How to Describe a Nightmare Self Portrait Tutorial in the style of Tim Burton

A drawing of a Nightmare Self Portrait, made with the help of an easy step by step tutorial.
PDF Tutorial Sample Drawing (page three)

Information technology just takes a few simple supplies and a couple of drawing tips to learn how to describe a Nightmare Cocky Portrait. The project name is in laurels of Tim Burton, the artist and manager of "The Nightmare before Christmas" moving picture, which has the famous style of skinny figures with large white eyes.

In that location are some professional artists around who will make a Nightmare drawing of you for a fee, but who needs that when you can brand your ain? A few exaggerations in a couple of places will effect in something that captures the look, and provide some good pencil cartoon do for immature artists too.

Drawing Project Tips

For all-time results, it's really helpful to draw on some kind of off white newspaper. This sample was done on a Newspaper Source card stock that was called Gravel, just whatever kind of calorie-free gray or brown would piece of work too. The well-nigh of import reason is that the added colour allows students to fill up in those big eyes with a white pencil crayon. They are the key feature of this self portrait and the bright white optics popping off the shadowy background really helps to accentuates them.

Lastly, to assistance students brand their drawing as original as possible, this drawing tutorial comes with an added tip sheet. The main tutorial will show what social club to depict the portrait shapes in, just an additional sheet offers more options for the shape of the head, and the large eyes and tiny mouth. And mayhap most importantly, some ideas on how to draw unlike styles of pilus, which is what stumps a lot of students. The idea is that they have a piddling assistance in visualizing their own faces, and then they come up with their ain original Nightmare Self Portrait.

Note: For those that want to go all out, I've included a fun frame template in the download, and a sample drawing of how I used it. Information technology just seemed similar a fun selection and a place to add even more than creativity, which is always a good thing. Scroll downwardly to see a little preview of information technology.

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A step by step tutorial for how to draw a Nightmare Self Portrait, which is available as a free download.
PDF Tutorial (page 1)
More drawing ideas for the Nightmare Self Portrait project. Lots of options will help students see how to draw their own portrait.
PDF Tutorial Tip Canvas (folio 2)
PDF Tutorial Sample Drawing (page 4)
PDF Frame Template (page 5)

Materials to Depict a Nightmare Self Portrait

  • Paper. Card stock paper that has a light gray or brown shade for an old-fashioned blackness and white look.
  • Pencil. The Ticonderoga make are the most reliable, make nice dark lines when you lot need them, and are the easiest to erase. Buying the pre-sharpened ones will save busy teachers a lot of time.
  • White Pencil Crayon. Prismacolor cost a piddling more than than the others, only they e'er exit the brightest color. That'south specially truthful for the white ones.
  • Eraser. Large ones you lot can concord in your manus do a much improve job than simply the pencil tip erasers, especially when erasing leftover pencil lines later tracing.

Directions to make a Nightmare Self Portrait

Time needed:45 minutes.

Step past Stride Instructions

  1. Choose your head shape and describe information technology big.

  2. Add two very big circles for the eyes.

  3. Depict tiny circles for the pupils, and a nose and lashes.

  4. Add a tiny mouth and skinny neck.

  5. Draw brows, ears and any pilus on the forehead.

  6. Stop the hair with the outer line.

  7. Trace all of the head with a pencil, making a heavy dark line. Add shadows around the OUTSIDE of the heart with a pencil.

  8. Add whatever extra details that make you unique.

  9. Fill in dark areas with the pencil, and colour the eyes with a white pencil crayon.

  10. Bonus Tip Sail includes a few more options for the head, eyes, olfactory organ and mouth.

Student Art Inspiration

By Benjamin Franklin Simple School, 2d course German, Glendale, CA
past a Thou-5 Lifeskills Grade

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