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How to Draw Charmander from Pokemon

How to Draw Charmander – Material List

  • A piece of paper
  • A pencil
  • A bold point black marker
  • An eraser
  • Some crayons
    • brown
    • tan orange
    • yellow brown
    • golden yellow
    • red
    • pink
    • purple
    • blue
  • A sticky roller (optional)

Reference Picture: https://imgur.com/0XiXtvC

How to Draw Charmander – Step 1 – Basic Shape and Form

How to Draw Charmander - Step 1 - Basic Shape and Form
  • Draw a circle for the head
  • Draw a cross on the circle as if it was a sphere
  • Draw two ovals with flat bottom for the eyes
  • Draw the mouth like shape of a crescent
  • Draw an egg shape for the body, and another egg shape for the belly
  • Draw two half ovals like orange slices for the arms
  • Draw two ovals for the legs, roughly draw the shape of the feet
  • Draw the tail and the roughly the shape of the flame on the tip of the tail

Tip: Double check the locations of your shapes with the reference, use your pencil as a measuring tool to correct any proportion that is off.

How to Draw Charmander – Step 2 – Refined Pencil Drawing

How to Draw Charmander - Step 2 - Refined Pencil Drawing
  • Draw the details like all the fingers, toe nails, teeth, and nostrils
  • Draw the details in the eyes
  • Refine and darken all definitive lines, leave the hidden lines alone
  • Continue refining rough sketch until all lines are definitive

Tip: Draw lightly, use short and repetitive strokes, slowing draw heavier as you commit to more definitive lines.

How to Draw Charmander – Step 3 – Trace Pencil Lines with Marker

How to Draw Charmander - Step 3 - Trace Pencil Lines with Marker
  • Trace the pencil lines with a black marker
  • Use an eraser to erase all the pencil lines so that only the marker lines remain

Tip 1: Rotate the paper to draw smoother lines

Tip 2: Break up long lines with shorter strokes, connect the short strokes to make line look continuous.

Tip 3: Push lighter on the maker to create thinner lines for small details.

Tip 4: hold down the paper with your other hand to avoid wrinkle and creases on paper

Tip 5: Use a sticky roller to clean up the eraser rubbings.

How to Draw Charmander – Step 4 – Color in Midtone

How to Draw Charmander - Step 4 - Color in Midtone
  • Color the eyes with blue
  • Color the tongue with pink
  • Color the belly with golden yellow
  • Color the flame with golden yellow and red
  • Color the body with tan orange

Tip: Color evenly, and follow direction of your strokes with the form of the object

Glossary – Midtone: the flat neutral color of an object without light and shadow

How to Draw Charmander – Step 5 – Color in Shadow

How to Draw Charmander - Step 5 - Color in Shadow
  • Color the shadow area of pink with purple
  • Color the shadow area of golden yellow with yellow brown
  • Color the shadow area of tan orange with brown

Tip: Use a sticky roller to clean up the crayon shavings

How to Draw Charmander – Step 6 – Thicken Profile Lines

How to Draw Charmander - Step 6 - Thicken Profile Lines
  • Thicken the profile lines with a black marker

Glossary – Profile lines: The outer borderlines of a major form like head, body, arms and legs. Detail lines like pattern on the body and facial features are usually not consider profile lines.

How to Draw Charmander – Complete

Charmander Drawing

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Hello, my name is Richie.

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