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

Female anime legs drawing
Female anime legs drawing

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

For this tutorial nosotros will be using an example of a more realistic and more than common way of female anime legs.

More stylized anime characters can take completely dissimilar proportions. For an example of drawing a "Chibi" anime grapheme see:

How to Describe Chibi Anime Character Footstep by Step

Besides please note that this tutorial focuses on drawing legs. For cartoon feet you tin see:

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

For drawing shoes see:

How to Draw Anime Shoes Stride by Pace

Step ane – Female Anime & Manga Leg Proportions

Female anime leg proportions
Female person anime leg proportions

Equally already mentioned the proportions of the common mode anime and manga legs are very like to real legs.

Generally the surface area of the legs going from the slightly to a higher place the bottom of the body to the bottom of the knees will be about as alpine equally the expanse from below the knees to the bottom of the feet.

Please note that the to a higher place instance takes perspective into account which means that the dorsum leg in the side view example is fatigued smaller than the front leg and why the line indicating the lesser of the legs is actually slightly above the toes in the front view.

For an explanation of perspective you tin can see:

Perspective Cartoon Tutorial for Beginners and How it Relates to Anime

Step two – Basic Shape of the Legs

Female anime legs shape
Female anime legs shape

In the forepart view the legs sort of bend inwards towards the heart of the trunk and and then curve outwards and back inwards past the knees.

In the side view the legs bend backwards and then forwards from the knees downwards.

Pace 3 – Mutual Leg Curves

Female anime leg curves
Female anime leg curves

Generally female person legs are a prepare of fairly shine curves (specially and then in the anime and manga style).

Though different anime characters can take different looking legs (thinner, thicker, muscular, etc…) you can use the in a higher place above illustration as an instance of some general curves of the legs.

Stride 4 – Cartoon the Legs & Smaller Details

Female anime legs
Female anime legs

Keeping all of the proportions and curves in mind y'all can draw the outer shape of the legs and so add the smaller details such as hints of the knees and ankle basic.

If drawing on paper exist sure to first brand calorie-free lines and and so go over your cartoon with darker lines when you experience that you have the correct proportions.

Conclusion

This tutorial covers the nuts of the shape and proportions of anime and manga style legs legs. Every bit already mentioned anime legs are often the aforementioned equally existent legs. This means that if you ever need more reference for drawing legs in a particular position you tin can always wait at some real photos.

For more on drawing female anime characters and related items you lot tin can also see:

  • How to Depict Anime Socks, Stockings & Tights
  • How to Draw Anime & Manga Arms Tutorial
  • 8 Footstep Anime Woman's Caput & Face Drawing Tutorial