What's the difference between sketching and manga character headshots?

The difference is simple. First learn to sketch to draw good manga, there is a great connection between the two, but the sketch is to pay attention to the details, shading, true proportion, line changes and so on and so on; while the manga embodies the exaggeration, the unity of the tone, light and shadow is not as careful as the requirements of the sketch, in short, the manga is a simplification of the sketch. Take the popular Japanese manga as an example, it is very exaggerated, the most prominent part of the whole head is his eyes, sketching is in any case will not draw characters like this, if a person has such a pair of eyes, his brain will have no space. But manga is really give people the feeling of beauty, when have you ever seen a manga protagonist is not handsome and beautiful? Sketches have embellishments too, but not as obvious as manga.

Overall, manga has the charm of manga, sketching has the charm of sketching.