How to Draw a Fox

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   ปิดวงกลมใหญ่ของหัวจิ้งจอก

   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.

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

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

2. ก้าว 2

   เพิ่มเส้นกลางสองเส้น ด้วยความเบาๆ

   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.

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

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

3. ก้าว 3

   วาดจมูกเป็นรูปคันโยกยาว

   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.

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

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

4. ก้าว 4

   วาดหูแรก สามเหลี่ยมสูง โค้งออกไป

   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.

   ระวังตัวด้วย Making the ears too small and too upright.

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

5. ก้าว 5

   วาดหูที่สองให้ตรงกับหูแรก

   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.

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

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

6. ก้าว 6

   เพิ่มหูด้านในเป็นสามเหลี่ยมเล็กๆ ภายในแต่ละข้าง

   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.

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

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

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   วางตาไว้บนเส้นกลางแนวนอน

   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.

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

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

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   เพิ่มจมูกที่ปลายจมูก และเส้นกลับไปที่ปาก

   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.

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

   ตรวจสอบ The nose should be small relative to the muzzle.

9. ก้าว 9

   วาดรูปร่างเป็นสามเหลี่ยมกลม ใต้หัว

   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.

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

   ตรวจสอบ The body outline should pass behind the head.

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    วาดหางเป็นโค้งยาว กว้างกว่าที่คุณคาดไว้

    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.

    ระวังตัวด้วย A thin tail, which loses the whole silhouette.

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

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    ทำเครื่องหมายที่หน้าอกสีขาว และปลายหางสีขาว

    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.

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

    ตรวจสอบ You should have two clearly reserved light shapes.

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    สีที่เหมาะสมที่สุดสำหรับปลายหู ขา และปลายจมูก

    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.

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

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

13. ก้าว 13

    เพิ่มขนคิ้วสักสองสามเส้น และขนที่หน้าอก

    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.

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

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

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    ไปที่เส้นที่คุณต้องการที่จะเก็บไว้ และสูญเสียแนวทาง

    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.

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

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