This tutorial shows how to depict an anime mouth from the front, 3/4 and side views. A total of three variations with multiple examples for each.

Anime mouth drawing different views
Anime mouth drawing dissimilar views

The focus of this tutorial is on the basics of drawing an anime or manga fashion rima oris. It explains how to accomplish the anime look and how to place the mouth on the head.

Overall this is a simple but fairly extensive guide that can help you lot gain a better understanding of the way.

Drawing an Anime Mouth From the Front end View

Anime mouth front drawing
Anime mouth front end drawing

In this view anime/manga mouths are commonly fatigued without showing the lips (though in that location are exceptions to this every bit well).

Anime mouth gap front view drawing
Anime mouth gap front view drawing

The entire oral cavity can pretty much be drawn every bit a calorie-free bend, often with a bit of a gap in the middle (as shown in the example above).

The reason for adding the gap may exist to give a hint of the tip of the upper lip (the tubercle) which sort of "cuts" into the opening of the mouth making it expect like in that location is a break there.

You lot can also brand the oral fissure lines narrower towards the gap and wider on the edge but this may be more difficult and/or non necessary when drawing the drawing is very small or when the outlines are very thin.

While having this gap is adequately common it's non necessary. Some anime characters and styles have it while others don't. Information technology's really upwards to you conditions or non you want to draw the rima oris with it or without.

Anime mouth front view drawing
Anime mouth front end view drawing

1 way to place the oral fissure is to vertically split up the head up into 8 evenly spaced sections. The bottom lip are will commencement one section upwardly (1/eight) from the bottom of the mentum with the mouth but a tiny chip to a higher place that.

Every bit mentioned earlier when it comes to anime and manga the bottom lip itself is ofttimes not shown at all. Nonetheless knowing where it should exist located can assistance you lot place the mouth.

Anime mouth front view drawing with lips
Anime mouth front view drawing with lips

Above you tin can come across what the oral cavity tin wait similar if the lips are drawn.

Keep in mind that this placement method is only a suggestion to help achieve an anime looking character. Dissimilar styles and characters can effect how the oral fissure is position on the head.

Another thing to be aware of is that the mouth can somewhat shift based on the facial expressions. For drawing these see:

How to Draw Anime and Manga Mouth Expressions

You tin can also use a slightly unlike placement method for the mouth if y'all are going to be cartoon the entire confront. You can encounter that option towards the cease of this tutorial.

Cartoon an Anime Mouth From iii/4 View

Anime mouth 3/4 drawing
Anime mouth 3/four cartoon

In 3/4 view anime mouths are again ofttimes drawn as pretty much simply a curve with no lips. But in this example the curve volition not exist symmetrical every bit in the front view example.

Anime mouth gap 3/4 view drawing
Anime mouth gap 3/iv view drawing

The middle of the oral fissure will be shifted in the direction of the turn of the head and the gap (described int the previous example) can also be moved along with it. When cartoon the mouth in this view make the side closer to the viewer longer and the far side narrower.

Anime mouth 3/4 view drawing
Anime mouth 3/four view drawing

Placing the mouth on the caput in 3/4 view is pretty much the same every bit for the front view. You can again divide the caput upwards into eight parts (vertically) and place the mouth slightly above the kickoff division from the lesser.

Anime mouth 3/4 view drawing with lips
Anime mouth iii/4 view drawing with lips

Above yous can once again meet what the oral fissure looks like when the lips are drawn.

Drawing an Anime Oral fissure From the Side View

Anime mouth side drawing
Anime mouth side drawing

Cartoon from the side view is more than complex then from the front and iii/4 views. Though the mouth itself will pretty much expect like half of the oral cavity from the front view (slightly narrower) you will also generally need to show the lips and nose.

Anime mouth side view lips drawing
Anime mouth side view lips cartoon

When drawing the lips y'all tin can show them equally pretty much an outline/silhouette. A good fashion to draw them is to first accept the surface area between the nose and the chin every bit pretty much a straight line and then apply this line to help you position the lips.

For a adequately generic looking y'all can position both lips just touching the line.

Anime mouth side view drawing with alternative lip shape
Anime mouth side view cartoon with alternative lip shape

However every bit you can see in this side by side example y'all tin can also change the shape of the lips equally you like depending on the character wait you are going for.

For more examples of drawing anime lips see:

How to Draw Anime Lips Tutorial

Anime mouth gap side view drawing
Anime mouth gap side view drawing

The niggling gap in the mouth in this case will be between the outline of the lips and the opening of the rima oris. You can make the oral fissure line narrower towards the gap and thicker towards the edge of the mouth. Once more go along in mind that both adding the gap and the varying thickness of the line is optional (as was already explained in the kickoff example).

Anime mouth side view drawing
Anime oral cavity side view drawing

In the above case yous tin can see the positioning of the mouth. Once more the bottom lip expanse will showtime 1/8 of the way up from the bottom of the face with the rima oris opening slightly to a higher place that.

Anime mouth side view drawing with lips
Anime mouth side view cartoon with lips

When drawing in this view it's important to notation that the "bottom lip area" refers to the bodily red part of the lip and not the area where the chin starts to curve into the lip. You tin see this in the example above.

Anime nose and mouth placement side view
Anime olfactory organ and mouth placement side view

Finally it can too be helpful to know the placement of the nose when drawing the side view of the lips. Unlike in the front end and 3/4 view you lot can't really avoid drawing it when outlining the head.

Generally the placement of the olfactory organ will be with it's tip but above another 1/8 of the way up from the bottom of the lip (about 1/4 distance up from the bottom of the caput). Again remember that this can modify depending on the character and way.

For more examples on drawing anime mouths from the side view meet see:

How to Draw Anime & Manga Mouths – Side View

The tutorial has some overlapping information at the start but provides many more examples.

Cartoon Anime Mouths With the Entire Face

Anime mouth with other facial features drawing
Anime oral cavity with other facial features drawing

Yous tin can run into the overall placement of the facial features for the head used for this tutorial in the example to a higher place.

When drawing the entire face in that location is no need to divine the caput into eight portions. You tin instead start by placing the eyes beneath the vertical halfway signal of the face, position the olfactory organ halfway between the height of the eyes and the lesser of the face up and position the bottom lip halfway between the nose and once again the bottom of the confront.

This method works for all of the caput views shown in this tutorial. It or similar methods are also used for most of the face drawing tutorials here on AnimeOutline.

Some examples of these are:

  • How to Draw an Anime Daughter's Head and Face
  • How to Draw Anime and Manga Male person Head and Face
  • How to Depict an Anime Female Face 3/four View
  • How to Draw Male Anime Face in three/4 View Footstep by Step

Conclusion

Anime mouths are generally highly simplified compared to real mouths (drawn with the bare minimum of details). This tutorial provides a skilful template for drawing them and for achieving an anime look. There are however many variations in the anime fashion based on the character type and the creative person'due south preference. You can always try and experiment for yourself and see what looks right.

For detailed explanations of drawing other facial features in the anime and manga fashion also see:

  • How to Draw Female person Anime Eyes Tutorial
  • How to Depict Anime and Manga Ears
  • How to Describe Anime and Manga Noses