Anime Self-Portrait

Anime Self-Portrait

Color pencils on paper

1. Students identify characteristics of Japanese Anime characters. 
2. They practice drawing eyes, and hair style.
3. They draw their self-portrait.
4. They add background of their choice to accentuate the figure.
5. They practice shading color pencils in different values and tones.
6. They apply the shading study onto their self-portraits in color pencils.

This video shows the procedure of anime self-portrait.

Student Samples (Grade 8)

        

24"x 36"