Prior to the late 1940’s the portrayal of Japanese faces in their comics (called mangas) was stylized as a saffron colored, small sized oval. After the influx of American styled comics and cartoons the modern Japanese comic displays a decidedly occidental cast to the characters facial features.
When drawing the hentai face the artist must begin with the shape. You start by drawing a simple cross with the horizontal line about one third of the way down the vertical stem. There are many type of hentai where the shape of the face is traditionally linked with the category of the hentai story. (more…)