Draw a Bishounen Face
If you're an anime fan girl, you might be smitten by bishies (bishounen or bishōnen)--young men with feminine beauty, male bodies, and the makings of a hero (strong martial arts abilities, sports talent, high intelligence, or comedic flair). In order to draw bishōnen, the face must have feminine features but still be recognized as male.
Contents
Steps
Drawing a Classic Figure
- Sketch a circle for the head.
- Add a vertical line that runs through the circle.
- Add the guidelines for the face by sketching 2 horizontal lines.
- Draw the jaw and the chin of the face.
- Draw the ears aligned to the position of the 2 horizontal lines.
- Draw eyes within the space between the 2 lines. The eyebrow should be drawn outside of it.
- Draw the nose. You can actually experiment on the nose. You can draw a triangle or just a simple line for the nose.
- Draw the mouth.
- Draw the neck. You can draw the Adam’s apple and more details in the neck to make it more manly.
- Add the hair.
- Erase the draft lines and add more details.
- Color.
Drawing a Long Face
- Draw a circle and then draw two lines on each side. Join them by drawing two more lines and connect them with a small chin. Because bishounen tend to have somewhat feminine features, draw the face longer than usual. When drawing the chin, it should be at least somewhat thicker than a girl's chin (which is drawn as a point).
- Erase part of the circle going across the face. Use a ruler or any straight edge surface to draw one line in the middle and one across the face. The line across the face will determine the placement for the eyes, while the line in the middle will be used for drawing the nose.
- Draw the eyes, nose, and mouth.
- For the eyes, draw two parallelograms for the basic shape. This is an easier method because afterwards you just need to round off the edges.
- When doing a straight-on face, the nose is drawn as a shadow rather than a line, thus giving it more depth.
- Draw a slightly curved line for the mouth, and add a small shadow underneath. Unlike females, bishounens have longer mouths and are more detailed as well.
- Erase the guide lines and touch up the facial features. Create thicker lines on the eyes and give him some eyelashes. When drawing the eyebrows, start drawing them thickly then slowly thin them at the ends. For the hair, either draw medium to long length hair, which is typical on many bishounen characters; for more details, have to look at a How to Draw Manga Hair.
- Finished.
Tips
- For older men (20+) with feminine beauty, the appropriate term is bidanshi or biseinen.
- A female character can be bishōnen, as well, when she blurs the line between male and female. No matter what, bishōnen are always elegant and androgynous.
Warnings
- Bishōnen are often confused with bishōjo, a Japanese term used for beautiful young girls. Unlike bishōnen, however, bishōjo are distinctly feminine, drawn to be "cute" and "pretty".
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