How to Draw an Anime Nose

A complete understanding of drawing anime characters is impossible until you learn how to draw their facial features correctly. In this tutorial, we will show you how to draw an anime nose from the front and side, as well as talk about its different types and variations.

How to draw an anime nose from the front

Step 1: Sketch the nose guidelines

Sketch a simple vertical line to indicate the central guideline of the anime nose. Then mark a light horizontal line in the lower part to help you draw the nostrils.

Step 2: Mark the anime nostrils

Now mark the nostrils of the anime nose on the horizontal guideline using two short curved lines. Try to place these lines symmetrically in relation to the vertical guideline from the previous step.

Step 3: Outline the nose wings

Outline the wings on both sides of the nostrils using a pair of smooth mirrored lines. They should also start from the horizontal guideline and be placed at an equal distance from the central guideline.

Step 4: Draw the anime nose bridge

Draw the bridge of the anime nose with a long smooth line. Make this line slightly curved. Erase the guidelines marked earlier.

Step 5: Outline the nose shadows

In the anime style, you can often see very simple shadows. To depict them, outline the shadow on the lower plane of the nose together with the cast shadow under the nose as one shape.

Step 6: Add the nose shadows

Now fill the outlined shadow with simple, even hatching. Then darken the nostrils slightly more than the main shadow using hatching in the same direction.

Step 7: Finish the anime nose

Now check the entire front-view anime nose drawing and correct any mistakes if there are any. You can make the hatching slightly darker in the deepest areas to give the anime nose a more finished look.

For a more complete understanding of drawing an anime face, you need to master not only the front view but also learn to draw an anime nose from the side. Here, the sequence of steps is slightly different.

How to draw an anime nose from the side

Step 1: Outline the nose profile

Start by drawing the profile of the anime nose with a long smooth line. Draw the bridge first, then smoothly curve the line at the tip and direct it slightly inward.

Step 2: Add the anime nostril

Now draw a short curved line to indicate the nostril. Keep this detail simple, because anime facial features are usually drawn with a small number of lines.

Step 3: Outline the anime shadow

Block in the shadow on the lower part of the anime nose. Draw this contour with smooth lines around the nostril and along the lower plane of the nose.

Step 4: Add shadows to the nose

Fill the outlined area with simple, even hatching to create the shadow on the lower part of the nose. Make the nostril darker and add a little more hatching near the deepest part of the shadow.

Step 5: Finish the nose profile

Finish the anime nose by making the necessary lines darker and cleaner. Check the contours and shadows, correct any mistakes, and add a little more hatching where necessary.

There are many shapes and types of anime noses, and there are just as many ways to draw them. We have already shown the two main views, so now let’s try one more way to draw an anime nose.

How to draw a small anime nose

Start this version of the anime nose with two short curved lines for the nostrils. Place them at a small distance from each other and try to make these lines symmetrical.

Next, draw the wings of the nose with two larger smooth curves around the nostrils. After that, outline the shadows under the nostrils and across the lower part of the nose.

Fill these shadows with light, even hatching and make the nostrils slightly darker. At the end, check the contours and make the necessary lines darker and cleaner.

Different ways to draw anime noses

The fact is that in anime there is a huge variety of ways to draw noses. How the nose looks depends on many factors, including the age, gender, and even the angle of the character.

Below we will try to show the most common ways to draw anime noses. Most often, the nose in anime is drawn as a simple line or two lines that indicate the nostrils or the tip of the nose.

An anime nose can be drawn in a slightly more complex way. To do this, you can add a slightly curved nose bridge to the simple lines from the previous drawing. The line of the nasal bridge can have various forms.

Pay attention to how the nose looks from the side. In its simplest form, it appears as two lines – the bridge of the nose and the lower line of the nose. You can also add a short line for the nostril. Also note how different noses can look in anime.

To make the anime nose drawing more complex, you need to add some shadows. In anime, shadows are drawn very simply. First, depict the outline of the shadow itself, then use dense but light hatching to fill this area of the shadow.

We also tried to show you how noses look from many different points of view. Try to repeat them, not forgetting to apply the shadows in the same way.

As you can see, it was quite easy to learn how to draw an anime nose. Let’s repeat the most important points.

• In order to draw an anime nose in the easiest form, you can draw it as one or two simple lines;
• To give it a little more realism, you can depict the nose bridge;
• To make your anime nose drawing more complex, just depict the shadows with light hatching.

And most importantly – try to draw an anime nose not only separately, but also as part of a portrait. Go to our tutorial on how to draw anime and try to repeat the whole picture, applying the knowledge gained in this article when you draw the nose.