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How To: Draw an adorable fairy in an easy way
This video demonstrates how to draw a fairy quickly and easily. We are taken through a simple step by step process that begins with the simple drawing of several geometric shapes. Using these shapes as a guide we are shown how you can quickly flesh out the distinct shape of a fairy by rounding off edges and adding small details here and there. We are also shown how drawing the hands should not be a daunting task as you are given a simple example to follow. There are several examples of minute...
How To: Draw Hawaiian flowers step by step
In this video the viewer will learn how to draw a Hawaiian flower. In the first step you will draw the first petal. After viewing placement of the first petal, you will then draw three more like the first petal. You will connect the petals at the center of the flower, where the pollen would be. Make sure when drawing the petals you place them evenly around the center. Next add some shading to the center of the flower where the petals connect. The next step is to add three curved lines coming ...
How To: Draw a Lamborghini sports car on a computer
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to draw a Lamborghini sports car on a computer. If you don't paint the car one portion at a time, you might get confused and your drawing will siffer for it. You should lay down shades of yellow and orange with the paint bucket and finish details like shadows with the pencil tool. This video will give you a detailed step-by-step guide to drawing a Lamborghini on your computer.
How To: Draw the sideview of a woman's face
Idrawgirls demonstrates how to draw side view of a woman or a girl. This is a very quick sketch done in Photoshop. First ¾ of a round is made. Then a pointed jaw and a very rough sketch of hair one or two hair, eyes and nose are drawn. Next a thick and dark eyebrow is drawn, darken the eye lashes, and give shade to the eyes. The borders of the face are darkened. Now required shades are given to the face. Now a long slightly bended hair is drawn and given shades. There is a beautiful girl's si...
How To: Do a line drawing of a Scotty dog
You don't have to be the greatest artist to draw a Scotty dog. As a matter of fact its very easy. You'll begin with the nose. Draw the nose in the shape of a pebble. Draw a line across and shade underneath. The eyes are exactly the same, but slightly turned up. The cheeks are down, slightly zigzagged and up. Next is the tongue. This is simply a u with a line drawn down the middle. The ears are also down, zigzagged and up, doing this for each ear. To draw the hair on top of the hair, again, yo...
How To: Quickly draw a nude woman from behind
The author demonstrates how to draw a figure of a nude woman from behind through a un-narrated short film demonstrating his drawing in real time.
How To: Draw Stewie from "Family Guy" on your computer
Drawing Stewie from The Family Guy on your computer is fairly easy. First you're going to make a horizontal oval, then draw what looks like a football shape just in between those lines. Now erase the excess lines outside of the head shape. Next, insert two circles-fairly far apart on the head-with a slanted line above both for the eyebrows. A small line in the middle pointed towards the right makes Stewie's nose, and a simple mouth is completed with a three small lines at the bottom. Draw two...
How To: Draw thumbnails for making a comic book
When shooting a movie, a director creates a storyboard. A comic book artist must do the same thing for drawing a comic book. Thumbnails are small blocks that represent the pages in a comic book. There is no finished work, but sketches. When following the script, the artist needs to be aware how many words are in each frame. The publisher will not be shy about putting the words on top of the drawing, or yelling at the artist. The thumbnails allow the artist to pay close attention drawing varie...
How To: Draw a 3d staircase
This wordless video shows how to draw a staircase in 3d. Start by drawing the steps in one dimension. Extend two lines at the top of the stairs the width you want the steps to be. Draw another line between them to make a square. This creates a landing. Draw two lines downward and parallel to the steps from the line at the top of the stairs. This will create a rail and a second base. Then extend lines from each jut of the one dimensional steps, stretching the lines alternately to the base and ...
How To: Draw Tigger from Winnie the Pooh
This video is describing the steps needed to draw Tigger from Winnie the Pooh. The first step is to draw an oval on your black paper. Draw diving lines, and make sure that one is a little bit below center. Next draw in his muzzle by lining up the top part of his muzzle with the bottom part of his eye. Next draw his chin. You can draw the bottom by taking the distance of the head and putting the same amount of distance between the head and the muzzle that there is between the muzzle and the ch...
How To: Draw a mysterious woman
This masterful drawing session from idrawgirls instructs us how to draw a mysterious girl specifically the facial figure, face, hand and upper body front view. First you will establish, very lightly, the facial shape, direction of the eyes, and the shoulders and upper body. The key here lies in the direction of the eyes, casting the face slightly downwards, creating that ineffaceable mysterious effect. Another important factor specific to the female face is keeping the nose close to the eyes ...
How To: Draw a paraglider on a computer
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to draw a paraglider on a computer. Start by drawing an oval for the head and attach it with a torso. Now draw the hands in the gliding position. Draw a flat oval and connect it with legs. Now draw the parachute and connect it with the figure. Start outlining the figure and parachute. While outlining, add the details. Once finished outlining, add the colors. Add clouds or any anything else in the background. This video will benefit those viewers who e...
How To: Draw a male chibi character
Want to draw a male chibi? This video will show you how. First, draw a circle. Second, draw a tiny triangle underneath the circle. This will be the body of the chibi. Then, draw two little circles for eyes in the center of your face. Next, draw four little ovular rectangles for the limbs of the creature. Now you must give definition to your chibi's eyes by emphasizing them with dark shading. Lastly, add the rest of the clothes on depending upon your preference. The author takes the opportunit...
How To: Draw Tarzan
In this video you will learn how to draw Tarzan. The video shows first the outline of Tarzan's body, then it shows the details, followed by the background. This video includes everything from the sketch up until the coloring and detailing. Tarzan is a man who was raised by apes and lives in the jungles. If you're looking to learn how to draw Tarzan this is a good video to learn as it shows how to draw him in a swinging state and the background is a jungle like green, leafy, and vine-like sett...
How To: Draw a pirate ship
This video is about how to draw a pirate ship For this you have to remember only few easy steps that are the following (1)draw the ship with pencil or light color to make it error free
How To: Make your own comic book with Bruce Blitz
Want to learn how to make your own comic book? This instructional video will teach you how to take your created character and their powers and enter them into a comic book world. The first step, is to decide whether your character will be acting as a hero or villain. Next, you must create the setting. This is followed by the conflict of the story. Finally, the resolution. The hero must defeat the villain and everything is back to normal. The video then takes you through a sample comic book an...
How To: Ink a comic book page traditionally & digitally
This video by Architectus777 teaches us how to ink comic book pages. Inking is simply another term for outlining or black lining. This first step is to find an image in black in white. Following this, you may edit the image to be as light or dark as you wish. Afterwards, the shading is left up to your discretion. Moving on, Architectus777 shows other methods of inking, including using various other programs outside of Adobe Photoshop. We are then actually shown the inking process, in which Ar...
How To: Do a line drawing of Saunta Claus
This video shows the viewer an easy way to draw Father Christmas or Santa Claus. The drawing demonstrated is a line drawing but could easily be colored in. The method shows starts by drawing a bulbous nose connected to the eyes. The moustache and the eyelids are then followed by the beard and ears. The hat and eyebrows finish off the top of the face. The mouth is simple and smiling. The body is relatively crude and the legs are very small in comparison to the head. The overall effect is very ...
How To: Draw a tiger
This short video provides a clear example of how to draw a tiger. It begins with a skeletal foundation, with each line clearly mapped out in green pencil – easy to draw. This foundation is then built upon in a different color thus developing the face, claws and tail. The development is drawn over with a pen to stay permanent and finally the green foundation is erased. In just 20 seconds, this video shows – in four simple steps that you can follow – to draw a tiger. Go to [www.howtodrawfantasy...
How To: Draw cartoon character Dale from Chip & Dale's
This video shows us how to draw a Dale character. First you draw a ball about the size of an orange. Insert construction lines in the shape of a cross. Starting with the small middle area, draw the mask outline and add the ears at the top. Draw in the nose under the middle line. Draw the cheeks outside the construction line on both sides. Add smile lines on each side and draw a curve between them for the mouth. Extend the lower part of the mouth outside the construction line. Insert teeth and...
How To: Draw a full wolf body step by step
Learn the right way to draw a wolf with its full body, by watching this video. The artist begins by drawing three circles faintly and connecting them with a line, representing the head and body of the wolf. Next, the skeletal structures of the legs are outlined. The tail and ears are faintly outlined next. The artist then begins outlining the face in detail, adding the eyes, nose, mouth, ears etc to the wolf’s head. The body is now outlined adding rough edges to indicate fur. The legs of the ...
How To: Draw a great looking flower
This is a simple video of a person drawing a flower with a mechanical pencil on a piece of plain white paper. If you follow along with the video and copy each shape as the artist makes them you will get a similar result and hopefully a picture of a flower that looks the same as the artists. The final product looks like a rose. A beginners video to art, all the viewer needs to is watch, copy and listen to the soothing music that is playing in the background.
How To: Draw a woman in 3/4 profile
You’ve got the basic head structure down and now it’s time to learn how to draw a detailed face of woman. It can be a little tricky to draw an angled view of a face but you can use sketching and shading tools to give depth, angle and form to create a realistic woman.
How To: Draw an Inuyasha wolf step by step
Want to draw a wolf in the style of Inuyasha, the popular Japanese manga series? Look no further. This 6-minute free video lesson presents a step-by-step overview of the process and is sure to have you howling with delight.
How To: Draw a girl's hand
The video demonstrated clearly about how to draw and sketch the hand of a girl in an easy way. First the illustrator drew a rectangular circle in the plain window. Then he drew another rectangular shape close to the first and divided the second shape into two halves so that it will look like fingers.
How To: Draw skulls the easy way in pencil
This short video shows how to draw a skull with a pencil. The video contains no spoken or written description of the process the artist in the video is going through, so to duplicate his drawing, you'll have to just watch and draw along. The artist starts the drawing by making two circles vertically, the lower circle being about half the size of the upper circle. He then adds the nostrils, eyes, and teeth, before going on to add some definition to the jaw area, making it look like a complete ...
How To: Do a cartoon line drawing of a reindeer
This video shows the viewer how to draw a cartoon reindeer. This is done by building up the character of the reindeer gradually -drawing different features in a set order to create the whole cartoon. The first stage is to draw the eyes and eyelids. The eyelids are crucial as they add character to the drawing. Next is the mouth and the nose, followed by the cheek and the eyes. The antlers complete the reindeers head. The body is very simple and simply compromises of four legs and a tail drawn ...
How To: Draw Sokka of Nickelodeon's Avatar: The Last Airbender
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to draw the character Sokka, from the show Avatar and the Last Airbender. Begin by drawing a circle for the head and a rectangular torso. Add the arms and a boomerang in one hand. Now add the legs and feet. Draw some guidelines on the face and add the hair. Draw the face and start outlining the whole image. Add the details while you outline. Erase the guidelines and start adding the color. This video will benefit those viewers who enjoy drawing in the...
How To: Draw Zexion
Start by drawing a sketch. Write a line that bold. Delete line a sketch out. Men appear as images. And then draw a mouth. Images as characters in the game FNVII.
How To: Draw a outdoor rainbow scene
This video is all about how to draw a rainbow. The picture is drawn using a computer paint tool. In a blank white page they started drawing the outline for the trees, shrubs, house.
How To: Draw Lilo & Stitch
Begin by drawing an oval and attach two feathered shaped ears to head. Draw guidelines for the face. Draw the face and a marshmallow shaped torso. Add the legs and arms. Add the detail and start erasing the guidelines. Repeat the similar steps for Lilo. Once finished both characters, color them. Add a darker shade of the colors for shading. Outline the characters and add all the details. This video will benefit those viewers who enjoy drawing on the computer and would like to learn how to dra...
How To: Draw a mountain scene on your computer
DrawingNow teaches you how to draw a mountain scene. You start with simple triangles on top of each other, which will serve as the sketch for the mountains. Use horizontal squiggly lines, which will act like a sketch for trees and water. You can color the sky blue to get that out of your way. Color each mountain a different shade of brown and make regions of white on the tops, to simulate snow. Then you have to color in the water and the mountains that are reflected in it. Next, draw grass ne...
How To: Draw Nintendo's Mario with creator Shigeru Miyamoto
YOUTUBE Shigeru Miyamoto demonstrates using simplistic shapes and lines, how to draw his freehand creation of Mario. Shigeru, without speaking, begins by drawing two ovals for the eyes, and then adds a third oval for the nose, sticking to a very simplistic, shape-oriented method. He works outward from the details of the face, to the surrounding details, such as the facial structure and then finishes by adding the hat with the characteristic capital "M". A few minimal additions, such as shadin...
How To: Draw the anime character Kenshin
This is a DrawingNow.com video tutorial of how to draw Kenshin from the "Samurai X" anime series ("Rurouni Kenshin" is the title in Japan). The tutorial begins with a blank page and demonstrates, stroke-by-stroke, how to sketch out the basic structure, and then builds on this to produce the finished article. The drawing has been carried out using the tools available on DrawingNow.com's own drawing applet, but the same steps could be done in any drawing program which supports layers. The tutor...
How To: Easily draw flowers step by step
This video demonstrates the process of drawing flowers. The camera is over the artists shoulder shooting down at a sketch pad the artist is drawing flowers on. There is no audio or sound in this video so you must simply watch the artist draw. She is using a pencil and draw a larger flowering plant in great detail. The camera zooms out and we see that the artist is actually sketching the flower that is directly in front of her. When she is finished she zooms in on the actual flower and the mov...
How To: Draw kids flying a kite on a computer
This movie is a silent animated account of how you draw the final picture (which is shown at the beginning of the clip) of two kids flying a kite. The lines are sketched roughly using pencil, and then over-inked. The original lines are erased and leaving outlines. Then you begin coloring in all the spaces just as you wish. There is no commentary and no music, but all the basic detail is there and you can follow easily the way the characters are drawn and colored from start to finish, making i...
How To: Draw Handy Manny
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to draw Handy Mandy. This is a close up, which means it’s easier to draw. Sketch a large circle for Handy Manny's face and box in his body. Flesh out the arms, draw in gloves, sketch in the T shirt, draw the cap and put details on the face. Handy Manny has big eyes, snob nose and a smiley mouth. To color this in, use the airbrush tool with orange for the face and rosy cheeks. Make the face red and white, then outline the whole thing in a darker shade....
How To: Draw Walt Disney's Peter Pan
This video turns teaches how to draw Peter Pan with ease. In less than 2.5 minutes he is drawn. Not only is he drawn be he is also colored. The drawing starts with a simple outline of the head and body. Color is then added to the hair, face, and clothing. Then some simple shading is done in the correct areas, such as the hair, eyes and shirt. It is so easy one could easily draw it by hand or on the computer using a paint-like program. The complete drawing is very recognizable and also very si...
How To: Draw the Simpson's Homer Simpson
The video shows you how to draw a Homer Simpson cartoon. Start off with a big circle and a smaller circle below. Draw two slightly diagonal lines to the sides, a slightly curved line below and two lines for the lower part of the head. Then add another circle on the left side of the smaller circle. Draw a small pickle shaped nose and an eyebrow above the left circle. Draw the ear just below the eye line. The hair is drawn above the ear, like an M shape. Draw the mouth and the lower lip and ext...
How To: Draw Squirtle from Pokémon
First, begin by drawing a big circle in the middle of the page. Then draw a smaller circle (about a third the size of the bigger one) above your first circle. This will be the head. Next draw two lines where you want the arms to be, and one leg on the right side. Next draw two big eyes and a big half circle mouth as well as a little curl (for the tail) on the left side, opposite the leg. In heavier ink trace over the head and face and begin to draw arms around the arm lines you drew earlier. ...