How to Draw an Anime School Girl

1. Begin by drawing the anime girl’s face. Draw three successively smaller circles to form the eyes. Shade between the two smallest to indicate the pupil. Use a thick curved line above and a curved line below to give them the classic squared shape of anime eyes. Then, use curved lines to draw the eyebrows, nose, and lips.

2. Draw the anime girl’s hair. Above the face, draw curved lines that meet at downward-facing points. Then, draw lines extending along the sides of the face.

3. Use curved lines to outline the ears and pointed chin. Then, extend two curved lines for the neck, and connect them at the bottom. Draw an inverted triangle below the neck, and a curved triangle on each side of the neck, to form the collar of the garment.

4. Use curved lines to outline the long hair on top of and at the sides of the head. Texture the hair with short curved lines. Draw a small circular shape below the neck. Extend a curved line from each side of it and double it back to enclose an irregular shape. This is the tie or bow at the neck of the sailor suit.

5. Use curved lines to outline the sleeve, upper arm, lower arm, and hand. Notice the narrow “U” shaped lines that form the overlapping fingers and the short lines that contour the girl's palm of the hand.

6. Use curved lines to draw the remaining sleeve, arm, hand, and fingers.

7. Draw curved lines to form the sides of the torso and seams of the sleeves. Connect them at the bottom using a curved line, and draw a short line to indicate the hem or a wrinkle in the fabric. Below the torso, draw many curved lines to form the sides of the skirt and the pleats. Connect the sides of each pleat with a curved line.

8. Draw the leg. Use a pair of long curved lines, noting the bend of the knee. At the bottom, use curved lines to enclose the irregular shape of the shoe. Draw a short curved line at the knee, and band the leg with a curved line just below it to indicate the top of the tall sock.

9. Outline the remaining leg using long curved lines. Draw the shoe at the bottom. Band the leg with a curved line, and use a short line to detail the knee.

Color your cartoon school girl. She’s wearing a sailor suit outfit, which is typically navy blue and white in color with a red tie. Did you notice how it resembles the outfit worn by Sailor Moon? Learn How to Draw Sailor Moon.