DRAWING MANGA BOYS
Hairstyles can be very bold and creative in manga. This style is typical of a very
fashionable youth-look, with asymmetrical spikes and a bold slash of white on the
bangs. In what is essentially a black-and-white graphic medium, hairstyles like this are
a useful way of making a character instantly identifiable.Draw a basic head with
eyes, nose, mouth, and one
ear. Starting at the crown of
the head, draw a curved line
out and down, then four
broad spikes, with a straight
line back to the crown.Starting about halfway
down your last line,
draw a spiky point
over the left eye, then
some longer spikes in
front of the ear.Add three large spikes
on the crown, then
draw down the back
of the head behind the
ear. Add a couple of
horizontal spikes under
the ear.Ink all the main lines of
the sketch. Make sure
that the top area that
you created first, on
top of the head, reads
as separate from the
rest of the hairstyle.Now start to color.
Create some zigzags
on the spikes on the
left, and leave the
area below white for
now. Also leave the
top area white. Color
everything else black.Color the spikes a dark
gray, then add some
touches of pale gray to
the tips of the white hair.bLAC k- AND -wh ITE FAShIONISTA