This tutorial explains how to draw an anime girl's confront as well equally anime faces in general from the side view (profile) in different states and with different expressions.

Anime girl face expressions side view
Anime face expressions side view

For the male person counter part of this tutorial run into:

How to Describe Anime Male person Facial Expressions Side View

Anime Face up Proportions Side View

Anime face proportions side view
Anime face proportions side view

In the above example y'all tin can see the basic proportions for drawing an anime confront.

Depict the eye beneath the vertical halfway point of the head, describe the nose roughly between that and the chin, draw the bottom lip roughly between the chin and the nose with the mouth slightly in a higher place information technology. Draw the ears starting from the tiptop of the yeah to roughly the bottom of the nose.

Please note that these are simply guidelines for a more mutual anime look. The proportions of anime faces can change based on graphic symbol type and mode variations.

For drawing eye and mouth side view expressions individually run into:

  • How to Draw Anime & Manga Eyes – Side View
  • How to Draw Anime & Manga Mouths – Side View

Drawing Normal Anime Side View Facial Expression

Anime girl normal expression side view drawing
Anime girl normal expression side view drawing

For a normal anime expression but place the facial features every bit described above.

Drawing a Lightly Open Side View Oral cavity

Anime girl lightly open mouth side view drawing
Anime girl lightly open mouth side view cartoon

For drawing an open mouth an important thing to note is that the jaw will exist lower down. Also keep in mind that information technology is simply the lower jaw that moves when the mouth is opens. The upper jaw stays in place.

Drawing an Open Side View Oral cavity

Anime girl open mouth side view drawing
Anime girl open mouth side view cartoon

For a wider open rima oris exist away that the jaw does not drop direct down when the mouth opens just also swings backwards towards the cervix. Draw the jaw lower downwards and farther back towards the neck.

Drawing a Yelling Side View Face

Anime girl yelling side view drawing
Anime girl yelling side view cartoon

For a yelling face draw the jaw same place equally you would for the wider open rima oris but draw the lips more pulled back revealing more of the teeth. Describe the middle lightly squinted.

Drawing a Frowning/Serious Side View Face up

Anime girl frowning side view drawing
Anime daughter frowning side view drawing

For a frowning expression describe the eyebrow in a wave similar shape pointing downward towards the olfactory organ. Depict the mouth curving downwardly towards the neck.

Cartoon a Surprised Side View Face

Anime girl surprised side view drawing
Anime girl surprised side view drawing

For a surprised look draw the eyebrow raised and more curved then normal. Depict the rima oris broad open simply with the lips pulled in (about a reverse of the yelling mouth).

If you were to look at the rima oris from the forepart it would make an "O" or a vertical oval type shape.

Drawing a Content/Smiling Side View Confront

Anime girl content side view drawing
Anime daughter content side view cartoon

For a content expect depict the eyebrows raised and draw the eyes squinted with the eyelids/eyebrows in a downwards curve.

For more than on drawing closed anime optics you can see:

How to Draw Closed, Endmost & Squinted Anime Eyes

Draw the mouth with a smiling showing the teeth.

Drawing an Angry Side View Face up

Anime girl angry side view drawing
Anime daughter angry side view drawing

For an aroused look draw the eyebrows really low down in a wave similar shape with the eyes squinted.

Draw the lips pulled back showing the teeth and describe but a hint of the parting line of the teeth with the "fang" to reinforce the angry expect at to emphasize that the teeth a clenched.

Drawing a Scared Side View Face

Anime girl scared side view drawing
Anime girl scared side view cartoon

For a scared wait draw the eyebrows raised and the eyes wide open up with smaller than normal iris/educatee. Though actual irises of the eyes don't change size they are often drawn smaller in anime to give a character a actually scared look. As anime eyes tend to already be adequately wide cartoon them even wider may brand a character look besides deformed so the solution is to draw smaller irises.

Finally draw the mouth slightly open and depict the opening of the oral fissure curving downwards.

Drawing a Smile/Plotting Side View Face up

Anime girl grinning side view drawing
Anime daughter grinning side view cartoon

For a grinning await like the character is plotting something draw the eyebrows lower downwards, draw the eyes squinted and the oral cavity smiling with a hint of teeth.

Cartoon a Puzzled Side View Face

Anime girl puzzled side view drawing
Anime girl puzzled side view drawing

For a puzzled expect depict the eyebrows slightly raised with the optics looking up. Draw the jaw slightly lower down with the mouth open up in a sort of "O" shape.

Drawing a Light Side View Smile

Anime girl smiling side view drawing
Anime girl smiling side view drawing

For a light smile simply draw the mouth slightly wider and more than curved than normal.

Drawing Relaxed/Closed Side View Eyes

Anime girl relaxed/closed eyes side view drawing
Anime girl relaxed/airtight eyes side view drawing

For a relaxed expect draw the optics closed. Depict the rest of the facial features aforementioned as for a normal confront.

Exist enlightened that when the eyes close in a relaxed state (not squinting) it'due south the tiptop eyelids that come all the style down. The bottom eyelids pretty much stay where they are at when the optics are open.

Cartoon an Embarrassed Side View Confront

Anime girl embarrassed side view drawing
Anime girl embarrassed side view drawing

For an embarrassed look depict the eyebrows in an upside downwards curve with the eyes looking down and the rima oris smiling (showing teeth).

Cartoon a Sad/Tired Side View Face up

Anime girl sad side view drawing
Anime girl sad/tired side view cartoon

For a tired or sad look draw the front of the eyebrows (towards the nose) slightly raised. Draw the eyes with the top eyelids about halfway down looking slightly downwards.

Describe the mouth in a calorie-free downwards curve.

Drawing an Upset Side View Face

Anime girl upset side view drawing
Anime girl upset side view drawing

For an upset look (more so than the previous case) draw the eyebrows raised towards the nose with the eyes squinted. Draw the mouth slightly longer than in the previous example with the oral cavity corner going a niggling further downward.

Conclusion

Though this is a fairly extensive list of anime expressions it'south hard to cover besides many things in one tutorial. If yous demand more help cartoon anime facial expressions you can e'er look at real people or try and brand the type of face up you are trying to describe and figure out how various facial features motion in that expression.

For more on facial expressions come across:

  • 12 Anime Facial Expressions Chart & Drawing Tutorial
  • sixteen Examples of How to Draw Chibi Anime Facial Expressions