How to Draw an Anime Cat Girl

Reviewed by Jeanine Hattas Wilson

Last Updated: December 4, 2024 Approved

Drawing anime and chibis can be a lot of fun, especially cat-girls. Here is a quick way to draw the face of an anime cat girl.

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Outline the head.

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Add a circle for the head, with two triangular shapes on top for the ears.

2

Add guidelines for the head.

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There should be a vertical line down the center of the head and one horizontal line about 1/4 to 1/3 up from the bottom of the circle.

3

Sketch the eyes.

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They should be along the horizontal guidelines you drew before.

4

Outline the hair.

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This can just be a simple shape, just to outline what the hair is going to look like. Having long sideburns is a good idea to cover where the human ears would be. It can be a little strange when there are 2 sets of ears. And no one likes a bald cat girl.

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Draw the rest of the facial features.

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The bottom of the chin should be as far from the top of the eyes as the top of the eyes are from the top of the head. The top of the eyes are should be the middle of an anime girl's head.

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Add detail to the hair.

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Decorate the hair depending on your skill level.

7

Fill out the eyes.

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Anime eyes can seem complicated to beginners. Just try to simplify the shapes. Here there are 3 shapes, the upper shape, the lower C shape, and the square highlight shape.

8

Erase the guidelines.

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If you drew it digitally, turn off the lower layer. If you drew the sketch with pencil and then went over it with ink, erase the pencil. If you only used pencil, erase only the guidelines.

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Add color.

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Though adding color is a tutorial in and of itself. So don't worry about that yet.

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Why do anime eyes have to be so complicated to draw?

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If they weren't complicated they would look more simple, and it would be harder to make the eyes show emotions.

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Do I have to add all the details in the hair?

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No, you do not have to add all of the details in the hair. You can add as many details as you like.

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How can I draw the ears? It's so hard for me.

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Just make triangles without bottoms. You can also make them curvy.

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Practice all the time to get better and improve. It takes artist lots of days and time to improve the drawing. This you have a lot of fun

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If it doesn't look right the first time, practice, practice, practice! If you're only just starting out in the drawing, you might not find it easy to control the pencil in the way you'd like to. Take some art class in middle school and or high school. Ask your parent to buy your art set to so you can practice on it too.

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