How to draw Minami Shimada

Hands on hips and a side ponytail that flicks to the right, Minami Shimada carries herself with the same blunt confidence she brings to her scenes in Baka to Test. This step-by-step guide walks through how to draw Minami Shimada across 29 steps, ending with clean line art.

What Makes This Sketch Worth Taking Slowly

The tutorial runs through 29 steps and focuses entirely on line work, with no coloring stage at the end. The most layered part of the drawing is the lower half, where slim pants sit underneath a pleated skirt. Getting those two layers to read as separate but overlapping takes some patience with line placement and proportion. The pose itself is symmetrical enough to be readable, but the hands-on-hips stance means both arms need to match in angle and weight.

Minami’s Key Design Features

• Side ponytail with short front hair
• Large expressive eyes, open mouth
• Short-sleeved jacket with collar trim
• Pleated mini skirt over slim pants
• Hands-on-hips standing pose

If you are working through the Hideyoshi Kinoshita drawing or have already tried Shouko Kirishima, Minami fits naturally alongside them and makes a solid set for anyone building out the Baka to Test cast. For more anime school-uniform practice, Denki Kaminari in his upgraded hero costume is worth a look too.

Reading the Step Colors

Each step in this tutorial uses a three-color system to show what is new and what came before:

• Red Color: lines added in the current step.
• Black Color: lines completed earlier.
• Gray Color: base sketch for structure.

How to Draw Minami Shimada: Step-by-Step Tutorial

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Finished Your Drawing? Share It

Once the line art is done, drop your finished Minami in the comments below. It is always good to see how different people handle the skirt-over-pants section, since that overlap tends to go a few different ways. New tutorials post to Facebook and Telegram as soon as they go live, a new YouTube video based on existing guides goes up every day, and Pinterest stays regularly updated if you prefer saving references there. For more anime characters to practice with, Konekomaru Miwa from Blue Exorcist and Chainsaw Man in two different stances are both worth trying. If you want to help keep new guides coming, the Patreon page has unique hand-drawn coloring pages available for supporters.