Brainstorm Your Character and Build a Concept for Their Pose So where do you begin with creating a manga character? 1. The key to character drawing is using the character's pose and personal details to tell as much on first glance as possible. Taking time to refine your character will help you to strike the right amount of style and story in your drawing. Finalizing a character concept may take numerous sketches, iterations, or even poses. Just as with any kind of character creation, it's important to work from an initial concept when you begin drawing. There are several influences, sources of inspiration, and possibilities to allow you to fully customize your character. Also, connect the shape you drew for the hips to the torso and the upper legs.When it comes to drawing manga, you get the opportunity to take part in a broad style That offers a long tradition and many subgenres to find your expression. Round out the corners of the torso for the shoulders, and draw 2 lines curving up away from the center of the torso for the neck. For the upper body, youвЂ™d do the same with the arms and torso.Make the outline smooth (without any gaps) so the legs look realistic. To connect and refine the legs, draw around the outer edges of each shape that makes up the legs (the ovals for the upper and lower legs, the circles for the knees, and the shapes you drew for the feet) so you have one seamless outline of each leg.When youвЂ™re finished, youвЂ™ll have a full, detailed outline of your characterвЂ™s body around the more abstract outlines you drew before. At this point, start refining the different parts of the body so they look more realistic, like your characterвЂ™s hands, shoulders, hips, and neck. Trace around the outer edges of your characterвЂ™s body so you have one seamless outline. Alternatively, you could draw a chin-length bob thatвЂ™s divided into several thick sections.Д¬onnect and refine the general shapes you drew. Or, you could draw a hairstyle without any bangs and draw a few lines running from their hairline to the back of their head so it looks like their hair is combed back. For a shorter hairstyle, you could draw 3 or 4 distinct sections of hair swooping to the side over your characterвЂ™s forehead.Alternatively, you could give your character bangs by drawing 3 or 4 distinct sections of hair coming down over their forehead.

Or, you could draw their hair pulled up with a round bun at the top.

If your character has long hair, you could draw 2 pigtails, one at each side of the head, with spiked ends.

Instead, draw big sections of hair, like 4 or 5 spikes at the ends. Whichever hairstyle you choose, avoid drawing individual strands of hair. You can draw a short, buzzed hairstyle, a medium-length style, or long, flowy hair. The hairstyle you choose for your character is up to you, but generally, anime hair features pointed ends and distinct sections.

For certain styles of anime, like chibi, you donвЂ™t even need to draw a nose at all!Дraw the hair on your character's head.

Also, draw a triangle-shaped shadow on the side of the nose so it looks like the light is hitting your character from the side.

If you want your characterвЂ™s nose to be more noticeable, draw a short horizontal line under the vertical line to represent the bottom of your characterвЂ™s nose.

Masculine anime characters sometimes have noses that are more pronounced, but thatвЂ™s not always the case.

To see it better, make it darker than the vertical line, or erase the vertical line around the nose.

The nose will overlap with the vertical line you drew.

Make the nose the smallest feature on your characterвЂ™s face.

Make the line longer if you want your characterвЂ™s nose to be big. To draw your characterвЂ™s nose, draw a short, simple vertical line along the center of the face at the halfway point between the horizontal line and the chin. Anime noses are subtle, and theyвЂ™re usually only defined when youвЂ™re looking at a character from the side. Add the nose halfway between the horizontal line and the chin.

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