STEP 1.

 Hey guys! Let's begin this tut with a few helpful pointers on drawing ears, not just anime ears, but realistic ones too. In this

tip presentation, I give you a few pointers on where to place ears and how to draw them. Remind yourself not to draw them

too big or they'll seem to look disproportional with the rest of the head. Below this tip step, is something that indicates 'how to

know that you've drawn ears proportional'. Note that, the tip of the ear should always be hitting the top of the eye guide,

always!

 

STEP 2.

 Generally, in anime art as well as realistic human art, ears will be as lengthy as the eye space. The smaller the eyes, the

shorter length the ears will be. This varies, depending on the face structure as well. You can't have small eyes and a huge

face structure with small ears. This will look strange. I advise to go look at many references on how ears are placed correctly

on the human head, and the distances between the various head poses.

 

STEP 3.

 Now, here I present the correct way of drawing an ear, as well as the incorrect way. If you're drawing a detailed character,

and you have an ear drawn lacking the same amount of detail, the ear will look out of place, and ruin the drawing's unity.

Again, look at the many references of ears as much as possible, to ensure a permanent burn in your brain's memory :) The

average ear will look like what you see, opposed to the sloppy and strange one.

 

STEP 4.

 As you draw various position of heads, you'll come to find out that there's just so many ways you've got to draw the ears

along with them. Avoiding from drawing something difficult, isn't going to make your better. By practicing and referencing,

you'll eventually get the hang of it. Take your time analyzing the ways they're formed. Again, here's a few ways that ears can

be drawn. From left to right, we have the front, back, and 3/4 view.

 

STEP 5.

 Now, using what we've learned from above, here's a few styles and forms that ears can be stylized in. I've included a few

fantasy forms here, as well as simplified versions. Remember, if you're going to draw simplified ears, make sure the

character is drawn in a simple style as well. An example to understand this, is by looking at an anime character like Ichigo

from Bleach and a regular chibi.

 

STEP 6.

 One simple step. Draw the shape of the desired ear, then sketch in the inner ear detailing for the cartilage on the inner part

of the ear, then draw in the cartilage detailing on the further parts of the ear. Erase the mistakes if you made any.