Drawing Manga Boys

DRAWING MANGA BOYS

Old-fashioned styles like this are used in more traditional manga stories of sword

fighters and samurai warriors. The hair is worn long at the back, with lengthy bangs

and sides. Some of the hair is collected up in a high topknot, which sits upright on

the top of the head, before cascading down the back. It’s a dramatic, bold style and

is very effective in portraying fast movement.

Draw a basic head,
with eyes, nose,
mouth, and one ear.
In front of the ear, add
some long, thin strands
of hair.

Starting at the crown,

draw a line out to the

side and down, and

use this to start draw-

ing spiky bangs to join

your first long strands.

Create the outlines for

two areas of highlight,

one on top of the

head, and one on the

ponytail. Draw these

using a fine red pen.

From the same start

point, work a line over

the crown and then

create strands of hair

behind the ear.

Now add a ponytail

to the top of the

head, held in place by

a scrunchie. Take the

ponytail to the same

length as your longest

spiked locks.

RED wARRIOR PONYTAIL

Ink around all the
main lines of the
hair, including all the
spikes, the bangs and
ponytail, and the
scrunchie.

Leaving the highlights

and the scrunchie

white, color the hair

bright red. Then color

the underside of the

ponytail and the tips of

the hair with a darker

shade of red.