All my How to Draw guides, one step at a time.
A lot of people tell me that the thing they feel more complicated to draw is the hands! And believe me, I’ve been there. In fact, I always had a kind of love-hate relationship with hands. Because I always loved to watch hands on cartoons or illustrations and how much Read more…
The hardest part of nailing down a face is using the right proportions. Once you get that part, drawing faces will be easy peasy! For me, the hardest part was always drawing the eyes in the right size and right place. We look at drawings or photos and it looks Read more…
Even though I tend to draw very peaceful looking characters in most of my pieces, I really like to play with emotions and take some time to do some fun exercises. The more exaggerated the better and you can play a lot with angry expressions! Let’s go over, step by Read more…
Drawing the Eyes according to the Face Proportion How to place the Eyes correctly on the Head? We’ve talked about drawing Angular Eyes, Rectangular Eyes and even Round Eyes but we still haven’t talked about the relative position between them and the rest of the Face and how they look Read more…
Drawing Smokey Sexy Eyes So we’ve talked about Angular Eyes, which are Menacing and sometimes borderline “Evil” and we’ve talked about the Round Cuddly Anime Eyes, great for Cute and/or Simplistic Characters. It’s time for something in between? “How do I draw Neutral, Smokey and Sexy Eyes?” you ask. Read more…
Drawing Cute Round Anime Eyes “You keep writing about Angular Shapes and Menacing Characters, what if I want to do a Cute or Happy Character?!” Alright alright, let’s talk about drawing the Roundest Eyes in the land, making your Character look Cute and at the same time Simplistic. The first Read more…
Drawing Eye Expressions Is your Character looking very Stale and Emotionless? That’s because it needs some Expression! Remember that it’s not all about your Posing and Gesture Drawing (although that really helps too!), it needs to transmit Expression through his/her own face as well. “But how do I make him Read more…
Drawing Eyebrow Shapes We’ve Drawn Eyes and even added some Depth and Details to them, let’s move on to the next part, creating Eyebrows and the Eyebrow Shapes! What Size should I draw the Eyebrows? What Shapes? There are many ways you can draw Eyebrows, people are very different from Read more…
Eye Anatomy Details Let’s talk about detailing your Eye Drawing and adding some Depth. Should I do Simple Stylized Eyes or Realistic with a lot of Details? It’s up to you and your style. I tend to do a lot of Simple Shapes because that’s my Style, but the basic Read more…
Drawing Angular Eyes Let’s go for more Facial Features! Why are Eyes so Difficult to Draw? Well for one we are Constantly Looking at them. When we talk to other people we focus on their face features, most noticeably the Eyes. So our Expectations are very High since we have Read more…