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• Oct. 16, 2007 - Drawing starwars.

Drawing Yoda

October 03, 2007

Ever wanted to draw Star Wars characters and vehicles just like the professional comic book artists? In this step-by-step series, Star Wars artists and illustrators show you how to draw some of the most beloved characters in the saga.

Star Wars illustrator Kevin Graham explains with these easy-to-follow steps on how to draw a cartoon-version of Master Jedi Yoda.

Steps 1-9 are to be drawn lightly with a pencil. No pen, no dark lines. Finished lines and details will come at the end.

Step One:
Lightly draw a triangle.

Step Two:
Draw a light line down the middle of the triangle.

Next draw two smiley-face shaped lines.

Step Four:
For Yoda's eyes, on the top curved line draw three more small curved lines, starting from the center guide line you drew. Now draw Yoda's pupils in the center of the small curved lines.

Step Five:
Next up are Yoda's nose, mouth and wrinkles. Draw a few lines for the wrinkles on Yoda's head. Next draw Yoda's mouth and nose. Use the guidelines to help you draw these features on his face. Draw the same thing on one side of the triangle as you are on the other side.

Step Six:
For Yoda's head, on the top of the triangle draw a curved line down toward the top curved guide line. Leave a little space to draw in one smaller curve on each side. Do this on the left and right side of the triangle.

Step Seven:
For Yoda's ears draw a few curved lines outward away from the triangle. Add a few additional curved lines to create Yoda's hair. Draw the same thing you do on one side as you would the other.

Step Eight:
In the first step of making Yoda's robe, draw several curved lines, using the triangle and guidelines to assist you. Once again you will be repeating what you do on the right onto the left side.

Step Nine:
Finally, draw the rest of Yoda's robe.

Step Ten:
Erase any guidelines you made at the beginning and make any additional changes you feel needed.

Step Eleven:
Lastly, add color with markers, crayons or paint.

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Drawing Jar Jar Binks

September 12, 2007

As a Gungan outcast and Jedi friend, Jar Jar Binks made his debut in The Phantom Menace. Best known for tripping, bumbling, running from danger and eating other people's food, Jar Jar has a personality -- and look -- all his own.

Star Wars illustrator Cynthia Cummens explains with these easy-to-follow steps on how to draw Jar Jar.

Steps 1-5 are to be drawn lightly with a pencil. No pen, no dark lines. Finished lines and details will come at the end.

Step One:
From his curvy, floppy ears to his egg-shaped eyes, Jar Jar is a hodge-podge of overlapping shapes of various sizes! To begin, draw an oval for his head. Dissect it with a vertical, curvy line. Also draw two horizontal lines -- these guidelines, which you eventually will erase, are used to indicate his nostrils and mouth. Towards the top of his head, lightly draw two lines to represent where you will place his eyes. The long, rounded lines on either side of his head are his ears. Draw simple lines for the neck and shoulders.

Step Two:
Draw his eyes as egg shapes. Next draw two kidney-bean shapes for nostrils. Jar Jar has a wide, expressive mouth, so draw the upper and lower lips along those the two horizontal guidelines you drew in Step 1.

Step Three:
In this step, define the shape of his shoulders. Notice I didn't feel I had to follow the exact placement of the guidelines I drew in Step 1. Instead, I wanted them to be a bit more sloped. Also draw those wavy lines along the outer edges of his ears.

Step Four:
I used a red pencil in this step as a visual aid for you to see which lines I'm referring to, but you can keep drawing with your regular pencil. As you can see, I've added the folds of his eyelids, drew in the teeth, and refined his jaw line. NOTE: Whenever you draw teeth -- on Jar Jar, Jedi Knights or in your own original characters -- keep them simple and suggestive and not too detailed.

Step Five:
I used a blue pencil to demonstrate the process in this step. I've drawn his vest, given better shape to his shoulders and tightened up those goofy ears a bit more!

Step Six:
In this step, you can see I haven't yet erased all the stray lines, and felt confident in jumping right in with ink, knowing which lines I want to keep and inking only those. Experiment with line, using different sized pens and varying pressure to create a sense of weight, texture and shadow Try using gum erasers instead of that No. 2 pencil eraser you may still be using.

Step Seven:
As you continue to ink Jar Jar, add a bit more detail to his ears and neck and then erase all the pencil marks.

Step Eight:
If you've drawn on printer paper for practice, try coloring with colored pencil (markers work nicely on printer paper, but also bleed through easily, so be sure to put a protective sheet of paper on your table first). If you used Bristol paper or illustration board, play around with washes of watercolor combined with a bit of colored pencil for detail and highlights. Or scan the inked piece and color it in Photoshop. Make it your own painting, in whatever way you want! And don't forget to send your finished work of art to Bantha Tracks!