How to Draw an Anime Demon: Easy 8-Step Manga Guide

Ready to bring a supernatural manga character to life? This tutorial is perfect for artists ages 8+ looking to master 3/4 profile faces and dynamic anime features. Grab a pencil, an eraser, and your favorite markers to start building your character design skills today.

8 Steps

🎯 Final Result

A completed, high-quality illustration of an anime demon character with horns and intense eyes.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Step 1: Sketching the Base Structure

Lightly sketch a 3/4 profile head shape. Draw a cross in the center to help align the facial features. Teacher's Tip: Keep your pencil pressure very light here—these are just guidelines that we will erase later!

Step 2: Defining Facial Features

Close-up of the anime demon's ear, nose, and mouth structure drawn with clean, sharp lines.

Outline the inner ear and add the nose and mouth using simple, sharp dashes. Teacher's Tip: Use a straight line for the nose that curves slightly at the top to give it that classic anime profile look.

Step 3: Creating an Intense Gaze

Detailed view of the anime demon's eyes and eyebrows, showing an intense, focused expression.

Draw semicircles for the eyes and bold, straight lines for the eyebrows. Add small lines around the eyes to create an intense, focused glare. Teacher's Tip: Make the eyebrows thick and angled downward to give your demon a tough, serious expression.

Step 4: Adding Horns and Accessories

Drawing the demon's horn and hair, incorporating jagged lines and earring details.

Sketch a wavy, flame-like shape for the horn and add jagged lines for the hair. Don't forget the small semicircles for the earrings! Teacher's Tip: Use long, sweeping strokes for the hair to keep it looking fluid.

Step 5: Refining the Hair

Refining the anime hair style by adding layers and erasing underlying construction lines.

Add more jagged, loose shapes to create hair that flops over the forehead. Carefully erase the guidelines underneath so the hair looks like it's sitting on top of the head. Teacher's Tip: Vary the length of your hair spikes to make it look more natural and less uniform.

Step 6: Adding Depth and Second Horn

Adding the second horn and final shading lines to enhance the character's depth.

Draw the second horn using curved, sketchy lines and add a few extra strokes to create depth around the face. Teacher's Tip: Use darker, thicker lines on the side of the horn that faces away from the light source to create a 3D effect.

Step 7: Final Inking

Final line art of the anime demon, showing clean, bold ink outlines.

Go over your pencil lines with a black fine-liner pen. Use heavier pressure around the eyes to make them pop. Teacher's Tip: Let the ink dry completely for a minute before using your eraser to remove any remaining pencil marks.

Step 8: Adding Color

Finished, colored anime demon character with vibrant red hair, pale green skin, and gold accents.

Color the horns black, the skin a pale green, and the hair a deep red. Use gold for the eyes and earrings. Teacher's Tip: Use a slightly darker shade of red in the crevices of the hair to add realistic shadows.