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Star Wars illustrator Jessica Hickman explains with these easy-to-follow steps how to draw the acrobatic thief Cassie Cryar from the Season 2 of The Clone Wars.
Steps 1-3 are drawn lightly with pencil. No pen, no dark lines. Finished lines and details will come at the end.
Step One:
First draw the basic shapes for Cassie's head and upper body. Keep your pencil lines nice and loose as you decide what poses you'd like her to be in. Since she's a thief, I thought she should be in a running pose.
Step Two:
Next roughly draw in lines on her face where you would like to put her eyes and start to draw in her vest. I've also placed loose circles where her hands will be.
Step Three:
Now it's time for a little more detail. Make sure to leave the pencil lines light, in case you're not happy with it and have to erase them. Place more detail in her face, hair, upper body, arms and hands.
Step Four:
Time to color! I like to color with markers, but you can use anything you want -- crayons, colored pencils, and even the computer. You can even make copies of your finished pencil drawing to practice using different coloring media. I add a lot of layers with my markers before I'm ready to ink and highlight the drawing. First, I put down the grayscale using markers.
After the grayscale, I then start adding Cassie's color. I add the black ink lines after I'm done coloring, so it won't bleed when touched with the wet marker. Wait until the markers are completely dry, then go over it with the ink outlines. Use a black pen to go around Cassie's face and body. It can be hard to get a nice, smooth line. Practice makes perfect.
Then add some white pencil to lighten up certain areas, and thicker white paint for the final, strong, white highlights -- like the dots in her eyes, lips, etc. Now you're done! Don't forget to sign your drawing before you show it to family and friends.
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