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Drawing Anime Girl

Skill level:

Difficulty - /5


Time Required:

Time Required Icon hrs mins


Preview



Step 1:

Create a new
file. Set as following picture.



Step 2:

Shift+Ctrl+N, create a new layer.



Step 3:

Draw. In this drawing, I use the #19 brush which
is showing in the following.







Step 4:

After the sketch part, Create 3 new layers for cleaning lines.



Step 5:

Change opacity of layer “sketch” as following.



Step 6:

Clean lines as following step

Layer 1



Layer 2



Draw the eyes on layer 3.

Result.



Step 7:

Start coloring.
On layer2, select the following area and then select inverse.



Step8:

Ctrl+Shift+N, create a “skin” layer as following.



Step 9:

Go to the Skin layer, press G, use the paint tool to paint the select area on the skin
Layer. *change Opacity to 30—50. (Depending on your taste.)



Result:



Use darker color to add shadow effect



Step 10:

Go to layer 1, select the following area. And select inverse.



Create a new layer called “hair”



G again, Use tool as before.



Add shadows as before.



Result:



Step 11:

Create a new
layer called “eye”.



Add colors for the eyes.

Step 12:

Create a new layer and put it on the top. Draw some high light.





Step 13:

Merge Layers 1, 2, 3. Then change the Opacity to 15.



Step 14:

Create a new layer called “outline”. Draw the final line. Use whatever colors you want.

(I used the dark green for the hair’s outline and brown for the face outline)



Step 15:

Clean each layer,and Ctrl+L change the level.





Step 16:

Create a new layer for drawing the back ground.





Step 17:

Select the following area and inverse select.



Step 18:

Delete, to delete the selected area.



Step 19:

Change brush, use this brush makes the outline brighter.





Step 20:

Sign it! Like a true artist.


Written by Cecilia.
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There are 9 comments
mygod said on January 08, 2011 - 12:00
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my god i was searching for this "step by step" drawing tutorial, but everyone was speed painting!! >:(

Thank you so much for this tutorial :)

missyglissy said on October 20, 2010 - 09:53
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the eyes are stunning i love the fantasy image u get when u look at this picture

Aswell said on June 15, 2010 - 23:40
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I love your picture ...
I will try it at home ...

Dina said on May 15, 2010 - 12:41
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what version of photoshop do u use?

purple sky said on December 26, 2009 - 06:34
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So beautiful and wonderful

falenate said on November 13, 2008 - 11:52
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wooow beautiful >>>......< ty

Cecilia said on September 24, 2008 - 18:25
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You can get this brush directly if you have a tablet. Show the brushes list in "stoke thumbnail", then you will see it in the list.

xeh said on September 19, 2008 - 03:33
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how were you able to make no.19 brush like that? i mean mine is circular and doesnt have the fading effect....

Artist Anika said on August 12, 2008 - 12:48
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I really love this tutorial, as well as the overall drawing. Randomly makes me think of a mermaid. Great job.

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