How to Draw a Fox

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1. 단계 1

   여우 머리의 큰 원 안에 블록.

   Everything else gets measured against this, so draw it in one motion rather than in short careful passes. A slightly lopsided shape drawn confidently is more use than a perfect one built out of twelve nervous strokes, because you can correct a shape and you cannot un-see a hesitant line.

   조심해 Drawing it small to leave room for detail. The big shape is most of the drawing - use the space.

   체크 It should fill most of your page, with a margin all round.

2. 단계 2

   두 중심선을 가볍게 추가합니다.

   These are the rulers for everything that follows. Without them the two halves of the fox drift apart by a few millimetres at a time and you do not notice until it is finished and subtly wrong. Press lightly - they come off at the end.

   조심해 Skipping them because it looks symmetrical already. It will not be by the time you are done.

   체크 They should cross at the middle of the shape you just drew.

3. 단계 3

   긴 좁은 웨지로 주둥이를 그립니다.

   This is the shape that says fox rather than dog. It comes off the lower half of the circle and it is longer and thinner than feels right - compare its length to the head circle rather than guessing, and it should be about half as long as the head is wide.

   조심해 A short, wide muzzle, which reads as a puppy.

   체크 The muzzle should be about half the head's width in length.

4. 단계 4

   첫 번째 귀를 그립니다 : 높은 삼각형, 바깥쪽으로 기울어져.

   Fox ears are big - roughly as tall as half the head circle - and the outer edge curves in slightly rather than running dead straight. Set the angle deliberately, because the two ears must agree.

   조심해 Making the ears too small and too upright.

   체크 The ear should be about half the height of the head circle.

5. 단계 5

   두 번째 귀를 첫 번째 귀와 일치하도록 그립니다.

   Compare it to the one you just drew rather than to your idea of a ear: same size, same angle, same distance from the centre. This is the comparison habit that fixes proportion everywhere, and a pair is the easiest place to practise it because the error is obvious once you look for it.

   조심해 Making the second ear smaller - it usually happens because your hand is more cramped on that side.

   체크 Both should sit the same distance from the centre line.

6. 단계 6

   각각의 내부에 작은 삼각형으로 내이를 추가합니다.

   Set in from the edges and slightly lower than the outer point. This is where the dark goes later, and it is what makes an ear read as a cup rather than as a flat shape stuck to the head.

   조심해 Inner triangles that touch the outer edges, which flattens the ear.

   체크 There should be a visible margin all round each inner triangle.

7. 단계 7

   수평 중앙선에 눈을 놓습니다.

   Fox eyes are almond-shaped and angled - the outer corner sits higher than the inner one, which is what gives a fox its sharp expression. Leave a full eye's width between them.

   조심해 Round eyes set level, which looks startled rather than alert.

   체크 You should be able to fit one more eye between the two.

8. 단계 8

   주둥이의 끝에 코를 추가하고 입으로 다시 선.

   A small rounded triangle, and it points down. The line from the nose back along the muzzle is what separates the top of the snout from the jaw, and without it the muzzle reads as a solid wedge.

   조심해 A large round nose, which pulls the drawing back toward a dog.

   체크 The nose should be small relative to the muzzle.

9. 단계 9

   몸을 머리 아래에 둥근 삼각형으로 그립니다.

   A sitting fox is essentially a wide-based triangle with the head on top. Overlap it with the head circle rather than butting them together - the overlap is what makes the head sit in front of the chest.

   조심해 Placing the body directly under the head with no overlap, which reads as two stacked shapes.

   체크 The body outline should pass behind the head.

10. 단계 10

    꼬리를 길고 두꺼운 커브로 그리십시오. 예상보다 넓게.

    This is the shape most people undersize. A fox tail is about as long as the body and roughly a third as thick, and it curls round the base of the body rather than sticking out behind. Draw its outline as two curves, not one.

    조심해 A thin tail, which loses the whole silhouette.

    체크 The tail should be at least a third as thick as the body is wide.

11. 단계 11

    흰 가슴과 흰 꼬리 끝을 표시합니다.

    These are the two shapes that make a fox recognisable without colour. They are areas you leave alone, not areas you draw - deciding now where the paper stays white is what stops you shading over them in the next step.

    조심해 Shading the whole fox evenly and then trying to erase the white back in.

    체크 You should have two clearly reserved light shapes.

12. 단계 12

    귀 팁, 다리와 주둥이 팁을 어둡게 색칠합니다.

    A fox's dark points are its ear tips, its lower legs and the very tip of its muzzle. Get real contrast between those and the white chest - a fox in a narrow band of grey looks like a stuffed toy.

    조심해 Being timid, so the darks and the whites end up only slightly different.

    체크 The ear tips should be clearly the darkest part of the drawing.

13. 단계 13

    몇 개의 콧수염과 가슴에 모피의 제안을 추가합니다.

    Detail is suggested, never itemised. A handful of marks in the right places lets the eye fill in the rest, and drawing every one flattens the drawing into texture. Put them where they matter and stop early.

    조심해 Adding detail evenly all over, which removes the contrast between busy areas and quiet ones.

    체크 Step back. You should still read the big shape first, detail second.

14. 단계 14

    유지하고 싶은 선을 넘어가서 안내선을 잃어버립니다.

    This is the step that turns a construction drawing into a finished one, and it is the one most people skip. Press harder on the outline and the features; leave the small stuff light. That difference in weight is what makes a drawing look deliberate rather than traced, and it costs thirty seconds.

    조심해 Going over everything at the same weight, which flattens the drawing back out.

    체크 The outline should be clearly darker than the smallest details.