Arms crossed, jaw set, eyes half-narrowed in that signature scowl — Jean Kirschtein reads as someone who has already decided he disagrees with you, and this tutorial on how to draw Jean Kirschtein captures exactly that body language. The character sits squarely in the Attack on Titan roster of tutorials on the site.
What Makes This Waist-Up Portrait Worth Your Time
The guide runs 11 steps and ends on clean line art rather than a colored result, so every step is focused on building confident, controlled linework. The crossed-arms pose introduces some layering around the chest and forearms, and the facial expression requires getting the eye angle and brow tension right before the rest of the face reads correctly. That is where the detail work lives.
Jean Kirschtein’s Key Visual Traits
- Spiky, messy short hair with loose strands
- Sharp, narrow eyes with stern expression
- Collared shirt with shoulder straps and belt
- Arms crossed over chest, defiant pose
- Slim athletic build, shown from waist up
If you are working through the Survey Corps cast, there are a few other guides worth checking out. Mikasa Ackerman’s face covers similar portrait-level linework, and Hange Zoe is another good full-figure study from the same series. For something with more structural complexity, the Eren half-human half-Titan guide pushes the linework in a different direction entirely.
Reading the Step Colors in This Guide
Each step uses a three-color system to make progress easy to follow:
- Red Color: lines added in the current step.
- Black Color: lines completed earlier.
- Gray Color: base sketch for structure.
How to Draw Jean Kirschtein: Step-by-Step Tutorial
Finished Your Sketch? Show It Off
Drop your finished drawing in the comments — it is always worth seeing how different people handle the expression and hair detail in this one. New tutorials go up on Facebook and Telegram as soon as they are published, a new YouTube video based on existing guides posts every day, and Pinterest stays updated regularly if you prefer saving references there. If you want more Attack on Titan practice, Eren Jaeger’s face and the full Eren Titan form are both solid next steps. And if you find the guides useful, supporting the project on Patreon gets you access to hand-drawn coloring pages that are not available anywhere else.