Capturing the subtle upward gaze and soft facial proportions of Winry Rockbell’s face is the main challenge in this tutorial, since portrait-focused anime faces live or die on small curve decisions. This is a step-by-step guide to drawing one of the most technically demanding close-up subjects from the Fullmetal Alchemist series.
A Portrait Study in 10 Steps
The guide covers a shoulders-up portrait in black and white line art, running through 10 steps. Because the composition is tight and there is no background to fill space, every line carries more weight than it would in a full-body drawing. The slightly upward-gazing pose adds a mild foreshortening effect to the eye placement, which is where most of the attention should go. The result is clean line art with no color stage, so the focus stays entirely on line confidence and facial structure.
Winry Rockbell’s Key Visual Features
- Long straight hair with side-swept bangs
- Large anime eyes with detailed iris linework
- Small nose and slightly downturned mouth
- Ear with small earring detail
- Open collar jacket or coat at the neckline
If you are working through the Fullmetal Alchemist cast, the guide pairs well with Ling Yao and Roy Mustang, both of which practice similar anime linework at different scales. Van Hohenheim is also worth sketching after this one, since his face uses a lot of the same structural anchors.
Reading the Step Colors
Each step image uses a simple three-color system to show progress clearly:
- Red Color: lines added in the current step.
- Black Color: lines completed earlier.
- Gray Color: base sketch for structure.
How to Draw Winry Rockbell’s Face: Step-by-Step Tutorial
Finished the Sketch? Show It Off
Once the line art is done, drop your finished drawing in the comments below. Seeing how different people handle the eye curves and the bangs on Winry Rockbell’s face is always worth looking at. New tutorials go up on Facebook and Telegram the moment they are published, a new YouTube walkthrough goes live every single day, and Pinterest gets updated regularly too. If you want to keep working in the Fullmetal Alchemist cast, Greed and Alphonse Elric are solid next subjects. If you find the guides useful, supporting the project on Patreon helps keep new tutorials coming and gives you access to unique hand-drawn coloring pages.