How to Draw Buzz Lightyear
- 1). Choose a reference image or images of Buzz Lightyear to help as you draw. Check books, comic books, and the Internet for pictures of Buzz. Note that many different poses are available, and you can choose from pictures of Buzz standing, running, flying or attacking, for example. Put your reference image of Buzz in your drawing area.
- 2). Look at your reference image of Buzz Lightyear and notice how the figure is made of large shapes, such as the circle of his helmet, the oval of his head, the bigger circle of his torso. Note the oblong shapes of his arms and legs, with his legs starting slim near his torso and getting bigger as they extend to his feet.
- 3). Begin by sketching in light pencil lines the big shapes that form Buzz Lightyear. Sketch a circle in the center of the page for his torso, making it big but leaving room to draw his head and limbs. Draw a half circle above it, joining the torso at his shoulders for the helmet. Draw an oval inside the helmet shape, vertically oriented, for Buzz's head. Under the torso, draw a triangle for his lower torso and groin.
- 4). Check the position of the arms and legs in your reference image and lightly sketch in long rectangles to represent them. Remember to draw the lower legs wider than the upper legs. Erase and redraw if you need to adjust the shapes. Round off the ends and joints of the arms and legs and draw ovals in place for the shapes of the hands and feet. Sketch in small sausage shapes for the fingers.
- 5). Draw circles for Buzz's big eyes, and dark circles inside them for his eyeballs. Add thick curved lines for his eyebrows, which will cover the tops of the circles of his eyes. Draw his nose as a triangle shape and add his mouth below it, checking your reference image for his expression, usually a smile. Draw a line around his face and above his eyes for his purple hooded cowl.
- 6). Draw an upside-down semi circle over Buzz's chest, starting on either side of his helmet on his shoulders, to represent the light green shape beneath his helmet. Draw a small rectangle for the crest on front of his chest and round the edges. Add small ovals and circles for the buttons on either side of the crest.
- 7). Note the green bands just below Buzz Lightyear's elbows, at the bottom of his legs just above his feet and around his waist. Draw in the shapes of these green details. Check the black band around his stomach below the green upper chest and fill it in. Draw the small green rectangles on top of his hands and black bands where his fingers start. Draw the black soles lining the bottoms of his shoes. Sketch in the shape of the purple ribbons that outline his rib cage under his chest.
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