A Drawn Out Talent

I may not be the only one to do this, but amongst most of my peers here at Sand Creek, I'm one of the few.  My special talent is drawing - people in a style similar to anime.

Everyone can draw, of course, but not everyone has the ability to draw humanoid beings, animals, landscape, etcetera.  Here's how I draw my unique style of people.

I start with the head.  I have to start with the head or everything ends up outo proportion.

I draw a circle (or almost circle) to start with the top of it then create the lower half with a roundm triangular shape and I add the neck with two swoops on either side of the bottom of the head.

After the shape is done, I draw the nose with a long bridge (most artists will draw a cross shape as guides for the eyes and nose, but I use the bridge of the nose instead).  Below it I'll draw a line for a mouth and a line below that for the lower lip (sometimes a line under that for a more defined chin.)  And then I draw the eyes.  I start with the upper eyelashes, usually a line that curves slightly up, and then to the side (right if it's the right eye, left if it's the left) I draw the shape of that side of the eye.  Inside the eyes shapes, I draw irises and the pupils.  Then I start on the figure of the person.

Depending on the gender, I'll give them broad or thin shoulders.  I'll draw small bumps at the end of the swoops I used to draw the necks and created an odd stub-looking appendage for the bicep.  I repeat on the opposite side.  Starting at where the elbow meets the forearm, I draw another stub and then a rough hand shape.

I draw a torso depending on the gender and start on the hips which are usually just a slightly more curved part of the torso.  From the hips I draw more stubs for the legs to the knees and more pointed stubs to the ankle.  I usually don't draw feet.

After that, I add the desired hair and clothing and I have my finished product!

It'd be easier to show this with pictures but that's not available to me now.