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How to color the face in an anime style

Today we will learn together, in an easy way, how to color skin in a cute anime way! And in a way that does not take much time or effort, and I tried to shorten many of the complex steps in order to offer you the easiest and fastest way.


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Skin coloring and initial shading

We color the skin in the desired color, and put the shades used for you.

Then we add shading at the edges of the face, under the hair, under the chin (neck), at the tip of the nose, and above the eyes.


How to color the face in an anime style
How to color the face in an anime style


Second shading

Here quickly, we color in the darkest color, which is the second degree of shading, and we do not use it too much, but we color in the specified places only, that is, at the inner edges of the face as shown in the picture.

How to color the face in an anime style

Smoothing

At this stage, we choose the smoothing brush or the soft brush instead of the pen, and we begin to smooth the lines a little, and we try to combine the skin tone with the first and second shading colors, until we get a homogeneity in the skin of the face.


How to color the face in an anime style


Blush and gloss

  1. Here we use the airbrush tool, through which we add redness at the cheeks below the eyes, and a little of it at the chin.

  2. Then we add a little shine on the cheeks and the top of the nose.

  3. Then, with the same brush tool, we add a faint blue color at the forehead under the hair strands.


How to color the face in an anime style


The final result

The program used is Clip Studio Paint, the best program for drawing anime and manga making, download from here

How to color the face in an anime style

I hope that you liked the simplified explanation of how to color the face in an anime style, in an easy and fast way, and the upcoming lessons will be more detailed, so do not forget to stay waiting, and see you well.

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