Hi! Hope I’m not bothering you but I just wanted to say that i really admire your art, especially the way you draw the clones! They truly look like Temuera Morrison, and your unwhitewashed art of the Bad Batch are some of my favourite Star Wars fan art. If you don’t mind, could you do a tutorial on how you draw the clones? I’d love to learn some tips from you! No pressure of course! Thank you and have a nice day! 🙇
aaa thank you anon!!! im so flattered you'd ask me for a tutorial,,, and just so you know, i'll be riding off the high from this for the rest of the week <3 anyway i've done a quick tutorial below, i hope you’ll find it helpful!
explanations typed out below:
1. begin by looking at references of temuera morrison.
being the face of jango fett and therefore all the clones, the most important thing to start with is to familiarize yourself with his features in order to draw an accurate portrayal of him! i really recommend using pictures and taking note of features like: his round, broad nose and prominent nose bridge; hooded, downturned diamond/almond-shaped eyes; thicker, triangular brows; round, oval chin, flat cheekbones, and dense, thick curly hair.
2. start with a circle to position the nose.
once you have an idea of the angle you're going to draw him in, start by drawing a circle to place the nose. the circle helps with shaping the nose and gives you a bit of an idea of the size of the face you're drawing. try to keep your lines smooth, curved, and as natural as you can. (tip: see the clone wars/tbb style? do the opposite of that.) the circle works for any face angle.
3. continue with the eyes.
i usually start by drawing the left eye, or the eye closer to the camera, depending on the angle or whichever is nearer. in this one, i began with the left eye. i like to draw a prominent inner eye line (the medial canthus region) and move outward from there in one sweep to draw the top lid. from there i picture the eye shape in mind, or use a reference, to draw the lower lid. lastly, i do the other eye after connecting the nose bridge to the eyebrow with one line.
remember that his eyes are more deep-set and his nose bridge is prominent, meaning that in some angles, the eye that's further away from the viewer may be easier obscured than, say, someone with a flatter nose bridge and more prominent/protruding eyes. also, remember that the nose and nose bridge is a 3d structure and can cast its own shadow!
4. fill in the brows.
keeping in mind that tem’s brows are more triangularly shaped, with points in the middle pointing up, fill in the brows with short, almost cross-hatched lines. you can plan the shape before drawing (as seen in step 4 in the picture.)
5. draw the lips.
start with the top lip. for the lips, i like to fill in the top lip after finding the right shape and width for the lips. i like to exaggerate the cupid’s bow a little because it comes naturally, but do it the way you like. once you’re finished with shaping the top lip, complete the bottom lip. tem’s lips are about equal in,,,thickness? height? as always, refer to pictures.
6. shape the face.
start drawing the face shape with the chin! you can use a circle or an oval to position the chin. remember that tem’s chin points more inward, instead of outward. therefore, his jaw and chin meet inwards (again, pull up a reference). once you’re satisfied with the chin shape, move to the top and sketch out his forehead region, taking note of the flat and round contours of his face. (basically, try to remember that there’s a skull, muscles and fat below the skin; you can simplify the shapes, but normal anatomy rules apply.)
once you’re happy with the face shape, finish off with the ears. there’s not much to say about this one, but tem’s ears come slightly to a point instead of round at the tip, and the earlobes are more attached than free.
7. draw the hair.
you can begin planning hair by sketching out the hairline and head shape. it’ll make it easier to estimate where you want the hair to go, and applies to all hairstyles.
i know the clones have a variety of hairstyles, but they should all have the same texture, no matter the length. practice drawing hair in short, round, tight curls for short hair (like jango’s) and remember to keep that even for longer hair (like tup’s). one suggestion i have is to refer to pictures of afro or kinky textured hair to get a better understanding of what i’m talking about.
8. colours
once you’re happy with the hair, go ahead and freely add skin details and shadows. then add colour. for colouring in digital art, you can take a dropper to get a basis for the skin tone. remember that lighting has an effect on skin tone, so compare the colour you’ve selected on different backgrounds to see how it changes. if the character is in bright light (e.g. in harsh sunlight or white light), you run the risk of making your character look ashy—or worse, whitewashed. @/dsm7 offers a more thorough explanation in their post here.
one way to fix that is by increasing saturation (chromatic intensity) and decreasing brightness (adding shadow). you can do that by moving diagonally right and down in a colour square. ive demonstrated how to do that in the image above.
once you’re happy with the colour, colour it the way you like! (there’s not much to say on my part, even i’m not too sure how i colour ngl)
Please share this!!!!! As you resident vitiligan and fellow artist I am here to educate people on how to properly create a character with vitiligo and other things to keep in mind about the disorder.
Only 1% of the entire world’s population has vitiligo but I see so many artists making characters with it when they sometimes don’t even know what vitiligo is and pass it off as “skin pigmentation”. Like— what does that even mean??? XD
It’s not an aesthetic and it won’t get you “diversity points” so stop romanticizing vitiligo!
Honestly very happy to see this, especially the part that emphasises that skin tone has nothing to do with the likeliness of developing vitiligo. You can be as white as snow and have it.
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Bio: Melanie is a portrait artist and marketing specialist based in Florida. Her favorite medium is acrylic on canvas, but loves to dabble in marker and ink. She loves to travel and has an extensive collection of journals where she tries to fill wherever she goes. She loves tea (iced and hot) and is a co-host on the podcast The Legend of the Traveling TARDIS.
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Bio: Melanie is a portrait artist and marketing specialist based in Florida. Her favorite medium is acrylic on canvas, but loves to dabble in marker and ink. She loves to travel and has an extensive collection of journals where she tries to fill wherever she goes. She loves tea (iced and hot) and is a co-host on the podcast The Legend of the Traveling TARDIS.
Check out my store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/PiecesofMelee
Photo credit (C) Melanie Dean
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