Drawing graphic novel characters

Name: Drawing graphic novel characters
Uploaded: 2022-09-20T18:30:20+00:00
Duration: 41 s
Channel: Ryan Maloney
Description: In this instructional video, Ryan Maloney walks viewers through drawing Hammerdoula, the villain from his graphic novel "The Night My Bed Turned into a…

20 Sept 2022 · 1 min

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In this instructional video, Ryan Maloney walks viewers through drawing Hammerdoula, the villain from his graphic novel "The Night My Bed Turned into a Submarine." He begins with basic geometric shapes—blue circle for the head, V‑shaped neck and shoulder line, hips, and short legs—then adds limbs using circles for elbows and points for feet. He details facial features such as hammerhead eyes, a stitched left eye, and a creepy smile with shark teeth. Clothing elements like a ripped shirt, turtle shoulder pads, elbow pads, and wrapped hands are sketched, followed by a sword. Ryan demonstrates a second pass with reduced blue opacity to refine the eye, duplicates layers to add color beneath line work, and finalizes the character illustration.

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Let's draw Hammerdoula. He's the bad guy in The Night My Bed Turned into a Submarine. Let's draw the blue circle and the neck and the shoulder line. Big V. Here are my hips. The legs are much shorter and smaller than the body. Feet are just gonna be two points. Let's draw some arms out to the side. Circles for the elbows. Draw a sword. Draw those hammerhead eyes. He's gonna have stitches on his left eye. Turn down the blue opacity. This can be our second pass. Here's his stitched-up eye. Here's the eyeball we do see. Ripped-up shirt. Turtle shoulder pads. Big creepy smile. Shark teeth. Teeth coming out, arms with these elbow pads on. His hands are wrapped too. Draw in the sword. Duplicate this layer and add color on this layer underneath. That's Hammerdula.