This tutorial explains how to draw an anime girl's confront too as anime faces in general from the side view (profile) in unlike states and with different expressions.

Anime girl face expressions side view
Anime face expressions side view

For the male counter office of this tutorial come across:

How to Draw Anime Male Facial Expressions Side View

Anime Face Proportions Side View

Anime face proportions side view
Anime face proportions side view

In the above example you can encounter the bones proportions for drawing an anime face up.

Draw the eye below the vertical halfway point of the head, depict the olfactory organ roughly between that and the chin, draw the bottom lip roughly between the chin and the olfactory organ with the mouth slightly higher up it. Draw the ears starting from the top of the yep to roughly the bottom of the nose.

Please notation that these are only guidelines for a more common anime look. The proportions of anime faces tin change based on character type and style variations.

For cartoon heart and oral fissure side view expressions individually see:

  • How to Describe Anime & Manga Optics – Side View
  • How to Draw Anime & Manga Mouths – Side View

Drawing Normal Anime Side View Facial Expression

Anime girl normal expression side view drawing
Anime daughter normal expression side view drawing

For a normal anime expression simply place the facial features equally described above.

Cartoon a Lightly Open up Side View Mouth

Anime girl lightly open mouth side view drawing
Anime daughter lightly open mouth side view drawing

For cartoon an open mouth an important thing to note is that the jaw will be lower down. Also keep in mind that information technology is only the lower jaw that moves when the mouth is opens. The upper jaw stays in identify.

Drawing an Open up Side View Mouth

Anime girl open mouth side view drawing
Anime daughter open mouth side view cartoon

For a wider open up mouth be away that the jaw does non drop direct down when the mouth opens but also swings backwards towards the neck. Draw the jaw lower down and farther dorsum towards the neck.

Drawing a Yelling Side View Confront

Anime girl yelling side view drawing
Anime girl yelling side view cartoon

For a yelling face describe the jaw same place as you would for the wider open oral fissure but draw the lips more than pulled back revealing more of the teeth. Draw the eye lightly squinted.

Drawing a Frowning/Serious Side View Face

Anime girl frowning side view drawing
Anime girl frowning side view drawing

For a frowning expression draw the countenance in a wave similar shape pointing downwards towards the nose. Depict the rima oris curving downwards towards the neck.

Drawing a Surprised Side View Face

Anime girl surprised side view drawing
Anime girl surprised side view drawing

For a surprised wait draw the eyebrow raised and more curved then normal. Draw the rima oris wide open up just with the lips pulled in (almost a reverse of the yelling oral fissure).

If y'all were to look at the rima oris from the front it would make an "O" or a vertical oval type shape.

Cartoon a Content/Smiling Side View Face

Anime girl content side view drawing
Anime daughter content side view drawing

For a content wait describe the eyebrows raised and depict the optics squinted with the eyelids/eyebrows in a downward bend.

For more than on cartoon closed anime eyes yous can see:

How to Draw Closed, Endmost & Squinted Anime Eyes

Draw the oral fissure with a smile showing the teeth.

Drawing an Angry Side View Face

Anime girl angry side view drawing
Anime girl angry side view drawing

For an angry look depict the eyebrows really low down in a moving ridge like shape with the eyes squinted.

Describe the lips pulled dorsum showing the teeth and depict just a hint of the parting line of the teeth with the "fang" to reinforce the angry look at to emphasize that the teeth a clenched.

Cartoon a Scared Side View Confront

Anime girl scared side view drawing
Anime girl scared side view drawing

For a scared look describe the eyebrows raised and the optics wide open with smaller than normal iris/pupil. Though actual irises of the eyes don't change size they are often drawn smaller in anime to give a graphic symbol a really scared expect. As anime eyes tend to already be fairly wide drawing them fifty-fifty wider may brand a character wait too deformed so the solution is to draw smaller irises.

Finally depict the mouth slightly open and describe the opening of the rima oris curving downwards.

Drawing a Smile/Plotting Side View Face

Anime girl grinning side view drawing
Anime girl smile side view cartoon

For a grinning wait like the character is plotting something draw the eyebrows lower downward, draw the eyes squinted and the mouth smiling with a hint of teeth.

Drawing a Puzzled Side View Face

Anime girl puzzled side view drawing
Anime girl puzzled side view drawing

For a puzzled await describe the eyebrows slightly raised with the optics looking up. Draw the jaw slightly lower down with the mouth open in a sort of "O" shape.

Drawing a Light Side View Smile

Anime girl smiling side view drawing
Anime daughter smiling side view cartoon

For a lite smile simply draw the rima oris slightly wider and more curved than normal.

Cartoon Relaxed/Closed Side View Eyes

Anime girl relaxed/closed eyes side view drawing
Anime girl relaxed/closed optics side view drawing

For a relaxed wait draw the optics closed. Draw the rest of the facial features same as for a normal face up.

Be enlightened that when the optics close in a relaxed state (not squinting) it's the height eyelids that come up all the way down. The bottom eyelids pretty much stay where they are at when the optics are open.

Drawing an Embarrassed Side View Face

Anime girl embarrassed side view drawing
Anime daughter embarrassed side view drawing

For an embarrassed look draw the eyebrows in an upside downwards curve with the eyes looking down and the oral fissure smiling (showing teeth).

Cartoon a Sad/Tired Side View Face up

Anime girl sad side view drawing
Anime girl sad/tired side view drawing

For a tired or sad await draw the front finish of the eyebrows (towards the nose) slightly raised. Draw the optics with the top eyelids about halfway down looking slightly downwards.

Draw the mouth in a calorie-free downwards curve.

Drawing an Upset Side View Face

Anime girl upset side view drawing
Anime girl upset side view drawing

For an upset look (more than so than the previous instance) draw the eyebrows raised towards the nose with the eyes squinted. Describe the mouth slightly longer than in the previous instance with the mouth corner going a piffling farther downwards.

Conclusion

Though this is a fairly extensive list of anime expressions information technology'due south hard to embrace also many things in ane tutorial. If you demand more aid cartoon anime facial expressions you tin ever look at real people or try and make the type of face you are trying to draw and figure out how diverse facial features move in that expression.

For more on facial expressions see:

  • 12 Anime Facial Expressions Chart & Drawing Tutorial
  • sixteen Examples of How to Depict Chibi Anime Facial Expressions