Hi cutie, I am Comic black rainbow.
After I share the proportion of human head last time, some cuties told to me that they want to know how to draw the head as in japan comic as well. So I want to share with you today is the average proportion of manga head or cute head.
Further reading you might find interesting:
Why do the characters of Japanese manga always have big eyes that almost cover their half face? But people still love it so much? The rounder the eyes, the more watery, fans more love and willing to pay more money. What is the secret hidden in the face of cute cartoon characters? How they make so many people go crazy and follow?
If you want others to surrender to your cute character. You have to let yourself indulge in your cute drawing first. Today, I will share knowledge about cute or the average proportion of manga head. Let us enjoy it on paper and draw a cute head.
Before you draw a cute head. First of all, we have to understand the proportion of facial features in children's faces. Because we know the cuteness of a child is well known. According to this reference proportion
You can do extensions and applications. And it will help you to grab the cute proportions. If you are not used to reading articles. You can check out the video on my Youtube channel.
Source：Andrew Loomis “Drawing the head and hand”
We can find out the scale of the child's face. The height of the eyebrows is approximately the midline of the entire head. The nose is the center of the head midline and chin. The mouth is the center of the nose and chin. After grabbing these relative proportions, we can try to draw a cute head. This time we take the famous character Nezuko for example.
As drawing a realistic head, first, grab the relative positions of the facial features.
Drawing the face and hair.
Check the position and size of eyebrows and eyes.
Draw her eyes.
In the end, draw the bamboo tube so that she will not bite you!!!
If you have difficulty in grabbing the proportion. You can download the auxiliary line diagram I made.
Then try to follow the instructions below.
Grab the head size.
Drawing her hair, ears, and outline of the face.
Check the position of eyebrows and eyes.
After drawing eyes, nose and mouth, you’re done!!!
When you draw a cute head. You can regulate the proportion according to your needs. Try some different scale effects and find the way you are comfortable and feel cute to draw.
My experience to draw a cute head:
* The more rounded head or little wide
*The proportion of the head above the eyes is little big
* The closer the eyes, nose, and mouth are
There are hundreds of cute characters in the general industry. And we can see a wide variety of proportions in those cute characters. So I just share my opinion of the proportion of cute head here.
If you have any question or opinion, please tell me in the comment below or share with me with social media or mail, thank you for reading my blog!!! If you draw a cute head with the proportion you feel cute, welcome to share to me the results of your attempts! I am looking forward to seeing your cute head drawing!
