Tutorial: Fan Art, Spiderman

Now it is very easy to recognize that the drawing is of Spiderman, but I still want to highlight the importance of perfecting the characteristics that make up that character. The large eyes combined with the webbed skin is done perfectly which makes it easily to recognize. This drawing is done entirely with coloured pencils, but you can still just use a lead pencil to recreate it. Keep note of the attention to detail in the shading, each little square in the webbed suit has it's own shading, and the eyes are shaded so that they are reflecting the light. The shading of the eyes is fairly difficult, but if you want to create this make sure you already know where you want the glint to go, since it is difficult to create glint if you have already drawn heavily over the area where you want it. This tutorial will be focusing on the use of coloured pencils though. Since I'm not so experienced in this area, I'm going to use the advice that the artist had included with their drawing.

    Artist's Comments:

I took art classes for a few years, and this one was done with prismacolours. A few things I've learned are:

Do not apply black right away; always use the darker blue/purple before applying black if it's necessary. The Spiderman drawing was more purple than red, surprisingly.

Try to keep your pencils sharp, and use paper with as little variation in texture as possible. I use a brand of sketchbook called Mayfair, and I find it much better for colour pencils.

Don't press too hard. It's better to add multiple thin layers than one thick layer of colour. This also makes it easier to mix colours.

I usually try to avoid erasing or smudging colour pencils just because it's harder to colour over afterwards. It's extremely important that when making the outlines in pencil before applying colour, you press very gently, just enough to see the pencil lines. If you press too hard, when the pencil lines get erased, it leaves small dents in the paper which look like white lines when coloured over.

Anyway feel free to post your results in the comment section below, have fun!

Artist: FreshLemons49
Picture retrieved from: Spiderman for a friend's birthday!