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How to Draw Mega Charizard X from Pokemon

How to Draw Mew – Material List

  • A piece of paper
  • A pencil
  • A black marker
  • An eraser
  • Some color pencils
    • black
    • gray
    • dark blue
    • blue
    • dark red
    • red
  • A Sticky roller (optional)

Reference Picture: https://imgur.com/qO43EK4

How to Draw Mega Charizard X – Step 1 – Basic Shape and Stick Figuring

How to Draw Mega Charizard X - Step 1 - Basic Shape and Stick Figuring
  • Draw a circle for the head
  • Draw two curve on the head circle to locate horns
  • Draw a cross for the nose
  • Draw an egg/pear shape for the body
  • Draw the neck to connect the head to the body
  • Draw two circles for the shoulders
  • Draw two circles for the fists
  • Draw stick arms and connect the shoulders with the fists
  • Draw two egg shape for the thighs
  • Draw two rectangles for the feet
  • Draw a banana shape for the tail
  • Draw two curves on each shoulder to locate the horns
  • Draw stick wings, pay attention to the anatomy/structure of the wing arms

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 Mew – Step 2 – Form Figuring

How to Draw Mega Charizard X - Step 2 - Form Figuring
  • Draw cross on head circle, it will help us locate the facial features in Step 3
  • Draw two curved horns on the head based
  • Refine nose circle to define nose shape
  • Draw two curved horns on each shoulder
  • Refine fist circles to define claw and nails
  • Draw form of the arms based on the stick arms
  • Draw lines to locate the toe nails on the feet
  • Draw curves to divide the general shape of the wings
  • Draw rough forms for the flames that’s coming out of the mouth and the tip of the tail
  • Continue refining forms until all forms are defined

How to Draw Mega Charizard X – Step 3 – Refined Pencil Drawing 1st Pass

How to Draw Mega Charizard X - Step 3 - Refined Pencil Drawing 1st Pass
  • Refine the head shape and draw all facial features
  • Refine the neck, draw two triangles for the fins on the neck
  • Refine the arms and the body
  • Refine the thigh, draw and indicate where the knees are
  • Refine the feet, draw the toe nails
  • Refine the tail and the flame on the tip
  • Refine the wings, pay attention to the anatomy of the wing arms

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

How to Draw Mega Charizard X – Step 4 – Refined Pencil Drawing 2nd Pass

How to Draw Mega Charizard X - Step 4A - Refined Pencil Drawing 2nd Pass
  • Erase all lines lightly, DO NOT erase completely, enough to still see all lines

Tip: After you erase your drawing will look very dirty, but that is fine. After you trace with marker you can clean up all the pencil lines.

How to Draw Mega Charizard X - Step 4B - Refined Pencil Drawing 2nd Pass
  • Continue refining until all lines are definitive

How to Draw Mega Charizard X – Step 5 – Trace Pencil Lines with Marker

How to Draw Mega Charizard X - Step 5 - 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 Mega Charizad X – Step 6 – Color in Midtone

How to Draw Mega Charizard X - Step 6 - Color in Midtone
  • Color the iris with red
  • Color the flame, wingspan, front of the body, and tip of the horns blue
  • Color the rest of the body gray

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 Mega Charizard – Step 7 – Color in Shadow

How to Draw Mega Charizard - Step 7 - Color in Shadow
  • Color the deeper area of the iris with black
  • Color the shadow area of blue with dark blue
  • Color the shadow are of gray with black

Tip: Use a sticky roller to clean up the color pencil shavings

How to Draw Mega Charizard – Step 8 – Thicken Profile Lines

How to Draw Mega Charizard X - step 8 - 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 Mega Charizard X – Complete

Mega Charizard X Drawing

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