This tutorial explains how to draw female anime legs with a step by step proportions and shape breakup of the front and side view.

Female anime legs drawing
Female anime legs cartoon

Generally legs in the more mutual anime and manga styles are drawn fairly similar to real legs.

For this tutorial we will be using an case of a more than realistic and more mutual style of female anime legs.

More stylized anime characters tin take completely different proportions. For an example of drawing a "Chibi" anime character see:

How to Draw Chibi Anime Character Step by Step

Too please notation that this tutorial focuses on cartoon legs. For drawing feet you can run across:

  • How to Draw Anime and Manga Feet From Unlike Views
  • How to Draw Anime and Manga Feet in Different Positions

For drawing shoes see:

How to Draw Anime Shoes Step by Footstep

Stride i – Female Anime & Manga Leg Proportions

Female anime leg proportions
Female anime leg proportions

As already mentioned the proportions of the common style anime and manga legs are very similar to real legs.

Generally the expanse of the legs going from the slightly higher up the bottom of the body to the bottom of the knees will be about equally tall every bit the area from below the knees to the bottom of the anxiety.

Please note that the above example takes perspective into account which ways that the back leg in the side view case is drawn smaller than the front leg and why the line indicating the bottom of the legs is actually slightly above the toes in the front view.

For an explanation of perspective yous tin see:

Perspective Drawing Tutorial for Beginners and How it Relates to Anime

Stride 2 – Bones Shape of the Legs

Female anime legs shape
Female person anime legs shape

In the front view the legs sort of curve inwards towards the center of the body and then curve outwards and back inward past the knees.

In the side view the legs curve backwards and then forwards from the knees downward.

Pace 3 – Common Leg Curves

Female anime leg curves
Female person anime leg curves

Generally female legs are a set of fairly smooth curves (especially and then in the anime and manga style).

Though dissimilar anime characters can have different looking legs (thinner, thicker, muscular, etc…) you tin employ the above higher up analogy as an example of some full general curves of the legs.

Step 4 – Drawing the Legs & Smaller Details

Female anime legs
Female person anime legs

Keeping all of the proportions and curves in mind you can draw the outer shape of the legs and then add together the smaller details such every bit hints of the knees and ankle bones.

If drawing on newspaper be sure to kickoff make light lines and and then go over your cartoon with darker lines when yous feel that you take the correct proportions.

Conclusion

This tutorial covers the basics of the shape and proportions of anime and manga way legs legs. Equally already mentioned anime legs are often the same every bit real legs. This means that if you e'er need more than reference for drawing legs in a detail position you can always look at some existent photos.

For more than on cartoon female anime characters and related items y'all tin likewise run into:

  • How to Draw Anime Socks, Stockings & Tights
  • How to Draw Anime & Manga Artillery Tutorial
  • eight Footstep Anime Woman'southward Head & Face Drawing Tutorial