Okay. let's start with the basics if you don't mind.
We begin with the forward view.
I'll show you in steps how you draw a face in that view.
Gently draw the lines with the pencil so it is easy to erase it later.
I coloured every new step in a new colour, so try to follow the lines that I made.
Step 1:Draw a circle.
Step 2:Draw the lines where the eyes and the ears will come.
Step 3:Draw the ears.
Step 4: Draw the chin.
Step 5:Draw the nose in the middle using the eyelines as the guide.
Simply draw a short line downwards for a nose.
Step 6: Draw the eyes.
This picture is zoomed in to show you how to draw a eye.
Draw the another eye in the same way and the same distance from the nose.
Step 7: Draw the mouth.
By drawing a horizontal line a few inches below the nose.
Step 8: Draw the eyebrows.
Draw a parallel line few inches away from the eyes.
Remove the eyelines and colour the eyes in to finish this face picture
If it is possible could you show your work?
So that I can give you feedback and correct it where needed.
It is ok if it doesn't look good at the first time around.
Practice makes perfect.
Later we look at drawing hair, other styles of manga drawing etc.
New Addition:
As I promised here are some of the new sections you can learn from:
For what it is worth that is.
Hair:
Here is only a basic outline about this subject.
There are so many different haircuts that I can't show you all of them.
Most of all you have to experiment yourself what it is possible to create.
There are no limits in hairstyles or colours in the manga world, so the sky is the limit.
But there are 2 thumbrules.
1. When drawing hair, draw more widly strokes then elsewhere on the body.
Especially with the bangs (spiky hair).
2. On the hair and on the other hair pieces (bangs, ponytail etc.) draw a circle of lighter colour around the middle of the haircut and on the same radius on the other hair parts.
As shown by the pictures.
You can increase the shiny effect by drawing a line of even lighter colour on the sides.
The red lines shows where to draw the lines when there is a wave in a hairdo.
The third picture tells you how to create braids.
Draw a curved line on one side then another curve on the another side, curved line on the left side again and so on.
With the beginning and the end of the braid draw a circle to connect them.
Hands:
The drawing shows schematicly how the hands should look like.
The left is the backside and the right is the inside of a hand.
First up draw a circle with a flat line on the top.
Then draw another full small circle for the thumb base.
For the fingers and the thumb draw a cyclinderlike form with segments in it.
Please note that male fingers are stumpy and square (much like a brick).
Female fingers are on the other hand pointy and curved.
For knowing how to draw a certain stance, just look at your own hands posing the stance you want.
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