Today we’re going to be continuing our investigation of how the legs bend in different poses and situations. This time, we’re moving down to the ankle area. This is an important area to consider when drawing a character walking – we want the ankles to look natural so that the whole image is believable. Don’t
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Legs make up a whole half of a character’s body, so it’s no surprise that they’re a super important part of getting character poses right. Bent knees are important for poses like crouching, sitting and running, so today let’s learn how to draw them bending at the knee in a natural way! The first part
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Legs make up a whole half of a character’s body, so it’s no surprise that they’re a super important part of getting character poses right. Today let’s learn all about legs, and how to draw them moving in a natural way! Raised legs When drawing a character raising their leg, it’s important to think about
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Action scenes are a huge part of many anime and manga series. Getting the movement of the hair right in these scenes will really add to the drama and believability of a scene! When a character hits or takes a hit, for example, the movement of their hair can help add velocity and show the
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Over the past few articles, we’ve been talking about how hair moves along with a character, and under the influence of all different elements like wind and water. Let’s continue the lesson today! Today we’ll be focusing mostly on how the hair looks when a character is touching or moving it. Make sure you check
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Hair is a huge part of anime, and is used as an expressive device to show both movement and emotion in a character. Having the hair move in the right way will not only help make your work believable and immersive, it will also help tell your story to the audience! So let’s take a
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Today we’re going to be looking at a very important aspect of hair illustration. That is, how does the hair react to the way a character’s body is moving? This is actually a super important part of drawing hair, and can totally change the atmosphere of a scene! Let’s take a look at some different
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In anime, you’ll probably have noticed that there are countless different ways to draw the nose. Many anime noses look very simple, so you might think that this is an area you can skip in your studies – “just a simple dot or line around the middle of the face is fine, right??” But no,
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We talked about how different hair styles affect a character’s image, but did you know hair colour is another tool we can use to change how a character appears. Let’s talk about how all different hair colours are used in anime! This should help you when choosing the hair colour for your characters! We’ll use
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The other day we talked all about different hair style for women, and how they change a character’s image. Today let’s finish off the lesson by looking at men’s hair styles! It can be more difficult to bring out individuality in male characters, so we want to use hair to our advantage, so that each
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