Add the Body

Now drawing a body in not just anime characters but any character is extremely hard and only few experienced artists can get it right in the first take.

Weirdly enough, the step of drawing a body is pretty simple to follow. It is just a bunch of geometrical shapes that when combined together make a body. A rectangle makes the chest, oval makes the hips and when you add four lines below them they become legs and when you add two small circles at any point of the line, in proportion to feet, they become knees.

Body

To draw the body, start drawing the shapes for baseline:

Step 1: Use a rectangle for chest, an oval for hips.

Step 2: Connect the Rectangle chest and Oval hip with lines. This will create the waist.

Step 3: Once you add lines and connect all of the body parts, start adding in details on the specifications of the body the character will have.

Each character is different, look wise, body size wise as well as expression wise. So when you draw a character make sure to keep all of these in mind when you draw their basic proportions. Now the proportions for legs are:

Legs = Upper Body. Meaning whatever the size of the character’s upper body is, i.e from the head to the hip, should be the size of the leg.

And once you are done with the upper and lower body, now you can add arms. The rule for arms is simple, the elbow must align with the waist and the arm below the elbow along with hands should align with the mid thighs. It will make them look proportionate to the character’s body, no matter what body type you draw.

Clothes

Now with all the above steps you have drawn the entire anatomy of the you can start adding clothes. To add clothes:

Step 1: You must first choose what your character will wear. Once you have decided, draw a rough line along the body to fit the clothes.

Step 2: Draw lines along the body to note the baseline of the corners and ends of the clothing.

Anime characters have very distinct features. Their facial expression, over-exaggerated body, face, and eyes are their identity. Drawing anime characters is pretty simple and easy. Anime characters are enjoyable to draw due to their unique and inconsistent proportions, which only add to the creative challenge. For those interested in learning how to create an original anime character or fanart of their favourite anime persona, following a set of five steps can lead to successful results.

These steps provide guidance on properly proportioning the body, styling distinctive anime hairstyles, and most crucially, mastering the creation of oversized anime eyes. Although drawing an anime character differs from depicting humans, there are fundamental similarities between the two techniques that can be useful for artists to keep in mind during the process.

So here are five steps you need to follow to draw Anime characters.