Art Drawing East Asian characters

I was wondering if any1 had any techniques as to how to get characters to look say chinese or japanese. I've been tryin and not really getting anywhere, so if any1s got any tips i'd like to hear them!

 

Well... i dunno 'bout this really, but i'd say make the eyes narrow <- right word ...like the way they are with asian ppl.

..okay, now i made a fool of myself again for sure...

 

Asians actually vary in many features. Take for example, Japanese. Many of them have huge eyes, while others have very squinty eyes. Chinese can range from very dark skin to very light skin (just like Filipinos). So yeah it's actually pretty tricky to figure out how to draw Asians, and tricky as well to get a certain ethnicity.

In general, Asians don't have big noses, and especially don't have pointy noses (like Pinnochio). They also have smaller/shorter jaws. Eyes can vary, but for simplicity sake, I guess you could have em kinda like slits ("slanted"). Overall, Asian girls (and guys too) can be quite petite (although there are exceptions), so don't give them super long arms and legs, but give em small breasts. Lots of Asian girls I know have very faint eyebrows, so faint that they have to draw them on with makeup! Asian guys don't have very wide beards; most of them have beards that grow on just their chin (like mine!). (Good tip to keep in mind if you're gonna draw grown male characters.)

If you're gonna draw a lot of Asians, try varying their appearances (don't make them all look exactly the same, but it is common to have friends that kinda look alike, for example, two girls with the same hair style).

 

Thier faces are more block-ish. As opposed to teh europeans who have kinda pointed chins.
And here's a good tip on noses. Don't draw noses, just draw teh shading to the side, which makes it look like they have a nose, but it's flat. That's for Jap people mostly though.
And eyes don't necessarily have to be slanted, just almond shaped. And no eyelid lines.

 

Try the book, How to Draw Manga: Bishoujo Around the World.

 

OK thanks guys, that helps! I'll have to try out a few of those ideads, see which gives the best effect!

 

my rendition of an azn girl, just a quick sketch

 

Look in the 'Dare and Improved II' thread in misc forum. There's pictures of me and Teddz... typical chinese people.