This tutorial volition look at some mutual practices when drawing anime glasses. For the almost part anime and manga spectacles are drawn similar to existent glasses but there are a few things that brand them a picayune different from other styles.

Anime glasses drawing examples
Anime glasses drawing examples

Drawing an Anime Head & Face (Before the Glasses)

Anime female head & face front & side views
Anime female caput and confront

Before you lot describe the glasses in whatever style it'south good practise (especially for beginner artists) to first describe out the head and face.

For cartoon anime faces you can see:

How to Draw Different Styles of Anime Heads & Faces

Understanding the Placement of Anime Spectacles on the Head

Anime glasses on head front & side views
Anime glasses on head

In the higher up example the glasses are drawn over tiptop of all head and facial features and then that y'all tin can come across exactly how they will exist place on the head (as though the head is transparent).

Just like real glasses they volition ordinarily rest on the nose and become effectually the ears.

Because anime noses are frequently very simplified (especially in the front view) information technology might exist a little tricky to correctly place that office of the glasses. If you identify it too high or too low it might make it look like olfactory organ is too short or besides long. Be aware of this when drawing.

Equally anime eyes are usually drawn much larger and so real eyes you may have to accommodate for that likewise by drawing larger lenses.

Drawing Glasses in the Anime & Manga Manner

Anime glasses girl front & side views
Anime glasses

For the front view (as the instance above) of anime glasses depict them pretty much equally you would depict real glasses while keeping all the things mentioned in the previous stride in mind.

In the side view example in a higher place you can see something that tends to be fairly common for anime glasses (though not always the case). That is any portion of the frame of the glasses that would exist roofing the eyes simply being "cutting out".

Why is this washed? One estimate is that it simply allows the creative person to ameliorate bear witness the characters eyes and might as well salvage them some time when drawing.

Drawing Anime Glasses Down on the Nose

Anime girl glasses on nose front & side views
Anime spectacles on nose

In the above example y'all tin see how the anime glasses "cut out" works with different parts of the frame.

If you want to depict glasses in this fashion simply leave out the parts that are covering the eyes.

Anime Spectacles Reflection Effect

Anime glasses reflection
Anime spectacles reflection

1 other mutual trick when drawing anime glasses in is to use the reflection from the lances to not show the eyes at all. This can be done to give a character a serious, determined or fifty-fifty threatening expect (especially if yous describe the graphic symbol with a dark background).

Determination

While only ane type of glasses is shown in this tutorial you lot can still apply the same tricks when drawing other styles of anime and manga spectacles. You tin can always base anime glasses you depict on examples of real glasses if yous need more ideas. Pretty much everything mentioned in this tutorial should still apply.