Drawing Anime Girl

Step 1: Create a new file. Set as following picture.

Step 2: Shift+Ctrl+N, create a new layer.

Step 3: Draw. In this drawing, I use the #19 brush which is showing in the following.

Step 4: After the sketch part, Create 3 new layers for cleaning lines.

Step 5: Change opacity of layer "sketch" as following.

Step 6: Clean lines as following step

Layer 1

Layer 2

Draw the eyes on layer 3.

Result.

Step 7: Start coloring.

On layer2, select the following area and then select inverse.

Step 8: Ctrl+Shift+N, create a "skin" layer as following.

Step 9: Go to the Skin layer, press G, use the paint tool to paint the select area on the skin

Layer. *change Opacity to 30-50. (Depending on your taste.)

Result:

Use darker color to add shadow effect

Step 10: Go to layer 1, select the following area. And select inverse.

Create a new layer called "hair"

G again, Use tool as before.

Add shadows as before.

Result:

Step 11: Create a new layer called "eye".

Add colors for the eyes.

Step 12: Create a new layer and put it on the top. Draw some high light.

Step 13: Merge Layers 1, 2, 3. Then change the Opacity to 15.

Step 14: Create a new layer called "outline". Draw the final line. Use whatever colors you want.

(I used the dark green for the hair's outline and brown for the face outline)

Step 15: Clean each layer,and Ctrl+L change the level.

Step 16: Create a new layer for drawing the back ground.

Step 17: Select the following area and inverse select.

Step 18: Delete, to delete the selected area.

Step 19: Change brush, use this brush makes the outline brighter.

Step 20: Sign it! Like a true artist.