Anime Female PoseS
ANIME GIRL POSES
Looking for anime female poses to help with your next sketch? You’re in the right spot.
This page has a bunch of reference girl poses designed to help you get it right – and keep it fun.
• Cute • Dynamic • Action • Magic • Sitting • Sad • Standing • Iconic
Anime CUTE
DYNAMIC
ACTION
MAGIC ANIME FEMALE POSES
SITTING
ANIME FEMALE POSES SAD
standing
WITH SWORD
ICONIC ANIME FEMALE POSES
Drawing Anime Female Poses Notes
Let’s talk about anime girls for a second.
The Body Is Pretty Similar to Real Life
One of the cool things about anime is how it takes inspiration from real life, but then bends it just enough to be stylized (cuz it’s ultimately a cartoon). Most anime female characters actually follow pretty realistic body proportions – especially once you get past the super-young characters or more exaggerated art styles. The big difference is usually in the face.
Anime Is All Hair and Eyes
Anime girls and women tend to have large eyes, long lashes, detailed hair, and teeny tiny noses and mouths. Like, sometimes you’ll see an entire face done with just an eye, a line, and a dot. That’s part of the charm. It lets the hair and eyes do most of the expressive work. So when you’re using these poses as reference, feel free to get playful with the faces – they’re what you get the likes ;3
Don’t Stress About Body Details
As for the bodies, don’t stress too much about tiny details. A common mistake when drawing anime-style girls is overcomplicating the form. Most anime women are drawn with smooth curves, clean silhouettes, and minimal anatomy lines. Especially for cuter or younger characters, you’ll want to keep it really simple – think more roundness, less edge. If you’re drawing an older or more serious character (like a battle-hardened swordswoman or vivacious vixen), their proportions might lean closer to real-life adult women – slightly longer limbs, smaller head-to-body ratio, and a bit more structure in the torso and hips.
Now Go Have Fun
These anime female poses are made to work across the board – so you can drop in your own character, tweak the attitude, and get something that feels like her. You can also drag these into your favorite art program, trace them, or just keep them open for reference as you go. Use them however you like.
Whether you’re drawing a girl with big dreams or a woman with a secret past, the pose is where the story starts. So scroll through, pick one that sparks something, and get drawing.