Unfortunately, a lot of people think, that because Anime is abstract and simplified in so many areas, that it is easy to draw.Ī lot of Anime styles, for example, only draw a simple line in place of the mouth and only draw a little shadow of the nose instead of a realistic nose and more.īut you still have to know where the nose is sitting on a face to draw a believable shadow and the same goes for the mouth.Īnd even though you aren’t drawing extremely realistic lightning in Anime drawings you sill have to know how light works, how the color changes when it hits different surfaces and how the shadow is cast in order to make something look believable. But simplistic does not mean that it is easy to draw! So the highest detail (most of the time) is the face. Why do People Think, that Drawing Anime is Easy?Īnime is a very specific art style, that draws focus to the face (especially the eyes) to effectively show emotion. Anime is an abstraction of reality and as such sometimes even harder to draw than a realistic picture. You will have to know basic anatomy, you need to be able to render properly and understand perspective as well as how light and shadow work. Apparently it looks easy enough to draw.īut is Anime easy to draw? The short answer is: No, it isn´t easy to draw! Drawing Anime requires very similar knowledge than drawing realistically. For some reason, a lot of people will automatically assume, that because it is “just” anime that it is easy to draw. So I have been asked this question a lot whenever someone was looking at my art.