Paint the entire face white, except for the ears, unless you are creating a demon character. The demon character has a light red face with details drawn in red, black and blue, but other characters have a white face.
Choose appropriate colors with respect to your character's personality traits. Use deep red to signify anger, forcefulness, indignation or obstinacy; bright red for activeness, eagerness, passion and vigor; light red for cheerfulness or youthfulness; light blue for calmness; indigo for gloominess; light green for tranquility; purple for nobility; brown for selfishness and dejection; grey on the chin for dreariness; and black for fear, fright or gloom. In general, indigo is used for villains and ghosts; brown is used for gods; and purple is used for lions and tigers. Most characters use the typical deep red color.
Apply makeup or paint in bold lines to accentuate the eyes, cheekbones and jaw line.
Draw bold, black, curvy eyebrows and broad red lines from the nose and brow around the cheek for warrior roles. For a youthful hero, draw spatula-shaped eyebrows and red lines under the eyes curving up to the outer tips of the brows. Heroes also have thin, curvy red lips with a touch of black at the corners.