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How to Draw Shogunyan from Yo-Kai Watch

How to Draw Shogunyan – Material List

  • A piece of paper
  • A pencil
  • A medium point black marker
  • A fine point black marker
  • An eraser
  • Some color pencils
    • dark tan
    • light tan
    • dark gold
    • yellow
    • dark blue
    • blue
    • dark turquoise
    • turqoise
    • dark brown
    • orange
    • dark red brown
    • red
  • A sticky roller (optional)

Reference Picture: https://imgur.com/PAdgbIf https://imgur.com/E5ZGRjy

How to Draw Shogunyan – Step 1 – Basic Shape and Form 1st Pass

How to Draw Shogunyan - Step 1 - Basic Shape and Form 1st Pass
  • Draw a circle for the head
  • Draw a cross on the circle as if it was a sphere
  • Draw a square for the body
  • Draw two triangles for the legs
  • Draw two eggplant shapes for the arms
  • Draw two circles for the flames at the tip of the tail, and then draw a curve line representing the tail
  • Draw two triangles for the ears

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 Shogunyan – Step 2 – Basic Shape and Form 2nd Pass

How to Draw Shogunyan - Step 2 - Basic Shape and Form 2nd Pass
  • Draw two circles for the eyes
  • Draw an oval for the helmet detail between the eyes
  • Draw the key lines for the mouth
  • Draw the key lines for the sides of the helmet and the moon piece
  • Draw a circle for the necklace piece
  • Rough in the shapes for the armor on the body and shoulder
  • Rough in the sword

Glossary – Key Lines: The primary lines that defines the overall placements, shape, and orientation of the form, like anchor points

Glossary – Fill Lines: The secondary lines that connect and fill the gap between each key lines

How to Draw Shogunyan – Step 3 – Refined Pencil Drawing

How to Draw Shogunyan - Step 3 - Refined Pencil Drawing
  • Refine all facial details
  • Refine the helmet
  • Refine the body and the arm
  • Refine the legs and the tail
  • 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 Shogunyan – Step 4 – Trace Pencil Lines with Marker

How to Draw Shogunyan - Step 4 - 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 Shogunyan – Step 5 – Color in Midtone

How to Draw Shogunyan - Step 5 - Color in Midtone
  • Double check your light source location, analyze all the highlight areas and leave it uncolored
  • Color in all midtones by referencing the reference picture

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 Shogunyan – Step 6 – Color in Shadow

How to Draw Shogunyan - Step 6 - Color in Shadow
  • Color the shadow area of yellow with dark gold
  • Color the shadow area of peach tan with brown brown
  • Color the shadow area of turquoise with dark turquoise
  • Color the shadow area of red with dark red brown
  • Color the shadow area of blue with dark blue

How to Draw Shogunyan – Step 7 – Thicken Profile Lines

How to Draw Shogunyan - Step 7 - 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 Shogunyan – Complete

Shogunyan Drawing

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