How to Draw Ruffles and Ribbons

Ribbons and ruffles are necessary in order to make a female character instantly girly. Ribbons and ruffles might seem challenging to draw when you're trying to get the shading just right. This can easily be mastered.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

• Drawing Pencil
• Drawing Paper
• Small tortillion

S Ribbon

1. Draw an "S" shape. This will be your ribbon indicator.
2. Add a secondary "s" that intersects and blends with your original "s" shape as shown.
3. Add your dark tones where your lines intersect. Extend the dark tones with your tortillion, creating midtones as shown.
4. Smooth your lines and leave upward-facing lines white. This indicates sheen and light. This is just a plain ribbon.

Ruffles

5. Draw a wavy line as shown. Your line should look like half of a zipper in order to represent a fold better.
6. Draw the fold lines of the ruffle, drawing lines from upper "teeth of your "zipper" line.Then draw the top squiggle line.
7. Use the top part of the original line that you drew to indicate the underside of your ruffled fabric.
8. Draw your secondary fold lines as shown. This will add more depth to your drawing.
9. Add your dark shadows first.
10. Add your midtones and light sourcing. Blend with your tortillion.

Bows

11. Draw an upside water droplet shape and a line as shown.
12. Add two heart shapes to the side of your water droplet.
13. Add your fold indication lines as shown.
14. Add your ribbon ends. The ribbon ends stem from the original teardrop you drew in step one.
15. Add your dark tones first. Blend into your midtones.
16. Add your secondary midtones and use your eraser to indicate shine.

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