How To Draw Leopard Print Step By Step

In the last tutorial we worked on how to draw tiger stripes. This time we will learn how to draw leopard spots.. Spot drawing is basically the same idea using the same techniques. For this tutorial, we’ll be studying leopards. This same technique can also be used for jaguars and jaguars, or any other animal that may have spots. It’s important to keep in mind that these dark spots are no different from the fur around them. They’re just different colored hairs and that little bit of information will make drawing them so much easier because you know what you’re drawing. Let’s start. Read: how to draw leopard skin step by stepStep 1: I won’t go into detail about the differences between jaguars, cheetahs, and jaguars, so that information can be easily found online. Okay, first we’ll draw a rough outline, outlining the basic shape of the spots.Step 2 Now we will add the guidelines as we start indenting. If you are new here, I recommend you read this guide. It explains the basic idea behind the technique used for hair. Now, using the 6b pencil and starting from the right, start adding the hair guides. The reason we start from the right side is because the hair grows in that direction and by doing this each layer that we add moving to the right will overlap the previous layer. Look at this diagram.We have 4 classes. Each line represents a layer of hair. Now notice the direction of hair growth. With this knowledge, we can now plan where to start the tutorials. You start from the bottom so that as you move up, each layer overlaps the previous one, giving the illusion of multiple layers of hair. In this chart, I show hair from the first layer as black, the second as red, the third as green, and the fourth as blue. It’s a simple concept, but it works wonders if you follow the process. It’s just a matter of understanding the direction of hair growth and knowing which layer is the lowest. For this drawing, we’ll start the indent from the very place where we started the principles. This little detail makes a huge difference in how the final drawing will look. If you want, you can test it and do this tutorial twice. The second time, you start from the other side and you will see how different it looks. This all comes from knowledge of how hair works and how it looks up close. I’m sure you’ve heard me say this before, but you should study hair, understand how hair works. Notice how it overlaps, layers, overlapping shadows, clumps of hair, single strands of hair. The more you know, the easier it will be to draw hair because you will know what to add. Look at the image below and notice how the hair overlaps the edges of the spots. This is very important as it will give the drawing much more realism. On the other side, we don’t have that because dark hair will overlap light hair. As we progress, this will become clearer. Read more: how to start a pottery businessStep 3 Now that we have a rough guide to the hair, we’ll start indenting using the styling pen. I will use a pen. This is a tool I made myself and it’s just a needle that I plug into a mechanical pencil. I dim the tip of the pen a bit and I use it to indent the paper so that when I brush it over it leaves a white line. That’s a simple summary of the technique we’ll be using. You can read more about it here To make it easier, I recommend using a lamp to see what you are indenting. Here’s a diagram of what I’m talking about. When you are indenting, because of the light, the indent will create a shadow. This will make the lines visible, making it easier for you to see the pattern you’re working on.When you are indenting. I want you to keep the lines random, not straight, make them curved, some short, some longer, some overlapping. Try to follow the pattern from the original reference image at the top. Notice how the hair looks, that’s what we’re doing. Make the indentations close together, so that you get many hairs, Each indent will be like a hair. Of course we can’t draw every single strand of hair, but this technique creates the illusion of hair. Again, as I mentioned before, we start from the bottom layer, that is, the right side. Just follow the instructions and move your way, keeping in mind the direction of hair growth. When finished, you should have something like the image below. The indentations are difficult to photograph, so I increased the contrast in Photoshop so you can see the lines a bit better. It won’t look exactly like mine, but you’ll get an idea of what we’re going to do.Step 4 Like I mentioned before, the spots are made up of darker hair. To make the points look a little more realistic and make them look uneven, we’re going to add some highlights to the dark hair. Light hits dark hair, and sometimes depending on where the hair is, the light can reflect light, highlighting some of the hair. We will do this by adding random indentations in the dark hair, noting the direction of the hair. Don’t make the indentations too deep, just lighten one. They should not be too prominent, just enough that they are barely visible. We’re not going to completely indent the whole point, just a few quick lines. I want you to imagine the hair growing from the bottom and the ends being hit by the light and it makes the tips of the hair black visible. Now that we’re done, let’s start adding the pencils. Step 5: First we will outline the points with an 8b pencil. Make sure the pencil tip is translucent for more surface area. Because the tip isn’t sharp, we shouldn’t have a problem with it getting into dents. Press lightly at first so you can feel how much pressure is needed for the lines to be visible. The reason we’re going to outline the spots is so we can find the light colored ends that are overlapping the spots. This will give you a glimpse of the classes I mentioned earlier. As we progress, we will make these classes even more important. Here’s what’s left with.Read more: How to be a challenger for a manStep 6 We can now fill in the places and start making the layers more noticeable. As we darken them, you’ll start to see how the random lines we added together and start to look like hair. After filling the area with the 8b pencil, we blend the edges of the point. This area is where light-colored hair begins to grow. Finally, we will lengthen the black hair so that it overlaps this area, so for now we just add the shadows that the dark hair will add. It will make more sense as we move on. One of the best tools for blending here is the q-tip. These fibers are small enough that they can get into the dents and darken them as we want. We’ll also darken the patch of hair located inside one of the spots, as you can see in the reference image. We also do this with q-tip. Using the 6b pencil, we’ll start adding shadows, starting with this patch. I want to select certain points to add a pencil. The space between the indentations will be shaded by the hairs. For brighter shadows, use a 5b pencil and switch between the two. As you darken these intervals, you’ll start to see how the hairs come together and start to look like hair. There is no quick way to find these points. What makes it easier for you to understand hair and when you are doing this you will have enough knowledge of how hair works so that the hair becomes natural and you will add shine where it is needed to make the hair. looks more like hair. Rotating the paper and taking a different perspective can also help you find these patterns. As you continue rendering, it will start to look like the image below. All I did was add shadows and darken certain indentations to suggest that those hairs are lower so the light doesn’t hit them as much.Step 7 From the point on, we will finish the rest of the hair. Using a pointed end or some tissue paper, blend some pencil from the points to the rest of the hair. Don’t press too hard, this is just so we can see the gap between the indentations. Seeing these gaps allows us to know what shadows to add to make the layers stand out. Again, we’ll use the 6b and 5h pencils to add these shadows. The image below shows the difference when adding these shadows to the hair.Step 8Now we’re going to add highlights and there’s no better way to do this than with a kneading eraser. Just press it between your index finger and thumb and you’ll be left with a small edge that you can use to tap into the dents, making them lighter. This way you show that light is hitting these hairs and making them lighter than the other hairs. Using this same technique, you can press into the space between the indentations to erase the pencil, bring the 2 indents together, and create a bunch of hair effect. I use the term “clumping”. Clumping is combining more than one together by erasing the pencil between the indentations. This technique becomes easier as your knowledge of hair increases. You’ll know where to use the kneaded eraser and where to add shadows with a pencil. Use reference images as a guide, but over time and the more you use this technique, you’ll learn how to add these details without a reference image.InferenceFrom here, all it takes is adding small details like highlights and hair clusters. Continue using the kneaded eraser to add details that will make your drawing much more realistic. Pay attention to the gaps between the indentations. By darkening these, you’re suggesting shadows, and by picking out each hair with the kneading eraser, you’re starting to see the layers I talked about throughout the tutorial. I hope this tutorial was helpful and you can find how to use it in your drawings. If so, be sure to show your support by sharing it with social media below. It will be greatly appreciated! Thank you for the great feedback!!