Inuyasha built its cast around rival factions and morally complicated characters, and Kagura fits that mold as Naraku’s wind-wielding detachment with a cold edge to her design. This guide on how to draw Kagura covers her portrait in clean line art, pulling from the Inuyasha roster of tutorials on the site.
What the 9-Step Kagura Sketch Covers
The tutorial runs through 9 steps and ends on finished black and white line art with no color or shading. It is a portrait-style drawing, so the focus lands on the face, hair, and collar rather than a full body. The proportions stay close to the source material, and the hair structure is where most of the detail work sits.
Kagura’s Key Design Elements
- Hair tied up in bun with loose strands
- Sharp, intense eyes with serious expression
- Pointed elf-like ears on both sides
- Dangling rope-like earrings on each ear
- Traditional layered kimono collar at the base
If you want more anime portrait practice after this, Kirito’s portrait is a solid next step for working on male face structure, and Yuuki Asuna covers long hair and soft features from a different style. For another full character body pose in the same category, Leafa adds some variety to the lineup.
Reading the Step Colors in This Tutorial
Each step image uses a three-color system to make it easy to track what is new and what is already done:
- Red Color: lines added in the current step.
- Black Color: lines completed earlier.
- Gray Color: base sketch for structure.
How to Draw Kagura: Step-by-Step Tutorial
Finished Your Kagura Sketch? Share It
Once the line art is done, drop your finished drawing in the comments. It is always good to see how different people handle the hair details and the earrings. 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 single day, and Pinterest stays updated regularly too. If you want to keep the practice going, check out Kirito or take on Obeiron for a more unusual face structure. Supporting the project on Patreon helps keep new tutorials coming and gives you access to hand-drawn coloring pages made exclusively for supporters.