Nobara Kugisaki from Jujutsu Kaisen is easy to spot once you know her signature look: a neck-length, asymmetrical bob with side-swept bangs, large eyes with long lashes and thin eyebrows. In this guide you will learn how to draw nobara kugisaki face in 7 clear steps, from a simple head circle to clean line art of her face, hair and school uniform collar.
In each picture, the new lines are black and the lines from earlier steps fade to grey, so you can see exactly what changed. This lesson draws her earlier look, before she wears an eyepatch over her left eye. Keep your first lines light so they are easy to erase before you ink.
Materials Needed
- Paper or a drawing tablet
- A light pencil (HB or 2H) for the circle and guidelines
- A darker pencil (2B) or a fine liner pen for the final lines
- An eraser
- Optional: markers or coloured pencils for orange-brown hair and a dark blue uniform
Step-by-Step Nobara Kugisaki Face Drawing Guide
Step 1: Sketch the Head Circle and Guidelines
Draw a large circle in the upper half of the page for the cranium. Run a vertical centre line through it and let the line continue below the circle by about one-sixth of the circle’s height; the chin will land there. Add a horizontal eye line slightly below the middle of the circle, reaching a little past both edges. Keep these lines very light, because you will erase them later.
Step 2: Shape the Face Outline, Chin and Neck
Start each side of the face where the eye line meets the circle. Bring both lines down and inward in a gentle curve, then let them meet in a soft, slightly pointed chin on the centre line below the circle. Nobara has a slim face, so keep the cheeks narrow rather than round. From under each jaw corner, drop a short neck line; place the two lines about one-third of the head width apart.
Step 3: Draw the Large Eyes and Thin Brows
Place two large almond-shaped eyes on the eye line, leaving about one eye-width of space between them. Make the upper lid a thick, dark line that flicks out into long lashes at the outer corner, and keep the lower lid thin. Inside each eye, draw a round iris that touches the upper lid, a smaller pupil and a white highlight circle. Above each eye, at about one eye-height, add a thin, gently arched eyebrow.
Step 4: Add the Nose, Smile and Ears
Mark the nose with a tiny hooked stroke on the centre line, close to the bottom of the original circle. Below it, draw a short, slightly curved mouth line, about one eye-width long, for a relaxed closed smile. On each side of the head, draw a C-shaped ear that starts at the eye line and ends around the level of the nose. The hair will hide most of the ears in the next step, so keep them simple.
Step 5: Draw the Asymmetrical Bob and Side-Swept Bangs
Draw the top of the hair well above the circle to give it volume. Sweep the bangs from the crown across the forehead toward one side so they cover that side of the brow and dip down to the eye. On each side, let the outer outline of the bob flare slightly and stop around jaw and neck level, with ragged, pointed ends. Leave one ear peeking out under the hair, and add a few long, thin strand lines that follow the direction of each lock.
Step 6: Add the Uniform Collar and Buttons
Wrap a stand-up collar around the base of the neck, about as tall as the nose is long. Draw the opening of the collar slightly off centre and add two small round buttons on it. From the collar, slope the shoulder lines down and outward to the edges of the page, and add a long curved seam line on each sleeve. Finish with a vertical front edge and a row of round buttons spaced evenly down the chest.
Step 7: Ink the Final Line Art
Trace the lines you want to keep with a fine liner or a darker pencil. Use the boldest strokes for the outer edge of the hair, the face outline and the jacket silhouette, and keep the strand lines, lashes and seams thinner. When the ink is dry, erase the circle, the centre line and the eye line. This step only cleans up the drawing, so do not add new shapes.
Key Pro Tips for Drawing Nobara’s Face
- Make the bob uneven on purpose. Her character profile describes an asymmetrical bob with bangs that cover one side of her forehead. If both sides of the hair match perfectly, she loses her look.
- Keep the hair at neck length. The ends should stop around the jaw and the top of the neck. Longer hair turns her into a different character.
- Thin brows, long lashes. Character notes mention long eyelashes and thin eyebrows. Put the weight in the upper lash line and keep the brows light and slim.
- Pick the right version. Later in the story she wears an eyepatch over her left eye. If you draw that version, place it over her left eye, which is on your right when she faces you.
- Colour her hair warm. Her hair is dyed, and it reads as ginger brown in the anime and more orange in manga illustrations, so a warm orange-brown works for either.
FAQ
What colour are Nobara’s eyes?
Sources describe them as orange or brown, depending on the version. A warm amber-brown sits between the two and matches most references.
What uniform does she wear?
She wears the Tokyo Jujutsu High uniform: a dark blue, button-down jacket in a gakuran style with a long matching skirt. For a face drawing, the stand-up collar and the top buttons are enough.