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How to Draw Cloud from Final Fantasy 7

Front View

Step 1: In this tutorial, I will showyou how to draw Cloud from FinalFantasy. Please bear in mind that Ifound it difficult locating decentpictures of this character, so the frontview could probably have been betterif I had had a better example. Anyway,start off with a circle, then add the thelower half of the face. The lower halfshould be large; the distance from thecircle to the chin should be about halfas long as the circle. Divide the shapesup with guidelines: four horizontalguidelines to represent the eyes, nose,and mouth, and a vertical guideline tohelp you line up the features.

Step 2:

Use the guidelines to draw the outlinesof the eyes, nose and mouth. Makesure the eyes are very round. The nosesin these pictures are defined solely byshadows; they aren't directly outlined.Thus, all you see of the nose is a long,thin triangle that represents the shadowthe nose creates on the face.

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Step 3:

Erase any unnecessary guidelines andsketch the basic shape of his hair.Don't worry about details right now,we can add those later. Cloud's hair isvery spiky, and sticks out in weirddirections. To get a feel of where eachmain spike should be placed, take noteof where each one sits on his head, andhow far away from the scalp it is.Draw his irises, which are very largeand round; they should take up almostthe entire eye. Draw the eyebrows, earand mouth, too.

Step 4:

Next, erase all the guidelines and addin the details. Now that you know the

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basic shape of the hair, you can drawthe extra details and spikes. Alwaysdraw the main forms of the picturebefore adding detail, so you can get theproportions correct right off. Draw theneck of his shirt, and add some moredetail to his eye. Clean up your sketch,and move on to the final step.

Step 5:

Take your final sketch and color orshade it however you like. Final

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Fantasy 7 characters aren't colored inthe usual cel style; the shading is morerealistic. Thus, I opted to use the dodgeand burn tools to help shade ratherthan using hard airbrushes to give it asmoother look.

3/4 View

Step 1:

Next, we'll draw the 3/4 view. Draw a largecircle, then add the lower half of the face anddivide the shapes up with guidelines. Theseare pretty much the same shapes as in thefront view, except they have been rotateddownwards and to the side. The 3/4 view hasless guidelines than the front view, but that'sonly because adding them would beunneccesary at this angle. We'll only be usingthe guidelines for the eyes, nose, and thecentral guideline that runs from the foreheadto the chin.

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Step 2:

Next, use the upper horizontal guideline todraw in the eyes, nose, and mouth. Again, thenose is defined solely by shadows, so the onlypart of it you are going to see is the triangularshadow of the nose. Draw the ear, too. ^_^

Step 3:

Erase all the unnecessary guidelines. Draw thebasic shape of his hair, making it very thickand pointy. Don't worry about the details rightnow, just try to get the placement of the mainspikes. Add his irises (which should be verylarge and round), eyebrows, and the detail inhis ear.

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Step 4:

Erase all unnecessary lines. Add the detail andextra spikes in his hair, and draw his shirt.Clean up your sketch and move on to the finalstep.

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Step 5:

Again, the coloring style of Final Fantasy 7characters differs from the traditional animecel style, so try to make the colors smootherrather than having such crisp edges. Makesure you don't put too much shading in hiseyes; they should not be too detailed.

Full Body

Next, I'll show you how to draw Cloud in a full body pose. Startoff by drawing the basic shape of the body. This is sort of similarto my DBZ body tutorial, in that you will use circles and ovals andcylinders to define the shapes. However, the build of the body is alot lighter and thinner, so make sure not to make any of the formstoo large. Umm, I realize this pose looks a tad geeky right now,but trust me, it will look better when you add the details. :)

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Once you have the proportions down, you can start filling in someof the details. Try to make the pants look loose and baggy aroundthe ankles.

Next, add in the final details. Hmm... can you tell I'm getting alittle burnt out? ^_~ I didn't have the patience to color this picture,so you can click here to see the original colored version. It will bea better example, anyway. ^_^

That completes my tutorial for how to draw Cloud. I hope this was of some help to you.:) If this tutorial has helped you in any way, I'd love to see your finished work. If you

have any questions, please email me.

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