Building a full-body anime portrait from a basic skull shape outward is the core skill practiced in this guide, and Yukiteru “Yuki” Amano from the Future Diary series gives you a character with enough detail to make that practice worthwhile without overwhelming the process. This step-by-step walkthrough on how to draw Yukiteru “Yuki” Amano covers everything from the rough structure to the finished colored result across 12 steps.
What the 12-Step Build Covers
The tutorial runs a full 12 steps and lands on a colored result, so both linework and color application get attention. Yuki is shown in a three-quarter pose in his autumn outfit, which adds a mild angle to the body and clothing folds that keeps the exercise from being too flat. The hat brim and the flip phone he holds introduce two small but specific shapes that require careful proportion work relative to the head and hand.
Yuki’s Key Visual Features
- Short black spiky hair, blue eyes
- Beige bucket hat sitting low
- Brown blazer over black turtleneck
- Blue flip phone held in hand
- Serious, slightly worried expression
If you are working through the Minene Uryuu and Yomotsu Hirasaka tutorials from the same series, Yuki makes a solid next step since his clothing has more layering than either of those characters. The Deus Ex Machina drawing is a good challenge to tackle after you are comfortable with the human form here.
Reading the Step Colors
Each step image uses a 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 Yukiteru “Yuki” Amano: Step-by-Step Tutorial
Finished Your Yuki Sketch? Share It
Once you have the final colored version done, drop it in the comments below. Seeing how different people handle the clothing folds and the hat brim is genuinely useful for everyone working through this. New tutorials get posted 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 updated regularly, so those are the best places to stay current with new additions. If you enjoyed this one, the Ai Mikami (Ikusaba) and Yuno Gasai tutorials are two strong next options from the same series. Supporting the project on Patreon helps keep new guides coming and gives you access to unique hand-drawn coloring pages as well.