This is loosely based on a screencap I took of an episode of the anime “Ano Natsu de Matteru” a fun, but silly anime about a summer when a film nerd falls in love with a cute alien red headed girl. This is just me doing my best to mimmic the style. I wasn’t aiming for a copy, I just used it as a base.

Not much more to explain about this one, really.  Though I did manga her up a bit since I’m rubbish at drawing real humans.  Plus I love those anime-style eyes.  I think I’m getting better at them.  The semi-realistic mouth needs work and I’m not nearly confident enough to try drawing realistic teeth.  But the year is young!

I was trying to mimic a Japanese-style anime robot and I think I did okay before I got to the lower torso and lower arms.  From there on down, I feel like it was a big meh-ffort. :) :/  But the head and bust I’m really pretty happy with.

At first I thought this came out really crappy, hence the caption I wrote.  However, after some comments from my wife and some time intensely staring back at this anime girl, I am kind of digging it.  I need to be a little less rash when I judge myself, I think.

“Chibi” means “small” in Japanese and is used to describe a style of drawing short, particularly squat looking characters.  Here’s my somewhat successful attempt. This was inspired by another video from Mark Crilley on YouTube.

For this drawing I tried to take what I had learned and apply it to my own style.  Came out kinda cool, I think.

So, this is my take on the big-eyed anime girl, but sticking to my own drawing style.  Amusing, but not anywhere near as adorable as an anime girl.

Once I was done with my last “big-eyed anime girl” I turned the page and tried to remember everything from the YouTube video (see yesterday’s DED to know what I’m talking about).

I drew this in pencil based on a “how to” video I found on YouTube (see the image for the URL of the original video).  I’m a huge fan of anime and the guy who did the video is particularly good, so this may not be the last time I look to Mark Crilley for inspiration.

This character, I decided, was previously “employed” at a Japanese anime-themed amusement park when she became self-aware.  She decided to leave the park and strike out on her own.