Manga Tutorial: How to draw a manga face

In this tutorial, we will study how to draw the head of a man and a woman in a manga style.

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Step 1

Start by drawing a circle representing the skull. 

Step 2

Draw a cross whose intersection is located approximately 2/3 of the circle.

Step 3

Let's position on the horizontal axis both eyes leaving enough room to place a third in the middle.

Step 4

When we are drawing, we used to measure the proportions of the body with eyes. The total length of a face is approximately 5 eyes. The upper face is 2 eyes and the lower part (purple).

Woman: The women jaw (red) is rounded and the chin is pointed.

Man: While the jaw (red) and the man chin are more square.

Step 5

The ears are positioned between the eyes and mouth.

The mouth is in the middle of the lower face (orange).

The nose is positioned on the vertical axis (green).

Step 6

The neck width is equal to the distance between the pupils. However, the man's neck is slightly larger than that of women.

Step 7

A small distance separates the hair of the head.

This may depend on the volume and length of hair.

Step 8

You just have to clear your construction lines and your character is ready.

You can customize your characters in their adding accessories such as glasses.

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