Learn to draw anime character necks: a picture guide

Hello my dear friends, I hope you are well and in good health. Today we have a simple explanation of how to draw the neck. Although the neck is sometimes neglected in drawing, drawing it in the right way will raise the level of the picture, so let's follow the method together.

The program used here

First step

• We draw a cross shape, the horizontal line is shorter than the vertical line.
• In the second step, we add additional lines; at the neck, they should be shaped like a triangle, and at the bottom, at the chest, they should be shaped like a square.
• In the third step, we draw a line that runs from the shoulder to the midline; we do this on both sides.

Second step

Now that we have drawn the basic shape of the chest and neck, we move on to the next step, which is adding details:

• We draw the neck from the top downwards, and it is necessary to follow the previous shape, and in the middle of the chest.
• We draw the collarbones, which I have indicated with the yellow arrow.

Notice the red arrow, how it indicates that the neck should be drawn slightly curved, rather than straight.

Third step

We draw some internal lines in order to add detail and realism to the neck. It doesn't have to be perfect; it's enough to draw it quickly.

Drawn in a different way

First step

Now, we will draw a person looking upwards, and see how we will apply the steps together:

1. We draw a circle above the first circle “behind the head,” and this will be the starting point of the neck.
2. We start by drawing the head first.
3. We draw two parallel horizontal lines that form the shoulders.“
4. and a dividing line in the middle
5. Then we draw a circle at the beginning of the dividing line (forming the neck).“

Second step

• We draw a circle at the bottom (the part of the neck adjacent to the shoulders) and a circle at the top (the part of the neck adjacent to the head).”
• We draw two lines at the side, which connect the necks together, and the intersection at the circle at the bottom will help us focus the neck better on the shoulders and chest.

You can see what I mean in the picture on the left where the neck rests perfectly on the shoulders, and all the lines are consistent with the lines of the chest and shoulders.

Third step

We draw the character over the sketch, and we will get a more consistent image, after following the first steps.

In the left image, note carefully where the neck is drawn, directly below the drawing.

Drawing a different character

First step

• We will now try to draw the necks of anime characters, using one character as an example, from a "front and side" perspective.“
• We draw the head “in blue” and the shoulders “in green”. .
• Now we draw the neck, right where the red arrow points.

We look closely

• The color red: The entire shape of the neck “in addition to the circle at the top adjacent to the head, and the circle at the bottom adjacent to the shoulders.”.
• The color yellow: It is the dividing intersection, which helps to determine the direction of the personality, and thus it is in line with the lines of the shoulders and chest.
• The color green: It is the upper part of the body.

Second step

• From the right, it is the same drawing steps that we followed in the previous step, and we draw the anime or manga character on top of it. .
• Once we have drawn the character over the sketch, it is essential that we follow the same drawn lines, and the drawing will be absolutely perfect.

Some quick examples for each pose while drawing the neck

Model 1: A figure from a side perspective. We notice a slight curvature from both sides, and sometimes in males, the front section of the neck may protrude forward.

Model 2: From a frontal-side perspective, the neck is slightly straight, or forwards, as the character here is performing their work.

Model 3: The young man is looking upwards, so the neck is more visible to the viewer, and here we must pay more attention when drawing it.

How to draw a male body in the correct anime style

It is important to consider the actions or postures of the characters we are drawing when we draw the neck; from there it becomes clear to us what the posture of the neck itself will be.

This concludes our explanation of how to draw the neck of anime and manga characters in this post. I hope you have benefited from this information, and I hope you will practice it well on a daily basis. I hope to see you again next time, God willing.