 80–81

slapstick 105

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schoolboy, stylish 98

sleepy expression 29

wanderer 97

schoolgirls 33, 88–89

standing poses 72–75

whimsical girl 102

science lab 140–142

stunned expression 29

K kemonomimi 88–89 144

sad girl 80–81

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