With male figures and female figures, we will find that the body is broken up into eight equal segments. This will help you to form anime characters more adequately, providing you with an understanding of the segments of different body parts. When drawing anime characters they often exaggerate the human anatomy, so it is important to know the proportions of human anatomy as a body base of your anime. Now that we know what to expect, let us go through some basic anime anatomy drawing concepts. We will look at both female and male human anatomy and then how we can’t change and emphasize features to resemble a more cartoonish and anime-styled character design.

In this tutorial, we will look at some basic human anatomy concepts that are important for understanding the proportions and scale of the body.

Good Paper (200 g/m – 250 g/m recommended).

All materials can be found through the links below: We will want to have a ruler for measurements, as well as a sharpener and an eraser for any mistakes that might need fixing. We will be breaking down the simple concepts of anime anatomy, so we will only need some basic materials such as a pencil, and pen. This tutorial is done with a digital device however, you can apply all these concepts to traditional art mediums. Having a knowledge of human anatomy, you will find that the process of creating different anime styles becomes much easier.

4.1 Do You Need to Know Human Anatomy for Anime?Īnime anatomy is really simple once you break down the process of human anatomy and how the body is divided into its different segments.

2.2.2 Exaggerating the Male Body to Create Male Anatomy Anime.

2.2.1 Exaggerating the Female Body to Create Female Anatomy Anime.

2.2 Emphasizing Human Features for an Anime Style.1 An Easy Guide to Drawing Anime Anatomy.

Full body anime sketch base