How to draw fan art

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Guys guys guys guys orz A lot of you are asking me to do walk-throughs on how to draw specific characters. How about I do a quick walk-through on how I think when I draw fan art instead?

1. Head shape
These two head shapes would fit most characters, but there are of course many more.
So, step 1 - Is your character's head more shaped like Sebastian's or Ciel's?
Hint: girls tend to lean towards Ciel's head shape & men tend to lean towards Sebastian's.
Pick one and follow the walk-through to draw a head.

How I draw Ciel by Lily-Draws

2. Eyes
I usually draw the top and bottom line of the eye first (lines 2 & 4 in the tutorial).
These lines will look different depending on which character I'm drawing.
For example, Sebastian's eyes are thin and the top line is slanted towards his nose.
Ciel's eye's are the complete opposite - big and slanted the other way.
Here's a step by step tutorial on how I draw eyes, I don't know how to explain it any other way ^^"
EYES 1: Ciel Phantomhive (left eye) by Lily-Draws
I have more eye walk-throughs in my gallery if you're interested in looking at them and comparing different eye shapes :D Here's some references to look at too:
KUROSHITSUJI EYE CHART by Lily-Draws
KUROKO NO BASKET EYE CHART by Lily-Draws

3. Hair
Here is how I think when drawing hair: 
1. First - middle thing. Or bangs. Whatever :D
2. Sides
3. Connect middle thing and sides

4. Draw parts that stick out, don't forget the hair at the nape
5. Follow the shape of the head and "close" the lines
Alois' Hair by Lily-Draws
So say for example that I'm drawing Levi from Shingeki no kyojin:
I'd pick Ciel's head shape, draw thin eyes with a straight top line, a curved bottom line and a small pupil,
draw straight or "disappointed-looking" eyebrows, draw his bangs and skip every step of the hair tutorial until step 5, and done!
Not that hard, now, is it? :D If you have any questions I'll be more than glad to help you, so don't hesitate to ask!

Until next time! >uO

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