How to Draw an Anime Character

Are you looking for a guide that can assist you to draw an anime character? If yes, You must check this stepwise lesson to draw the cute looking anime.

Follow the given steps that are written below to learn to draw this cute anime in simplified steps.

Supplies You Might Need

  • Pencil – I uses Artline pencils for my artworks, it comes with different grades.
  • Kneadable Eraser – For removing dirty stuff and lightning the value of shading these gummy erasers are very useful.
  • Sketchbook – A quality sketchbook.
  • Mechanical Pencil – 0.5mm mechanical pencils for drawing fine and precise lines.
  • Fixative Spray – For protection of art from smudging.
  • Blending Stump – Paper stumps for smooth blending.
  • Pencil Color – Its thick cores are perfect for shading and shadows.
  • Acrylic Color – This set of acrylic paint has all the necessary colors to paint anything.
anime drawing featured image

Drawing anime would be a lot of fun so, let’s jump into the steps.

Step 1 – In the first step, draw a circle with a radius of 2.9cm.

circle for face

Step 2 – Now, draw plus line in the middle of a circle then, draw the anime girl’s cheek & jaw’s outline below the circle. Next, make neck & shoulder.

circle with plus sign

Step 3 – In the next step, make anime eyes in below the plus line then, draw eyebrows a little over the plus line, then draw the little nose, & small mouth.

face structure of anime

Step 4 – Now, make anime’s hair outline with 2b grade pencil then, draw his ear’s outline.

sketch of anime girl

Step 5 – Now, shade this anime girl’s drawing using 2b pencil grade for his face & cloth then, use 10b pencil for eyes, eyebrows & hair & in the last use dark pen to make this drawing more pretty. Finally, the anime’s drawing is completed.

anime girl complete pic

All steps in single frame

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You can also check this post on “How to Draw a Spider Web

Keep Drawing!

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