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  Fantasy
  Step-by-step instructions:
  Anime Art 
  What better suits the topic of fantasy than a courageous warrior 
  who wields his sword in thrilling adventures with fire-breathing 
  dragons and mighty wizards? the hero in our picture is just taking 
  the precipitous pathway to a dark castle. Dangers may be lying in 
  wait for him at every turn, therefore his posture is tense and his 
  back is crouched. He is holding his sword and shield as protection 
  in front of his body. His legs are apart, in order to ensure he has a 
  firm stance. t
  What you will need:
  Anime Art Set Fantasy, ruler, sharpener, eraser, scissors,  
  2x A4 sheets of drawing paper, 2x A4 sheets of watercolour paper, 
  graphite paper
  
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  To draw the adventurer, first make 
  a preliminary sketch on the drawing 
  paper. it is best to start with a simple 
  stick figure and then add the joints 
  to it. this is important so you can 
  work on a balanced composition of 
  the limbs even in the initial phase, 
  Step 01
  and so your figure will end up with a 
  posture that is as natural as possible. 
  the drawing should not completely 
  fill the A4 paper, because otherwise 
  there will not be enough room for the 
  background later on.
  
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  Give your figure a little more plastic-
  ity by means of basic geometrical 
  shapes such as cylinders. in addition, 
  add the shield, sword and the hands 
  in a simplified form. When doing this, 
  Step 02
  make sure you draw the proportions 
  and the overlaps so that there are not 
  too many lines meeting at one point. 
  indicate the weight of the sword by 
  means of a kink in the wrist.
  
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  the limbs a little more at this point. 
  the wrist around the sword is now 
  straightened to lend the defending 
  arm greater strength.
  Step 03
  now give the warrior his hair, build 
  up his armour and work out the sword 
  and shield in more detail. if the new 
  details give rise to undesirable over-
  laps, you can improve the position of 
  
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  darker or more strongly with the 
  coloured pencils in order to achieve 
  a result that is as plastic and visually 
  correct as possible. Also, it makes it 
  easier for you to decide which is the 
  most appropriate facial expression, 
  or how detailed the seams should be 
  drawn on the apron. 
  Step 04
  In the next step, build up the figure 
  completely as shown in the picture. 
  now you have completed your pre-
  liminary sketch. this will help you to 
  be able to estimate the impact of the 
  small details more effectively. As a 
  result, it will be easier for you to see 
  which areas should later be coloured 
  
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  better match with the dynamic nature 
  of the presentation. Following this, 
  use graphite paper to transfer the 
  subject to a sheet of A4 watercolour 
  paper. Work over the lines again with 
  a fineliner pen and erase the pencil 
  lines that are still visible.
  Step 05
  You can make your final alterations to 
  the preliminary sketch. We have made 
  our warrior a little more slender, and 
  also the sword and the shield are now 
  overlapping in order to make his de-
  fensive posture more credible. there-
  fore the shoulder is now also turned 
  more towards the viewer, which is a 
  
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  three-dimensionality, you can reduce 
  or increase the intensity of colour 
  application at particular points in the 
  picture. You can see the difference in 
  the application of colour on the shield 
  and the hair which is achieved by 
  painting over with a wet brush. this 
  method enables you to create various 
  surface structures.
  fineliner drawing, ground out the in-
  dividual surfaces using the Art GriP 
  watercolour pencils. When doing this, 
  hold the pencil as flat as possible and 
  stroke it carefully over the paper in 
  order to fill in the individual areas. 
  You should resharpen the pencil 
  from time to time if required. to give 
  a greater impression of depth and 
  Step 06
  We recommend placing your water-
  colour paper on an unused sheet of 
  paper. this will prevent the structure 
  of the underlying surface (e.g. table 
  panel) from pressing through. On the 
  
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  darker areas should be. the ability 
  to paint over Art GriP watercolour 
  pencils with water means you can 
  blend the eight colours provided to 
  create many additional shades, as can 
  be seen on the boots and belts.
  Step 07
  the next step is to colour in all the 
  elements of the figure as shown in the 
  illustration. Don’t forget to vary the 
  intensity of colour application. You 
  can refer to your preliminary pencil 
  sketch from step 04 to see where the 
  
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  pathway. to make the castle look par-
  ticularly threatening, stretch it out in 
  height and provide it with an unusu-
  ally large number of pointed turrets. 
  Step 08
  now draw in the background image, 
  once again by making a preliminary 
  sketch. Draw a castle which is ap-
  proached by a sinuous and precipitous 
  
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  A4 watercolour paper. if you place 
  your preliminary drawing from step 
  05 over this, you can see how much 
  of the pathway is still missing from 
  the foreground, and how wide it must 
  be in order to be noticeable behind 
  the figure.
  Step 09
  in this step the shadowy outline 
  of the castle is put behind a more 
  plastic pathway and transferred to 
  the final format of the fantasy subject 
  by using a grid. to do this, draw the 
  castle again neatly and smaller in the 
  required position on a new sheet of 
  
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  Step 10
  When you are colouring in the back-
  ground with watercolour pencils, it 
  is best to choose complementary co-
  lours in order to reinforce the surreal 
  impression of the drawing. Applying 
  the colour dry onto the waterco-
  lour paper gives the pathway in the 
  foreground and the rocks the requisite 
  rough structure. now also work over 
  the path with a little water. After that, 
  ground out the clouds using the wa-
  tercolour pencils and paint over their 
  surfaces with a moistened brush.
  
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  As soon as the surfaces of the clouds 
  have dried, apply a little red around 
  Step 11
  the castle. this gives the impression 
  of an unsettled atmosphere.
  
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  figure in front of the background.  
  Your own fantasy hero is now finished!
  Step 12
  As the last step, use a pair of scissors 
  or digital tools (scanner and image 
  processing program) to position your 
  
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