So you got a itch to draw something from chrono? How about Crono himself? Well, okay, that's great. but you have no clue how to draw without it look like a pile of shit.
Old Grey's here to help.
What yer gonna need: Paper, and a pencil. doesn't fucking matter the type of pencil or paper. Really. just get something. binder paper, I don't care. as long as you can see your goddamn lines. Goddamn.
The second thing you're going to need is patience. It took me forever to learn how to not suck, it's gonna take you forever too. But you'll learn kids.
Alright while you guys are using paper and pencil, ole' grey here is gonna use photoshop. Why? because it's like 400 dollars and I'm going to get mileage out of this damn thing.
alright so my setup is at 2.5 x 3.5 inches at 300 pixel per square inch. It's small, but I like drawing small.
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ImageShack.usFiddle with the controls on your own time, let's get started drawing heads.
And since this is the Chrono Compendium, Let's draw my girl Kid's head.
Right so you got your paper and pencil ready and you're like, crap, where do I even start, the whole thing is complicated. Well, start with a circle. No really. Draw a circle. Doesn't have to be pretty, you're a beginner. Just remember to make it light enough to draw darker lines over it. Make sure you have room to add other things, too: Kid isn't just a circle after all. When you're done, it should look like this:
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ImageShack.usGot the circle? good. now draw down the middle, and pull it out a little past half a circle outside said circle. This will be the guide for the chin and jaw. When you're finished, draw lines from the bottom point of the line, and pull them out to the till they reach the circle. They should end up looking like a V. they shouldn't reach to the middle of the circle: that means you've gone narrow. The wider the V the more childlike the face is, and Kid's face is childish in design. It should look like this when you're done.
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ImageShack.usMy picture is off center, so it's a little different, no worries.
Alright so we have our guides set. Good job. Time to start defining! the cheek and chin are easy to define: it's all about hard and soft triangles. what do I mean? well let's look.
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ImageShack.usNotice it yet? Using the guides, draw an arch from one end to the other. The sharpness of the arch and it's placement and the length of the guide determine the chin. a sharper chin can be made with high, sharper arches, or even straight lines. for now, just draw very basic one using the guides. We'll get to a sharper chin some other time.
You may have noticed I darked a piece of the circle, that because I'm using the off center view, and so, need to define the forehead a little. Basically, simply darken the side of the head and attach it to the chin. No sharp lines here.
So now that we have our chin done. Go ahead and add some ears. Start at the top of the chin, and draw 2/3 of a oval. Once your down, draw the same thing on the other side, make sure their roughly the same size: you'll be using these as guides shortly. If you're doing an angel, on your head, use the lead ear and from the connecting points, draw a guide following the curve of the head.
Alright using the ears, make the guides for your eyes across the face. the cent of the face is for the nose, so make a box for it. on either side of the box, add another like, so you have 3 of them side by side. If it's at an angle like line, make sure the side closer to the front is appropriately wider then the rear.
Got them down? Don't worry, it'll take a little prating to visual the curve of the face.