Getting the subtle proportions of a short bob and calm anime eyes to read correctly in a bust portrait is the main challenge in this guide, and it is exactly why Haku from the Studio Ghibli lineup makes for solid face-drawing practice. This step-by-step tutorial on how to draw Haku works through 12 steps of clean line art, no color required.
A Portrait That Builds Face-Drawing Skills
The tutorial runs through 12 steps and delivers a black and white bust shot from a slight angle. Because there is no color pass at the end, every step focuses purely on line placement and proportion. The slight angle means the features are not perfectly symmetrical, which adds a small but real challenge to getting the face balanced. Most of the careful work lands in the middle steps where the eyes and bangs come together.
Haku’s Key Visual Features
- Short bob with straight across bangs
- Hair tucked behind the left ear
- Round anime-style eyes, serious expression
- High collar visible at the neckline
- Clean, uncluttered line art overall
If you enjoy drawing Ghibli characters in this quieter portrait style, the Soot Sprite is a quick and satisfying contrast at the other end of the complexity scale. For something closer in detail level, Moro and San is a good next challenge, and Jiji covers a different kind of face construction entirely.
Reading the Step Colors in This Guide
Each step image uses a three-color system to show exactly what is new versus 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 Haku: Step-by-Step Tutorial
Finished Your Sketch? Share It Below
Once the drawing is done, drop it in the comments. Seeing how different people handle the bangs and eye placement is genuinely useful for everyone working through the same steps. 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 good places to follow along. If you want to keep this project going, the Patreon is where unique hand-drawn coloring pages are available as a supporter bonus. And if you are looking for more Ghibli faces and figures to sketch next, Sheeta from Castle in the Sky and the Chihiro and No-Face duo are both worth adding to the list.