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Front
View
Step
1:
Most Dragonball Z
characters can be drawn using these basic
shapes and proportions. Dragonball Z
characters all have similarly constructed
faces: they have large foreheads, slanted,
triangular eyes, and small lower faces.
Once you see how the basic face is
proportioned, it should be easier to draw
whichever character you like. Begin by
drawing a large, slightly elongated circle
for the forehead. Draw the lower half of
the face and divide it up with lightly
drawn guidelines as shown. Notice that the
lower half of his face can be divided up
into equal sections; the main horizontal
guidelines are equidistant from each
other. He has a very large head, yet a
relatively small face, so the circle
should be much larger than the lower half
of the face. Draw the slanted guidelines
for the eyes, and sketch the position of
the mouth (which should be directly below
the guideline for the nose). Make sure all
the guidelines are drawn lightly, because
you are going to erase them later on.
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Step
2:
Draw the outline of
the eyes, which are just blocky, angled
trapezoids. Make sure the bottom and tops
of the eyes line up with the slanted
guideline you drew in earlier. Draw the
nose and mouth, making them very small and
close together. The nose should be sort of
like a curved, blocky 'L' or wedge. Draw
the ears, as well; they should be pretty
big. Note the marks on the sides of his
head just above the eyes; these are part
of his eyebrow ridge, which is rather
prominent since he has such a high
hairline. To draw these, just make the
sides of the face curve out slightly at
the point where the lower half of the face
meets the circle.
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Step
3:
Erase any
unnecessary guidelines and sketch the
outline of his hair. The hair is very
large and spiky. He has a very high
hairline, so make sure you don't draw the
hair too low on the face. Add more detail
to his eyes, and the shading under the
mouth. When drawing his eyebrows, make
sure that they rest directly above his
eyes.
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Step 4:
Next, erase all the
guidelines. Add the shading under his eyes
and add detail to his ears, and draw the
neck. DBZ necks are usually pretty wide,
so make sure the neck starts just beneath
the ears. Make sure to add some lines
above his eyebrows to further develop the
eyebrow ridge. Erase any unwanted lines
and clean up your sketch.
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Step
5:
Take your final
sketch and color or shade it however you
like. Notice that the shading on his hair
is very subtle (you can barely see it),
but gives the otherwise flat spikes a
little more dimension.
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3/4
View
Step
1:
Next, we'll draw the
3/4 view. These proportions will work for
other DBZ characters, too. Draw a large
circle, then add the lower half of the
face and divide the shapes up with
guidelines. These are pretty much the same
shapes as in the front view, except they
have been rotated downwards and to the
side. The 3/4 view has less guidelines
than the front view, but that's only
because adding them would be unneccesary
at this angle. We'll only be using the
guidelines for the eyes, nose, and the
central guideline that runs from the
forehead to the chin./font>
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Step
2:
Next, use the upper
horizontal guideline to draw in the eyes.
Draw the nose and mouth, making sure to
draw the mouth very close to the nose. The
features of the face should have very
sharp angles. Notice that while on the
front view his nose looks small, on the
3/4 view it is much longer and pointed.
Draw his ear, too, which should be very
large.
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Step
3:
Erase all the
unnecessary guidelines. Draw the basic
shape of his hair, making it very thick
and pointy. Make sure you make his
hairline very high. Add his pupils,
eyebrows, and neck.
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Step 4:
Erase all
unnecessary lines. Add the detail in his
ears, and draw in the eyebrow ridges above
his eyes. Again, his neck muscles are very
large, so start them just below the ear.
Clean up your sketch and prepare it for
the final draft.
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Step
5:
Now that you have
drawn his face, you can shade and color it
however you like.
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Super Saiyajin
Form
Vegeta, like several
other characters on DBZ, can transform
into a Super Saiyan. To draw Vegeta (or
anyone, for that matter) in Super Saiyajin
form, you'll have to make a few
adjustments to his face, as well as his
hair. His head and body should be wider,
while the face itself is smaller. The
features are more slanted and grouped
closer together. The lines of his face
will be much more sharp and slanted, and
his eyes will be much more narrow. These
adjustments can be used on any Super
Saiyajin. For the hair, basically just
draw a series of sharply angled, pointed
spikes that extrude from his scalp (make
sure to draw his high hairline). It helps
to draw the outline of his head, as shown
in this picture, so you can tell where the
hair should go. It's easy to make it too
big or too small if you don't know where
to position it. Even though it's spiky,
make the hair full and rounded, rather
than just using straight spikes. All the
spikes should curve inward, not just stick
straight.
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Here's
what the hair should look like when the
guideline for the back of the head has
been removed and the hair has been shaded.
I did a sloppy job of coloring the hair,
though; the shading should be much less
rounded than it is in this particular
picture. You can look at other pictures of
him on the internet or elsewhere for
further reference.
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