How to Draw a Nightmare Cocky Portrait Tutorial in the style of Tim Burton

A drawing of a Nightmare Self Portrait, made with the help of an easy step by step tutorial.
PDF Tutorial Sample Cartoon (page 3)

Information technology only takes a few simple supplies and a couple of drawing tips to larn how to draw a Nightmare Cocky Portrait. The projection name is in laurels of Tim Burton, the creative person and director of "The Nightmare earlier Christmas" picture show, which has the famous style of skinny figures with large white eyes.

There are some professional artists effectually who will brand a Nightmare drawing of you for a fee, just who needs that when you can make your own? A few exaggerations in a couple of places will effect in something that captures the await, and provide some practiced pencil cartoon practice for young artists as well.

Drawing Project Tips

For best results, it'due south really helpful to describe on some kind of off white paper. This sample was done on a Newspaper Source menu stock that was called Gravel, but whatsoever kind of calorie-free gray or brownish would work too. The nigh important reason is that the added color allows students to fill in those big eyes with a white pencil crayon. They are the fundamental feature of this self portrait and the bright white optics popping off the shadowy background really helps to accentuates them.

Lastly, to help students make their drawing as original as possible, this cartoon tutorial comes with an added tip sheet. The main tutorial will show what social club to draw the portrait shapes in, only an additional sheet offers more options for the shape of the caput, and the big eyes and tiny mouth. And maybe most chiefly, some ideas on how to depict different styles of hair, which is what stumps a lot of students. The idea is that they take a petty help in visualizing their ain faces, and then they come up with their own original Nightmare Self Portrait.

Notation: For those that desire to go all out, I've included a fun frame template in the download, and a sample drawing of how I used it. It just seemed like a fun option and a place to add together even more creativity, which is e'er a skillful affair. Scroll downwards to see a picayune preview of it.

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A step by step tutorial for how to draw a Nightmare Self Portrait, which is available as a free download.
PDF Tutorial (page one)
More drawing ideas for the Nightmare Self Portrait project. Lots of options will help students see how to draw their own portrait.
PDF Tutorial Tip Canvass (page two)
PDF Tutorial Sample Drawing (folio iv)
PDF Frame Template (page v)

Materials to Draw a Nightmare Cocky Portrait

  • Newspaper. Card stock paper that has a light greyness or chocolate-brown shade for an former-fashioned blackness and white look.
  • Pencil. The Ticonderoga brand are the most reliable, make nice night lines when you demand them, and are the easiest to erase. Buying the pre-sharpened ones will save busy teachers a lot of time.
  • White Pencil Crayon. Prismacolor price a piddling more the others, just they e'er go out the brightest color. That's especially true for the white ones.
  • Eraser. Big ones yous tin can hold in your manus do a much improve job than only the pencil tip erasers, especially when erasing leftover pencil lines later on tracing.

Directions to brand a Nightmare Cocky Portrait

Time needed:45 minutes.

Step by Pace Instructions

  1. Choose your head shape and draw it large.

  2. Add two very large circles for the eyes.

  3. Draw tiny circles for the pupils, and a nose and lashes.

  4. Add together a tiny oral cavity and skinny neck.

  5. Draw brows, ears and any hair on the brow.

  6. Finish the pilus with the outer line.

  7. Trace all of the head with a pencil, making a heavy dark line. Add together shadows around the Outside of the middle with a pencil.

  8. Add any actress details that make y'all unique.

  9. Fill in dark areas with the pencil, and color the eyes with a white pencil crayon.

  10. Bonus Tip Sheet includes a few more options for the head, eyes, nose and rima oris.

Educatee Art Inspiration

Past Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, 2nd grade German, Glendale, CA
by a K-5 Lifeskills Class

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