Japanese comics ("manga") are very popular not only in Japan, but also far beyond its borders. They are read by both adults and children, although most of the fans are young people. The technique of drawing manga is not a national secret of the Land of the Rising Sun, so anyone can learn how to draw Japanese comics today.
It is necessary
- - a simple pencil of three types (T, TM and M),
- - paper,
- - ruler.
Instructions
Step 1
Draw a circle. Divide it with a vertical line into two equal halves and two horizontal lines into thirds. Further from the bottom horizontal line, draw two intersecting lines. Draw a small line in the resulting corner. This will be the approximate size of your character's chin. From the endpoints of the lower horizontal line, draw two rounded strokes to the notional border of the chin. This will mark the cheekbones. This will give you a basic face shape.
Step 2
Draw a curved, thickened line at the break. For the right eye, make the left end of the line higher than the right, and vice versa for the left eye. This is the border of the upper eyelid. Draw two dashed lines from the ends of it, with the help of them you can determine the optimal position of the lower border of the eye. The width and height of the eye will depend on the slope of the auxiliary lines. Then draw an oval inside the resulting borders, but so that part of the future iris is covered by the upper eyelid. After that draw the highlights, and below them the pupil. Finish the drawing of the eye with the contours of the eyelashes and eyebrows. Erase all construction lines.
Step 3
Draw a wedge for the nose at the very bottom of the last third of the circle you have drawn for the head. The main part of the wedge crosses the border of the circle. Directly under the nose, slightly lower, draw a long line of the mouth, and under it another small line, which indicates the chin. However, the last line is optional, it is not necessary to draw it on the character's face.
Step 4
Draw individual strands of hair in the center and top third of your base head shape. You can detail the hair as you like. You don't need to draw every hair. By drawing whole individual strands, you can collect from them such hairstyles as you want.
Step 5
Draw a schematic skeleton of the hero by breaking the image into separate blocks. It is best to design the abdomen and muscle joints with elongated ovals, then you can imagine the three-dimensional structure of the human body. Take into account the deformation of the body when moving.
