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Drawing Boba Fett February 28, 2005 Ever wanted to draw Star Wars characters 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 and memorable characters in the saga. So get your pencils and paper ready! To show you how to draw one of the galaxy's most-feared bounty hunters -- Boba Fett , Star Wars illustrator Joe Corroney explains his easy drawing steps with examples below. Steps 1-7 are to be drawn lightly with a pencil. No pen, no dark lines. Finished lines and details will come at the end. Step One: Draw a simple circle with a vertical line down the center and another horizontal line just below the halfway point through the middle of the shape. Use the top or bottom of a small cup to draw your circle if you like since they can be tricky to draw freehand. Remember that these lines are just temporary so if you sketch them lightly they'll be easy to erase later. Step Two: Draw four more connecting lines below the circle to represent the lower shape of Boba's helmet. You'll be using the upper half of the circle as part of your final shape. Step Three: Using the first two lines you drew as our guides, draw the T-shaped visor for the helmet.

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  • Drawing Boba FettFebruary 28, 2005Ever wanted to draw Star Wars characters 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 and memorable characters in the saga. So get your pencils and paper ready!

    To show you how to draw one of the galaxy's most-feared bounty hunters -- Boba Fett, Star Wars illustrator Joe Corroney explains his easy drawing steps with examples below.

    Steps 1-7 are to be drawn lightly with a pencil. No pen, no dark lines. Finished lines and details will come at the end.

    Step One:Draw a simple circle with a vertical line down the center and another horizontal line just below the halfway point through the middle of the shape. Use the top or bottom of a small cup to draw your circle if you like since they can be tricky to draw freehand. Remember that these lines are just temporary so if you sketch them lightly they'll be easy to erase later.

    Step Two:Draw four more connecting lines below the circle to represent the lower shape of Boba's helmet. You'll be using the upper half of the circle as part of your final shape.

    Step Three:Using the first two lines you drew as our guides, draw the T-shaped visor for the helmet.

  • Step Four:Add these ellipses and curve lines below the visor on both sides to finish giving the helmet its shape. If you mess up it's okay, just erase your sketch lines and try again!

    Step Five:Now you can draw the side panels and the antenna scope for his helmet at the sides of your circle. You'll notice this is where our drawing of Boba Fett finally starts to come together.

    Step Six:Now you should start erasing your guide lines and doing some general clean-up on your line work. You can tighten up your drawing by making the lines you want to keep a little darker with your pencil. Begin shading in the visor and other parts of the helmet like the inside curves. This gives your drawing a sense of lighting and makes it feel three dimensional. To add some reflections inside the visor leave some white areas when you shade it or just use your eraser make them.

    Step Seven:Almost there... now we just need to start adding the necessary details to take your art to the next level. Add little arrows above the top-

    Step Eight:You just drew Boba Fett! Be sure to sign your name on your artwork, hang it on a carbonite block (or your refrigerator even) and

    Step Nine:Once you've got Boba down, try your hand at illustrating his bounty hunting dad, Jango Fett. To begin, simply follow Steps One through

  • middle of the visor and a well placed dent (or two) in the helmet along with the rectangular markings on the right side. Add more shading and little cracks, scratches and scuffs in the helmet to make it feel used and weathered. This is my favorite part of drawing Boba Fett! Have fun drawing at this stage since it's the all of the little details that set him apart from other bounty hunters and makes him look so cool to begin with.

    proudly display it for your friends and family!

    Six. Now add those same little arrow details along with thin pin stripes across the helmet just above the visor. Jango's helmet is more polished since it's not as beat up as Boba's so instead of adding lots of dents and scratches experiment with different shading on the helmet and reflections in the visor. If you really want to impress your friends make up new markings and details on your helmet to create your own Mandalorian super-commando!

  • Drawing a Clone TrooperOctober 18, 2005Ever 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, as well as new faces and creatures from Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (available on DVD Nov. 1). So get your pencils and paper ready!

    The Republic clone trooper represents the future of galactic warfare. Being far more advanced than the battle droid armies. As discovered in Attack of the Clones, the clones were grown from genetic material taken from an extremely skilled bounty hunter named Jango Fett in the cloning facilities of Tipoca City, on Kamino. Growth acceleration was key to the clones' development as they were constantly trained in fighting techniques, piloting skills and battlefield tactics.

    Clone troopers wore hard white armor, their identical faces concealed behind a t-shaped visor. In the first units, color-coded armor showed rank, with green troopers being sergeants, blue being lieutenants, red being captains, and yellow being commanders. By the end of the war, color-designation came to signify not rank, but individual units, who often became more customized with mission specific gear and armor modifications such as the Galactic Marines, the Shock Troopers, the Attack Battalion and the Star Corps. (As you draw your own clone troopers, you can decide what their color scheme will be.)

    During the Clone Wars, the clones fought alongside the Jedi Masters who led them into battle, creating a lifelong bond that only soldiers understand. But in Revenge of the Sith, fans see clone troopers at their deadliest, following Order 66 given by the Emperor to exterminate all Jedi from the Jedi Temple and various battlegrounds on planets scattered throughout the galaxy.

    Star Wars webstrip illustrator Tom Hodges explains his super-easy steps on how to draw your very own clone trooper.

    Steps 1-7 are to be drawn lightly with a pencil. No pen, no dark lines. Finished lines and details will come at the end.

  • Step One:Start with the circle. Always start with the circle when drawing any character -- even ones with weird heads.

    Step Two:On the circle, divide your center of the face/helmet and the eye line guide. This is a 3/4 view which is very common when drawing characters. This allows you to show both the front and part of the side of the character. At this point, it helps to throw in a basic shape to the body to help you along the way further.

    Step Three:Now start to create more "guides" to your clone trooper. Bring the center of the face/helmet line further, the clone's "mouth" which is just a basic triangle without the bottom line. Put a small circle on the side of the large circle of where the ear would be. Add the shoulders and a collar of his armor.

    Step Four:Start bringing more shapes and details into the piece. The lower lines for the helmet, the break off of the shoulder and chest armor. And you'll notice another "eye line" slightly under the existing line.

  • Step Five:This is where the fun begins! Now is the time to add some details such as the visor and "mouth" lines, the "speakers" on the front of the mask and the shortened "fin" on top of the helmet.

    Step Six:Start to really take those bits and pieces and put this puzzle together. The helmet details, as you can see are just a matter of taking what you did in Steps 4 and 5 and filling in the blanks. It is all basic lines and shapes.

    Step SevenThe straps on the chest armor have a series of lines across that need to be filled in. Work on adding more detail to the helmet's "mouth" lines. You can also figure out various details you need to add by looking at pictures of clones as well as clone action figures. You might also find small X's in certain spots over the clone. This is to save you time. If you're going to ink the piece in the next step the X's

    Step Eight:I use a Rapidograph pen with India Ink and a brush for the larger areas. But you can use Micron pens, Uni-Ball pens and Sharpie Markers -- or anything you're comfortable with like waterproof markers. Erase your lines, and you have a crisp, clean clone trooper!

  • will make it so you won't have to fill those in with pencil and you can use your colored pencils or markers.

    Step Nine:I did this in Adobe Photoshop, you can do it with crayons, color pencils, markers -- whatever you choose. I went with the 501st "Vader's Legion" motif on this guy. You can just about go with any color scheme you like. Create your own color scheme for your clone. Make it your own design!

  • Drawing the Millennium FalconJanuary 12, 2005Ever wanted to draw Star Wars characters 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 and memorable characters in the saga. So get your pencils and paper ready!

    To show you how to draw Han Solo's fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy -- the Millennium Falcon, Star Wars illustrator Chris Trevas explains his easy drawing steps with examples below.

    Steps 1-7 are to be drawn lightly with a pencil. No pen, no dark lines. Finished lines and details will come at the end.

    Step One:Start by drawing two ellipses, one on top of the other. An ellipse is what a circle looks like from an angle, similar to an oval, but not as rounded at the sides. In the early days George Lucas used to describe the Millennium Falcon as a "Flying Hamburger," think of these two ellipses as the bun.

    Step Two:Now draw a smaller ellipse within in the top ellipse. It should be just a little above the center. From the center of this new small ellipse draw a straight line angled down and to the right. This line will be the direction the Millennium Falcon is pointing.

    Step Three:Step Four:Cut the front off of this big triangle by drawing

  • Draw a straight line coming from each side of the larger top ellipse to a point on the center line. Then draw two more lines from the sides of the lower ellipse parallel to the lines coming from the top one. You now have a big triangle coming off the front of the "Hamburger."

    a wide rectangle. The sides of this rectangle will be straight up and down. The top and bottom of the rectangle are angled from this point of view. The corners will be where the sides cross the lines drawn in Step Three. Divide this rectangle into three smaller equal size rectangles with two more short lines.

    Step Five:Draw two long straight lines from the top of the new center rectangle to the small ellipse on top of the "Hamburger." These lines should be parallel to the center line we drew in Step Two. Draw one more line from the bottom right corner of the small center triangle. This one should be parallel to the rest but you can stop short at the edge of the bottom large ellipse. Now draw two lines from the small center ellipse out to each side of the larger ellipse. These will be angled like the front rectangle.

    Step Six:The lines out to the sides are the guides for drawing the raised areas that divide the front and back of the ship. Draw the long rectangles and angled sides for them. At the end of each of these draw a tapered cup shape. These cups don't stick out any further than sides of the "Hamburger Bun." Draw an even smaller ellipse inside the top center ellipse. This is the gunner's window. Draw the center rectangle between the front wedge shapes now. Follow the earlier guidelines but make it a little wider. It will stop short of the wedge shapes so you will also draw a little bit of the bottom rectangle too. Now the Millennium Falcon is really taking shape!

    Step Seven:Han and Chewie need a place to sit! Add a cockpit and the hallway to it. The cockpit is a cup shape with a short cylinder behind it and

    Step Eight:Now all the main shapes of the ship are drawn and you can lightly erase the lines you don't need and start to darken up the others. It's time for the details! There are two round holes

  • the hallway angles in towards the center of the ship. George Lucas referred to the cockpit as an olive off to one side of the hamburger.

    on each of the front wedges and an octagonal hole between the cockpit hallway and the center rectangle. Draw a group of six ellipses on the back end for the rear vents of the engine. Also add a line to either side of these vents. The radar dish is a simple ellipse with a couple more below it to make the base.

    Step Nine:More detail! Add the bracket to support the radar dish and a small cone in the center of it. The gun turret on top is basically a box with four cylinders sticking out. Across the back behind the engine vents add the wide stabilizer fin. Shield generators go to each side of the center rectangle. Add some shadows in the gap under the center rectangle and within the holes. Don't forget the cockpit windows!

    Step Ten:Draw some more detail lines and the different color panels on the ship's hull. Along the edges add the "meat" of this flying hamburger, you can keep it simple by drawing some lines and boxes. I also like to add a sweep behind the Falcon coming from the engines to give it that extra burst of speed!

  • Drawing ChewbaccaDecember 14, 2005Ever 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, as well as new faces and creatures from Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (now available on DVD).

    The fur-covered Wookiee, Chewbacca, was known not only as Han Solo's sidekick in the original trilogy, but also as a loyal warrior during the Clone Wars on his home planet of Kashyyyk.

    Star Wars illustrator Cat Staggs explains with easy-to-follow steps on how to draw Chewbacca.

    Steps 1-7 are to be drawn lightly with a pencil. No pen, no dark lines. Finished lines and details will come at the end.

    Step One:Begin your drawing of Chewbacca by first imagining him as a "hairless hairball," then lightly draw a simple oval. Now cross the oval with two center lines: one vertical and one horizontal. (As these lines begin to break down the oval shape into smaller shapes, you might start to see places for Chewie's eyes and nose). Draw a second horizontal at chin or chest level and then split the space between the central and second horizontals with a short, mouth-size line. Finally, split the distance between mouth and eye lines with a short nose line.

    Step Two:Next add the eyes, nose, and mouth using very basic, lightly-drawn shapes. Fuzzball looks pretty silly without hair. But first we need to create some bone structure for your Wookiee.

  • Step Three:Hair drapes over bones, like water runs over rocks. It clings, rises and falls in and around. Create this effect by adding lightly-drawn shapes that further break down the oval into smaller areas. Circle the eyes and the nose to form the eye sockets and nose-bridge. Extend the downward lines of the nose then the mouth, circling around and in with each line. Within the bottom circle, draw two more lines above the shoulder line to form the hills of Chewie's chin. Move the space between the eye sockets, nose bridge and muzzle (nose to mouth area) and show the circular cheeks.

    Step Four:Include a brow line over Chewie's eye sockets. Add nostrils for breathing. Form a simple mouth by outlining your original mouth shape. Sketch in lightly-drawn teeth. Begin Chewie's hair by outlining his eye sockets with a circular "fringe" of lines. Add a second, much larger series of "fringes" beginning from his temples down through his shoulders and to his chest.

    Step Five:Step Six:Note that each line you add forms a crease,

  • Each shape that you've lightly drawn should now receive a hair transplant. So replace your shapes with "fringes" -- lines that further show how Chewie's hair rises over his brown line, wrapping back over his scalp. It streams over his cheekbones and chin draping down onto his shoulders. Erase the under drawing and begin to add details gradually.

    and that creases are the dark areas, the shadows opposite the highlights. Slowly render hair through individual lines that build shadows and highlights. But don't try to show each hair. And remember that Chewie's hair has mass and body -- and even bounce!

    Step Seven:Continue to build shadowy spaces within his hair especially in areas like the eye sockets, nostrils, and mouth. Also show the shadows under and between clumps and fringes of hair. Remember the darkest shadows are next to the brightest highlights.

    Step Eight:As your drawing now has volume and appears to be 3-D, continue to build volume starting with the lightest shadows. Work towards the darkest shadows gradually, leaving the highlights for the last. This particular project includes the addition of white to further highlight the fine hair and other tiny details like the light shining in Chewie's eyes.