This tutorial explains how to draw an anime girl's face as well as anime faces in general from the side view (contour) in dissimilar states and with different expressions.

Anime girl face expressions side view
Anime face up expressions side view

For the male counter role of this tutorial meet:

How to Describe Anime Male Facial Expressions Side View

Anime Face Proportions Side View

Anime face proportions side view
Anime face up proportions side view

In the higher up example you can see the basic proportions for drawing an anime face.

Describe the eye below the vertical halfway point of the head, depict the olfactory organ roughly between that and the mentum, describe the bottom lip roughly betwixt the chin and the nose with the oral fissure slightly above it. Draw the ears starting from the summit of the yeah to roughly the bottom of the nose.

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

For cartoon eye and mouth side view expressions individually run into:

  • How to Describe Anime & Manga Eyes – 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 girl normal expression side view cartoon

For a normal anime expression simply identify the facial features as described to a higher place.

Drawing a Lightly Open Side View Oral fissure

Anime girl lightly open mouth side view drawing
Anime girl lightly open oral cavity side view drawing

For cartoon an open up mouth an of import thing to annotation is that the jaw will be lower downward. Likewise keep in mind that information technology is only the lower jaw that moves when the mouth is opens. The upper jaw stays in place.

Drawing an Open Side View Mouth

Anime girl open mouth side view drawing
Anime girl open mouth side view drawing

For a wider open mouth be abroad that the jaw does not drop directly downward when the mouth opens merely also swings backwards towards the neck. Draw the jaw lower down and further dorsum towards the cervix.

Cartoon a Yelling Side View Face

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

For a yelling face draw the jaw aforementioned place as you would for the wider open oral cavity just describe the lips more pulled back revealing more than of the teeth. Draw the center lightly squinted.

Cartoon a Frowning/Serious Side View Confront

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

For a frowning expression draw the eyebrow in a wave like shape pointing down towards the nose. Draw the oral cavity curving downward towards the cervix.

Cartoon a Surprised Side View Face

Anime girl surprised side view drawing
Anime daughter surprised side view cartoon

For a surprised wait describe the eyebrow raised and more curved then normal. Describe the rima oris broad open up but with the lips pulled in (most a reverse of the yelling oral cavity).

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

Drawing a Content/Smiling Side View Face up

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

For a content look depict the eyebrows raised and depict the eyes squinted with the eyelids/eyebrows in a down bend.

For more on drawing airtight anime eyes you can meet:

How to Describe Closed, Closing & Squinted Anime Eyes

Describe the mouth with a smile showing the teeth.

Drawing an Aroused Side View Face

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

For an angry wait draw the eyebrows really low down in a moving ridge similar shape with the eyes squinted.

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

Drawing a Scared Side View Face up

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 requite a character a really scared look. As anime eyes tend to already be adequately wide cartoon them fifty-fifty wider may make a character wait too deformed so the solution is to draw smaller irises.

Finally draw the oral cavity slightly open and draw the opening of the mouth curving downwards.

Drawing a Grinning/Plotting Side View Confront

Anime girl grinning side view drawing
Anime girl grinning side view drawing

For a smiling look like the character is plotting something draw the eyebrows lower downward, draw the optics 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 cartoon

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

Drawing a Light Side View Smile

Anime girl smiling side view drawing
Anime girl smile side view drawing

For a light grinning simply depict the oral fissure slightly wider and more curved than normal.

Drawing Relaxed/Airtight Side View Eyes

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

For a relaxed look draw the eyes closed. Describe the balance of the facial features same as for a normal face.

Be aware that when the eyes close in a relaxed state (not squinting) it'south the top eyelids that come up all the way down. The lesser eyelids pretty much stay where they are at when the eyes are open.

Drawing an Embarrassed Side View Confront

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

For an embarrassed look draw the eyebrows in an upside down bend with the eyes looking down and the mouth grinning (showing teeth).

Drawing a Sad/Tired Side View Face

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

For a tired or lamentable look draw the front terminate of the eyebrows (towards the nose) slightly raised. Depict the eyes with the top eyelids virtually halfway down looking slightly downwards.

Depict the mouth in a low-cal down bend.

Drawing an Upset Side View Face up

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

For an upset await (more then than the previous example) depict the eyebrows raised towards the nose with the eyes squinted. Draw the oral cavity slightly longer than in the previous example with the mouth corner going a petty farther downwards.

Decision

Though this is a fairly extensive list of anime expressions information technology'due south hard to cover too many things in 1 tutorial. If you need more help drawing anime facial expressions yous can e'er look at existent people or try and make the type of face y'all are trying to draw and figure out how various facial features motion in that expression.

For more on facial expressions see:

  • 12 Anime Facial Expressions Chart & Drawing Tutorial
  • 16 Examples of How to Draw Chibi Anime Facial Expressions