How to Draw Yourself As a Manga Girl/Boy

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Use a camera to take a high resolution picture showing only your face.

   Make sure the picture is good because you'll need it later.
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   Step 2: Print out the picture.

   , You will need a clean piece of paper, a sharpened pencil (not a mechanical one), a big eraser, and a felt tip pen. , It should be standing up (not sideways) and be about the size of the head in your picture. , The space between the eyes should be about two times the size of the eyes. ,,,, Use close together lines not chunky blocks of color.
   
   Hair should have a little sway to it; try to make your hairstyle like that. ,, Draw a large circle in between the two curved lines on both the eyes and draw two shines in them (just two circles: one large, one small). , Then, after the ink dries, erase everything so it is all cleaned up and looks nice.
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   Step 3: Gather your supplies.

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   Step 4: Draw an oval in pencil.

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   Step 5: Lightly sketch guidelines for the eyes.

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   Step 6: Create a curved line over the top guideline

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   Step 7: then a curved line under the bottom one.

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   Step 8: Draw a slanted line for the nose.

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   Step 9: Make a line for the mouth.

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    Step 10: Try to draw hair.

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    Step 11: Draw two curved lines for the neck.

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    Step 12: Create the eyes.

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    Step 13: Trace over every line with the felt pen.

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