Anime has never been bigger in the art scene as illustrators and original character creators who grew up on classic anime and manga have developed styles influenced by the Japanese art form. As a result, it feels like every illustrator has a desire to draw anime mouths and anime lips at some point, but the range in detail in such a style makes it a bit daunting to figure out. How can such features be simultaneously simple and complex, and why does this happen in anime and manga?
We’ll be covering how to draw an anime mouth (a few, actually) later on in the article, but with any learning process, there is a little background knowledge that can help explain why these design choices are made.
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David Davis
David Davis is a cartoonist with around twenty years of experience in comics, including independent work and established IPs such as SpongeBob Squarepants. He also works as a college composition instructor and records weekly podcasts. Find out more about him at his website!
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