Female Three-Quarter View: Heads and Faces

The document provides instructions for drawing a female face in three-quarter view in manga style. It begins by explaining that three-quarter view is more common than front view in manga. It then outlines 8 steps to draw the face, including drawing a circle and dividing it, marking feature lines, outlining the jaw, placing features like eyes and mouth, drawing ears and eyes, forming the hair and neck, fine-tuning details, and finishing with ink. It notes that indicating shadows helps add dimension and stray hairs can make the hairstyle look natural.

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H e a d s a n d Fac e s

Female Three-Quarter View

The most important way of drawing a manga face is not the front view but the three-quarter view. After all, in an actual manga story its uncommon to have a character speak straight to the reader. More often the character speaks to another character within the story and will be slightly turned to one side. Fortunately its not that difficult and takes just a little practice to draw like a pro!
Create a highlight near the top and a curving shape at the bottom of each iris. Also add short curving lines just above the inside corner of each eye.

Draw the Ears and Eyes

Form the Hair and Neck

Draw the neck so that it meets the intersection of the ear and cheek on one side, and the tip of the chin on the other. Begin sketching out the hair.

Fine-Tune

Add shape to the hair with additional lines. An extra stray hair or two at the top of her pigtails can add a natural look. Indicating a shadow beneath the chin helps the picture look three-dimensional.

Draw Your Circle

Divide it with a horizontal line.

Finish It

Were nearly done! Grab your pens and ink all the final lines. Let it dry then erase the guidelines to leave a polished, professional finish.

Mark the Feature Lines

Divide the lower half of the circle into four equal sections by adding three more lines.

Add a gently curving vertical line that starts at the chin and heads a little off to one side. Focus on these lines and the shapes they make in relation to the circle. The line should stop at the brow line, second from the top.

Outline the Jaw

Place the Features

Draw the eyes, eyebrows, nose, and mouth. All four of these facial features touch the curving line at various intersections. Be careful placing the left eye. The blank spaces surrounding it are as important as the eye itself. Note that in the three-quarter view her right eyebrow is not directly above the eye, but a little off to one side.

Happy Hairstyling
Of course, theres no need to make your character have the same hairstyle you see here. For more hairstyle ideas, see 20 Female Hairstyles later in this chapter.